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Introductory Statement on the Presentation of the Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 79th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1991
… Today we mark the 79th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress. We do so as a legal organisation …
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… met for the first time since December 1993 to discuss the African National Congress (ANC)'s proposals. The ANC had … as a democracy from the crises of the…
PlacePolokwane
… Art Museum which has an excellent collection of South African art, check out the early history of the city in the …
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… as a World Heritage Site. This brings the number of South African World Heritage Sites to ten . They include: the …
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… did so under mysterious circumstances. Source: South African History Online …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… World War Two was a contentious one on behalf of the South African government. This is because within the ruling United …
EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… 1964. She was appointed a lecturer of singing at the South African College of Music in 1967, and sang mezzo-soprano … South African Classical Singers Evelyn…
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… coalition between the National Party (NP) and the South African Party (SAP) during 1930s. The movement was strongly …
EventThe Bethal Treason Trial resumes
… sued the Minister of Police without success. Source: South African History Online …
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… (1979), The Issue of Namibian Independence, African Affairs, Vol.78, No.313, (October.,1979),pp. 507-522. …
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… up in South Africa, touring England in 1967 with the South African Universities team, and thereafter played for Rhodesia …
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
… motive for the shooting was ruled out, the head of the African National Congress' (ANC) legal department, Matthews …
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… a new constitution for South Africa. They felt that the African National Congress and government were concerned about …
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… to be part of CODESA and accused the government and the African National Congress (ANC) of secret collaboration. Both …
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
… The ongoing violence between African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party …
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… Buthelezi refused to attend a meeting organised by the African National Congress (ANC) and other five homeland … Record of World Events , Longman: London, p…
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… migrant workers to damage ongoing peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the government. The Civil …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… the Township residents because since their inception the African National Congress (ANC) and United Democratic Front …
EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
… by Heinrich Grosskopf, under the instructions of the African National Congress (ANC). Grosskopf had joined the ANC …
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… Troops of the South African Defence Force (SADF) carry out raids on alleged ANC …
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… Head was a prolific writer and was also the first South African Black woman to publish a collection of short … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of…
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… Poppie Bereng, who worked as a phlebotomist for the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) in Bloemfontein, was …
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… available at un.org [accessed: 13 August 2010] South African History Online …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… Party (NP), agreed to join forces against the South African Party (SAP) in the next election. When his party lost …
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… and heroism and remained the most costly action the South African Brigade fought on the Western Front. A memorial site …
EventAlan Paton is born
… by Jonathan in 1936. In 1930 Paton joined the South African Institute of Race Relations. Paton wrote Cry, the …
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… After the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War), which had started on 11 October 1899, there …
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… commanding officer during the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War) was executed by a firing squad beside an open … & Rousseau.| Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972)…
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… here.Source: 1. S2A3 biographical database of southern African science, s2a3.up.ac.za/bio/Main.php, as on Tuesday 06 …
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… the Battle of Boomplaats, 29 August 1848’ from The South African Military History Society [online]. Available at …