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EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola. Between two and three hundred South West…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… was a prominent trade unionist, the leader of the South African Coloured People's Organization and an executive member of the South African Communist Party…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… but for all liberation movements in the continent and the African peoples in general. The ANC, which is the oldest … we share the passion for achieving the…
Journal of Black Theology
… is a scholarly publication dedicated to the exploration of African and Black theology and its growth and identity in … Africa. Issues such as social class…
EventSA is blamed for Harare bombing
… in which several people are injured. Unlike other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, Zimbabwe had had a longer relationship with the…
EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
… was a self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the African National Congress who was held prisoner at the ANC … fifteen months under ANC guard in…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… exiled Father Lapsley for his affiliation to the African National Congress (ANC) as well as for the support of … Lapsley moved from Lesotho to Zimbabwe, …
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… 1963 to 1994. Speaker: Hugh Macmillan, research associate, African Studies Centre, Oxford University Venues in Pretoria, … provides a vivid account of this…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… concern, of the Constitutional Court of South Africa! The African continent has demonstrated commitment to promoting … Discrimination against Women. Other…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… On 18 February 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives continue to give evidence at … were members of the Congress Alliance, which included the African…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Enshrined in the South African Bill of rights, is the right to free access to … year. This effectively created competition for the South African Broadcasting…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was plunged into a … in April. This is after the broadcaster and the South African Press Association (SAPA)…
EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… Coordinating Committee for the Repatriation of South African Exiles (NCCR) was dissolved due to fraud and … amounting to substantial amounts of money. South…
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of South African Trade Union …
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
… Nelson Mandela was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8 days after he was … that he used to embark on a tour of some of the…
EventThe National Party wins Western Cape local elections
… were closely contested between the National Party and the African National Congress at the opening stage. However, as … results showed National Party leading…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… Political activist, teacher and lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League (ANCYL) and its president in … 1949. He was also part of the…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), a federation of various labour … union and 21 years in the Tripartite Alliance with the African National…
EventGovernment bans 20 Black leaders
… a crowd. Shortly afterwards it was reported that the South African government has banned twenty leaders of Black organisations, including the South African…
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… turning point that 16 June 1976 became. These South African students, parents, activists, government employees, …
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… told The Star of an agreement reached with the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, a few months … examine the history of the relationship…
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… A short, well-dressed 44-year-old man of the southern African Barolong tribe stood at the American border near … the first secretary-general of what would…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… He recalled that India had raised the issue of South African racism at the United Nations, broke off economic … of 1946-48 was a landmark in the history of…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… On 22 June 1966 South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport … to attend an international church conference by the South African…
EventFrontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid
… , Tanzania , Zambia and Zimbabwe called on the South African government to release Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners. They urged the South African…
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
… in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather … by P. L. Bonner Devout domesticity? A…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… that this was indeed what was thought. Thanks to our African initiative - I am still grateful that I said what I … visitors on a reasonable scale. In spite…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
… the people of South Africa were behind him, along with the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Party (now … "no" to curb the advance of communism…
EventDiplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is bombed
… A bomb exploded in the office of the African National Congress (ANC) on the third floor of a block … 1970s and 80s that sought to eliminate or neutralise…
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
… process. References: Boddy-Evans A., 2011. ‘This Day in African History: 14 September’from African History [online] Available at … [Accessed 22 July 2011]…