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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. …
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… of farm workers in De Doorns marched to the N1 (a national road that passes through many farming towns) … Tony Ehrenreich for the incitement of violence…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… Africa. Resistance against apartheid, led by the African National Congress, had experienced a heavy setback: the ANC … Mannenberg rose to fame as South…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… the internationally famous Sun City, the Pilanesberg National Park, the Madikwe Game Reserve and the Rustenburg … and has a thriving tourism industry,…
Doing Oral History
… These actions resulted in his banning in 1964. The Liberal Party supported him by setting him up in a fish and chip shop … Any person who experienced the…
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… tyranny, opposed to the accepted views of the Nationalist Party and to the fascist regime, are automatically hounded … 1952 and the sixties is as follows: In…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… who might be banned by the state and, together withSASO’s national organiser Harry Nengwekhulu, he ran leadership … the pair were banned. Biko and…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… against Unjust Laws" - launched jointly by the African National Congress of South Africa and the South African … 7,000 to 100,000 during the campaign and it…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… nezizukulwana Sithi akuhlanga lungehlanga! Members of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress Ministers and Deputy Ministers…