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ANC statement on incident at Luthuli House, 29 February 2008
… the identity of the individual and possible reasons for his actions. …
PlaceConcordia
… news of this debacle eventually reached Kitchener's HQ, his Director of Intelligence described it as "the most …
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)’s Central Committee. In his meeting with Gorbachev, Tambo was accompanied by Thabo …
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… "the error in judgment by the pilot of ADK 096 continuing his turn heading to 330 M to avoid TIX 185” …
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Abebe hadn't fully recovered from the surgery and limped his way down the stairs. However, the reception Abebe …
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
… the national wishes of the Ambonesians. Luns was in his position from 1952 to1971, making him the record office …
EventPretoria receives city status
… Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers who named it after his father Andries Pretorius. Andries Pretorius became a hero …
EventHosni Mubarak, President of Egypt is born
… East and is a close ally of the United States. Among his most prominent accomplishments is maintaining stability …
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… conference, ANC president Nelson Mandela indicates that his organisation will not insist on elections in 1993 if …
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… Vorster Prison after spending 27 years in the gaol. After his release he toured extensively outside and within the …
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… mysteriously died in a plane crash in South Africa, met his South African counterpart P.W. Botha at Songo, in Tete …
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… were released after Judge K van Dijkhorst delivered his judgment. The judge released them on the grounds that …
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… of the 1838 battle and Zulu culture in general. In his address, Mtshali expressed the view that the proper …
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… of Sifiso Nkabinde, who had been expelled by the ANC for his involvement in the very violence under discussion. This …
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… Louis Botha again became prime minister, but many of his followers voted for the new party under General J.B.M. …
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… he was one of the architects of the Union of South Africa. His vision of South Africa included both British and Dutch. …
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood and his wife, Frances Elizabeth Wood (nee Hoole). After …
EventAmy Mollison sets a new world record when she flies from England to Cape Town in 3 days 6 hours and 26 minutes
… who dived into the water to try and rescue her also lost his life in the process. …
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… the Great Fish River but was forced to turn back home by his crew. It was on this homewards journey that he reached …
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… killed by the Ciskei Defence Force on 7 September 1992. In his statement the ANC President, Nelson Mandela regarded the …
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… was kidnapped by unknown assailants and brutally murdered. His body was later found at a rubbish dump in the nearby …
EventJan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch governor of the Cape Colony, dies
… landed in three ships, with 82 men and 8 women, including his wife Maria de la Quellerie. He landed two ships (The …
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… their release from Robben Island. Through PEBCO Ngoyi and his comrades took up campaigns on community issues of rent …
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
… of the Cape Sir Henry Smith, 1847-1852. To commemorate his victory over the Sikhs under Runjet Singh, at Aliwal in …
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
… Africa. We pay homage to the outgoing Chairman of the OAU, His Excellency President Moussa Traore, who has so ably led this Organisation during this past…
Extract from a speech at the conclusion of the Republic Festival on 31 May 1971 at Goodwood, Cape
… all, no reform was even brought about by an adult without his having considered the matter in his youth and reflected on it. Nothing can be made new again ……
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
… was able to captivate both audiences and individuals with his passion, his practicality, his deep knowledge of his subject and his sense of humour, …
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Native Unrest
… among other things: the expulsion of the white man and his yoke of misrule from their midst; -Negro autonomy (" I … wages have remained at about the pre-war…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… of the Opposition has indicated that he will lend me his co-operation in that regard. If they do not decide to … of South Africa; he is here on a temporary…
An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)
… spoke earlier, he said that was one of the highlights of his life and ours because as South Africans in 1989, it was a … ‘n meneer.’ What does he think about…