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EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, South African artist, was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. He … From 1972 to 1974 he was director of the art programme at…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… academic, anti-apartheid activist and member of the South African Communist Party , was brutally killed by a letter bomb in Maputo, Mozambique, sent by South…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… Church in Lesotho and as Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches. On 16 April 1981, Tutu was arrested by the South African government and…
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… The South African Defence Force's (SADF) 31st Battalion was disbanded … the San (Bushmen) battalion who had been deployed in South African townships and who…
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… Acknowledgement and Ignorance:how white south african had dealt with the past,from the … 1966-The demand for a negotiated settlement from South African…
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
… On 10 November 1991, the South African cricket team, now better known as the Proteas, played … in 1970 following a resolution taken against the South African…
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… creation of a united front in negotiations with the South African government. AZAPO accused the implicated … Party and angered other organisations. On 20…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… On 29 March 1988, Dulcie September, the African National Congress (ANC) representative in France, … in South Africa. Sergeant-Major Joseph Klue of the South…
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… Independence. The movement aligned itself with the African National Congress and the United Democratic Front. By … Africa. As a result, Chapter 12 was…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
… South African cricket player, Paul "Gogga" Adams, became South … was discovered by Eddie Barlow , world-renowned South African cricketer of the 1960s. …
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… accomplished cellist. In 1950 Pack founded the Young South African Chamber Orchestra of which she was a conductor. … of a group of instructors who…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South African occupying forces at Omugulugwombashe in northern … gallant struggle of the Namibian people…
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… He is the son to Professor Archibald Campbell Jordan an African novelist, linguist and academic and his mother, Dr … politically active in the early 1960s…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… South African Prime Minister, Balthazar Johannes Vorster disclosed … auspices of the Atomic Energy Board (AEB). In 1990 South African President, F. W. de…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) formed a coalition government … members of ZAPU were arrested by Robert…
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
… Around 100 African National Congress (ANC) members were reported to have … agreement signed between King Sobhuza II and the South African government. … …
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… first formal hearings in East London City Hall. The South African TRC was set up by the Government of National Unity … The Commission heard testimonies from…
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
… system and development. The Traditional leadership of the African population had to some extent become representatives … his position as Chief when he…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… Amanda Esterhuysen Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi Bibliography …
EventPass laws are suspended in South Africa
… The South African Commissioner of Police announced that the pass laws, applicable to the African population, were suspended until normality had been … SAHO, …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Early Writings
… gets rich and prosperous on one acre of land whereas an African farmer does not get this prosperity on ten or more … back-bone of a nation's life. Therefore,…
Broadcast to South Africa by OR Tambo on the 8th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1969
… for centuries. The next began with the formation of the African National Congress which meant the birth of a new united African nation in South Africa. The…
Capture the Citadel. Broadcast to South Africa on the eighth Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1969
… for centuries. The next began with the formation of the African National Congress which meant the birth of a new united African nation in South Africa. The…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… it is opposed by every articulate group amongst the African, Coloured and Indian communities, who constitute the … developing crisis. We, on our part, in the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye,1 September 1981
… clashes with the combined forces of Rhodesian and South African racist troops in Wankie, Rhodesia. For the ANC … indeed because, of the increased involvement…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… when they were under fire or our coverage of ravaged African countries that were casualties of war. Whatever the … in a Juda Ngwenya exhibition. Picture:…
For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated February 23, 1934.
… South African Communist Party 1934 For Africanisation of the Party … dated February 23, 1934. Editorial Note: The Independent African National Congress (Cape…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… to consolidate worker organisation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) missed an opportunity to shape … to enter the Alliance, comprised of…
Statement at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba by O. R. Tambo, 3 - 9 September 1979
… It now remains for me to intervene in the name of the African National Congress and on behalf of the objects of … brutal exploitation in South Africa. The…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… The African National Congress condemns the attack on Syria by the … Issued by: Jessie Duarte Deputy Secretary General African National Congress Chief Albert…