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South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… ,Fifty Fighting Years: The Communist Party of South Africa 1921-1971, London: Inkululeko. Lewin, Hugh ( 1976), Bandiet: … A popular history of the South…
EventSouth African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born
… On 24 October 1958, South African storyteller Nokugcina Elsie …
PlaceKlapperkop Fort, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 24 June 1938. …
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… to his Houghton home in Johannesburg where he received 24 -hour intensive care from 22 doctors. Three months after …
EventGambia gains independence
… its independence. Gambia officially became a republic on 24 April 1970. The name Gambia comes from the River Gambia …
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, …
EventPresident FW de Klerk tells Parliament that South Africa had constructed six nuclear fission devices
… On 24 March 1993; South African President F.W. de Klerk …
EventWorld No Tobacco Day is observed
… day is observed by abstaining from tobacco for a period of 24 hours around the World .The objective is to encourage …
EventSA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia
… medals from the World Gold Championships in Slovakia on 24 August 2007. The team consisted of 26 members with three …
EventThe DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast
… On 24 September 1980 the Director General of Transport, Mr. A.B. …
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… were jailed. Just months after he was re-elected, on 24 February 1966, he was deposed as President. …
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… to render the country ungovernable. From September 1984 to 24 January 1986, 955 people were killed in political violence … reflecting its alignment with ANC…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… and in 1970, and he decided to follow suit.. The next 24 years Hallett lived in exile, moving to several different … persisted, and anger and hatred loomed…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
Essa Moosa was born in District Six, Cape Town on 8 February 1936.[i] He was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Moosa was a former human rights…
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… who experience domestic and/or sexual violence: 1. A 24-hour emergency shelter (safe accommodation) 2. Short and … 8. Legal advice The Residential Program…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… the University of South Africa and Natal Medical School. 24 January, Rioting by Africans in Cato Manor (Durban) … as well as 11 others are charged with…
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… mobilise resistance against apartheid. In Britain on the 24 June 1986, Tambo met with Lynda Chalker, Great Britain’s … open talks with Tambo’ , from the Los…
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
… in Cape Town South Africa. Their total birth weight was 24 lb 1 oz (10.9 kg), with individual birth weights ranging …
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… national team. Appiah was born in Achimota, Accra on 24 December 1980. He began his soccer career with the local …
EventKing Mswati III is born
… in his country and abroad. The King has 14 wives and 24 children. He is the last absolute monarch in the Africa. …
EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became the first elected woman as Head of State in Africa. Johnson-Sirleaf’s historic inauguration as President of Liberia was on 16…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… On 24 September 1996, Heritage Day, the grave of Enoch Sontonga …
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 24 November 1950. …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… or Bantustans irrespective of their actual residence. 24 August, The second trial of the 19 prisoners (including … Committee meeting discusses plans to re…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… funeral in London, where Tambo gave the keynote address. 24 May, Dr Monty Naicker immediately got involved in the … September, Phyllis Naidoo was forced to…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Publications Director Interim Committee Elected on October 24, 1974 as a result of large scale bannings of previous …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… crash of the stock market on "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929 when 16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by …
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
… Charles “Charlie” Barends was born in Johannesburg on 24 September 1919. [i]Charlie was a jockey for 32 years, and …
Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme
… by Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in Imvo Zabantsundu, October 24, 1911 Pixley ka Seme public lecture, reported on 16 April …
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… http://literature.kzn.org.za/lit/24.xml …