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EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee …
EventResumption of talks
… African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela …
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
… is a statement of press freedom principles put together by African newspaper journalists. The context for this …
EventChief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead
… of the traditional leaders organisation CONTRALESA and African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Chief Mhlabunzima …
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… Oliver Tambo, former President of the African National Congress (ANC), returns to South Africa …
EventMandela visits Zambia
… His first foreign destination was the headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC) in Lusaka, Zambia, where he …
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 …
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 , …
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… the Northern Cape, I have endeavoured to serve the South African people, my organisation and my country, to the best … against the odds, to integrate…
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 ,…
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…
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…
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…
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 …