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United Democratic Front affiliates called upon to intensify campaign to unban the African National Congress
United Democratic Front affiliates called upon to intensify campaign to unban the African National Congress.
Response of the South African Council of Churches to the WCC programme to combat racism
Response of the South African Council of Churches to the WCC programme to combat racism (1969-1979).
Nigerian officials warn the United States not to try to capture ousted Liberian leader Charles Taylor, thought to be the target
President Botha announces that his offer of release to Nelson Mandela still stands and that government is prepared to talk to t
South Africa fails to meet an ultimatum by the International Olympic Committee to comply with its demand to renounce racial dis
William Rowntree is nominated as the new American ambassador to South Africa to replace J.C. Salterwaite, due to leave South Af
An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to be hel
FW de Klerk meets Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko to try to forge a joint emergency strategy to rescue the teetering Angolan
The African National Congress is to triple the size of its national executive committee to 105 members to broaden decision-maki
Participants in CODESA decide to set up five working groups, which are to report to a second CODESA plenary session before the
The House of Assembly approves, by eighty-six votes to forty-three, a motion to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and
WWII: SA prime minister, General Jan Smuts, asks parliament’s approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 193
The forty-five mercenaries alleged to have commandeered an Air India Boeing and forced it to fly to Durban, after attempting a
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
The Rand Supreme Court sentences Jerry Richardson to death for the murder 14-year-old Stompie Seipei. Stompie Seipei was a child activist and member of the…
Mojanku Gumbi: proud to be black
Through her involvement in the Black Consciousness Movement and her work as a lawyer, Mojanku Gumbi learnt to believe in herself and to fight against racism…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
This Day in History: 10 June 1990Miriam Makeba returned to South Africa on 10 June 1990 after 31 years in exile. Known as Mama Africa, she had left in 1959 as…
In Humble Submission To Almight God...
A2 Black on white, litho; photo union buildings and collage of newspaper clippings on state of emergency; Text: In humble submission to Almightly God…
EventCalvin Thusago is stabbed to death
Calvin Thusago, a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a colleague were on their way back from Sharpeville where they had…
Simon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean court to attempting to possess dangerous weapons.
The schools’ boycott spreads to universities and to rural areas and the ‘homelands’.
David Livingstone arrives at the Cape to start his expedition to the interior.
A campaign to reduce governmental corruption, and to oust those identified, starts in Egypt.
US Marines land at Tangier, Morocco, to provide protection to the Belgian Legation.
UN vote 83–0 to condemn South Africa following its failure to drop Apartheid.
Anne Paton, widow of Alan Paton, announces her decision to move to England.
Dorbyl workers to decide whether to go on strike at four Transvaal factories
Everything you wanted to know about health systems, but were afraid to ask
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
A public memorial service was held by the state to commemorate the Rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen, at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. After a long battle…
From conscience politics to the battlefield
This thesis examines the ways in which the Liberal Party - the Natal Division in particular attempted to become an effective political force in South Africa…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
COSATU PRESS STATEMENT RE: MINISTER OF LABOUR GREEN PAPER ON POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A NEW EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS STATUTE COSATU welcomes the green paper announced…