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EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… President Idriss Deby on 10 October. Thus the small West African republic of Chad joined the group of oil-producing African nations. The opening of this…
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… Environment and Tourism Minister after revealing that the African National Congress (ANC), received a sum of R2 million … to face internal ANC disciplinary…
EventUN Special Committee on Apartheid urges a boycott of all SA racist sporting organizations
… Committee on Apartheid urged a boycott of all South African racist sporting organizations and supported the African bloc’s proposal to exclude the country…
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… various developments regarding the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). These include the reaction and … as well as the relationship between…
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… these ships is important when trying to understand South African history, as South African contact with European sailors goes so far back, that …
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… sole cause of AIDS and this viewpoint affected the South African government’s response to the AIDS epidemic. Access to … strong support for HIV being the…
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… On 22 November 1979 South African prime minister P. W. Botha gathered business leaders … announced his plan to launch the Constellation of Southern African…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… into South Africa. The protest was led by several senior African National Congress (ANC) leaders, including South African Communist Party Secretary General…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… intellectuals, to meet with the then-banned African National Congress (ANC) in Dakar, Senegal. Delegates … meeting is regarded as a milestone in South…
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… had turned back after making landfall on the southern African coast, Da Gama and his crew sailed further along the east African shoreline. They were the…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… was subjected to anti colonial struggles led by Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU). By 1977 ZANU’s military…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… our women, instead of lightening the chains tying down the African —the Colour Bar Laws, the Pass Laws and the Poll … what can be termed a declaration of…
Umrabulo Roundtable discussion, 7 March 2016
… The African National Congress will hold an Umrabulo Roundtable … Luthuli House Issued by Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress…
ArchiveA study of the theoretical aspects of ANC mobilisational methods in the Eastern Cape Townships of Cradock and Port Alfred, 1980-1988
… theoretical aspects of the mobilisational of the African National Congress and its surrogate organisations … The study focuses on the mechanisms utilised by…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… university lecturer and Major Wynand du Toit, a South African officer captured in Angola in 1985. Major du Toit was … (Namibia) and South Africa". These…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… of 33. In 1944 Lembede became the first president of the African National Congress Youth League. His ideas about … Source: Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
… 1980, because of Hani's perceived growing influence in the African National Congress (ANC) - South African Communist Party (SACP) alliance. This led to…
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… bodies such as the United Nations, Organisation of African Unity (now AU), Non-Align Movement, and … on a charge of high treason to 20 years' imprisonment…
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
… announced that his homeland government plans to unban the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist … against Apartheid government, it followed…
EventCiskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence
… some sources give it as 4 December. The source South African Institute of Race Relations. (1982). Race Relations Survey 1981, Johannesburg: South African…
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South African government on 30 March 1960. The move by the … police and scores left injured. During the…
ArchiveThe Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By Zulumathabo Zulu
… The popular myth in South Africa is that the African natives were devoid of mathematical knowledge until … and model, among others. In this public lecture we…
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
… the World Council of Churches; The National Union of South African Students and the South African Students Organisation; Steve Biko and his influence …
Mayibuye
… years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African National Congress publications alongside Sechaba and … Legal publication began in 1990…
EventZola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games
… Games officials in London ruled that two South African born athletes, Zola Budd and Annette Cowley, could … of Games were already faced with the boycott of…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
… those prohibited from attending public meetings were African National Congress (ANC) leaders. They included Albert … of its publication liberation movements…
Event12 people are killed after Kenyan jets bombed Somali town
… southern Somali town of Jilib. This was an attempt by east African nation to rid Somalia of the Islamic al Shabaab … North East of the country. Kenya became…
EventNigeria imposes sanctions on South Africa, and implements a total trade boycott
… reportedly in the process of refusing facilities for South African aircraft. However, this process became unnecessary as … sanctions and boycotts aimed to…
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… and abroad, where it became the most talked about South African event internationally since the Durban Strike of 1973. Source: South African History Online …
EventThe ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute
… Pretoria Minute is agreed upon by the government and the African National Congress (ANC), concerning release of … not willing to accept the Pretoria Minute…