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ANC Secretary General meeting former political prisoners on the Cuban Five, 21 May 2010
… unionists - incarcerated in Miami, United States, in 1998, African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Gwede … is today (21 May 2010) holding a meeting…
EventMafika Gwala born
… South African poet, writer and BCM member Mafika Gwala was born … activities firstly joining National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) that later…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who had … number of documents. At dawn on 5…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… Harold Strachan, former South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the … (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… or referring to himself as Coloured in 1970, but the African National Congress (ANC) has made him "Coloured" again … descent) and contribute to the…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… game ranger, Sibusiso Vilane, became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m … peak, one of the world's highest. Vilane,…
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… Machel of Mozambique pledged solidarity with the South African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January … weSizwe (MK) cadres were killed. Machel,…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… ↵ [iii] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 190. ↵ [iv] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports…
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… (FIFA), the World Cup was staged in Africa. Five African nations vied for the right to host the FIFA World Cup … when South Africa defeated Morocco and Egypt…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) took place on this day. SAS (South African Ships) Tafelberg served as guardship for the voyage … and Salvador in Brazil. The race was…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… South West Africa be fully launched. On 5 March 1916 South African Troops, led by General Jan Smuts , invaded East … and 2 500 people of mixed race and…
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…
EventAmerican President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions
… and Reagan administrations had tried to influence South African governments by working with them discreetly in a … Washington was concerned the ANC's…
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions , New York: International … with no voice to say 'NO'? And when he…
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… On 4 June 1986, two African National Congress members, Sipho Dlamini and Busi … a well informed policeman from Swaziland told the South African Press Agency…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… to work on the revitalization of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), the country's ruling party. In May 1963 the Organization of African Unity was…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… Julius Nyerere. Durban Explodes, Myrna Blumberg. The African in Industry, Brian Bunting. The African on the Farm, Ben Turok M.P.C. The new Serfdom, James ……
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the African National Congress (ANC) Annual Conference in December ……
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the African National Congress (ANC) issued a…
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… character. The history of institutional racism in South African universities dates back to the 19th century. It … government. The 1916 legislation…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… organisation. Gerhart locates SASO within the "school of African nationalist thought in South Africa" which … bourgeoisie as a whole in the reordering of the…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… and security forces. The three were recruited by the South African intelligence service after 1980 to carry out … operation for the ANC particularly for…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several major … teacher. She played a very important role…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… On 29 May 1994 the South African government signed an agreement establishing … is also responsible for looking after the needs of South African pilgrims…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace … the peoples of all races in South…
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… a coalition between the National Party (NP) and the South African Party of Jan Smuts in 1933, and rejected the … Smuts had surrendered his principles on the…
EventANC calls for the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan
… The African National Congress (ANC), in an emergency meeting, … and with implicit approval from Malan and Vlok, the South African Defence Force (SADF)…
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… troubled KwaZulu-Natal province. Further Reading: South African Human Rights Commission Annual Reports Pityana, N.B., 2004. Reflections on the African…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… Black person to receive an honorary D.Phil. from a South African University. Dube, who is of royal descent, was also founder and first president of the South…