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PlaceGaries
… mark for those on the road between Cape Town and Namibia. It lies in the heart of the Namaqualand and makes an …
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… Citizen Force. By the middle of 1974, control of northern Namibia was handed over to the South African Defense Force …
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… progress in this regard. This prompted South Africa and Namibia to put pressure on Lesotho to institute a democratic …
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… from that commission, he travelled to South West Africa (Namibia) and then to Victoria Falls in present-day Zimbabwe . …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… December, First meeting between Mandela and De Klerk 1990 Namibia gains independence January, Harms Commission …
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, 11 November 1987, Leipzig
… of the oppressed peoples of South Africa and those of Namibia, on behalf of Nelson Mandela and hundreds of other … the African continent. The liberation of…
Speech on the Occasion of the Award of an Honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by The Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic by O. R. Tambo, Leipzig, 11 November 1987
… of the oppressed peoples of South Africa and those of Namibia, on behalf of Nelson Mandela and hundreds of other … the African continent. The liberation of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… Mozambique and Angola were ruled by the Portuguese, and Namibia (then South West Africa) was firmly under South … of the United Nations adopted a resolution…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign, 11 June 1988, Wembley Stadium, London
… campaign of solidarity with the people of South Africa, Namibia, the Frontline States and the rest of southern Africa … Political Prisoners and all the…
Statement at the Launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign by O. R. Tambo, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988
… campaign of solidarity with the people of South Africa, Namibia, the Frontline States and the rest of southern Africa … Political Prisoners and all the…
Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990
… President Sam Nujoma made a joint pledge to the women of Namibia and South Africa, that we would not consider our … our struggle at an end until the women of…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… fails to abide by United Nations resolutions concerning Namibia and Southern Rhodesia." 1975 18 November, General … Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… to the process of negotiations. 20 March, Independence of Namibia. 20 March, After 75 years under South African control, Namibia became independent and Mr…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… Botha's decision to conquer German South West Africa (now Namibia). De Wet's efforts to organize a rebellion led to his …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
… the people of Africa - who, with the decolonisation of Namibia and South Africa, will have fulfilled their historic … action. We salute in particular the…
PlaceKalahari Desert
… It occupies almost all of Botswana , the eastern third of Namibia , and the Northern most part of Northern Cape … it merges with the Namib , which is the…
Statement at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 21 February 1986
… Chairman, Mr. Prime Minister, Comrade leaders of SWAPO of Namibia, Foreign guests, Your Excellencies, Distinguished … of all our people. Elsewhere in…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
… not only as being different from that in Zimbabwe and Namibia, but even as a settled situation that calls for no … status quo and to focus world attention on…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
… not only as being different from that in Zimbabwe and Namibia, but even as a settled situation that calls for no … the status quoand to focus world attention…
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… Security Council that has been discussing the question of Namibia with the Botha-Vorster regime. (2) Once more we … present that regime as an agent of…
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… revolutionary movements leading the masses in Zimbabwe and Namibia. Inside South Africa there is a revolutionary ferment … role of the Vorster regime in…
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
… passes through the Town to the neighbouring Countries of Namibia and Botswana . Ottosdal is the only place in South … passes through the Town to the…
PlaceSiyathemba Township, Balfour
… to the area last year. A mere 300 km from the border of Namibia lies this new small town that’s growing exponentially …
EventJohn Thomas Baines is born
… from that commission, he travelled to South West Africa (Namibia) and then to Victoria Falls in present-day Zimbabwe. …
PlaceUnited States Consulate, Cape Town
… Visa services for all provinces and for applicants from: Namibia ; Botswana ; Lesotho ; Eswatini ; Mozambique ; …
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias, also spelt: Bartholomew Diaz. He was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope showed Europeans there was a…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… are from Cape Town, with the exception of one from Namibia (formerly, South West Africa). The Industrial and … of the ICU in Bloemfontein other than that of…
Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
… of aggression against Angola and its illegal occupation of Namibia. The collective voice of Africa should condemn this … survives. The struggles being waged…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the joint session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 2 July 1987
… forces remain in occupation on parts of Angola and all of Namibia. Over the past decade, damage in excess of US $15 … of any effective support for the…
Statement at the International Conference on the EEC and South Africa by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 27 January 1979
… for national and social emancipation in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe has reached a crucial stage, and … The revolutionary struggle of the peoples of…