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Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
… involved and the organization on the matter, as informed by our Constitution. Issued by: Derek Hanekom Chairperson of the NDC African National …
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… Changing whites attitudes to conscription as reflected by the white commercial press; Changing white attitudes to conscription as reflected by white popular…
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… Hons) in African Studies at the University of Cape Town by Riyaad Schroeder, February 1988. The aim of this … always operated as one. The division being…
EventCape Coloured Board agrees with the Department of Education on the establishment of an Art Centre for Coloured children
… a letter stating that the existing art centre, attended by nearly 170 learners, was being conducted privately at St. … fact that the centre should be taken…
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… a separate Government Notice, three stone rondavels built by Preller in Pelindaba in 1920, and initially used by the family as a weekend residence, were also…
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
… This museum was founded in 1970 by Jack Botes, a former Town Clerk. Today there are over 1000 … one of its kind in Africa. The museum also includes works by…
EventSouth African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics
… was part of Team South Africa in Atlanta. She made history by winning both the 100m and 200m events at the games. She … named Female World Swimmer of the…
EventSouth African refugees leave Lesotho
… liberation movements banned from operating in South Africa by the Apartheid government. Others were in Lesotho after … longer safe as the country was…
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… Ahidjo resigned as president of Cameroon, he was replaced by Paul Biya, the current Prime Minister. Ahidjo handpicked … was forced into exile. Biya has been…
EventThe Herstigte Nasionale Party is established
… the South African National Party (NP). The party was led by Albert Hertzog, son of former SA prime minister, General … Hertzog, as reaction to a perceived…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… eighty-four years of control over the Walvis Bay enclave by handing over the port and twelve offshore islands to the … dispute, which stretched back to 1878,…
EventGoldstone report on police shootings in Sebokeng is released
… The report of the inquiry, led by Justice Richard Goldstone, into the shooting by the police of anti-Apartheid protesters in the township of …
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… Walter Sisulu, denied allegations levelled at his party by the South African parliament and press that the ANC was … dictatorships. The unrest broke out…
EventFirst formal school opens at the Cape
… of the slaves to their owners. This school was founded by Commander Jan van Riebeeck for the slave children brought … them off a Portuguese slaver. A second…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… later alleged in court that the killing was masterminded by De Klerk's dance teacher, Justice Hlope ruled that there … guilty on counts of housebreaking,…
EventFirst victim of the land invasions in Zimbabwe, David Stevens, is murdered
… A White farmer, Davis Stevens, was shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He was the first White … confrontations involving so-called "war…
EventFormer member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
… made in the recently published Katiza's Journey by Fred Bridgland (sic) that he had seen Winnie … youngster, Lolo Sono, disappeared after being assaulted by…
EventMandela reshuffles the cabinet
… Following a decision by the finance minister, Chris Liebenberg, to relinquish his … when he joined the government in 1994. He was replaced by Trevor Manuel…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… resigned from his post following an anti-British speech by General J.B.M. Hertzog , minister of justice, at De Wildt, … he would put South Africa's interests…
EventReport released on the Waratah steamship's disappearance
… passengers and crew, on board. The report, conducted by the British Board of Trade, found that it was likely that … any trace of wreckage or survivors…
EventThe mayor of Cape Town, Hyman Lieberman, opens the Great Synagogue in the Gardens, Cape Town
… majority of who are descendents of Lithuanian immigrants. By 1863, the Jewish congregation in Cape Town had grown to … Schul was built alongside the Old…
EventFirst recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa
… with the very first becoming known as the Eureka diamond. By 1871, more diamonds were found in the vicinity of the … leadership of Cecil John Rhodes. This…
EventANC President, Oliver Tambo, denies that the ANC is in secret negotiations with the South African government
… ANC in exile. The three-day Conference was organised by the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South … in Dakar, Senegal in July, 1987 under strong…
EventWorld No Tobacco Day is observed
… World Tobacco day was declared by the World Health Organization in 1987. The day is observed by abstaining from tobacco for a period of 24 hours around …
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… Conference on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of African … massacre, where nearly 70 peaceful…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… Copyright Day is a UNESCO initiative first held in 1995.By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to … writing competitions. The activities…
EventSeveral leading members of trade unions affiliated to the UDF are arrested
… between police and residents that left thirty people dead. By the end of the year almost 150 people had been killed in political violence. This number…
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… to the Coloured Persons' Representative Council (CPRC)by the Minister of Coloured Relations. The details were … on 11 September 1977. They were also revealed…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… causing most of the controversy. The railway was built by the British East Africa Company and stretched from Mombasa … and was completed in 1901. The railway…
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… was an extreme right wing political group. It was founded by Afrikaner academics Professors Willie Lubbe and Alkmaar … towards desegregation. Lubbe and his…