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EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… rent boycott. According to reports at the time, the South African Police threw teargas at the crowd. Police claimed …
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… and strong dissatisfaction was expressed within the African National Congress (ANC) hierarchy by those who felt …
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Underlying political tensions between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party …
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… He said those connected to the programme had assured the African National Congress (ANC), everything had been …
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… for the other political parties counted as follows: South African Party fifty-four seats; the Unionists thirty-nine; …
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… production. This event ended a pioneering episode in South African engineering history. The history of the Kimberly mine …
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… date was 18 April 1905. Seven years after his death the African National Congress launched his hymn into prominence …
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… peace proposals to the Boer negotiators after the South African War. Milner announced the proposal as final, and … Boer War : a chronology. P 330.| Evans, A…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… and Pretoria. He led a Boer commando in the First South African War (First Anglo-Boer War) against Montshiwa. …
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… Africa during the South West Africa campaign and the South African Rebellion. He was responsible for the infamous Native … of Southern Africa, Cape Town:…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… had been cancelled. She lived in the US and in several African countries before she returned to South Africa in …
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… 1990’s. Mason’s work is represented in all major South African National Art Collections and museums. She …
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… was a German colony. During the First World War South African Forces led by General Louis Botha eventually ousted …
EventOlive Schreiner, noted SA author, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town
… day South Africa. Her first book about the story of an African farm became a sensation. However, Schreiner could not …
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… For the first time in the South African criminal history a man was hanged with his name known …
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… community leader, Chris Nangalembe who was a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Nangalembe died on 5 January … South African History Archive , …
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… defying the unjust laws and confronting the daunting South African regime from a young age. She was an active leader in the African National Congress ,…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… would say that they are those Africans who believe that African Nationalism is the only liberatory outlook that can bind together the African masses by…
ACIP 2027: Call for Workshop Proposals and Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award Applications
… The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) invites proposals … ACIP Workshop taking place in 2028, and applications from African students enrolled in…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
… Led by the founder of liberated Angola, that great African patriot and internationalist, Agostinho Neto, you … development. The first state visit to Angola…
ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
… for 29 black local authorities and community councils in African townships in November and December - was a success. There were lower percentage polls than…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… 5, Summer 1961 [....] In March and April 1960, the African population staged a series of demonstrations, marches … that followed the shootings at Langa and…
Archive2001 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2001
… year. The December 2000 Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Reserve Bank reported that: " The South African economy gathered considerable momentum in the…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson South African history can legitimately be described as the story of … for the enrichment of Europeans. A basic…
ArticleCOVID-19: The Whens and Whats of the Deadly Virus
… The first “big” change was initiated by South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa , on 15 March 2020 when the President addressed the South African nation and…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Bantu Teachers Association, which was known as the Natal African Teachers Union (NATU) for professional Black … South African History Online, John…
ANC statement on the passing of Epainette Mbeki, 7 June 2014
… rest in peace! Issues by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Chief Albert Luthuli House 54 Sauer …
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… The analysis is enriched by comparisons with the South African communist movement. During the anti-fascist struggle …
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
… References: Verwey, E.J. (1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. JN The journal of …