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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…
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… thought to be over 200 Years old. Early in South African History this Site was Inhabited by Iron Age, Basotho … found and are displayed in the Education…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… attack on Hintsa. The Rev. William Shaw, as he himself claims, succeeded in gaining an ascendancy over the chiefs … Maqoma and Hintsa. The Rev. Boyce in his …
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
… from half a million to one million, and the effect of the African vote was more than halved."1 (It was finally … to that of Black women. With all their…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… for support for their policies. That is why a certain 'African leader' in an issue of Liberation could state that … by foreigners who thereby had…
Chapter 12
… already mentioned Dr. Xuma's ad hoc Convention for the African Charter-Bill of Rights. Then there was the National … staking their claim for full democratic…
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… first when he was employed as a barrier attendant on South African Railways and later when through varied informal means … known as mo-China because it…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… instance to place on record the sincere gratitude of the African National Congress for the invitation extended to us … galaxy of Heads of State as well as…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
… yet another icon of our struggle and a distinguished South African and patriot, Mme Ruth Segomotsi Mompati. Indeed, … with joy and inspiration. That is…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… South Africa. What prepared the ground for the South African transition? The world, South Africans included, … of attitudes on both sides. The government…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History Online (SAHO) are hosting this conference on …
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… Matabeleland. Source: wikipedia. Displaced from the South African highveld, the Mzilikazi's Ndebele trekked over the …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… - and had been behind some of the party's support for the African strikers in 1918, was in Moscow when the miners came …
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… kingdom existed because of riches gathered from the East African gold trade. The area was very rich in gold and the …
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… her husband in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and worked for ANC Womens League. Her … in peace. Issued by: Jackson Mthembu…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
… Vicky. Kenya at the Cross-Roads, Tom Mboya. A South African in Nigeria, Ezekiel Mphahlele. The United States at U.N.O., Winifred F. Courtney. Towards an…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… der Eyken with illustrations by Mickey Munro. Towards an African Literature(VII), Dr. A.C. Jordan. Anglican Bishops … in West Africa, L.A. Fabunmi. The Art…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… A mobile South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the … years! Kitson is on permanent loan from ESKOM to the South African National…
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… Festival in 1954. Barer appeared in numerous South African Broadcasting Corporations (SABC) broadcasts such as … and on concert platforms as a soloist with…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… 1 March 1914 in Pietermaritzburg. He studied at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare), but … out after two years. He returned to…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), he was responsible … measures against Black trade unions…
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
… Team including Coloured players was raised by the South African government. This has always been a condition set by the South African government for any…
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
… within the British Commonwealth, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, South African prime minister, went to London in March 1961 to give … British Commonwealth. This request…