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EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… of Bantu Education, M.C. Botha, announced that the South African Government had annulled the regulation that Black … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Nelson Mandela warned that if the South African government fail to take effective steps to end the …
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… to incorporation into the Qwa Qwa homeland, the South African government proceeded with its plan of incorporation. … the residents of Botshabelo would not…
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… South African Security Forces abducted African National Congress (ANC) activists Ebrahim Ismail …
EventMoses Mabhida dies in Maputo
… remains were transferred to South Africa by the South African government for reburial at his home in KwaZulu-Natal. … Thabo Mbeki. Click here to read the…
EventSA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title
… On 2 July 2005, South African tennis player, Wesley Moodie, and Australian, Stephen … before this tournament. Before this, the last time a South African had…
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… On 6 January 2002, the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 90th … the moment which came eight years post the first South African non-racial polls…
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that he was resigning as African National Congress Secretary-General, as well as from … was widely tipped both within the…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… unanimously hailed by parliamentary parties as well as the African National Congress (ANC) and its aligned structures, the Congress of South African Trade…
EventMgqwetho,the first poem of Nontisi is published
… She contributed close to ninety poems, which urged South African Black people to put aside their differences and unite … South Africa Click here to read…
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
… Sources: Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v. 2. … South African History Online …
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… Renowned South African author, Nicolaas Petrus (N.P.) van Wyk Louw, … in literature and advocacy of language rights for the African languages, posthumously…
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
… two years after the formation of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) in 1979, which brought another … FOSATU was the predecessor to the…
EventSouth Africa and the United Kingdom embroiled in a diplomatic crisis
… from police in the British Consulate in Durban. The South African government in retaliation for London's refusal to … evict the fugitives announced it would…
EventThe British government closes its consulate in Angola
… Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and South African troops for the National Union for the Total … The two organisations enlisted the support of…
EventBotha’s Pass in Natal is under attack by General Buller’s forces
… Van Wyk's Kop, was too lightly armed to resist the South African Light Horse brigade. General Buller was now free to … The attack by General Buller occurred…
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt and his wife are sentenced to life imprisonment
… for the Soviet Union. On 26 January, 1983, the South African government announced at a special press conference that a senior South African naval officer,…
EventLady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town
… Lady Mary Bailey, wife of a South African mining magnate, was the first person to fly solo from … 1960. One of her sons, Jim Bailey founded the Magazine…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… including developing the standard terminology of South African archaeology. He founded the South African Archaeological Society and wrote books like The…
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… including developing the standard terminology of South African archaeology. He founded the South African Archaeological Society and wrote books like The…
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… me great pleasure to extend to you, in the name of the African National Congress, the warmest fraternal … whose experience, dedication and skill as the doyen…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… more to undermine our interests than any other black African.” [2] The US government was determined to depose … Nkrumah before he managed to unite Africa…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… general tone of the commentaries – including the governing African National Congress (ANC’s) - has been sympathetic. … It displays a cavalier attitude…
EventLlewellyn Herbert was born on this day
… July 1977 in Bethal, Mpumalanga.[i] Herbert was the South African 400 metre hurdle champion from 1996 to 2003.[ii] He … Olympic Games.[v] He was known as the…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… for the liberation struggle. [ii] She served under the African National Congress, ANC’s Women’s League and the South African Communist Party. [iii] Mashamba…
EventKhulane Morule, the Motswako rapper is born
… the Best Venacular Hip Hop Album award at the South African Traditional Music Awards.[iv] His Lost In Time album … such as the Best Collaboration award at…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… 1923 1. Minimum or Standard rate of wages for all the African Workers throughout South. Conditions of the Railways … at the Head Office. 7. "One Big Union"…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… the actions of the revolutionary elements, the South African government adopted legislation which increasingly … of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU. 3…
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… Edward Island is one of two Islands annexed by South African which includes Marion Island. The Island lies about … play a strategic role. The British worked…
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
… Newspaper proprietors and editors of all the main South African newspapers, both English and Afrikaans, unanimously … the bill. In its place, a new self…