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EventThe Transvaal National Union is established
… The Transvaal National Union, a political organisation, was set up with J. Tudhope as president. The principal reason behind its formation was to further the…
EventThe Battle of Kambula takes place
… On 29 March 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Kambula took place. The battle involved the British Number 4 Column, led by Colonel Evelyn Wood VC … sergeant…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… Can you create music that can find a home on both sides of the Indian Ocean beyond the cliché of “fusion”? Are Indian … Damodaran, Tapan Mullick and Pritam…
BiographyKgagudi Marutanyane
… Kgagudi Marutanyane was banished, on the same day as Lot Kgagudi Maredi, from Geluks Location, … Keiskammahoek District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape]…
BiographyNgwenduna Vanda
… Ngwenduna Vanda, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) was from Peddie, Eastern Cape. He was killed in combat with the…
EventZimbabwe is suspended from the commonwealth
… Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations after the country’s 2001 elections were found to be flawed by electoral observers. The elections were…
ArchiveANC National Conference: Building the ANC
… Report by the African National Congress Commission on Building Organisation for the ANC National Conference in July 1991 in Durban. Covers who builds the ANC…
ArchiveAddress on the Sixth National Day of Affirmation and Human Freedom in the Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand. Thursday, 6th June, 1968
… Address by Dr Alan Paton on the Sixth National Day of Affirmation and Human Freedom in the Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand. Thursday, 6th June,…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… Francis Mokhesi and Reid Mokoena, better known as the "Sharpeville Six", narrowly escaped their scheduled … hangings by fifteen hours. A huge sigh of relief…
EventSA is readmitted to the IOC
… One month prior to the establishment of the democratic dispensation, South Africa was readmitted to the Olympic games on condition that it complied within…
EventThe TRC report points out culprits
… The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report, which accused prominent leaders from across the political spectrum of human rights violations, was…
EventFormer commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned
… Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe, brother of President … organisation, Iliso Lomzi, bent on destabilising the…
EventPirates win the African Champions Cup
… Orlando Pirates won the Second Leg of the 1995 African Champions Cup (ACC) Final against ASEC … with a score of 1 - 0. With this victory, Pirates became the…
PlaceAlbertinia, Mossel Bay- The Garden Route
… some 50 km West of Mossel Bay. It was laid out in 1900 on the farm Grootfontein and became a Municipality in 1920. The name is derived from the surname of…
ArchiveOut of the Fire to Find New Fetters: The Violence of Poverty in a Shack Settlement: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1991
… Out of the Fire to Find New Fetters: The Violence of Poverty in a Shack Settlement: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 3 March 1991…
ArchiveResolution on the International Communist Movement
… all communists should urgently come together to evaluate the serious problems facing the movement, such as US agression in Vietnam, attempts to re-colonise…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… township situated in Ladysmith/Emnambithi, KwaZulu-Natal . The name Steadville comes from the Stead family, particularly … (Ntando PZ Mbatha) In the early…
ArchiveThe road to Oslo and beyond
… Albert Lutuli's Nobel Peace Prize award with extracts from the speech by Mr Gunnar Jahn, President of the Nobel Institute on the occasion of the presentation…
EventThe Herstigte Nasionale Party is established
… The Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP) (Reconstituted National … Party) was established as a right wing splinter group of the South African National Party (NP)…
Document 17 - The Groote Schuur Minute
… That apartheid is dead. (We heard that before) Unbanning the ANC, is an admission that your banning in March 1960 was … all actions against us during this…
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
… to decide whether South Africa should become a republic. The result showed that 52% were in favour of a republic. In accordance with his promise that the…
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
… Lawyers representing the government announced on 14 August 1998 that they were suing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president, Nelson…
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
… On 15 January 1986, General Justin Lekhanya, the Head of the Lesotho Army, ousted Lesotho prime minister Chief Leabua … and gained executive political…
Letter from S. S. Mazibuko to the President
… This letter is from the Vice President of the South African Students' Movement to the President informing him of the departure of the National … Letter from…
EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… The first Chadian oil pipeline was opened by Chad President Idriss Deby on 10 October. Thus the small West African republic of Chad joined the group of oil…
EventANC wins the second democratic election
… The African National Congress won the second democratic election by 266 seats. The Democratic Party, which became the new official … ANC wins the second…
EventParties start submission to the TRC
… The major political parties began their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In a forty-three-page document the Freedom Front (FF)…
ArchiveDefend, consolidate and advance the Front
… An article on defend, consolidate and advance the Front which is divided in five topics such as National democratic struggle and the front approach,…
ArchiveNatal and the 1960 Republican Referendum
… Thesis has been submitted for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, … Natal and the 1960…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 8: APDUSA salutes the people
… With the elections of the tricameral parliament now over, APDUSA expresses its satisfaction with the results. These results reflect an overwhelming rejection…