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ArchiveDont Support Apartheid
… and white; artwork of a hand, with the words Peoples Power on it; smashing a building with Apartheid Parliament written on it. Tvl Anti-PC, appears on the…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… 10 June 1990 Miriam Makeba returned to South Africa on 10 June 1990 after 31 years in exile. Known as Mama Africa … international career, addressed the…
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… On 26 October 2014, Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates … Telkom Knockout and Nedbank Cup. Senzo Meyiwa was born on 24 September 1987 in Umlazi , Durban. His…
EventMaxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes
… actor and longtime diabetes sufferer Maxwell Mlilo died on 22 June 2006. The veteran actor had been on South African Screens for decades. He appeared in many…
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
… War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. However, the vote to fight on the side of the Allied powers was won…
EventReverend David Russell sentenced for defying his banning order
… prison sentence, with two and half years being suspended on the 28 February 1980 for defying a banning order. Russell, … this he was sent to Pollsmoor Prison…
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… to repeal and amend laws to abolish restrictions based on race or membership of a specific population group on the acquisition and utilisation of land; to…
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… in the Philadelphia area. Click here to read more on the HIV-Aids feature on our site. Source: http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602…
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… Christmas Fihla Tinto was born on Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former … uprising, Tinto was detained in Pollsmoor Prison…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… become a navigator. In 1833, after an adventurous cruise on the Indian Ocean, he came back to South Africa to study … returned to Hankey in 1841 with his…
ArchiveThe beast of Bisho : Gqozo must go!
… lettering. Black and white image of soldier with army hat on, on the telephone on black block in centre with words in white lettering. ANC, …
The CASA Conference
… South Africa (CASA) conference and festival in Amsterdam on 14 - 19 Dec 1987. The CASA conference was a week-long …
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… you to release us from prison and, pending your decision on the matter, to accord us the treatment due to political … and are completely isolated from the…
Letter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo
… Letter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo on a meeting with members of the President's Office on F W de Klerk's plan of action and a meeting with the…
ArchiveThe Second Congress of the South African Council of the International Metalworkers Federation
… Title in white lettering on black background. Red image of world in centre on black, blue and green background. Meeting on 28-30 April at President Holiday…
ArchiveResearch report
… Research report on the study conducted to describe and analyse the effects of labour migration on marriage and family life. The fieldwork on which the study…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… Kotane and Marks retaining their positions, new members on the CC included Josiah Jele, Moses Mabhida and Chris Hani. Resolutions were taken on a number of…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… On 9 July 1915 the Imperial German Forces officially … This followed the outbreak of the First World War on 1 August 1914. On 25 December 1914 General Louis…
EventFormation of the South African Native National Congress
… known as the Africa National Congress (ANC) was founded on the 8 January 1912. At SANNC's inaugural conference, Rev. … with the newly passed Unlawful…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… by the discovery of diamonds in Kimberley and gold on the Rand. Also, South Africa was a British colony at the time, and thus the Empire did not look too…
EventThe decisive Battle of Bembesi (Bembasi) is fought in the First Matabele War (Ndebele), Zimbabwe
… under the command of Major Patrick Forbes, at Bembesi on 1 November 1893. Cecil John Rhodes, Premier of South … Leander Jameson to set up the 1893 Campaign…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, West of the Castle of Good Hope. Messrs … , which performs concerts there…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… Ghana within a generation, and everything was on course until the Americans and their British cousins used … self-serving Ghanaian soldiers to stage that…
PlaceKwaDukuza
… as KwaDukuza, it consisted of some 2000 beehive huts. On the 22nd of September 1828, Shaka was killed by his two … 1932 by the Zulu nation and declared a…
EventJournalist and anti-apartheid activist M.P. Naicker dies
… at the age of 56 from a suspected heart failure en route on a flight from London to Berlin. At the time of his death … a journalist for the ANC journal…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… Dick King (Richard Philip) returned to Port Natal on board the Conch after his heroic rescue operation. King, … after-rider Ndongeni as far as Pondoland, had…
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… body provided for under the Interim Constitution, on its inaugural meeting on 2 October 1995 elected Nyameko Barney Pityana as its … Commission Annual…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… On 20 September 1914 Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, known as … that conflict, was buried in Lichtenburg, Transvaal. On 15 September 1914 de la Rey was on route…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… Roger Brett Kebble was born on 19 February 1964 in Springs, on the East Rand. In the 1990’s Kebble got into mining and … worth of shares in one of his…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… a new Constitutional dispensation for South Africa, based on the principle of one person, one vote. In December 1989, … of the African National Congress (ANC…