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EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… riot police disrupted a rally organised by the South West African Political Organisation (SWAPO). The meeting was held …
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… and were forcibly removed from GM premises by the South African Defence Force and riot police. Reference: Niekerk, P. …
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… car detonated the landmine. The day after this attack, the African National Congress (ANC) announced from Lusaka that it …
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… in black townships where large contingents of South African Defence Force troops had been deployed to enforce …
EventSoweto High School under siege
… South African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of …
EventSA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash
… Adele Lorenzo, South African TV producer, was reported killed in a plane crash in …
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
… University in the United States, assisted locally by South African geologist Nicolas Beukes, found evidence of life on …
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
… of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of the …
EventSA military integration is disputed
… The transition in the South African Defence Force (later SANDF) was not achieved without …
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… about the realisation of a fully integrated South African society and it was he that coined the term 'Rainbow …
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 …
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… Trial Defence Fund. From the emergence of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in 1955, Bob Hepple … www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk (Accessed: 02…
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 …
EventUDF is launched
… The South African anti-apartheid umbrella organization, United … SAHO, United Democratic Front , from South African History Online , [online], Available at ……
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… We are celebrating 103 years of the existence of the African National Congress. We are the ANC of John … trade union federation, the Congress of South…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, … Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, Uruguay,…
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…