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EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. … and freedom to many African countries…
ArchiveSpeech delivered on Graduation Day on behalf of the Graduands, April 1972
… The former President of the SRC of the University of the North delivered the Address at the Graduation Ceremony … Speech delivered on Graduation Day on…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and globalisation. … sudden turning points; they took place…
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… Helen Zille studied at the University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) … after she exposed the real circumstances behind the…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at Port Elizabeth
… Minutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at Port … Elizabeth on 18 to 21 October 1965. Discussed: Minutes of 1964 National Conference,…
ANC-KZN flabbergasted by DA’s denigration of Oliver Tambo, 11 July 2006
… made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) denigrating one of the greatest freedom fighters ever produced by South … always disputed that it does not represent the…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… security forces detained approximately forty members of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African … Gordhan, Siphiwe Nyanda and Billy Nair. They…
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… On 17 July 1959, Palaeontologist Mary Leaky discovered on of the oldest hominid skulls in the Olduvai Gorge, in Northern Tanzania. At first she found several…
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
… II, Mukasa beter known as King Mwanga II, was Kabaka of the kingdom of Bungada after the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884. Upon ascending to the … King…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1979
… Minutes of of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from … regional report, Human Rights in Law Conference, Freedom of Press, Criminal Laws…
ArchiveCiskei Commission: transcript of an interview with Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin and R. Swart regarding the independence of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families
… Transcript of an interview with Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin and R. Swart regarding the independence of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black…
EventThe trial of eleven Soweto students charged under the Terrorism Act begins
… indictment alleged that as officers, members or supporters of the now banned Soweto Students' Representative Council … 1976 and October 1977. On 11 May,…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
… The former minister of labour, Tito Mboweni, was appointed governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris … Bank as an advisor to…
EventBafana Bafana lose to Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final
… national football team Bafana Bafana, under tutelage of the hastily appointed caretaker coach Jomo Sono, lost 2-0 against their Egyptian opponents in the…
EventSupreme Court declares Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta winner of the Kenyan presidential election
… Supreme Court declares Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta winner of the Kenyan presidential election Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is the fourth and current president of Kenya…
ArchiveThe background of segregation: address delivered to the National Anti-C.A.D. Conference
… This paper illustrates at the outset various forms of segregation in the world. The fact that the basic … principle upon which the British Empire is founded…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
… women, but rather took up arms to fight for the freedom of her country with the MK. She was not afraid of a gun and was heavily involved in the bush…
Statement of alliance secretariat following meeting held 5th Feb, 6 February 2015
… The Alliance National Secretariat, composed of the ANC , SACP , COSATU, SANCO met yesterday, 5 February … service delivery concerns, it condemns the…
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… The 41 annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) in Queenstown, Eastern … ANC resolved to begin with the boycott campaign. A series of boycott…
EventSeveral leading members of trade unions affiliated to the UDF are arrested
… the apartheid government arrested several leading members of trade unions affiliated to the United Democratic Front … and residents that left thirty people…
EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… Nakedi Mathews Phosa, former premier of Mpumalanga (1994-1999), Afrikaans poet and lawyer was born … security forces were planning to kill him by means of a…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and globalisation. … sudden turning points; they took place…
Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa minutes
… Minutes of a meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa held on 28 June 1989 … Society for the Abolition of the Death…
ArchiveSociety for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa minutes
… Minutes of a meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa held on 28 February 1989 … Society for the Abolition of the Death…
ArchivePrevention of Illegal Squatting Amendment Act: Punitive Squatting Act signed: 9 February 1989
… Circular relating to the prevention of Illegal Squatting Act of 1951 which prohibited the creation and occupation of almost all informal housing … Prevention…
ArchiveIsizwe the nation: Journal of the United Democratic Front Volume 1 Number 1, 1985
… Journal of the United Democratic Front discussing: tasks of the UDF in the state of emergency, convention alliance, on discipline, … Isizwe the nation:…
ArchiveDocument on the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities
… Analysis of the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into White Universities. Seeks to clarify why … English language student circles over the implications…
ArchiveBlack Consciousness: Its significance and role in the life of the Community
… Black conciousness implies the total involvement of all opressed people to recreate new value systems which will free Blacks from the bonds of self-imposed…
ArchivePaper delivered at the Annual Meeting of Diakonia on March 25, 1980
… a paper delivered by Archbishop Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, at the annual meeting of Diakonia on 25 March 1980 on…
ArchiveMemorandum to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development and Bantu Education
… memorandum provides a background to the political history of South Africa. The development of the policy of separate development and apartheid with a request…