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Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
… Trevor Grundy writes on the life of the historian and political activist At a … black. "Terry," Reed wrote years later, "began a debate on what it means to …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… would always be harassing African independent States "on one pretext or another." Speaking in a televised interview on ZTV on Friday, Comrade Tambo said its…
PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
… that was able to house the first Volksraad meeting on 5 May 1980 while still under construction. It is at this … (1857-1939) and he became the contractor for…
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… thirty. Biko was arrested in the outskirts of Grahamstown on 18 August 1977. During his detention in a Port Elizabeth … day hunger strike and that a district…
PlaceOld Presidency
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 January 1938. It had very humble begginings, when a Trekboer family, with the surname of…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… On this day in history, prominent activist Tseko Simon … instrumental in advocating for freedom of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in South…
Planned DA march to Luthuli House, 23 January 2014
… to the ANC Headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli House, on the 4th February 2014. While we respect and will always … it purports. The African National Congress…
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… On 19 and 20 August 1981, in response to the National Party … government became apparent just over three months earlier. On 6 June 1981, a meeting was called…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… the: 'Army College'. Lord Kitchener laid the cornerstone on 12 June 1902. On the 19 May 1998, following the end of apartheid , it was … the largest remaining…
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… (NUSAS). In 1974 nine South African activists were put on trial for terrorism. The activists were all officers of … pioneer of the Black Consciousness…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… with the practice of piracy while serving as an apprentice on board a pirate ship. In 1689, he and the other members of … coast, where his vessel was…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… a fierce political turf battle between the ANC and Inkatha on the Witwatersrand. Hoping to create an aura of normality … De Klerk lifted the state of…
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… Cecelia Bonthuys had been refused the right to marry on the basis of the common law interpretation of marriage. … couple decided to challenge that ruling in…
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… 1918 and 1919, Black workers across economic sectors went on strike. In 1921 White workers, mainly in the coal and gold mines, went on strike. The reasons…
EventWorld Teachers Day - “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”
… Education International at the International Conference on Education in Geneva in 1994, with the primary intention to focus public attention on the work of…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… several members of his cabinet resigned, partly on this issue, and in protest to the autocratic style of … October, Banda agreed to hold a referendum early…
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
… following petition to the resident magistrate of Durban on 30 July 1883. Source: Magistrates Records, Correspondence … by your worship to the effect that all…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… On 29 July 1951 the African National Congress (ANC) called a … to repeal all discriminating Legislation before or on 29 February 1952. If this did not take…
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… the treatment of Indians in SA be removed from the agenda on the grounds that the matter was essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of SA. Two days…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the … wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), in 1962. In 1962, while on his…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… in Durban after the South African Government was hot on their heels for organising a boycott of elections in … over them while they were in the British…
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… On 28 May 1976, the South African Student Movement (SASM) … A committee was formed. This committee subsequently met on 15 June 1976 to consolidate strategies…
EventA South African spy is released from jail
… in 1987, was released and returned to South Africa. On her arrival, she was greeted by President F.W. de Klerk. … by the ANC and the South African government…
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… "Bring back Africa". APLA was associated with attacks on and murders of White South Africans. Most of these murders … slogan of "One Settler, One Bullet"…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… Television, Jill Chisholm. News of Thorpe's dismissal came on May 23 after a disciplinary hearing following his … charge to Sapa for the service. Chisholm…
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… On 24 July 1862, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick was born in King … War in 1899, Fitzpatrick acted as Official Adviser on South African Affairs to the British…
EventFirst postage stamp in Africa is issued in the Cape Colony
… On 1 September 1853, the first adhesive postage stamp in … Governor at the Cape at the time, had proudly commented on how the stamps looked completely…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… for the present state. Our aim was to work for a state on the lines of the Freedom Charter but that the people must … enterprise. I also had to answer…
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
… Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS on September the 6th, 1989, placed our country irrevocably on the road of drastic change. Underlying…
EventNelson Mandela is buried in the Eastern Cape
… Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95, in his home in … He was born in Mvezo village near Mthatha, Eastern Cape on 18 July 1918. On 15…