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EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… On 28 May 1976, the South African Student Movement (SASM) held a conference in … ,[Accessed on: 26 May 2014]|South African History Online. The Youth…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… violence. This offer was rejected by Mandela, who said the African National Congress (ANC) had tried for decades to …
EventA car bomb explodes at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium
… [Accessed 21 June 2010] Bomb kills two at South African Rugby Match [Online]. Available at: …
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
… in early January 1986. Furthermore, 60 members of the African National Congress (ANC) were deported from Lesotho to … About African History A Brief History…
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… 28 October 2009] In Memoriam - Susanna Helena Kok. South African Medical Journal (SAMJ), 1 February 1986. [online] …
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… in certain parts of the country, and in many areas of the African continent. …
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… documents were disclosed in TRC meetings with the South African Institute for Maritime Research (SAIMR, thought to be …
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… to 1954. She was also involved in working for the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) and served on the …
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… various British colonies, Boer republics and independent African groups under common control, with a view to …
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… in 1899, Fitzpatrick acted as Official Adviser on South African Affairs to the British Government, which he was …
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
… 2014, 12-2pm UCT Africa Studies African Studies Gallery Harry Oppenheimer …
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. It bore witness to both the South African Wars and the Bhambatha Uprising. More recently, it …
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… whole family. The experience tells the history of South African rugby with trophies, jerseys, boots and other …
Document 19 - The D. F. Malan Accord
… appeared in the form of the newspaper, Indian Opinion. The African Chronicle strongly reflected the interests of the …
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… been influential in the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and had been vocal in his condemnation of …
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… and researchers engaging with historical content. South African History Online (SAHO) encourages all users – … 'Decolonisation and Violence', SAHO ,…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… international Guests especially the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr Jean Ping; Former political … and veterans; Members of the diplomatic…
The Colors of Resistance in Apartheid South Africa: Black Consciousness Poetry and the Racial Elusiveness of Wopko Jensma
… South Africa alongside the protest poetry of white South African poet Wopko Jensma. It is argued that while the racial … apartheid racial categories, as well…
EventEschel Rhoodie's assets frozen
… The South African government froze the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. …
EventGandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning
… Mahatma Gandhi supported the resolution of the African People's Organisation (APO) to declare the day of …
The Road to Durban: Workers’ struggles, student movements, and the resurgence of resistance politics in Namibia and South Africa by Heike Becker
… broadened into a generalised revolt against the South African regime. A close look at the Namibian events and their … helps to understand the entangled…
PlaceBisho, Capital of the Eastern Cape
… of the 'Tripartite Alliance', (which consists of: the African National Congress (ANC) ; the South African Communist Party (SACP) ; the Congress of South…
EventSADF replace police on South West Africa's northern border
… of Defence P. W. Botha announced the replacement of South African police by the South African Defence Force on the northern borders of South West …
English Settlement in South Africa
… and the British in what became known as the South African war. At the end of the war in 1902, all four colonies …
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… Natal Indian Congresses to Lusaka, to meet with the banned African National Congress. Comrade Cas was instrumental in …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… two decades. Kenyon’s cartoons appeared in a book of South African cartoonists. He was honoured with posthumous …
PlaceThe Space
… “ESAT Bibliography”, The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance, 25 January 2017, http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=South…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… I want to address my message to all sections of the South African population - both Black and White. I want to address … of the people that can stop this…
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… as the operative principle of government, in the South African context, effectively invests the privileged minority … schools, separate group areas and the…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… as the operative principle of government, in the South African context, effectively invests the privileged minority … schools, separate group areas and the…