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Event5 Children Murdered in SADF Umtata Raid on Alleged APLA Arms Storage Facility
… two twelve year olds, were murdered as they lay sleeping in their Umtata home. Believed to be the arms storage … Force at the time, " There were actually…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… flew over Cassinga, allegedly a Namibian refugee camp in Southern Angola. It was the South African Defence Force’s … reported that what the South Africans…
EventFirst recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa
… 1867 marks the first recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa, with the very first … as the Eureka diamond. By 1871, more…
EventHuman Rights Day is celebrated for the first time in South Africa
… Human Rights Day has been a public holiday celebrated in South Africa. It shares the day with the anniversary of the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, which…
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… leader of the Ciskei 'homeland' government, announces that in order to reach a settlement of dispute between his … the matter before the International Court…
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… Sergeant Gerhardus "Pedro" Peens admitted that he was in the Vaal Triangle (now Gauteng) township of Boipatong on … 1992 when several people were killed and…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… African nationals who died and scores who were injured in Lagos as a result of the collapsed Synagogue Church of all … loss of life outside our borders must…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… nation. The Condolence Books shall be laid out from 09h00 in the morning. The coming week shall also see the commencement of ANC Provincial Memorial Services…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… large protection against a threat posed by the DA march, in the morning at 06:00 at the South Gauteng High Court. This is necessary in view of the failure of…
educating African youth and provision of large scale scholarships tenable in various
… supports and endorses the negotiations strategy outlined in the Harare Declaration. 3. The international community has … the broad principles, procedures and…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 3: Directions of change in South African politics
… Political Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society regarding the political and social trends in apartheid South Africa. Contents…
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and was completed in 1903 as the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in South Africa. Its first…
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope 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
… the Women`s Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of … unusual type. This was in South…
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
… CONTENTS Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall A lighthouse for … domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Artefacts in a site known as 'Gemsbok' in the north of the Orange River … Reserve Commission, is set up to…
ArchiveStatement issued by the Synodical Committee of the Reformed Church in Africa
… by the Synodical Committee of the Reformed Church in Africa, about unrest in the country … issued by the Synodical Committee of the Reformed Church in Africa…
ArchiveCan we ask the question and find out the answer why our Brother Onkopotse Tiro was murdered in Botswana
… urges Blacks students to take note of the murder of Black leaders by the apartheid government. It is a call for a united reaction in the fight against…
Conversations with Felicia Winnie Madikizela Mandela, A Tribute to Women in the Struggle
… In a conversation with Dr. Felicia Mabuza Suttle, Winnie … and other women like Albertina Sisulu faced for freedom in South Africa. … with Felicia Winnie…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… Mr. Kenneth Kaunda of the Zambia African National Congress in Northern Rhodesia. Both have been unable to attend our convention, for both are now, in the…
ArchiveStatement to the ANC Conference from political prisoners in Pretoria local prison
… Statement to the ANC National Conference in Durban, 2-6 July 1991, from political prisoners in Pretoria local prison, stating that two months has passed ……
EventAfrican National Congress guerilla is shot and killed in Orange Free State.
… National Congress guerilla was shot and killed by police in a township called Ficksburg in Orange Free State on 2nd June 1986.The South African … Saldru…
EventThe national Chairman of SABRA warns of sour relations in the Union
… “Recent events in Africa have robbed the Union of precious time. This … came during the opening of the Bureau’s Transvaal Congress in Pretoria on 10…
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
… was mounted during the Second World War which started in the early hours of 1 September 1939 when three German … complications the plan failed and with many…
EventDF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time
… This day in history marks the first time the term Apartheid was mentioned in Parliament by Dr Malan. For Dr Malan, Apartheid was a … DF Malan mentions the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Henrique Cardoso of Brazil Pretoria, 26 November 1996
… I had been at school with Ariah, but now she lived in Port Elizabeth. Bloemfontein was not such a good place to … of things to be made for the war, and so…
Event300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border are facing starvation
… 300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border were facing starvation … The Red Cross had been sending supplies to relief camps in "rebel" Biafra, but…
Culture in the New South Africa by Robert Kriger and Abebe Zegeye
… severely limited by the policies of the previous regime. In building a new, democratic nation, many social, political … of the nationhood can develop.This…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… Party (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of Assembly compared to previous elections . The … since the establishment of the Union of…
FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time – Group Show (until 28 April 2017)
… (University of Bayreuth) and the Goethe-Institut Kenya, in cooperation with the Nairobi National Museum are bringing the exhibition “FAVT: Future Africa…
EventTsafendas, murderer of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies
… of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, died at the age of 81 at the Sterkfontein … row. During the last five years of his life he was…