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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…
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
… have met to grapple with the critical issue of the African economy and such related matters as the terrible debt … and all of us, your guests, to this…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
… have met to grapple with the critical issue of the African economy and such related matters as the terrible debt … and all of us, your guests, to this…
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… serious matter. As Your Excellency is aware, the 'joint-family' system prevails all over India. Brothers and sisters … generation to generation, and the…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
… is necessary for the ANC to function optimally. South African society and the international community expect no … for contravening Rule 25.5(o) of the…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… was without doubt the most influential editor in the South African press during the second half of the twentieth … Great Trek into the interior (1834-1844)…
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…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… in a bloodless coup in 1987. Holomisa accused the South African government of having had knowledge of Duli's … Africa were strained, since Holomisa openly…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… back to this day in history search archive Former South African Defence Force Minister, General Magnus Malan and 19 … between the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… F.W. de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party …
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… origin. Coloured people, throughout the course of South African history, have been regarded as neither white nor … basis that the CRC was completely…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the National Assembly 20 June 1996
… to be harnessed for even better performance in all areas of life. When, Friday last, the National Assembly … not have been possible without the dedication of…
Communist Party of South Africa, What is the Native Independent Republic? (1934)
… pretend to champion their cause. These organisations, the African National Congress , the Industrial Commercial Union, … for a few pence. Not having the…
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… Report of the Head Office of the National Union of South African Students to the Annual Congress of the National … the Azanian Students Organisation, the…
EventMK operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung are executed
… police station, a car bomb exploded outside the South African Air Force Headquarters and the South African Defence Force (SADF) Military Intelligence … at…
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
… Founded in 1946, this is the home of the South African National Botanical Institute. Thus it serves as a … of the total area set aside almost exclusively for…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan … South Africa by British forces. In 1899-1902, the South African War…