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ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… should take to heart. Introduction Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background Chapter … Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… “minerals-energy complex” lies at the heart of the South African economy. In their book, written in 1996, they argue … through an agreement with Sir William…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… the most revered writers of the 21st Century. During the African Renaissance Festival in 2001, his name was engraved …
EventJody Scheckter
… , 27 March 2002. ↵ [ii] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 214. … David van Lill, Van Lill’s South…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… 1955 denouncing the government`s use of force to remove African people from the Western Areas. Chief Lutuli sent this …
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… after the UDF sent out a call for the unbanning of the African National Congress on 5 June 1986. The UDF issued the …
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… Tribe, Vice-Consul for Portugal and Superintendent of the African peoples in the Soutpansberg under the ZAR. The ruins … New Dictionary of South African…
Zephania Mothopeng - Searchlight South Africa, Vol 1, No. 2, February 1989
… it, because Mothopeng has played his part in the South African struggle, and his account should be known. We have …
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… ghost of school a girl Emma Sathekge who haunted the South African schools, this week prompted renewed protest against …
Secret Ballot
… men. Set during the period of post the 2014 South African elections campaigns, this narrative follows the …
ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… of its population involved in agriculture; who are in African peasants and own no land at all. The agrarian problem …
Coloured by History, Shaped by Place - New perspectives on Coloured Identities in Cape Town
… that coloured identities are a valid part of black and African experiences, while refusing to erase their complexity …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… Soweto. When she was 29 years old she decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) and soon afterwards left … www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed on 7…
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… United Nations Organisation (UNO) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) task force and closed to commercial …
EventThe SACBC urges that lawful means be used to resist Apartheid
… On 22 February 1962 the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) issued an … pg 19.| Anon, (n.d.), 'Timeline - 1900s' " From South African…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… area. The black star is the symbol of the people and of African emancipation. … [Accessed: 13 February 2012]|Alistair B. ‘This Day in African History: 06…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive met in Cape Town and …
EventAllan Boesak is born
… Front in 1983. In 1991 he was elected chairperson of African National Congress (ANC) in Western Cape. His …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… at the age of 69. Founder and leader of the anti-apartheid African People's Organisation (APO) , he was the first … February 2009]|SAHO, Dr Abdullah…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… parliament in 1984. The UDF was against the exclusion of African people from the Tricameral parliament and saw this as …
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
… Andre Stander, former police officer, South African fugitive and leader of the Stander Gang consisting of … Marsh, R., The Stander Gang , from Famous South…
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… United States of America and Britain, condemned the South African police service and detention practices and laws. The … J.A, Schoeman, E.E and Andor, L.E, …
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… Twelve years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress …
EventInternational Olympic Committee re-admit South Africa
… this decision elicited sharp protests from various Black African states which threatened to stay away from Mexico if … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… The Lesotho government invited all South African political refugees to make formal application to … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… decided against registering for the election and the African National Congress (ANC) called for a blockade of the …
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… years as leader of the Labour Party. He later joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was appointed as an ANC …
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… parties - the most representative gathering of South African political groups ever assembled for negotiations - … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… in June, 1992. He further announced that the South African team would not be singing the country's national …