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EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… The former African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng provincial secretary and South African high commissioner to Uganda, Bavumile Vilakazi, died … African…
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… South African President Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by Defence … by the secretary general of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), Mohammed…
EventProvincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns
… the entire Provincial Executive Committee resigned. The African National Congress (ANC) was concerned that the … Sources: Books: Kalley, J. A. et al (1999)…
EventLegal action against election results
… for polling to be repeated in those areas. This followed African National Congress (ANC) complaints about … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999)…
EventPolitical parties call for Constitutional changes
… education. Subsequently, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called for a one-day general … opposition to a lockout clause proposed by the…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… On 12 August 1913, Koos De La Rey, a South African War II General, was ordered to meet with Generals Jan … was formed after the defeat of Boer Republics in…
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… unionist James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's Organisation …
EventSADF commandos bombs the ANC office in Maputo
… South African National Defence Force (SADF) commandos bombed the African National Congress (ANC) office in Maputo, Mozambique … South African History Online,…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… of the Sharpeville killings. Political organisations like African National Congress (ANC),South African Communist Party (SACP), PAC and others were banned ……
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… and independent churches. The first European-style African organisation to emerge in Natal was the unamalungelo … prejudice towards the Africans won her the…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… Emergence' is a striking debut. Charting an epoch in South African art, this accomplished unveiling presents works by a host of South African contemporaries,…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… gentlemen. South Africa had dared to expect much of the African Cup of Nations. We felt we would acquit ourselves … and Recreation for their sterling work in…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit, Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China, 5 November 2006
… and beneficiation of the resources derived from African countries through encouraging joint ventures between … harmonious and ensure a better life for our…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… Members of the South African Indian Congress met the Minister of the Interior in … of the deputation elected at the session of the South African Indian…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… under D.F. Malan. In it Lutuli calls for unity among the African people and pleads for co-operation among all people … out the trends affecting us in the…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… 1983, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress, detonated a large mortar bomb … Square in Church Street, a building which…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… 1974 Libya permitted not just the PAC but also other South African political organizations fighting Apartheid to use … support for the PAC was its alliance…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… to independence as Ghana in 1957. A firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah pursued a radical pan-African policy, playing a key role in the formation of…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… played between the White Germiston Callies and the Black African Pirates before 10 000 people in Maseru, the capital … clubs that played in the first league…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… He moved back to South Africa and worked at the South African Library in Cape Town from 1983. Schoeman is the … languages In 1999 he was one of only two…
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… A delegation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met with President P W … Africa. In 1968, the CCSA changed its name to the South African Council…
EventZambian president Kenneth Kaunda refuses to take part in UK
… offered military bases for both Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People Union (ZAPU). However,…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… bases for military training. For instance, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) established…
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… Luthuli Detachment in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Zimbabwean African People's Union (ZAPU) guerrillas engaged Rhodesian … was meant to give added military…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… on high profile cases under the Apartheid regime. When the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, she was … apartheid government. In 1991, she…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… subsequently served as Professor and Head of Department of African Languages at the University of Botswana in Gaborone. … equally fluently. Moloto was once…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… The significance of the area, in the life of the South African Indian community, can be gauged from the fact that up … settled by Indians, it was also home…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked by a number of … indicated a new political outlook on…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… there has been unanimous praise in France for the South African leader and the struggle against apartheid he … became Total in 1991, had significant…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… the interests of the workers of South Africa, the South African Labour Party must be considered as an important section of the South African working class…