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EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… Hellman decided to do research into the lives of urban African slum dwellers and it was this exposure to their … depicted as the incubator of early…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… the pass laws was organised by the Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW). The Federation famously … has come to represent the courage and…
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… The South African government under leadership of Prime Minister John … (holding talks) policies, aimed at improving South African foreign relations with…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… of Kathlehong and Thokoza. They were replaced by the South African Defence Force (SADF). ISU was the most unpopular and … the Police Reporting Officer had…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… about sixty-seven injured when about 800 striking South African Transport Services (SATS) workers, on their way to a … After a letter of complaint by the…
EventFirst air flight from London to South Africa
… that took off from London subsequently crashed on the African continent. Two South African pilots, Lt-Col Pierre van Ryneveld and Capt. CJQ … a further…
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, two hitherto … respectively, were added to Britain's…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… voter and his cousin, Sol Plaatje, a founder member of the African National Congress (ANC). Matthews devoted the first … at Fort Hare University and in 1923…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… South Africa in 1963. At the time of his claims, the PAC, African National Congress (ANC), the Communist Party of South … (CPSA)and other liberation…
EventSA artist Sfiso Mkame is born
… Justice Sfiso Mkame , South African artist, was born in Durban. As a child he drew on … and 1988 and received a First Prize for drawing at the UZ African…
EventDraft laws are gazetted
… References: Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political … Independence to Mid-1997, Greenwood: London, p…
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… (Rick) Turner and others. In Lesotho she joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was involved in providing … who had left South Africa, assisting…
EventDefence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF
… The South African Minister of Defence Mosioua Lekota dismissed as 'fallacy' claims that 89% of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had tested…
EventThe TRC report points out culprits
… Madikizela-Mandela for their transgressions. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) was also blamed in the … the primary culprit of the apartheid era was…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
… a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing all the NP ministers with African National Congress (ANC) appointees. The Ministry of … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
ArchiveMajority rule: some notes
… and analyses it with regard to its meaning in the South African situation. This concept was born out of imperialism … the Unity Movement, play in the…
President Kaunda of Zambia meets the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation.
… between any leader of a Front Line State and a South African premier since the Victoria Falls meeting between B.J. … 25-26 August 1976. Kaunda is yet again…
EventZanzibar and Kenya are admitted to the United Nations.
… Two African countries, Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) and Kenya … December 1963. This year marks fifty years since the two African countries have been…
ArchiveBriefing by Mr D Simpson, Head of the State D
… Minutes from a meeting between South African representatives and Mr Simpson, Head of US State Department's southern African office in London where Mr Simpson…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - 1. The linguistic classification of Kora
… families that make up the collectivity of the Southern African Khoisan languages. The chapter concludes –in the … even to each other, let alone to any of the…
Document 76 - The Speakers’ Notes - A Brief Course on the Training of Organisers [Document found by the police during the Rivonia raid of 11 July 1963]
… to see to it that you recruit the best elements among the African youth into the ranks or even the vanguard of our … of the 19th century saw the complete…
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… these ships is important when trying to understand South African history, as South African contact with European sailors goes so far back, that …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… Chris Hani The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… Engineering Union Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers South African Boilermakers’ Society Building Workers’ Industrial Union South African Typographical Union…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… societies. There was also trade between groups. African societies had traded with one another for many … Trade routes existed between these ports and the…
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… of footage drew howls of condemnation against the South African Government. By the time the Government instructed its … followed by a strong condemnation…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… Kingdom of the Zulu' . KwaZulu-Natal is a: "melting pot of African, European and Indian cultures" . Known as the Kingdom … finest places to: 'spot birds,…
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a … House, 54 Pixley Seme Street, Johannesburg Issued by the African National Congress…
Umsebenzi
… Umsebenzi, mouthpiece of the South African Communist Party, deals with issues relating to the … Socialism are also discussed. Profiles of prominent South…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1953-1954
… relations; Events ouside the Union with bearing on South African affairs; General South African affairs; Matters affecting specific groups; Urban … South…