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The conference at Aburi, Ghana (4-5 January), fails to prevent the secession of Biafra from Nigeria and the ensuing civil war.
… fails to prevent the secession of Biafra from Nigeria and the ensuing civil war. …
Henry Mutile Fazzie, vice-president, Eastern Cape Region of the United Democratic Front, 1983, and member of the Port Elizabeth
… Eastern Cape Region of the United Democratic Front, 1983, and member of the Port Elizabeth …
Sir Leander Starr Jameson and about 500 Rhodesian police surrender at Doornkop, near Krugersdorp, after the failure of the Jame
… Sir Leander Starr Jameson and about 500 Rhodesian police surrender at Doornkop, near …
Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and his brother Kobe, sign a new treaty with Col. J
… the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and his brother Kobe, sign a new treaty with Col. J …
A new award scheme for miners is implemented. The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C
… administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C …
Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamad Taha arrive with their National Party Secretary Ge
… Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamad Taha arrive with …
The Rev. W.A. Alheit and his youngest daughter, Bella, drown at Kleinmond when a freak wave washes them from the rocks.
… The Rev. W.A. Alheit and his youngest daughter, Bella, drown at Kleinmond when a …
Mary Agard (Mamie) Pocock, algologist and botanist, who is commemorated in many plant names, is born in Rondebosch, Cape Town.
… Mary Agard (Mamie) Pocock, algologist and botanist, who is commemorated in many plant names, is …
Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The
… Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa …
Siza Khang Cecil Khampepe, financier and managing director of Khayalethu Home-loans, is born in Johannesburg. He is director of
… Siza Khang Cecil Khampepe, financier and managing director of Khayalethu Home-loans, is born in …
Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the “Gereformeerde Kerk van Suid-Afrika” (GKSA, nicknamed ‘Doppers’) and head of the reformed the
… Kerk van Suid-Afrika” (GKSA, nicknamed ‘Doppers’) and head of the reformed the …
Election in Kenya. President Daniel Arap Moi leaves office and is succeeded by opposition leader Mwai Kibaki as Kenya’s third p
… Election in Kenya. President Daniel Arap Moi leaves office and is succeeded by opposition leader Mwai Kibaki as Kenya’s …
In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv
… the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv …
George Mzimvube Matanzima, Prime Minister of the Transkei, 1979 and younger brother of Kaiser Matanzima, is born at Qamata, Tr
… Mzimvube Matanzima, Prime Minister of the Transkei, 1979 and younger brother of Kaiser Matanzima, is born at Qamata, Tr …
In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration. (The official report of the Commi
… Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau | Joyce, P. (1990). The Rise and Fall of Apartheid , Cape Town: Struik; Suid-Afrika, Unie … In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… in my preliminary remarks that the overthrow of the hated and criminal policies that prevails in South Africa requires … first that the worst victims of that…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… in my preliminary remarks that the overthrow of the hated and criminal policies that prevails in South Africa requires … first that the worst victims of that…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… acquitted of a criminal charge should be left in peace and in some cases compensated for the wrong accusation. That … which did not do so. His innocence…
Breyten Breytenbach writes to the editor of the Daily Maverick on vanishing UCT artworks and blank minds, South Africa, 11 April 2016
… to the spasms of abject annihilation of sense, meaning and self-respect being played out around the question of the … of Cape Town. If the reasoning weren’t…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
… interest to the whole world, to the African continent and especially of course to the peoples of southern Africa. … of as much interest to South Africans as…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… its ranks people who are fighting together across the race and colour line, and who sacrifice together in that struggle... Today I am … to introduce three…
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
… in New York, just less than 25 years later he was homeless and his entire archive was believed lost forever - including … in Sweden, 14,000 of them from…
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
… on Robben Island as a political prisoner between 1964 and 1971, he completed his Senior Certificate. After his release he was restricted under a banning…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… of the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, I wish to convey our ……
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… tsunami caused tremendous devastation in several countries and killed hundreds of thousands of people (sources vary between 200 000 and 300 000 casualties as…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… A group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup … near the Transkeian border. Relations between the Transkei and South Africa…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
… National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC) and the African National Congress (ANC), led by their two … committed to continuing these efforts. …
EventHealth Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
… million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Ironically South Africa was still, at the time, lagging behind other African…
Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 16 May 1983, Volume 68 and Volume 69
… Transcript of Volume 68 and Volume 69, continued evidence from Wolfram Kistner, of … Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to inquire into, report and make…