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EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… during his last two years of high school, and won the national under/17 title for the 400m race in 1967. After …
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… Chief Luthuli was President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 until his death in 1967. In …
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… Ratshidi. He was elected treasurer-general of the African National Congress and was served with banning orders by the …
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… by the South African Police Service (SAPS), whereas the National Defence Force, that would also include the defence …
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… major organisations agreed to the terms laid down in the National Peace Accord. Furthermore, this attack and other …
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , former African National Congress Women League president and Deputy Minister …
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
… been monitored for three weeks. Gqozo accused the African National Congress (ANC), in particular Chris Hani of …
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… formal talks between the Government and the African National Congress (ANC). The purpose of these talks was to …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… On 15 October 1989, five of the eight African National Congress (ANC) long term political prisoners were …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… Mandela, the imprisoned leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC). The UN General Assembly also called …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… South Africa's most popular Black-edited publication. The National Association of Black Journalists in the United …
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… Obed Amon Mwanza, a Zimbabwean, was killed and six African National Congress (ANC) members were injured when the truck …
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… Police arrested United Democratic Front national secretary-general Mohammed Valli Moosa and its …
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… a warm shawl, blankets, a nightgown and slippers. Former National Federated Chamber of Commerce (NAFCOC) president, …
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… on Tuesday evening. Chauke, a former member of the African National Congress ' armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe , was …
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… to do so. The followed up announcement was made by the National Sports Council. The Council called for Luyt's …
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… by Nelson Mandela and some old guards of the African National Congress (ANC) swung things in Mbeki's favour. Mbeki …
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… Prize for youth literature 1957 for Die jongste ruiter and National Publishers Award 196. …
EventBob Woolmer, former South African coach, is found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies
… was a good cricketer in his day. He played for the English national team and was signed by Kerry Packer for World Series …
EventPrime Minister Verwoerd’s assassin transferred from prison to a mental asylum
… row for nearly 25 years. On 30 June 1994, the African National Congress Government, moved Tsafendas to the …
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… the annals of South African athletics when he broke the national 5 000m record at the Coetzenburg Stadium in …
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
… where he took the lead in developing a movement for national liberation, the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique …
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… is an award-winning South African artist. He has achieved national and international acclaim. Motswai was born on 27 …
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… home. (Signed) A.B. Xuma President-General South African National Congress Source: …
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… London University. Kunene who was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) used his time oversees to represent …
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… of liberation movements, particularly of the African National Congress’s (ANC) uMkhonto we Sizwe and Zimbabwe …
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… begun in 1948 and completed in 1972. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 March 1986. …
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… period in Bloemfontein. The house was acquired by the National Museum in 1982 and restored to its original form. …
The diary of Maria Tholo - October 18 - November 1 by Carol Hermer
… enough. Thursday, October 21 Ruth held her Tupperware party last night. All the talk was about the police, who have … a meeting. We first got to hear about…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… however, we trace our origin to 1912””the year the African National Congress (ANC), was born””with 1944 the year our … African nation. To us, therefore, the…