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EventGandhi leaves South Africa
Mohandas Gandhi, after successfully leading campaigns of Passive Resistance in this country, finally left from Cape Town by ship for England, from where he…
EventSA artist Helen Martins is born
Helen Elizabeth Martins, artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, was born in Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern…
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
The flag of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered Company was hoisted in Bulawayo, the Matabele capital, after the Company's forces, led by…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, when her parents, who were South African…
EventBram Fischer born today
Abraham (Bram) Fischer, lawyer and champion against apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This man, from staunch Afrikaans…
EventPresident Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoa bay
The discovery of various rich mineral resources in Southern Africa saw the construction of various railway lines. Of note was the construction of the Delagoa…
EventAlan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
Alan Charles Rusbridger is an English journalist and editor of The Guardian newspaper. He was born in Northern Rodesia (Now Zambia) to English parents. The…
EventEgyptian author, and trade unionist, Gamal al-Banna is born
Though he was the younger brother of Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Gamal al-Banna was a liberal scholar and a critic of the Muslim…
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
Christopher Katongo was born on 31 August 1982 in Mufulira, Zambia. After playing for a few local teams, he moved to South Africa and joined Jomo Cosmos…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South African occupying forces at…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
South African Prime Minister, Balthazar Johannes Vorster disclosed in July 1970 in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to make funds…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic,…
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
On 26 April 1999, the CIH computer virus infected a large number of computers around the world with Korea bearing the brunt at over $250 million worth of…
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the African National Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo,…
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News surrendered to police after he heard they were looking for him. Khuzwayo brought with him a lawyer who…
EventThe World Health Organisation (WHO) declares Aids a worldwide epidemic
It is unknown when AIDS emerged. However, the first reported cases were in the early eighties. Then, the disease was widely known as a gay man’s disease…
EventEthiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
On 28 May1991, Ethiopians People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) captured the capital of Ethiopia,Addis Ababa. The EPRDF was led by the Meles Zinawi,…
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City…
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
This was the first piece of legislation introduced to support the government’s policy of separate development. It made provision for the establishment of…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with seventy-six learners of Hoërskool Vorentoe plunged into the Westdene…
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt. He knew from a very young age that he wanted to be a writer. He began writing at the age of eleven and at 17 he…
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
Muntu Myeza was Secretary General of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), an affiliate of the Black Consciousness Movement. At the age of 22 , he joined…
ArchiveFrank Talk
Frank Talk, first published in March 1984, as the official publication of the Natal Region of AZAPO, the Azanian Peoples Organisation, was later published by…
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
African National Congress (ANC) leaders, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg rallying support amongst…
Press Conference in Maputo: Comments by Oliver Tambo on South African offer of territory to Swaziland, 5 March 1982
[Speaking at a press conference in Maputo, Mr. Tambo said that the ANC had already held two sets of discussions with the Swazi authorities on the South African…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A petition dated 17 September 1906 was sent to…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909 1 The President, in formally opening the…
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
This, according to Marie-Louise Baricako, a prominent gender activist from Burundi, is what life is like at the moment for that beleaguered country’s citizens…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
22 December 1996, Groutville Comrade chairperson; Members of the Luthuli family; Minister and Premiers; Leaders and veterans of the ANC; Members of the…
Speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Oliver Tambo Institute of Leadership, 17 July 2008, Kawaweta, Uganda
Members of the National Resistance Movement Central Executive Committee, Honourable Ministers, Members of the Ugandan National Parliament, Ambassadors,…