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EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… Town and began his political career as the co-founder of the all-black South African Student's Organization (SASO). … black consciousness as a movement were…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the … laid, with completion intended for 1913. The construction of the…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the … laid, with completion intended for 1913. The construction of the…
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 10 November 1980
… Extract from the Minutes of a State Security Council Meeting in which the implications, for South Africa, of the election of Mr Ronald Reagan as President of…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… The head of the South African Defence Force, Commandant General Hiemstra, announced the successful conclusion of Anglo-South African talks on aspects of the…
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930) COPY. … note from T.W. Thibedi to the Secretary…
ArchiveAddress to the staff and students of the Lenin Party School
… Speech made by Jack Simons to the staff and students of the Lenin Party School at the closing ceremony of the 1981-1982 academic year and in celebration of…
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… Ifni to Morocco was signed between Spain and Morocco. One of the terms of the agreement was the awarding of fishing rights to Spain, off Morocco's Atlantic…
EventAnge-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic is born
… Ange-Félix Patassé was the president of the Central African Republic (CAR) from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of CAR. The…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the … cause for this astounding process, but rather…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… Africa. Although the disease is considered rare, cases of polio increased in Nigeria and neighbouring countries … August 2003, when Muslim states like Kano…
EventFidel Castro, president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008, is born
… schools before pursuing a law degree at the University of Havanna, where he also began his political career. In … was overthrown and Castro became the prime…
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
… On 10 April 1972, The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxic Weapons and…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… The South African government approved the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) on 17 January 1996, deposited its Instrument of…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: poster number 8: SACTU and workers under apartheid
… Department of Labour multicoloured poster. Photographs of SACTU meetings and protests. History of SACTU. Artwork of new South African flag. … Builders of the…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. … The young Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League at…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… 1994 President F.W. de Klerk announced the withdrawal of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong and Thokoza. They were…
EventSA Prime Minister completes a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal
… South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster completed a tour of self governing territories in the Northern Transvaal during which he held talks with leaders…
ArchiveSummary of the events in connection with Mr James Jobe Hadebe
… Summary of events regarding the resignation from the External Mission of the African National Congress of South Africa of James Jobe Hadebe. Marked…
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…
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, who became the National Minister of Arts and Culture under President Thabo Mbeki’s … positions within the ANC. He also served as…
EventDr. Neville Alexander and four others are found guilty of sabotage
… Dr. Neville Alexander and four others were found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. The … found that the accused participated in the…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
… David Kaunda, a most eloquent exponent and defender of the cause of liberation in South Africa and Namibia, an unrelenting … internationally, only a minority…
ArchiveMeeting between the African National Congress and the University of Natal
… between the African National Congress and the University of Natal. Includes draft programme, objectives of the meeting, list of participants, and letter from…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… Congress (ANC) and soon afterwards left teaching as part of a campaign to boycott Bantu Education. In 1966 the ANC … husband travelled frequently to lobby as…
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
… born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth; some give it as 11 June 1892, others as 1896. … a name for himself as a sculptor…
ArchiveTruly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. Matthew 25 V 45
… poster with black lettering and black artwork. Artwork of a modern day man tied to a cross. Printed at C.A.P. Photographs of people living in the open. ……
Lost in Transformation? Reviewing 20 Years of Transformation in South Africa
… As South Africa prepares to celebrate 20 years of democracy, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will be hosting a … titled Lost in Transformation? Reviewing 20…
ArchiveStatement issued by the South African Council of Churches in reply to remarks made in Parliament by Mr. Jimmy Kruger, Minister of Justice, on the
… Statement issued by the South African Council of Churches (SACC) regarding remarks made by Minister Kruger … to Parliament about the aid given by SACC to…
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa’s longest wage strike
… and biggest strike was organised by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), led by Cyril Ramaphosa. At the time it … in the gold and coal mines belonging to…