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PlaceFort Schanskop
… in Tanzania in 1954. . Fort Schanskop was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 June 1938 …
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… the SAAF and SAAF Association decided to proceed with a National Architectural Competition, for the new design, …
PlaceComoros
… War, the Islands were given representation in the French National Parliament. On 6th July 1975, the Islands government …
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… any historical basis whatsoever. On the contrary African National Congress in particular, is democratic in concept. Dr …
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… independence was initially led by Patrice Lumumba of the National Congolose Movement (NCM). Independence Day was …
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… to achieve its independence from France. The African National Congress, which was South Africa leading liberation …
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… started on 26 June 1952 as a joint venture of the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… SASO was formed as a break-away student movement of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In 1974 …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… engaged in various opera productions of Alessandro Rota's National Opera Society of South Africa, the Opera Vereniging …
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… Alexandra and also became an active member of the African National Congress (ANC). Having worked underground for the …
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… with anger within South Africa and internationally. The National Medical and Dental Association (NAMDA), a new and …
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… Turner's murder came in the wake of renewed attacks on the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). NUSAS was a …
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… exiled Father Lapsley for his affiliation to the African National Congress (ANC) as well as for the support of …
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… was suspected of being a courier of guns for the African National Congress (ANC) from Swaziland. The Commission found …
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… and inherit from their partners' wills. The ruling African National Congress, which under Nelson Mandela led the country …
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… of Pretoria, injuring two security guards. According to national police commissioner, Jackie Selebi, the explosive …
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… Despite the fact that he had no criminal record and was a national icon Mbuli was denied bail, and awaited trial for …
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker , a banned member of the African National Congress (ANC) who was also under house arrest. …
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) announced its existence by launching …
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… currently on view at Bergtheil Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December …
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
… United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. International Women's Day is the story of …
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
… regime physically to liquidate the broad movement for national liberation, to suppress the ideas this movement … its intentions are to destroy the broad…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
… regime physically to liquidate the broad movement for national liberation, to suppress the ideas this movement … its intentions are to destroy the broad…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… to welcome you to the Union Buildings, the seat of the national government. I am especially pleased to welcome Mama … of our country who are here today as we…
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… the now independent states as an essential part of their 'national interest'. This national interest was also defined by the reality of the cold … to act in…
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
… 200th anniversary. This will mark the unveiling of it as a National Heritage Site. The event is scheduled to be held in … world. The Department of Science…
PlaceTokai, Cape Town
… The Cape Dutch style Manor House was built in 1796 is a National Monument and currently occupied by the Table Mountain National Park admin offices. …
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 …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XII - End and Beginning
… who began his career as a member of the British Liberal Party and who, as High Commissioner, paved the way for the … this Bill, which he and J. H. Hofmeyr,…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… to unite into a single organization in 1912 (the African National Congress) and most writers for the first half of the … 1950 The 1950s was the decade in…