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EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… April, 1994. More than seven million people in the former homelands, forced to accept citizenship of their various homelands, regained their South African…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… desert regions, the challenges they face need a collective response from all of us. One of the objectives of this … This meeting needs to send a clear…
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
… from a legal framework system that did not recognize 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South … Africa, hence employment seekers travelling…
EventThe ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute
… later learned that the Pretoria Minute was not binding on Homelands government. Homelands like Bophutatswana were not willing to accept the …
EventEritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.
… by Eritrea to gain recognition from the United Nations (UN). Habte Selassie who represented the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) at the UN argued…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… KaNgwane is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black … it was reintegrated into South Africa, like the other nine homelands,…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… continued to spearhead the Health Department’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in spite of these mounting …
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… that a war against the Republic would be seen as a just response to Boer provocation. The Boer governments of the …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Source-Based Questions and Answers
… 2020), Image Source 1. How does Source A depict Africans response to the implementation of the 1913 Natives Land Act? …
BiographySimon Nkoli
… Aids Project; South Africa and society’s inadequate response to the exponential growth of the disease. He died …
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… African Police (SAP), South African Defence Force (SADF), homelands police such as the KwaZulu Police (KZP), homelands … by the security forces are a good…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… The Alliance partners began mobilising mass action in response to the Sharpeville Massacre. Immediately the … sends delegations to Egypt, Nigeria and Guinea…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… torture and murder was launched in March 1976 in response to the death in detention of Joseph Mduli - and as … 60th Birthday. I received a note from Enugu…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… By the 90's when all the Liberation organizations where un-banned, Currie's served has a 'home ground' to the ANC …
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Informal Ministerial Consultations on COP 17, O.R. Tambo Building, Tshwane, 09 September 2011
… is particularly important as we prepare for the formal UN inter-sessional meeting in Panama next month. This meeting … end of the year. We have all agreed…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
… villages of Namibia by pointing out the weaknesses of the UN and telling the people that UN resolutions were never implemented. The only way to get … the…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… year with increasing animosity at the United Nations (UN), successor to the League of Nations. On 18 July 1966, the … increased, and in October 1966 the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… contact with the Indian delegation at the United Nations (UN). 12 August, The African Mineworkers Union launches the … calls for the formation of an anti…
EventLibya becomes independent
… country to achieve autonomy through the United Nations (UN) and one of the first former European possessions in … independence Libya, a former Italian…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… not simply violence for its own sake - it was a rational response to desperate circumstances, as people sought safety … this myth as justification for its…
ArchiveObstacles to free and fair elections in Namibia
… UN Resolution 435, which provided for free and fair elections … on 1 April 1989. A Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and a UN Transition…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… South Africa should be a no-go area and this included the 'Homelands'. He said that the ANC holds F. W. de Klerk's government responsible for creating the…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… where they adopted the Charter of the United Nations(UN). Three months later the UN was officially launched when the signatory countries … Africa was one of…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… as a part of the overall apartheid system including ‘homelands’, urban restrictions, pass laws and job … was also made compulsory. Because of the government…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… set goals for itself credible leadership; United Nations (UN) accreditation; a regional approach and securing access to … and Tony Trew, among others…
EventInternational Day of Peace Vigil is observed
… was observed as the third International Day of Peace. The UN resolution called on all UN member states, regional and non-governmental organisations ……
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… as well as allowing some contact with blacks involved in homelands . A new phase in the UDF was once again ushered in … For the first time elections for all…
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
… sphere were not unreservedly accepted in the homelands. Opposition came from two sides. On the one hand, … authorities and the agricultural reforms resulted,…
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
… Governments across the world applied United Nations (UN) sanctions against Libya because of its alleged … decided to ignore some of the sanctions imposed by…