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Ernest Mabaso, chairman of the ANC Zola Branch and member of the Soweto Civic Association, is shot dead as he is leaving his ho
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … Ernest Mabaso, chairman of the ANC Zola…
Mobutu Sese Seko, who has ruled Zaire for more than 30 years, looting it of billions of dollars, flees the capital city as rebe
… who has ruled Zaire for more than 30 years, looting it of billions of dollars, flees the capital city as rebe …
Rwanda frees more than 22 000 detainees, most of whom were held in connection with the 1994 massacre of some 800 000 ethnic Tut
… Rwanda frees more than 22 000 detainees, most of whom were held in connection with the 1994 massacre of some 800 000 ethnic Tut …
Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A
… Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team …
An amount of R1.3m is paid out in compensation to thirty-two South African seamen who lost fingers as a result of frostbite inc
… An amount of R1.3m is paid out in compensation to thirty-two South African seamen who lost fingers as a result of frostbite inc …
The house of Paul Kruger in Church Street West is declared a national monument. At the death of mrs Kruger it was used as polic
… The house of Paul Kruger in Church Street West is declared a national monument. At the death of mrs Kruger it was used as polic …
Speech on the occasion of the conferment of an honorary doctorate upon the Honourable the Prime Minister by the UOFS on 18 March 1967
… Speech on the occasion of the conferment of an honorary doctorate upon the Honourable the Prime …
Prime Minister J.C. Smuts appoints Dr H.J. van der Bijl to the post of Director General of War Supplies, making him, next to Sm
… Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 442 … J.C. Smuts appoints Dr H.J. van der…
Former first-lady of SA and ex-wife of FW de Klerk, Marike de Klerk, is found murdered at her home in Cape Town.
… Former first-lady of SA and ex-wife of FW de Klerk, Marike de Klerk, is found murdered at her …
Kwame Nkrumah, first premier and later president of Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) is born. He is seen by many as the father of Pa
… Kwame Nkrumah, first premier and later president of Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) is born. He is seen by many as the father of Pa …
Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 10. … Sir David Baird, British general in command…
All speakers raise grave concern on World AIDS Day about the growing number of AIDS orphans in SA, many of whom who are raised
… grave concern on World AIDS Day about the growing number of AIDS orphans in SA, many of whom who are raised …
A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma
… A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma …
The Ncome Monument project is unveiled at the site of the Battle of Blood River in 1838. The Monument was opened on 26 November
… The Ncome Monument project is unveiled at the site of the Battle of Blood River in 1838. The Monument was opened on 26 November …
Anglo-Boer War 2: British forces, under Buller, are defeated by the Boers under Botha at the end of the three-day battle of Vaa
… Buller, are defeated by the Boers under Botha at the end of the three-day battle of Vaa …
Hintsa, chief of the Xhosa, is shot, while allegedly trying to escape from the British forces at the start of the 6th frontier
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 524. … Hintsa, chief of the Xhosa, is shot, while…
Oupa Gqozo, head of the Ciskei, claims to have put down the second coup attempt in the space of two weeks, with the assistance
… Oupa Gqozo, head of the Ciskei, claims to have put down the second coup attempt in the space of two weeks, with the assistance …
WWI: At the end of the war, the Paris Peace Conference accepts the proposal to create the League of Nations. The League was eve
… WWI: At the end of the war, the Paris Peace Conference accepts the proposal to create the League of Nations. The League was eve …
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… is deeply disturbed by the manner in which the Department of Finance is approaching the 1998 budget. Both in discussion … and at NEDLAC, it has been clear…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker By at least the turn of the century, African churchwomen across the denominations … In the 1950s an important sociological…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… was viewed with suspicion as a creative outlet for much of that time. Yet it has developed a reputation and a body of approaches that today enables it to…
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
… Photography is the common language of modern history. It’s everywhere; and everyone, in some … with more skill and force than the International Center of…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… and Deputy Speaker, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, … Members, Ladies and Gentlemen: A recent…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the limitation placed by you in regard to the representation of…
Summary of points of Agreement and others discussed at the South African and Angolan/Cuban military meetings: Sal Island, Cape Verde, 22 and 23 July 1988
… Summarised report of points of agreement between South Africa and Angola/Cuba with regard to the withdrawal of Cuban and South African troops in Angola and…
Constitiounal Court Judgement in the matter of Economic Freedom Fighters vs. Speaker of the National Assembly and Others; Democratic Alliance vs. Speaker of the National Assembly and Others, Heard on 9 February 2016 and Decided on 31 March 2016
… Constitiounal Court Judgement in the matter of Economic Freedom Fighters vs. Speaker of the National Assembly and Others; Democratic Alliance vs. Speaker of…
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… for historians to reflect upon and reappraise the events of that time. But it is also appropriate to cast our … World War; the Rebellion of 1914; the…
Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction (Minority) (1934)
… problem is the most important to us, not only because the Natives comprised more than four-fifths of the whole population, not as in the Thesis of the…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… By the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of all races were … felt bitter and disappointed about the recently passed Natives Land Act (1913),…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… Torture has recently been often in the news because of the revelations of the use of torture by the United States in its so-called … by judicial punishment…