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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 , …
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…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza
… Crain Soudien was educated in the fields of education and African Studies at the Universities of Cape Town, South … at Buffalo. His PhD dissertation from…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… barricades. Mandela, who was deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) at the time, was received at … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘This Day in…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… Weston flew the first flight in Kimberley creating a South African a flight record of eight-and-a-half minutes in his … flight in Kimberley breaks the…
EventNelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”
… In 1962 He was smuggled out of South Africa to speak at an African freedom conference in Addis Ababa. Shortly after his …
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… The twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first … www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 19 July…
EventNigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of EEC
… Nigeria became the first Anglophone, independent African state to become an associate member of the European … (Accessed: 05 June 2012)|Boddy-Evans A, ‘This…
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… you knew nothing of a "Labour Conference" being held by African workers. On this evening you will see for yourself …
EventNigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom
… from colonial powers that swept across much of the African continent during the middle of the 20th Century.The …
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
… later became the national executive and chair of the African National Congress Women’s League. … Press), p.105|Gastrrow, S., (1992), Who’s Who in South…
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… The South African government led by National Party (NP) held a …
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… Daily Mail newspaper was closed in April 1985. The South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) made the announcement on …
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… United Front (NEUF), and was an active member of the South African Communist Party (CPSA, now known as SACP). In 1946, … of the Struggle [online] originally…