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EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… Jean Forbes, the sister of Gordon Forbes, another South African tennis star.[vi] Cliff and Jean participated as a … earning themselves the 1957, 1958, 1959…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… in the men’s final[iii] despite not being the South African champion at the time.[iv] Raymond claimed the title … Open in 1927.[vi] Raymond played in ten…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… at the World Surfing Games held in Durban.[ii] The South African team was also the champion team at the World Surfing … for Sunny Garcia.[iv] On 2 June 2012,…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… physique when he registered as a member of the South African Jockey Academy in Shongweni, Pinetown, Durban, as a … stood a mere 1,32 metres tall.[iii]…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
… organisations in Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), led by Joshua Nkomo, and the Shona-dominated Zimbabwe African…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Bank. He retired from politics in 2014 … and no longer served on the leadership…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… Cape. Abstract: This mini-thesis tells the story of the African National Congress' (ANC's) first armed military … Detachment. The latter joined forces with…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… officially admitted as 53rd member of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at a summit, held in Tunis, Tunisia. The … and the Annual Summit. The OAU was…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… the political situation in South Africa was bleak as the African National Congress (ANC), South African communist Party (SACP), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)…
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
… stands before us for the very first time. It is both South African and African. It is both African and universal. It serves to evoke our distant past, …
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… in India that he was an advisor to several black South African leaders. Nauriya, who wrote a book in 2006 about Gandhi called African Elements in Gandhi,…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new era has begun.... We want to be accepted by our…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… inside, they will be able to resolve it” - Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, Sunday Times, Sunday 10 … prevention and treatment of HIV/Aids and…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… of 1913. It arose out of the protest campaign of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) founded in 1912, renamed in 1923 the African National…
EventIt is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa
… to Pakistan shipping companies not to enter South African ports. Landing and passage facilities have already been refused to South African aircraft in…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… is also widely used in South Africa to refer to the African group alone. Ironically it is only now that the … to share "black," the indigenous peoples must…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
… We, South African communists and progressives, are very pleased that … role in the bitter struggles of the oppressed South African working peoples against…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… The South African Police Force (SAP) stationed in the Caprivi Strip, … casualties in clashes with 'terrorists'. South West African People's Organisation …
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives, and the Zimbabwean African People’s Union (ZAPU) guerrillas, crossed the Zambezi … possible leakage of information to…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… The Citizen reported that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been … While the Namibian political parties and the…
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… Mozambican government blamed both these events on South African, who were accused of supporting the rebels. These claims were rejected by the South African…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Bridglal Pachai, The International Aspects of the South African Indian Question, 1860-1971 (Cape Town, 1971), and … into Natal, 1860-1872 , Archives Year…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… he taught for ten years and was elected president of the African Teachers' Association. Jordan went on to study at the … Town. In 1945 Jordan began teaching…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… became apparent. The first is the complexity of the South African pre-colonial past. The second is the length of time … identify. The final chapter - “Some…
EventIndian people march in Durban to protest against the Ghetto Act
… A 6 000 strong march supporting the South African Indian Congress resolution for Passive Resistance … the many anti-Indian legislation bills passed by the…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… of how much more assistance should be given to the South African liberation movement. There is so much hostility to … of South Africa, as we see it in the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on ANC`s seventieth anniversary: Appeal to the world, 02 December 1981
… The African National Congress invites friends and supporters of our liberation struggle to join with the South African people in commemorating the 70th…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… and Parliament of the Union of South Africa that the African races of South Africa as a national entity and unit … that a Central Organisation shall be…
PlaceZeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa- (MOCCA)
… Studio then transformed the tightly packed tubes into open areas of contemplation, carving out various oblong shapes to …
PlaceHerold's Bay, Gwaing River Valley
Herold’s Bay has held an allure for Holiday makers since time of old. Sketches and photographs in the George Museum tell of ox wagons filled with tents, goods…