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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…
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…
PlaceHawaan Forest, Umhlanga
… bushbuck, bush-pig, mongoose, tiny duiker, scrub hair, African rock python, dwarf chameleon, coast purple tip …
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…
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…
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… turning point that 16 June 1976 became. These South African students, parents, activists, government employees, …
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…
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]…
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… BETWEEN THE FREEDOM FRONT, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the … NOTE of the unsigned Memorandum…
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…
Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
… The National Disciplinary Committee of the African National Congress has met and received mitigating and aggravating arguments as per the directive of the…
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours (BA Hons) in African Studies at the University of Cape Town by Riyaad … the history of the Food and Canning…
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
… Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African writer, linguist, translator and political leader. … and in 1912 became first secretary-general of the South…
EventSA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several
… were killed in Operation Beanbag, an attack by the South African army on the planning and control headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC) in…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
… The African National Congress (ANC) in Harare, Zimbabwe, agreed … its good offices" to facilitate the readmission of South African rugby into international…
EventBus drivers strike because of lack of protection
… the death of four drivers. Arranged police and South African Defence Force (SADF) protection proved to be … police reported that they could not 'cope'…
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
… in different parts of the world. On 11 May 1915, South African troops entered Windhoek, the capital of South West … battalions that were made up of German…
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… South African President, Pieter Willem Botha, resigned from his … unbanning of some influential organizations such as the African National Congress (ANC),…