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ANC President Jacob Zuma to speak at the Imvuselelo one Million Membership Countdown Launch, 16 July 2011
… As part of the African National Congress (ANC) drive towards the one million …
ANC hard at work despite power failure and strike threat, 27 July 2009
… 2009) plunged most floors of Chief Albert Luthuli House - African National Congress headquarters – into darkness, and a …
PlaceAdams Mission, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Botswana and Uganda, several ministers and leaders of the African National Congress. … New Dictionary of South African Names by Peter E Raper http:/…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… ton sulphur dioxide stockpile belonging to the local African Explosives and Chemical Industries (AECI) plant …
ArchiveSechaba as mondstuk in die ANC se stryd teen blanke oorheersig, 1967-1989
… Universiteit van Pretoria. Die ontbanning van die African National Congress (ANC) en ander organisasies op 2 …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.1 1988
… by Staffrider; Oral Poetry by Mafika Gwala; Echoes of African Art by A.W. Oliphant …
PlaceMauritania
… Arab-Amazigh (Berber) populations of North Africa and the African peoples in the region to the south of the Tropic of … Arab-Amazigh (Berber) populations of…
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… streets. This was the site and namesake of a popular South African Afrikaans Sitcom during the 1980’s and 1990’s, Orkney …
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… event is one of the most important events in the South African cultural calendar, as it dates back to 1974 when the …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… ‘PAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released,’ from South African History Online, [online] Available at …
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… Gladstone, son of the Britain Prime Minister and South African Governor-General at the time, would ask politicians … Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
… A couple of days following the Erfdeel test, the South African Press Association (SAPA) flashed more exhilarating …
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… of the officers and men who died in a number of South African wars from 1877 to 1902.Including: the Transkei War, …
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
… husband. Marie played a prominent role during the South African War (1899-1902). She organised petitions, women’s …
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… Siqwebo. Matthews Mayezana Mali was shot by the South African Police (SAP) on the following day. Mali was shot in …
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… to prevent these activities. The only place where African men could drink legally was in municipal beer halls … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999)…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… Cato Manor began on 17 June 1959, when a demonstration of African women forced their way into a beer hall, destroying …
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… Chief Albert John Luthuli , President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and Nobel … From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History…
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… alongside their RAF colleagues. During this time South African air crews carried out a distinguished and accident … 1948-9 " The Military History Journal…
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… Africa, led by Dr. A.B. Xuma, president-general of the African National Congress and including Sorabjee Rustomjee, …
EventJapanese submarines attack naval base in Madagascar
… to repulse a combined invasion by British and South African troops. During the attack on the naval base, the …
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), becoming an active member of …
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… 1 August 1939. The campaign was in response to the South African governments repressive against anti-Indian … 1 July 2009]| Dadoo, Y., (1968) ' Yusuf Dadoo,…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… and was tasked with assisting in the drafting of the South African Constitution, which was adopted in 1996. From August …
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… this policy when he invaded Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) the African country situated on the horn of Africa. Mussolini …
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… support for the Northern provinces such as the South African Republic and the Orange Free State in their struggle …
EventUDF members challenge the government to arrest them on charges of high treason
… especially its goals approximated those of the then-banned African National Congress (ANC). References: Anon, (1985), …
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… Arabia. Amin began his career as a cook in the King's African Rifles and British Colonial Army in Uganda in 1956. …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… Act. Segregation was further enforced in South African cities and towns through the passing of the Separate … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999)…
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… was honored through a series of stamps issued by the South African Post Office. …