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EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… in Cape Town houses the headquarters of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). The main telescopes … References: Laney, C.D. (2011). ‘History of…
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… Africa, and visited the country after founding the South African Women and Children Distress Fund to collect money for Boer families. As the secretary of the…
ArchiveNUSAS Press Release No. 5, 1967
… and Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students stating the opposition of the Union to the Terrorism Bill that had been tabled in the…
ArchiveThe current internal political situation: briefing notes
… African National Congress briefing notes on the South African political situation. Covers the political crisis …
EventMiners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines
… 2,800 South African miners embark on a strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines … Vanrhynsdorp, the mines were discovered during the South African diamond rush of…
ArchiveText of telex received from Rev Frank Chikane
… from Rev Frank Chikane, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches to the National Council of the … of Christ in the USA, October 9, 1987…
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
… : Mr. Tambo, you have just completed a tour of some African countries; what was the aim of this tour and what are … Africa itself the hardest core of…
ArchiveRequest on the release of political prisoners
… by the Japanese government repeatedly seeks from the South African government a release of all political prisoners including Nelson Mandela, and urges the…
ArchiveMemorandum: a study in political heresy
… tactics of the National Liberation Movement and the South African Communist Party up to the 1950s. Critique of the African National Congress passive…
PlaceMkumeni Location, Flagstaff
The Ingquza Hill Local Municipality (previously the Qaukeni Local Municipality) is a Category B Municipality located within the OR Tambo District in the…
PlaceBallito, Dolphin Coast- KZN
… in Ballito, this is a favorite for the traveler to South African. It is situated along the Dolphin Coast, nestled …
EventThe reburial of Flora
On 6 April 1991, the reburial of a slave named Flora took place at Vergelegen Wine Estate, Somerset West. This came about after the discovery of her remains in…
ArchiveFor the people by the people
… for Volkswagen cars. Light grey background. South African flag made up of cars lined up in the colours of the … in bottom left hand corner. Volkswagen is…
EventKing Kong cast granted passports to perform in London
… After long and protracted negotiations with the South African government, 60 passport applications for the African members of the original “King Kong” cast…
EventRev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party
… The party declared its support for the banned African National Congress (ANC) and urged universal suffrage in a South African unitary state. … J.A.; Schoeman…
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to National Executive and SRC Presidents
… letter from the President of the National Union of South African Students, informing the National Executive and … Representative Councils of protests…
Memorandum submitted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa to the Select Committee on the Unlawful Organisations Bill
… Organisations Bill on organisations such as the South African Commuist Party and as a threat to democracy and rejecting the charges levelled against the…
ArchiveMemorandum submitted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa to the Select Committee on the Unlawful Organisations Bill
… Organisations Bill on organisations such as the South African Commuist Party and as a threat to democracy and rejecting the charges levelled against the…
ArchiveAddress on the role and future of NUSAS
… Address given by John Daniel at a National Union of South African seminar on the future of the Union. Includes analysis … of the current position of the…
ArchiveDebate
… Institute for African alternatives. Notice of meeting at Pimville, Soweto, … July 1991. White poster with black lettering. Image of African carved mask in…
ArchiveSay yes to redress
… Multicoloured poster. Artwork of South African flag with words on each colour, 'Say yes to redress' … on blue, rehabilitation on yellow. Photograph of an…
EventRichard Mzamane Mabaso is born
… South African artist, Richard Mzamane Mabaso, is born in Alexandra, … until 1985, when he became a guest artist at the AIA (African Institute of Art) at…
EventEschel Rhoodie’s assets frozen
… The South African government froze the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. … SAHO," General South African History Timeline: 1970s "…
EventFormer diplomat and Director of Foreign Affairs Jackie Selebi is set to lead SAPS
… The South African government announced that former diplomat and … Sello Selebi, would take over from the outgoing South African Police Services (SAPS)…
EventSugarboy Malinga wins the WBC title
… Malinga wins the WBC title. Tulane Sugarboy Malinga, South African super middleweight, won the World Boxing Council … second time in his career. Malinga…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the workshop for Human Rights Education Durban, 21 September 1994
… Mr. Chairman, Members of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, Judges of the … the organisers of this conference. We note that this is an…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
… the preservation and promotion of a rich ancient legacy of African literary and scholarly heritage. I trust that by the … J., "The Timbuktu Manuscript…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… of your brothers and sisters in the vast expanse of the African continent. All of them, without exception, are with … state in the Americas and the Caribbean…
PlaceSedgefield
The Cape Fold Mountains of the Western Cape create the great divide that separates the temperate region of the Garden Route from its drier inland counterpart,…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… drafting and acceptance of the Constitution The South African Constitution was drafted in terms of Chapter 5 of the … therefore represents the collective…