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EventChris Hani is born
… Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, military arm of the African National Congress (ANC) and General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
EventWaluz and Derby-Lewis are sentenced to death
… Clive Derby-Lewis to death for assassinating the South African Communist Party (SACP) leader, Chris Hani . They were … the country upside down. The sentence…
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… its findings of a "dirty tricks" campaign against the African National Congress (ANC). The Commission reported the … apparently sanctioned by senior figures…
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… from prison. He also announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and…
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… In search of peace two Southern African presidents, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique, successor … died in a plane crash in South Africa, met his South African…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… could have an effect on the outcome of it. Source: South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South…
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… a power station, and Maxala Vilakazi, a clerk at the South African Committee for Higher Education (Sached). All three … for being members of the illegal…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… The South African 46664 concert, 46664 being the prison number of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, … SAHO, Nelson Mandela…
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… in Equatorial Guinea. Many of the suspects were South African, including the alleged leader of the advance party, … 23 Angolans, 2 Congolese and 1 Zimbabwean…
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… camps for Boer women and children during the Second South African War/ Anglo Boer War 2, set sail for South Africa. … and was appalled by the conditions. She…
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… political violence took place in February 1990 after South African President F.W. de Klerk made a speech at the opening … among other measures, the lifting…
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… in 1957, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first President. Many African countries gained independence after Macmillan’s … British Prime Minister on 3 February 1960…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… and as a result she had to go to exile. She worked as an African National Congress (ANC) official and a journalist in the UK and other African countries like…
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… aligned traditional chiefs (amakhosi) had prohibited the African National Congress (ANC) from running campaigns in the … had been killed in the province…
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… During a summit between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC), both parties agreed to a … Boddy-Evans, A., 2011. ‘This Day in…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… On 19 January 1973, South African Prime Minister J.B. Vorster confirms that there was … troops and police opened fire on a threatening South African police…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
… commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the African National Congress. One of these, Pixley ka Izaka … of Africa belongs to this new and…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… exception. Segregation is the prevailing idea of the South African ruling class and it has created segregationists in … of the European in this country, one…
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… The African National Congress (ANC) is saddened to learn of the … the ANC, the Mass Democratic Movements of our country, the African continent and the world…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… Allister Sparks has spent 60 years at the heart of South African politics. He will be here to talk about his memoir. … chronicles the passionate affair…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… 1977 this 'homeland' was granted independence by the South African government. Bophuthatswana's capital city was … by the following day by the intervention…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the Black resistance movements, in particular the African National Congress. Those Black leaders who were not … emerged. The White- dominated National Union…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… broadcasting media, even though the state-controlled South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) had a virtual … unfair competition for the Afrikaans press…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… Committee. He was one of the founding members of the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), which led to him being … amongst and for the youth, he became the…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… The Tjisadane. By November 1950, the entire Second South African Air Force Squadron was fully deployed. This unit … with distinction during the Korean…
EventThe fall of the fortress town of Tobruk
… a combination of poor judgement on the part of the South African commander Major -General H.B Klopper as well as the … 1942. Among the units taken prisoner…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… task teams have been incorporated into the South African Police force. Some progress has been made in … who were rescued in the operation, all but one was…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… explorer, Batholomeu Dias. When the Dutch colonized South African in the 17th century, the island was used to isolated … years on Robben Islands. Others…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… election. When the fusion between the NP and South African Party (SAP) took place, Swart joined Malan's … passing of the Immorality Act, the banning of the…
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… of Namibia (December 1989-March 1990), a Consultant to the African National Congress on constitutional issues (April … at which Mr. Nelson Mandela and other…