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EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… Mthembu, Makhosi Nyoka and Nontsikelelo Cothoza, all African National Congress (ANC) members were shot dead when …
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… On this day twenty five years ago, the South African Communist Party (SACP) secretary-general, Chris …
EventLucas Ntuba Radebe, SA soccer hero, is born in Diepkloof, Soweto
… and the UK’s Leeds United. Radebe is the first South African to have captained two World Cup finals, these were in …
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… 1962, with a view to keep the racial policies of the South African Government under review throughout the year. The … [Accessed: 21 November 2012]| South…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… allies in the border districts of the neighbouring South African Republic (the Transvaal). *Dinizulu is also spelt as … Akyeampong E.K., Gates H.R., Junior,…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… the Free State. The family had very strong ties with the African National Congress (ANC). Kuzwayo qualified as a …
EventNine members of the ANC are officially banned in Dakawa, Tanzania
… 1989, a document officially banning nine members of the African National Congress (ANC) was circulated at Dakawa in …
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… as Witperd Klip. The stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were …
New Age
… known as a leftist publication. New Age was linked to the African National Congress and its' leadership. In 1954, Govan …
PlacePhansi Museum
… The Museum houses some of the finest examples of African artefacts, such as: beadwork, headrests, milk pails, …
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… were detained. Subsequently, the government banned the African National Congress (ANC) and the PAC. The …
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government, has been sold to Union Investment Company … Mandela planned the Democratic takeover…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… certain points which, he says, need clarification. "The African National Congress is a legal organisation. Some … of the Union, will write our Freedom…
ANC National Working Committee statement following its meeting held on the 20th January 2014, 21 January 2014
… The National Working Committee of the African National Congress met in its ordinary meeting on the … providers. Issued by Gwede Mantashe Secretary-General…
PlaceMadagascar
… to as: 'the big red island'. Madagascar is the largest African island situated in the Indian Ocean, about 450 km … nation of Madagascar on the east and…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
… world," said Fernando Camilo, chief scientist at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory which built and operates … against radio interference, the…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… of the most impressive landmarks along the entire South African coastline . Second only to Table Mountain , most … canary, dark-backed forest weaver, three…
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
… thirty kilometres at the extreme South Western tip of the African Continent in the Republic of South Africa . Table … Cape Point lighthouse is the most…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… by the Boer forces during the second Anglo Boer War (South African War) . At the time of the siege, people like Solomon … is also dedicated to Sol T Plaatje …
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… A NON-EUROPEAN UNITED FRONT! TO ALL ASIATICS, COWURED AND AFRICAN PEOPLE SEGREGATION THREATENS US The Government … by urging them not to form a non-European…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… of Desperation Subsequent to the Declaration, the South African Government took the following measures: BANNED the African National Congress and the Pan…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… LAND ACT, 1913 by John Langalibalele Dube President, South African Native National Congress [This extract from the … British public by Mr. John L. Dube,…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… Bill On Tuesday an interesting incident happened. A Cape African who is on the voters roll has applied for an … TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION All-eyes are now…
Address by President T Mbeki at Press Conference following Meeting with President Kikwete of Tanzania, held on 7 April 2006, at Presidential Guesthouse
… include encouraging larger volumes of investment by South African companies in Tanzania. Already South Africa is, I … of Congo (DRC) and the involvement of…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… back to the year 1986. In this year the Organisation of African Unity, which had accepted that one of its … was the only solution viable for South Africa…
The start of mass campaigns
… hard to say the ANC did this, or the Federation [of South African Women did this or the trade union did this, because … you couldn't join the Federation as…
PlaceSada
… driven off the farms. The Land was bought by the South African Bantu Trust (which was later renamed as the South African Development Trust) from Shiloh, an…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… in a bid to create historically informed plays about South African society. Organised in experimental theatre workshops, … at the same time questioning white…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… Minister of the Interior. Due to an increase of largely African and Indian working class settlements in Natal, the … as buffer between White residential…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… was by no means the island’s only notable inmate – South African presidents Kgalema Motlanthe and Jacob Zuma also … is! Roughly 132 species of bird –…