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EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… A member of the Tetela ethnic group, Patrice Emery Lumumba was born in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai Province of Belgian Congo. Lumuba became involved…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… gratitude to every person who observed the National Day of Prayer and Reflection today. From tomorrow, 9 December … Constituency Offices as well as the…
EventTutu is outraged by De Klerk’s denial of responsibility for apartheid’s atrocities
… how De Klerk could still insist that he had been unaware of apartheid atrocities, when delegations from the Lawyers … Rights and the Black Sash, among many…
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… The ANC is deeply saddened by the news of the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo who was the widow of former secretary general of the ANC and former minister of ……
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… Falls Bridge was constructed in 1905 at the height of British penetration of Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The brainchild of Cecil Rhodes, the bridge was…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Botswana accused South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, … and transporting him to South Africa. Later the Minister of…
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… and exhibition are an attempt to construct a clear picture of Ernest Cole, a complex man whose work is little known, … images even in the harshest and most…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… traveller, artist, and author was born in 1792. The son of a wealthy nurseryman. Burchell travelled nearly 7 000 km … South Africa between 1810 and 1815,…
ArchiveA Black viewpoint on the special PSC on the state of the nation
… Anglican Bishops and representatives of the clergy and laity met at St Peters Conference Centre at Hammanskraal to take a realistic look at the state of the…
EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… Police arrested 2,300 people in the township of Sebokeng in the Vaal in what was believed to be the … the townships and hostels. The arrest came at the…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1960
… Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 31 Oct to 3 Nov 1960. Discussed were minutes of previous national conference, resolutions,…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… served with a restriction order that affects his freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia. This came … was placed in detention, along with…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… The Republic of the Orange Free State went to elections after the resignation of President F.W. Reitz in 1895 for reasons of health. Marthinus Theunis Steyn,…
ArchiveSouth Africa Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State
… Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State, President Reagan as he had signed Executive order … dealt with United States policy…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… Africa in February 1955 denouncing the government`s use of force to remove African people from the Western Areas. … must be theirs. Non-Europeans and…
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… cabinet, stepped down after fourteen years as leader of the Labour Party. He later joined the African National … and was appointed as an ANC senator in the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Pan African Parliament, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, 16 September 2004
… President of the Pan African Parliament, Honourable Gertrude Mongella, Your Excellency, Dr Abdul Kalam, President of the Republic of India, The Honourable Ms…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 3: Directions of change in South African politics
… Report of the Political Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … Notes on the papers; Future political implications of present…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice international conference and study tour will be … and international participants to…
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… South Africa in 1961, and upon witnessing the injustices of Apartheid, became a member of the Black Sash in 1965. Founded ten years prior to … sought to…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. … and freedom to many African countries…
ArchiveSpeech delivered on Graduation Day on behalf of the Graduands, April 1972
… The former President of the SRC of the University of the North delivered the Address at the Graduation Ceremony … Speech delivered on Graduation Day on…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and globalisation. … sudden turning points; they took place…
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… Helen Zille studied at the University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) … after she exposed the real circumstances behind the…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at Port Elizabeth
… Minutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at Port … Elizabeth on 18 to 21 October 1965. Discussed: Minutes of 1964 National Conference,…
ANC-KZN flabbergasted by DA’s denigration of Oliver Tambo, 11 July 2006
… made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) denigrating one of the greatest freedom fighters ever produced by South … always disputed that it does not represent the…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… security forces detained approximately forty members of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African … Gordhan, Siphiwe Nyanda and Billy Nair. They…
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… On 17 July 1959, Palaeontologist Mary Leaky discovered on of the oldest hominid skulls in the Olduvai Gorge, in Northern Tanzania. At first she found several…
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
… II, Mukasa beter known as King Mwanga II, was Kabaka of the kingdom of Bungada after the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884. Upon ascending to the … King…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1979
… Minutes of of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from … regional report, Human Rights in Law Conference, Freedom of Press, Criminal Laws…