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EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… most outspoken members against apartheid in the council. From 1946 to 1947 he was president-general of the African …
EventSASO adopts the Alice Declaration
… boycotts in support of the expelled Onkgopotse Abram Tiro from the University of the North (now University of Limpopo, … by Pnkgopotse Tiro at the University…
EventChoirmaster and composer Kumalo dies
… Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. He showed a talent for music from an early age and his first attempt at composition was in …
EventANC promulgates its constitutional proposals
… assembly, substituting the current tricameral parliament from which Blacks were excluded. … O'Malley, P., '1992' , from O'Malley - The Heart of Hope , …
EventNelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
… The concert comes a few months after Mandela's release from prison and is attended by over 72 000 people and watched … dead: Former president's famous…
EventSipho Ngomane of South Africa wins the 80th Comrades Marathon in Durban.
… won the 80th Comrades Marathon race, after he ran down from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in a time of five hours, 27 … News24, (2005), Humble Ngomane ‘was just…
EventSchalk Burger wins two International Awards
… of the Year award and the International Newcomer honours from the International Rugby Union at a ceremony held in …
EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… of reform and of transparent governance, wealth generated from it might not reach the impoverished. …
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… 6000 athletes from around the African continent gathered in Johannesburg …
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… National Congress (ANC), received a sum of R2 million from former Prime Minister of the Transkei, Stella Sigcau. He …
EventThe Transvaal National Union is established
… the interests of Uitlanders (Foreigners i.e. immigrants from abroad who flocked to the ZAR after the discovery of …
Event33 American airmen arrive in Durban on a mission to launch a long-range missile
… were based in Durban. America hoped to fire the rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida into the Indian Ocean, … Anon, (1960), ‘American Transports arrived in…
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… works under President Thabo Mbeki. When Mbeki was ousted from his position as President in 2008, she was one of the …
EventKenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities
… as Lari massacre. Among the casualties was chief Luka from Lari, who was known for ill-treating his own people as … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African…
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… Service Airlift Company, crashed shortly after takeoff from Jamba Airport in Angola. A total of 141 passengers and … CCN World News, (1996), 250 feared…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… the most prestigious sporting events in the country. Apart from Price, the only other golfer to have won it three times …
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Consultative Conference: Speeches and Resolutions
… Speeches and resolutions from the African National Congress Consultative Conference in …
EventLanga, Nyanga and Gugulethu students march through the Cape Town CBD
… About 2 000 students from Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu marched without notice or … (Accessed: 20 August 2013)| O’Malley, P. ‘1976’ , from Nelson Mandela…
PlaceJames Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
… , fire engines , buses , trams , trains and cars - from the Model T Ford to electric cars . It is a museum, that …
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of … Commissioner, it should be remembered, was not withdrawn from South Africa. He was recalled for…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… the relocation of both the cargo and passenger businesses, from the old airport to these new facilities, in one … invest in, in times of stress. This is a…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony(Media friendly) by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… universities remain the tramping grounds of mainly those from privileged white and wealthy and middle-class black … positions. On the one hand, those who…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… already been moved, or werein the process of being moved, from their homes. The self-professed aim of the Group Areas … arestill basically insecure. This…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
… for fundamental and democratic transformation, away from the life destroying philosophy of apartheid, now exists … Africa, published in April 1991. These…
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
… excused as a police warning to violent strikers to desist from attacking them. Police have access to buckshot, tear gas … have the resources and expertise to…
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… of poverty and injustice. None of those who spoke from this podium knew that a year after they had pledged to … will say that if we have learnt anything at…
22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … had not arrived in my village in the meantime from Natal. This Venkatachalam was working as a sirdar…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … held in Kimberley on 23 June 1927. It refrained, however, from voting on a resolution calling for co…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… Writing about Gumede's public speeches after his return from Moscow in 1928, Douglas Wolton of the CPSA observed that … personally experienced the futility…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… This took place in the years following their release from labour contracts on the sugar plantations. Thus, the … turn leased plots to African families who…