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ArticleSALDRU Newspaper Clippings Archive 1974 - 2000
The clippings collection built up by the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (Saldru) in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… Azania and Africa under colonial rule, as well as during apartheid, is indeed an important point of departure. This … maintained that when freedom from…
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… solidarity you extended to us during the dark days of apartheid. The rebirth that we celebrate in South Africa is … and hard road to address the havoc…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… to attend the Round Table Conference in Brussels, where his dramatic appearance stole the show from other Congolese … from Belgium in June 1960, a series of…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… and a co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC). His funeral service was conducted by the bishop of … of native affairs. When a tombstone was…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… worked tirelessly to eradicate corruption by members of his department who were enriching themselves with social grants meant for the poor and children…
EventHezekiel Sepeng is born
… and setting the South African record for the 800 metres, his greatest achievement was in 1996 where he won South … new South African record of 1:42:86…
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… During his first speech as a member of Herstigte Nationale Party … time Hertzog was still a member of the National Party. His main attack was aimed at B.J…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… League (PSL) disciplinary hearing. This followed after his heated altercation with Sundowns' coach, Angel Cappa, … to the fine, PSL ordered him to make a…
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… Skotnes served in the South African forces in Italy. On his return to South Africa he joined the Polly Street Art … who he trained. The most successful…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… the "ignorant Dutch". At the conclusion of Theron’s case his fine was paid by his supporters in the courtroom. Danie Theron was born in …
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… Schalk Willen Petrus Burger Jnr. was named after his father who was also a rugby player. As a child he was … was selected for the Springbok squad in 2003 and…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… leader, is served with a restriction order that affects his freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia. … the Tanzanian President, Julius…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… gunshot. According to reports Kabila was shot by one of his bodyguards in front of army generals, following a dispute … not a coup attempt, but an argument…
PlaceBasotho Cultural Village
… Traditional Sotho Villages abound with crafters who also work from home. They produce pottery, fabrics, beadwork and … where a chief offers you mqombothi …
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
… on the debate included the views of Neville Alexander in his selected works, 'Some are more equal'. Baruch Hirson also …
EventHip Hop Pantsula, the South African rapper is born
… in 2011, more recently “Motswako High School” in 2014. His debut album “Introduction” was recorded in Sesotho, … third season of Strictly Coming Dancing in…
PlaceLeeuwenhof, Official Residence of the Premier of Cape Town
… and in 1859 he became a member of the Cape Parliament. His son, John Gilbert Kotzé, who later became a well-known judge in the South African Republic, spent…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… at heart and used to an ideology of tyranny” and that his history under such kings as Shaka AND Dingaan showed … the position Dr Malherbe holds.. The general…
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… Army, placed Lumumba under house arrest and later ordered his assassination. The UN Secretary General, Dag … was blamed for Lumumba’s death, and calls for…
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… Padeophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while … pursued by the police. Paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his…
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… the Soutpansberg mountain range in 1836*. Trichardt and his group decided to stay near the mountains, camping near … 1837*. Trichardt had helped him to…
EventRoman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago, cleared of genocide charges
… of Gikongoro was cleared of charges against him regarding his alleged participation in the Rwandan genocide by a Court … that there was nothing he could do…
PlaceCuylerville
… a former Under-Secretary to the Colonial Department, and his application to emigrate was one of the first to be … cairn in Bathurst mark the spot where…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… was deeply embedded and had been so for decades. During his months as a Cabinet Minister in the post 1994 government, … shelter - would likely bankrupt the…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… is as the country's first president. From the beginning of his 30-year rule in Malawi, Banda followed policies which … Within months of independence, several…
EventTshifiwa Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police custody
… in police custody on 7 January 1982 during interrogation. His death was brutal and callous. Policemen identified as his interrogators boasted to the other…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… them with salaries and community cars. Others contested his favouritism and rewards to his male enforcers. A power struggle developed between Ngxobongwana…
Address at the Dinner in honour of South African Olympians and Paralympians: Bryntirion Estate, Tshwane: 11 December 2004
… was not money but a crown [of olives], he could not hold his peace, but cried, 'Good heavens, Mardonius, what kind of … and old grudges make it difficult for…
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
… period, would have required years of concenÂtrated work - preparing and training a working-class cadre as its … Africa - to develop its leadership, ideas…