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Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… How would you assess the current state of affairs in South Africa? TAMBO: The South African regime has become very … wherever it has its active members. All…
EventThe first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State is founded
… that province. The Dutch Reformed Church arrived in South Africa in the seventeenth century, after Calvinist reforms in … Dutch East India Company, as an…
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… The flag of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered Company was hoisted in … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa,…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, 11 November 1987, Leipzig
… we Sizwe - on behalf of the oppressed peoples of South Africa and those of Namibia, on behalf of Nelson Mandela and hundreds of other political prisoners, on…
Speech on the Occasion of the Award of an Honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by The Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic by O. R. Tambo, Leipzig, 11 November 1987
… we Sizwe - on behalf of the oppressed peoples of South Africa and those of Namibia, on behalf of Nelson Mandela and hundreds of other political prisoners, on…
EventThe House of Assembly votes for inquiry into NUSAS & SAIRR
… Christian Movement (UCM), the Christian Institute of Southern Africa and their subordinate organisations. … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventZimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.
… announced it had severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but would maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg . The ending of diplomatic relations…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… of another.) of the Eastern Cape. This is located in Southern KwaZulu-Natal. Eastern Cape which was part of … who sailed his cargo ship on the East Coast of…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… increasing labour control and land expansion Before South Africa's vast mineral wealth was discovered in the late nineteenth century, there was a general…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
… murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on unarmed and peaceful … of every day, against our people and the other…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
… murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on unarmed and peaceful … of every day, against our people and the other…
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
… by her husband, Prof. J.L.B. Smith, titled 'Sea fishes of Southern Africa', which is regarded as one of the most comprehensive …
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique begin discussions which lead to the creation of a cross-border conservation park
… Two Southern African countries, South Africa and Mozambique began discussions which led to the … South Africa and Mozambique begin discussions which lead to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… "open universities" except the University of South Africa and Natal Medical School. 24 January, Rioting by … domestic jurisdiction. August, The Christian…
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
… the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union Airways Company (Pty). On this … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
Appeal by Oliver Tambo to the people of the world on the 75th anniversary of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987
… further advances toward the birth of a democratic South Africa. The continuing struggle inside our country, combined … to the support of the Frontline States…
EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
… Stalwart anti-apartheid campaigner of South Africa, Albertina Sisulu, wife of African National Congress … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999…
EventDutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior
… of a French settlement at the eastern shore of Southern Africa. … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970).| Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2…
EventThe Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris
… Student Action in Solidarity with the Students of Southern Africa played a huge role. … Student Action in Solidarity with the Students of Southern Africa’ , …
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the … within a year, withdrawing ignominiously across the…
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
… late 1800’s Muizenberg was the trendiest holiday resort of Southern Africa, a spin-off of the arrival of the railway in 1883. … journey from Cape Town to…
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… March 1961, (Available at National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus) pg 1. Action for Southern Africa, 'The Anti-Apartheid Movement,' from Action…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… Assembly (UNGA) passed resolutions condemning South Africa's relations with its Southern African neighbours. The UN General Assembly … for strictly monitored…
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
… the question of racial and colonial oppression in South Africa was placed on the agenda of the very first General … of history as the Summit for the Total…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… due to the introduction of the merino sheep in South Africa. Although already introduced in the Cape in 1795, it … increasingly wanted domination over…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… a month after the verdict of the World Court, which South Africa won on a technical point. In 1971, a reconstituted … Court reversed its former decision and…
EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… overseas. References: Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… major super powers which played a significant role in Southern Africa’s development. For topic one, which is The World … 2015]| Mother Earth Travel (2014),…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… cause in Anglo-Boer War 2, the family immigrated to South Africa in 1903. Verwoerd was elected by the caucus of the … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his … was a migrant labourer in…