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ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… offshore after Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498. Some of the best known wrecks include the SÁ¢o JoÁ¢o … up to the Fish River, while San…
EventMembers of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to receive death penalty for resisting colonial rule
… of Mau Mau involvement. Abuse and torture was commonplace in these camps, as British guards used beatings, sexual abuse … Members of Mau Mau uprising in…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… Timeline: 1960 - 1969 1960 March 16, The Boycott Movement, in London, is renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). … accepted an invitation from the…
Fourthly, as to the NATIVE QUESTION
… for and protected by entrenched and justiciable provisions in the Constitution, which shall be drafted after having … [Principle XIII substituted by sec 2 of…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… Arthur Elias Letele was born in Lesotho in 1916, but grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State. After completing secondary … doctor and prominent ANC leader who…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… day she died – a day celebrated as National Women’s Day in Mozambique. It occasions a celebration of her exemplary … female warriors, priestesses, and queens…
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 … gratitude for the invitation extended…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… to exercise control over virtually all diamond production in South Africa. The company was registered in Kimberley, and was the merger of the De Beers Mining…
Directive Concerning the Nature of the Forthcoming ANC Consultative Conference in Morogoro by O. R. Tambo, March 1969
… Congress on April, 1960, three conferences which were in the nature of general consultations have been held by the A.N.C. The first of these was held at…
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
… levels during the candidate selection process and in the run-up to conferences. Last week`s violence outside … the ANC leadership needs to be consistent and…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
… I live at 6,000 feet in a society whirling, stamping, swaying with the force of … Africa, and the time the last years of the colonial era in Africa. It’s…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… of South Africa are a settled community unlike those in the rest of Africa, with the exception of Algeria and to … extent Congo. While at the present moment…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the … the oppressive regimes but continued to inspire the people in their struggle for liberation…
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… Drew Document 57 - Lionel Forman, "Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion", Liberation, 37, July 1959 In modem times the right of…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… (SADF) and member of the State Security Council, was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State. Geldenhuys earned acclaim for his diplomatic and negotiating…
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… medical doctor, novelist and community worker, was born in Durban. She moved to London where she completed her degree in Medicine at the University of…
In the enduring spirit of President O.R. Tambo: Good luck to all matriculants, 22 October 2012
… Undeniably a matric certificate in South Africa symbolises aspirations of posterity while it … pupils well during these critical, final examinations. In his…
Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… all parties and particularly those members who took part in the debate on the President's Budget. As before, many … remarks were made about the President and…
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000. The report came five years after the … Control and Prevention (USA) reported…
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… of the Great Songhay Empire, but came under French rule in 1892. After almost seventy years of colonial rule, Mali … gaining full autonomy and joining the…
EventArchbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
… of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, … of the Church of the Province of Southern…
EventSouth African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston, Transvaal
… Hestrie Cloete was born in Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 26 August 1978. She … by her coach Martin Marx. From 1995 Cloete enjoyed success in…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… Mancham, 49, a pro-Western leader who was deposed by René in a 1977 coup. The raid was led by Colonel Thomas Michael … ("Mad Mike") Hoare, who gained…
EventMauritius gains independence
… Mauritius was first colonised by the French in 1767 until the British took over control in 1810.The British gave up sovereignty in 1968 when the … a melting…
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town. He completed his higher education diploma at the University of Cape Town …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… at the Treason trial against the accused. The 156 accused in the trial were members of the Congress Alliance, which … with treason against the state, for…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… Rugby player, Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle was born in Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria … the rugby team. He was selected for the…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… On 5 April 1990, at an informal meeting in Cape Town , President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela … shot and killed several anti-apartheid demonstrators in…
EventThe mayor of Cape Town, Hyman Lieberman, opens the Great Synagogue in the Gardens, Cape Town
… of Lithuanian immigrants. By 1863, the Jewish congregation in Cape Town had grown to such an extent that a new building … was needed. The original synagogue,…
ArchivePaper on National Civic Movement delivered at UDF National General Conference held in 1 to 3 March 1991
… Movement delivered at UDF National General Conference held in 1 to 3 March 1991. It deals with the role of UDF in building the Civic Movement, role of Civic…