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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…
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
… president of the Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1960 to 1965 died. He assumed the office when the Congo became independent from Belgium on …
EventUgandan President Idi Amin releases political prisoners
… The reason for attack was his inability to obtain arms from their respective countries. Once Muammar Qaddafi of … and more than 50,000 Asians holding British…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… Africans, Kholwas, many who had moved away from the influence of the chieftaincy. The political … His involvement in the Anglo-Boer War prevented him from…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… Soon after this the PP merged with a new breakaway group from the United Party, called the Reform Party, which became … 2008. In 2006, former party leader…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… sign language, Khoe Khoe and the San. Many other languages from all over the world are spoken here too, including … of edible roots, leaves, plants, berries…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… the action, Gandhi began leading some of the strikers from Natal over the Transvaal border. The march would take … their campaign. Eventually, in response to…
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … exploitation of South Africa by modern imperialism dates from the discovery and exploiting of…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… slavery and humiliation, the "dom pass" is being extended from the African male dog to the African female bitch. It is … opportunities" can be founded…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… slavery and humiliation, the "dom pass" is being extended from the African male dog to the African female bitch. It is … opportunities" can be founded…
Statement by Oliver Tambo, on behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the closing session of the seventh summit meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states, 02 December 1988, Arusha
… Comrade Chairman, to recall that one year ago to the day (from 1 to 4 December), Tanzania`s Deputy Prime Minister and … for the developing countries. Today,…
Statement, on Behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the Closing Session of the Seventh Summit Meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States, Arusha by O. R. Tambo, 1 - 2 December 1988
… Comrade Chairman, to recall that one year ago to the day (from 1 to 4 December), Tanzania's Deputy Prime Minister and … for the developing countries. Today,…
PlaceFree State Province
… in the Northeast. It was originally a Boer State and then (from 1910) one of the traditional Provinces of South Africa; … Premier: Mosiuoa Lekote When the…
Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction (Minority) (1934)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … of imperialisms, i.e., the last stage of Capitalism. From the most simple of economic formations, he…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 … themselves, meeting with indifference or hostility from older craft unions. In South Africa,…
Address at the Work-in-Progress Review Workshop of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), 24 Jan 2002
… and distinguished delegates and representatives from all over our continent and indeed the world. I believe … commitment of all who are present and who have…
VI - The Inquest
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, … Old Synagogue has been the scene of many political trials from the end of the 1950s onwards…
Statement at the Symposium on the Survival and Development of Children in the Frontline States and Southern Africa, Harare, March 1-5, 1988
… of great encouragement and inspiration to us who come from southern Africa to see so many concerned people who have come from other parts of the globe to…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … purpose, which eludes us so many decades on, was freedom from oppression. The purpose remains…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… cent. in wages and this demand was countered by a request from the union for a substantial increase in wages. During … for the first few days of the strike…
Court Verdict Docket, 11 February 1978
… India and was brought to the Transvaal by Muslims who came from India. It was initially an exact reproduction of the … a brief account of the development of…