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EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… responded by detaining several members of the South African Student Organisation (SASO), banning the organisation … AZASO was disbanded in 1986 when it…
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… the wake of renewed attacks on the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). NUSAS was a federation of students … at the centre of the controversy…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… place to maintain white domination in all aspects of South African society. Apart from the legislation implemented to … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… where battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC) raged. In 1989 more than 90% … negotiations indefinitely and…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… an extra-marital affair with a white employee of the South African Council of Churches. He later divorced his wife to … was the ANC Western Cape president…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… of Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker , a banned member of the African National Congress (ANC) who was also under house … Criminal Court. Pillay is co-founder of the…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… the age of 87. References: Feldberg Leon (1976), South African Jewry, (Fiedhill Publishing Company), p.283| … Cecil & Malherbe Fana (1977), 'Jack Penn', in…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… of conflict between Colonial Administrators and autonomous African chiefdoms. The death of Cetshwayo in Eshowe in 1884, … movements that were superseded by…
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… as well as the role of these settlers during the South African War (1899-1902) and the First and Second World Wars. … reference library with a considerable…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… their lives in the service of the Empire, during the South African Boer War of 1899-1901.’ The marble Memorial is … lives in the “Service of the Empire”…
PlacePampierstad
… established under apartheid by the funds from the South African Development Trust (SADT) for people evicted from … the other was to create a pool of labour…
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
… as the historic 1956 anti-pass march by thousands of South African women. Visit our feature 'History of Women's struggle … ' for further information about…
ArchivePlan for township scrapped
… about the scrapping of plans to develop a consolidated African township at Klipfontein, a farm near Bushman's River …
ArchiveBlack uprooting and relocation
… Resolution of the Twelfth National Conference of the South African Council of Churches, Hammaskraal, May 1980 regarding …
ArchiveThe unabridged report of an international trip
… Report of a South African Council of Churches representative on a trip to …
ArchiveRegional Education Department Report (Angola)
… African National Congress (ANC) Regional Education Department …
ArchiveNUSAS National Directive for health: report to Congress, Cape Town, 1981
… to the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 28 …
ArchiveFreedom Melody 85
… April 1985. List of musicians. Fundraiser for the Southern African Arts Trust Fund. …
ArchiveAmandla Cultural Group
… Brown, cream and yellow poster. Artwork of an African, dancing with a spear and shield. Photograph of …
ArchiveNederland
… poster. Artwork of a writing book, with names of South African prime ministers on it, with a page being ripped off. …
ArchiveBody and procedures for drafting a new constitution
… Proposal of the African National Congress to CODESA Working Group 2 on a body …
EventWalter Sisulu attends a secret ANC meeting in Durban
… Walter Ulyate Sisulu attended a secret African National Congress (ANC) meeting in Durban. This … South African History Online , ‘The Freedom Charter is…
EventBeauclerk Upington dies
… advocate, politician, yachtsman and president of the South African Football (Soccer) Association (1913-22), died in Cape …
EventJazz Musician, Basil ‘Manenberg’ Coetzee, dies
… Basil 'Manenberg' Coetzee (54), South African jazz musician who played with Abdullah Ibrahim (also …
ArchiveCircular to all SACP regions
… by the National Congress Organising Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) to Regional Secretaries and …
ArchiveLetter from P W Botha, State President of the Republic of South Africa to His Excellency Dr K D Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia
… Letter from the State President of South African to the President of Zambia, requesting that he assist …
ArchiveDivine obedience: a letter to the Minister of Justice
… Honourable A Schlebusch, from Alan Boesak about the South African Council of Churhes Resolution on civil disobedience. …
ArchiveThe Black Church and the future
… on 27 July 1979 to the National Conference of the South African Council of Churches on the Black Church and the …
ArchiveMorago ga dingwaga di lentsi tsa go Iwela kgololosego...
… Nine blocks with black and white photos of various South African scenes. ANC Logo. Words VOTE in green. photo of two …
Died in the struggle
… issued by the Black Peoples Convention and the South African Students Organisation. …