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Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
… them to reach their full potential and are themselves the African pioneers leading all of us into the African century which should also be the century for…
PlaceKwaMashu
… was now compelled to take action on the housing of the African population of the city. Subsequently, in 1952, an … township, but it also had to place buffer…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… State which at its height was the largest kingdom in the African sub-Continent. The establishment of Mapungubwe as a powerful state trading through the East…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… Act were expanded to create a more formal structure for African Urban administration. In 1923 the Urban Areas Act was … those clauses of the 1923 Urban Areas…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… New York City renames the square in front of the South African mission to the United Nations 'Nelson and Winnie … Seamen, Britain Street in Glasgow, Scotland…
ArchiveRelations with Other Groups Committee report
… at the 60th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Durban, 29 Nov-3 Dec 1983. Included in …
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white socialist Labour Party from …
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1951-1952
… South Africa and work to help resolve these; General South African affairs; Urban areas; Rural areas; Education; … South African Institute of Race Relations,…
Celebrating 50 years of the Freedom Charter - June 26 1955-June 26 2005
… Picture Researcher : Rita Potenza. Photos from Bailie’s African History Archives, Wits Archive, Mayibuye Centre, …
EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… (Limpopo Province). He was president of the National African Farmers' Union (1991-97) and member of the Management …
EventSelassie becomes emperor
… by Rastafarians as a Lion of Judah, meaning that he is an African messiah. Click here to read about his burial Click …
EventSA poet Sydney Vernon Peterson dies
… Sydney Vernon Petersen, one of the prominent South African poets and educationist of the 1940s, died in … Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South…
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
… especially with regard to its close ties with the South African Students Organisation (SASO), which was seen in … www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 6 June…
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
… a working class Afrikaner family, he captained the South African national rugby team, better known as Springboks from … African Success, 'Biography of…
EventANC member, Henry Fazzie sentenced to 20 years in jail under the Sabotage Act
… were compromised, and they were detained by South African security forces in Zimbabwe. The group was later …
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… to open fire when the crowd attacked them, while the African National Congress (ANC) claimed that its supporters …
EventFirst ANC Conference in SA in three decades
… The African National Congress (ANC) held its first Consultative … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a…
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
… The African National Congress (ANC) called off a peace rally to …
EventChris Hani succeeds Joe Slovo as Chief of MK
… who had been appointed general secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP). MK was intensifying its …
EventThe ship São José is wrecked
… About 1300 ships have been wrecked on or near the South African coast since the year 1500. …
EventTsotsi wins Academy Award
… On 6 March 2006, the South African film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley …
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… Housing and Traditional Affairs and member of the African National Congress (ANC), Dumisani Makhaye, succumbed …
EventThe 4 x 100m men’s relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian …
EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) celebrated its 18th anniversary …
EventBotha pleads not guilty to contempt charges
… Former South African President P.W. Botha appeared in court in George, …
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… The African National Congress (ANC) announced the names of …
EventFormer SADF Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted
… Former South African Defence Force (SADF) Chief Tienie Groenewald was … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a…
EventSheila Cussons is born
… South African poet Sheila Cussons was born at Moravia, near …
EventAllison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion is born
… of J.T. Gumede, Champion became an executive member of the African National Congress (ANC). … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African…
EventSpringboks wallop Scotland
… After the demise of Apartheid, the South African rugby team, (Springboks/Amabokoboko) went to …