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The Story of PR Panther, the gold man of Indian politics in South Africa: Introduction - By Riashnee Pather
… Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Introduction There is so … people had so much to say 1 The…
Directive concerning the nature of the forthcoming ANC consultative conference in Morogoro by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1969
… Congress on April, 1960, three conferences which were in the nature of general consultations have been held by the A.N.C. The first of these was held at…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… the World Council of Churches, the Republic's policy in respect of the Black states in Africa and the arms sales to the Republic. In a particularly effective…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
… of concern what positions the Frontline States are taking in this matter. On Zimbabwe it is more the position taken by the Zimbabwean leaders that is of…
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
… cause of death, was sustained during an interrogation in Room 619 of Sanlam Building, then the headquarters of the … diminish the contributions of victims of…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… Carl Niehaus grew up in Zeerust, North West Province, and completed his higher … of theology, Niehaus was months away from his final exams in 1980 when he…
Address at the Dinner in honour of South African Olympians and Paralympians: Bryntirion Estate, Tshwane: 11 December 2004
… our sports heroines and heroes who took to the world stage in Athens. On behalf of the government and all other fellow … I warmly welcome you here tonight to…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu’s son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… of the former City Press editor Mathata Tsedu, were found in the boot of his car after he had been burnt alive in a bush in Honeydew. An expert testified in…
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… The World Food Program (WFP) was started in 1962 and is concerned with 'providing enough food for … WFP have five objectives, three of which are to save…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… it after the war under a League of Nations mandate. In the years that followed, South Africa ignored repeated calls to turn Namibia over to majority rule. In…
EventNigerian terrorist, Henry Okah is found guilty of masterminding two car bombs in Abuja by a South African Judge.
… Henry Okah was the leader of a terrorist group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the Movement for the … the Niger Delta (MEND). The group announced its…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… Victorie!" - a sign that the Burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van … Who were the 'burghers'? By 1657, the…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… Khumalo claims that, after running away from home in the 1970s to receive military training in exile, she was sexually abused by the then PAC president. ……
Timol: Salim Essop testifies of beatings, torture following arrest, News24, in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… alongside late anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, took centre stage at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first sitting of the ……
Press Conference in Maputo: Comments by Oliver Tambo on South African offer of territory to Swaziland, 5 March 1982
… [Speaking at a press conference in Maputo, Mr. Tambo said that the ANC had already held two … to Swaziland. The second took place the previous week in…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… delegation. We hope that you will enjoy your short stay in our country. I still remember with great fondness the … the protection of human rights as a top…
EventThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic (AIDS) is causing increasing concern in the United States
… the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, however, in the 1980s, relatively little was known. It was first … described as an unknown condition that was…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… the Satyagraha Campaign (Passive Resistance Campaign). In this public meeting, Naidoo represented the Satyagraha … was hailed by Gandhi as one of the most…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… Victor Sidney Norton was born in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. … son’s future career path. Norton joined The Star Newspaper in 1927…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from Johannesburg arrived in Cape Town to stage a three hour play on "Colour-bar". "The Blood Knot" was the much talked about…
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
… work on a lasting basis. Only where workers have organised in effective trade unions have they been able to improve … the Movement can only progress on the…
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
… Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley, who in 1705 calculated the orbit of the comet around the sun. … to suggest that comets are naturally…
The ANC launch the Luthuli Volunteer Corps in Magareng Sub Region, Warrenton, Frances Baard Region, 19 September 2013
… after successful sub regional programmes which took place in Phokwane and Dikgatlong Sub Regions in the recent past. Our final launch will take place in Sol…
EventReggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down
… Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, Mr Reggie Hadebe, was gunned down in an ambush on the Richmond-Ixopo road…
EventScientists identify Green Monkey disease as responsible for more than 300 deaths in Northern Zaire and the Sudan
… is a variant of HemorrhagicFever that was first identified in green monkeys. It gets its namefrom the city of Marburg, Germany, where it caused small…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
… the British Office to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. The camps … authorities aware of the plight of…
Mrs. Gertrude Shope Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, August 11, 1981
… at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and…
EventHealth officials launch an intensive campaign to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.
… coma. The disease got its name from the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was first … launched a campaign to find the origins of…
EventThe second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats
… to the Coloured Persons' R epresentative Council resulted in an absolute majority for the anti-apartheid Labour Party … (LP). The LP won thirty-one of the…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… Selous came to South Africa at the age of nineteen in 1871. Inspired by the writings of explorers such as Dr. … and south of the Congo basin. The village of…