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EventThe first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place
The first hijacking of a South African Airways (SAA) plane took place when two men armed with gelignite sticks hijacked a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet, the Letaba,…
BiographyRobert John McBride
… contribute to the liberation struggle in South Africa. In 1984 sabotage was attempted on the oil refinery …
BiographyRay E. Phillips
… Ray E. Phillips was born in 1889 and active in South Africa for four decades following World War I . He … A documentary History of African Politics in South…
BiographyEdson Sithole
… in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was the second … work toward a Doctor of Laws from the…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
… becoming an irrelevant institution in the context of South Africa's political problems. He felt that negotiation between … organised by IDASA, the Institute…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 379.|Cloete, P.G. (2000). …
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… the co-operative idea was new and untested in South Africa at that stage, Kohler believed that uniting all wine … be known as the Co-operative Viticultural…
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
Refiloe Maele Phoolo, stage name “Cassper Nyovest” was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 16 December 1990.[1] Cassper Nyovest is one of the most…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… Hare. In 1963 the Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa (Fedsem) was established, which he was a member of. … president of Fedsem, the Methodist…
BiographyDavid Hepburn Craighead
… the Rhodes scholarship. Craighead returned to South Africa and joined the South African Air Force and served … and engineering, with service in the war zone…
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
… The Business Delegations from Algeria and South Africa, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to South Africa and to this Second Session of our…
The African National Congress Youth League is re-established in Soweto after a thirty-year absence from the South African polit
African mineworkers’ strike, led by J.B. Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers’ Union, starts. About 60 000 miners went on s
Marches organised by the African National Congress, SA Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions are held
The National African Chamber of Commerce (’Nacoc’) is incorporated. During May 1969 it changed its name to the National African
The National African Chamber of Commerce (’Nacoc’) is incorporated. During May 1969 it changed its name to the National African
The US expels the South African military attaché in response to raids by South African forces into Botswana, Zambia, and
Orlando Pirates becomes the first Southern African soccer team to win the African League of Champions, beating Ivory Coast’s AS
The Swiss government sends an official protest to the South African government over the illegal activities of South African age
African heads of state of the Monrovia Group, which includes Liberia, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon, issue charter for Pan-African
Two South African policemen are killed and five policemen (two South African and three Rhodesian) injured in an explosion near
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
… an African. I am born of the peoples of the continent of Africa ... The dismal shame of poverty, suffering and human … nothing can stop us now! Whatever the…
BiographyTsepo Tiisetso Letlaka
… (PAC) in exile but in the 1970s returned to South Africa. Convicted and given a suspended sentence with other … In 1975 he accepted an invitation to return…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
… would take him in, since his he couldn’t return to South Africa. After 30 years as an exile living in Holland, … Director of the United Nations Economic…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
… though not uncommon between masters and servants in South Africa, was still a wondrous thing. Indians as a rule do not … the unhappy features of Indo-EurÂ…
Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, “Presidential Address to the All-African Convention Conference”, Edendale, 14 to 16 December 1958
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … the solution of our political and social problems in South Africa. What creates…
BiographyDr Morris Zwi
… what was happening around him as he grew up in South Africa, under the abhorrent Apartheid political system. Zwi … magazine, featuring Afrapix’s first…
ArchiveMinutes of a meeting between South African and Angolan Delegations: Ilha Do Sal, 23 February 1983
… Minutes of a meeting between South Africa and Angola to discuss a negotiated settlement for southern Africa and in this regard the withdrawal of Cuban troops…
Winifred Seqwana
… first African woman member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Langa in 1930. She became increasingly … First African woman member of the…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… father was originally from India, who had come to South Africa to seek fortune. His parents travelled throughout the … which housed the offices of Communist…