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Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… me great pleasure to extend to you, in the name of the African National Congress, the warmest fraternal … whose experience, dedication and skill as the doyen…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… more to undermine our interests than any other black African.” [2] The US government was determined to depose … Nkrumah before he managed to unite Africa…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… general tone of the commentaries – including the governing African National Congress (ANC’s) - has been sympathetic. … It displays a cavalier attitude…
EventLlewellyn Herbert was born on this day
… July 1977 in Bethal, Mpumalanga.[i] Herbert was the South African 400 metre hurdle champion from 1996 to 2003.[ii] He … Olympic Games.[v] He was known as the…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… for the liberation struggle. [ii] She served under the African National Congress, ANC’s Women’s League and the South African Communist Party. [iii] Mashamba…
EventKhulane Morule, the Motswako rapper is born
… the Best Venacular Hip Hop Album award at the South African Traditional Music Awards.[iv] His Lost In Time album … such as the Best Collaboration award at…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… 1923 1. Minimum or Standard rate of wages for all the African Workers throughout South. Conditions of the Railways … at the Head Office. 7. "One Big Union"…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… the actions of the revolutionary elements, the South African government adopted legislation which increasingly … of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU. 3…
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… Edward Island is one of two Islands annexed by South African which includes Marion Island. The Island lies about … play a strategic role. The British worked…
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
… Newspaper proprietors and editors of all the main South African newspapers, both English and Afrikaans, unanimously … the bill. In its place, a new self…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… in a bloodless coup in 1987. Holomisa accused the South African government of having had knowledge of Duli's … Africa were strained, since Holomisa openly…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… back to this day in history search archive Former South African Defence Force Minister, General Magnus Malan and 19 … between the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… when he went to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Initially he … to study Indian or Middle Eastern law, but…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… F.W. de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party …
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… origin. Coloured people, throughout the course of South African history, have been regarded as neither white nor … basis that the CRC was completely…
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… Report of the Head Office of the National Union of South African Students to the Annual Congress of the National … the Azanian Students Organisation, the…
EventMK operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung are executed
… police station, a car bomb exploded outside the South African Air Force Headquarters and the South African Defence Force (SADF) Military Intelligence … at…
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
… Founded in 1946, this is the home of the South African National Botanical Institute. Thus it serves as a … of the total area set aside almost exclusively for…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan … South Africa by British forces. In 1899-1902, the South African War…
EventGambia gains independence
… On this day in history Gambia became the 36th African nation to gain independence. The Gambia (officially … the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the smallest…
EventNovelist and poet Kgadime Matsepe is born
… the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Arts and Science), namely for his work … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New…
EventSA trade unionist Raymond Budd dies
… South African trade unionist Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd, who also … all branch offices except that of treasury. The South African government often used his…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… The South African government ended eighty-four years of control over … discussions lasting three years between the South African and Namibian governments and…
EventPresident FW de Klerk tells Parliament that South Africa had constructed six nuclear fission devices
… On 24 March 1993; South African President F.W. de Klerk announced the existence of a South African nuclear programme as well as the fact that the …
EventCOSATU leads an anti-VAT strike
… The Congress Of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called a two-day nation-wide … support from the manufacturing industry. COSATU and the African National…
EventSA signs Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA
… of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1991, the South African government entered into a Comprehensive Safeguards … the IAEA announced that it was…
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… On this day in 1990, the African National Congress (ANC) veteran leader, Walter … denied allegations levelled at his party by the South African parliament…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… National Bank of Southern Africa (FNB) - a wholly South African owned and controlled entity. Sir Timothy Bevan, … admitted that while the decision to pull…
EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… The South African Xhosa film uCarmen eKhayelitsha became the second South African movie to compete and first to win the Golden Bear … ,[Accessed on:31…
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised
… to fight HIV/AIDS, could be a recipe for disaster. The African potato, with a mixture of garlic, onions and virgin … one of the world's leading HIV journals,…