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The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… his recently published book (Jacana: 2013). Drawing from material in the ANC’s own archives, other archives in … in exile in Zambia and argues that this was…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… was erected by Public subscription as a tribute of respect from the people to the Memory of those Local Volunteers who … end of the Garden of Remembrance,…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… shelling the Town. On 14 February the British withdrew from their positions around Colesberg and regrouped at … Arundel Siding. On 20 February the Boers…
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… and the power to 'name' people who could be barred from holding office, practicing as lawyers or attending … was progressively tightened up in 1951, 1954,…
Archive’Operation Mayibuye.’ Document found by police at Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, 11 July 1963.
… can hope to make a real impact. This can be seen from the general mood of the people and their readiness to … whites. At the same time the State is isolated…
Document 127 - 6 Point Communist Programme f c. 7 941)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … in Germany and Italy. Hitler's strength has not come only from his guns and tanks and planes. It…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
… the more grateful for the tolerance that has come my way from members of the Koranna and Griqua community in … patience and loyal support I have been blessed…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… his life and memory. The special edition contains tributes from ANC leaders like Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma … and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, and…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Village of Kuboes, also spelled Khubus. Derives its name from a Khoikhoi term meaning: 'A Round Fountain or Spring' … many highly spiritual in nature. A life…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… done to the spirit in which the award was created. I quote from the official history of our National Orders: South Africa has taken many strides away from…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… Born Ronald Horwitz in in 1934, he moved to from South Africa to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the … one of the last great 'actor-managers' of Great…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … whatever that was,' and were inclined to refrain from doing anything that might 'antagonise' the…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of … development that was to lead to his eventual dissociation from the Natal Indian Congress (NIC)…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… the government`s use of force to remove African people from the Western Areas. Chief Lutuli sent this message to the people from his sick-bed.] There are no…
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… Uitenhage developed from 1804 to 1910 from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular in the …
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… 1964). He served as prime minister and then as president from independence in December 1961 until his retirement in … African countries which had not yet…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… SAIC. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘Defiance Campaign 1952,’from South African History Online, [online] Available at … [Last accessed: 13 May 2011] Anon, (n.d.)…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… the Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of … for life. The country was the first to…
EventEgypt is placed under martial law in response to widespread riots against the British
… From 1951 to 1952 Egypt was ravaged by violence and … these riots. During the protests, attention was moved away from ethnic, religious and foreign…
EventNational Party wins national elections
… resulted in the Pact Government, the Great Depression, from 1930 to 1933, made the government's rule difficult. … References: This week in African history:…
EventInternational Olympic Committee re-admit South Africa
… in 1968. However, this decision elicited sharp protests from various Black African states which threatened to stay away from Mexico if South Africa took part…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… a decoy beacon as was alleged. Machel was on his way back from an international meeting in Malawi in the presidential … Political History: a chronology of…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… it was attended by nearly 3000 people, including delegates from the United States Embassy in South Africa. SWAPO, which was prevented from holding…
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… out of the country amidst a series of disputes and strikes from workers fearing for their future. The decision to … occupied some of GM plants and were…
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… this attack, the African National Congress (ANC) announced from Lusaka that it accepted responsibility for the event. … M.E. Nondula, were initially jailed…
EventNP holds federal congress
… Following its withdrawal from the African National Congress (ANC)-led Government of … Political History: a chronology of key political events from…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… Irish Sea. Her most famous achievement was a solo flight from London to the Cape and back in 1928. Her return journey … and inwards journey solo. In 1928 she…
PlaceGwali Mission
… up about it was subsequently named Emgwali, takes its name from the Gwali River, a tributary of the Tyumie River. Also … of stone. It is situated on a…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at the London School of … ever South African to receive the prize…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… turn to television instead. In the 1970s Hayward retired from acting, not having achieved the success he had hoped for. He died from lung cancer on 21…