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PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… transferred to the university in 1980. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 21 September …
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… came from political organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC). By 1950, the ANC's Programme of …
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… meant to give added military impetus to both the African National Congress's (ANC) and ZAPU's broad strategies for …
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… and the 'communist threat'. In 1972, conscription (national service) was increased from 9 months to 1 year, as …
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… for humanitarian work, was named after him, as is the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, where …
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… leaders. By 1986, the UDF had held talks with the African National Congress (ANC) to strengthen opposition to the …
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… annually to an African journalist by the US-based National Association of Black Journalists. She became the …
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… profile cases under the Apartheid regime. When the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, she was …
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… Minister Mosiuoa Lekota stated that 'the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is no longer accepting HIV …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… South Africa, approximated that of the then-banned African National Congress (ANC). In the late 1990s Boesak, while …
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee was born in Moruleng, Rustenburg …
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… of Nelson Mandela as president of the government of National Unity, the United Nations (UN) Security Council …
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… struggle. Imprisoned in 1964 for his role in the African National Congress’ (ANC) struggle against the Apartheid …
PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
… of Elephant House could not die, and it was declared a National Monument on the 25 August 1978. During the course of …
Banned SACTU leaders
… Harbour Workers Union (SARHWU) Ndzanga, Lawrence - SACTU National Executive Committee Member Ndzanga, R - Transvaal …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
… When she was 29 years old she decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) and soon afterwards left teaching as … Shope became a member of parliament…
PlaceBethal
… to its original, 1910 state and has been declared a national monument. The town's Memorial Square is the site of … who died during the Border War, including…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… security section at prison headquarters, and then to the National Security apparatus. Thereafter it had to come back … he had had with the ANC and the South…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… Khami Ruins National Monument and World Heritage Site, is located to the … significance of the site, it was scheduled as a National Monument in 1937…
Land mine kills 6 in South Africa by Sheila Rule (New York Times), 16 December 1985
… presumed to be ''terrorists'' from the outlawed African National Congress, which is seeking to overthrow the white … were hiding. Other Bombings by Rebels…
Directive concerning the nature of the forthcoming ANC consultative conference in Morogoro by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1969
… Since the banning of the African National Congress on April, 1960, three conferences which … aspect of our liberation struggle as led by the African…
Directive Concerning the Nature of the Forthcoming ANC Consultative Conference in Morogoro by O. R. Tambo, March 1969
… Since the banning of the African National Congress on April, 1960, three conferences which … aspect of our liberation struggle as led by the African…
Document 98 - “The All African Convention”, Umlilo Mollo /The Flame, 1, 2, October 1936
… for a constituent Assembly to express their needs, their national unity, and their revolt against their present slave … failure of the Convention to point a…
Freedom for Namibia by Toivo Herman Ja Toivo (1968)
… in South West Africa. We consider ourselves a political party. We know that whites do not think of blacks as … life working in S.W.A.P.O., which is an…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… Missionary Society sent to the Cape Colony its first party of missionaries, consisting of two Hollanders, Van der … Dr. Van der Kemp, who seems to have been…
PlaceNamib Desert, Namibia
… and Deadvlei Nature Preserve , the Namib-Naukluft National Park , the Skeleton Coast , Damaraland , and the … red sand dunes in the heart of Namibia's, Namib…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… Due to President Brand's leadership, a sense of unity and national pride developed among the Free State residents and … room which was housed behind the Town…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… under the AFP (African Film Productions) banner. The National Censorship Act of 1931 was passed by Parliament, … report recommended the establishment of a…
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
… the ANC`s governing capacity: the relationship between the party and the state; The PEC is confident that all regional …
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… A few days later, on 26 May 1948, the Nationalist Party, under the leadership of Dr. D. F. Malan, took over the …