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The possessions of Piet Retief and about 100 men who were murdered in February by Dingane, is auctioned.
Phineas ‘Mokotjo’ Leoate, Edgar Sandile Phakone, Thulani Mabaso and Ntanda Makhuba disappear, allegedly part of a group of six
Aboobaker Ismail, commander of the Special Operations Committee of MK and the Dolphin Unit, is born in Johannesburg.
Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.
The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development leaves Malawi after a four-day visit during which cooperation between nati
Wilton Z. Mkwayi, South African ANC activist and former Robben Island prisoner, is born near Middledrift in the Ciskei.
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… colonial power, agreed to pay for the reacquisition of land held by British settlers. The British, however, went … Zimbabwe. Even after independence, the…
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
… relative to the slave trade, and the operations by sea or land which furnish slaves to that trade. 3. A Declaration … and seeing also that the operations,…
British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock is held at gunpoint by security forces in Zimbabwe when his plane lands at the ‘wrong’
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair thanks President Nelson Mandela by telephone for his help in persuading Libya to hand over two sus
The farm Lang Leegte (of which the suburb Langlaagte now forms part) where the first gold was discovered, is registered in the
The farm Lang Leegte (of which the suburb Langlaagte now forms part) where the first gold was discovered, is registered in the
Document 100 - “15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike: Communist Party Calls Mass Demonstration to Commemorate”, South African Worker, 27 February 1937
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bergendal or Dalmanutha on the Rand takes place, with the Republican forces falling back at nig
The Rand Supreme Court rules that Blacks from the homelands can establish the right to reside permanently in towns in White Sou
Four people are seriously injured after being thrown off moving trains on the East Rand. A number of people have been thrown fr
Four people are seriously injured after being thrown off moving trains on the East Rand. A number of people have been thrown fr
Sir Henry Rider Haggard, author of adventure books (i.e. King Solomon’s Mines) who worked in SA for several years, dies in Lond
Justice Sfiso Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban. As a child he drew on sand walls. He received formal art training at t
The Rand daily Mail reports that ninety-six White soldiers walked out of a camp in April in protest against alleged poor food a
Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys the section of the farm Lang Leegte, on which the main gold reef of the Witwatersrand was di
James Dube, a minor Zulu chief converted by the Rev. Daniel Lindley, is ordained as minister. James was the father of John Lang
David Goldblatt: Intersections by Matt Damsker
… chronicling the soul and soil of his troubled native land, resulting not only in an internationally collected body … humanity--a human presence in uneasy…
Notes for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994
… own country. It will mean "Mayibuye", the return of the land to the Bantu people, from whom it has been stolen by the imperialists. The Bantu Republic will…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
The Right Honourable Rev. Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; …
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… GRA, but was its principal author. Die Geskiednis van ons Land in die Taal van ons Volk (The History of our Land in the Language of our Nation), published in…
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC 30 March 2007 Introduction The 52nd National Conference of the ANC in December 2007 will have to…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… and this they could only do by controlling the Griqua. The land question was the core of the problem, as it was for all … obtained by fraud. . . . The real…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
Father Trevor Huddleston, Your Excellencies, Participants at the tenth and Final Conference of the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa…
ArchiveFrom the margins to the mainstream: the anti-apartheid movement and the politics of agenda-setting in the United States
A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School, New Brunswick, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partial fulfillment of requirements for the…