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EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… that the British had armed Black people during the South African War, though in many cases they had done the same. …
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… Verwoerd is born Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former South African prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was …
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… protests from the international community and several African states, France continued its nuclear tests for years. …
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… member of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Though Kantor himself was …
EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… Carneson, a listed communist, member of the banned South African Communist Party (SACP) and former editor of the New … SAHO, ‘Fred Carneson’ , from South…
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… the most controversial legislative enactments that South African government had ever passed. Immorality Act … (Accessed: 08 February 2013)|South African…
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
… The paper further questions the effect of the South African state of affairs has on the youth and therein stems …
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… of sexual violence against women and children in South African townships. Simelela provides medical care and …
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… In May 1900, at the height of the South African War (1899-1902), Field Marshall Lord Roberts and his … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in African History: 27 May…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… family before they gave it to the government. South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement …
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… that took place on the 16 August 2012,whereby the South African police services opened fire and killed thirty- four … [Accessed: 19 August 2014]|World…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… The Bantu Women's League was adopted and relaunched by the African National Congress as its Women's League structure in …
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… powers (Germany, Japan) came into conflict with the South African government, who supported the Allied forces led by …
Archive2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
… Mathematics and Science Study and the Southern and East African Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality show that the performance of South African…
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… boys to school at Matsieng in Lesotho. They held South African passports and visited family from time to time or … at Maseru bridge or elsewhere in Lesotho…
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of South African life. Socialism cannot tolerate the imposition of the … of bondage is the most urgent task…
Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 09 May 1986, New Delhi
… with breathtaking courage. The present phase of the South African struggle can be traced back to several historic … Africa and then spread its domain over…
"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… breathtaking courage. The present phase of the South African struggle can be traced back to several historic … Africa and then spread its domain over the…
Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… 90% of the land and the creation of a mass of landless African labourers, the Europeans in South Africa had failed … and tools; to build and develop…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… born in Cape Town and hence a first generation South African. There is a universality in the immigrant story of … geographical roots. Dr Saul Issroff founded…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… she was reduced to a member of parliament representing the African National Congress (ANC) .This however, is despite her … Primary School and Fairview…
PlaceBotswana
… is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth, the African Union (AU), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The secretariat of SADC ……
Part 2: Ahmed Kathy Kathrada Addresses Gandhi Satyagraha Tour Delegates
… Laloo “Isu” Chiba and Shirish Nanabhai. Archived by South African History Online with acknowledgement to the original …
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
… Unity on 30 June 1996 following an announcement by South African Deputy President F.W. de Klerk on 10 May 1996. The … at www.nelsonmandela.org (Accessed: 06…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… 1994. His announcement would mean stepping down as the African National Congress's (ANC's) and as the country’s …
EventPoqo members arrested
… Daniel Nonqina, Wellington Jada and Qebele Makasa. The Pan African National Congress recorded them as eight instead of …
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… pieces. Originally they named it 'Zinjanthropus' (East African Man), but the skull was later renamed …
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… The South African national rugby team became known as the Springboks on …
EventNovelist and historian Bessie Head is born
… Source: Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. …