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EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… phased withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola and of South African troops from Angola and Namibia. The agreement also entailed the removal of African…
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… Front (FF), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the South African Agricultural Union (SAAU). References: South African History Online Keesing's Record of World…
EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… of the former Secretary-General of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief commander of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African…
EventKenyan independence hero Bildad Kaggia dies after a long illness
… quarter-sergeant at a war office meant to rehabilitate African soldiers. During his time there, Kaggia studied … religions. He started his own church, which…
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
… album Not yet uhuru, which introduced them to the South African audience. Mbulu was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the South African Music…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… others, the Black People's Convention (BPC), the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and the Black Community … divided with some of its members…
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… 6 April 1994, an extraordinary event in the history of the African continent took place in Kigali, Rwanda when two … were returning from a meeting of east…
PlaceBloemfontein City Hall
… to enlarge 21 of June 2017, a 1000 members of the South African Municipal Workers Union allegedly set fire to this …
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… petition form and circular letter of the League of African Rights. In taking the initiative in the formation of … national organisations among the natives;…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… One of the world's greatest cosmologists, a South African based at the University of Cape Town, Prof. George … racial terms that have been used to categorise…
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… curiosity as his photographs had been banned by the South African Government for almost thirty years. Mandela was … South Africa. He was among the first to…
Address by President Mandela at ECOWAS Abuja, 30 October 1998
… me as the Chair of SADC, to have been invited to address African leaders at this meeting of Heads of state of the Economic Community of West African states…
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
… 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…
PlaceVoortrekker Monument
… 16 December 1888, when President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic attended the Day of the Covenant … £ 360,000, most of which was contributed by the…
Address at a Luncheon in Honour of Zhu Rhongji, Premier of the People’s Republic of China, 5 September 2002
… of the Chinese Delegation, Representatives of the South African Government, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and … long history between us, in particular with…
PlaceGroutville
… the establishment of the sugar mill to support aspiring African farmers. Reverend Grout also introduced a system of: … It was home to Benedict Wallet…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… Dear Mr. President, The African National Congress congratulates the British … over the centuries of contact between British and South African peoples, the…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… party to celebrate the release of Apartheid Israel at the African Studies Association's Annual Meeting. Remarks by … racial discrimination and its…
EventThe last ‘Peru and Bala’ show is hosted on Lotus FM
… and Ray Maharaj, which is hugely popular amongst the South African Indian Community. Mathura and Maharaj were radio … Bala’ comedy acts serve as a…
Outcome of the High Court Application, 12 February 2014
… The African National Congress welcomes the court ruling which … Issued by Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries: Keith…
Amulets & Dreams by Omar Badsha and Guy Tillim
… covers civil strife and its effects on the society in 6 African countries namely Angola, Mozabique, Burundi, Sierra … book and exhibition opened in Durban at…
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… The African National Congress (ANC) leader, Oliver Tambo met … at www.nelsonmandela.org[Accessed: 17 October 2011]South African History Online, ‘4 November’,…
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… of South Africa. At the time of his appointment the South African government and liberation movements were engaged in … he wrote judgement on Patricia de…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… Early in Cardinal McCann's tenure as Archbishop, the South African Catholic Church began campaigning against Apartheid. … Cardinal McCann accompanied the…
EventChris Hani is born
… Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, military arm of the African National Congress (ANC) and General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
EventWaluz and Derby-Lewis are sentenced to death
… Clive Derby-Lewis to death for assassinating the South African Communist Party (SACP) leader, Chris Hani . They were … the country upside down. The sentence…
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… its findings of a "dirty tricks" campaign against the African National Congress (ANC). The Commission reported the … apparently sanctioned by senior figures…
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… from prison. He also announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and…
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… In search of peace two Southern African presidents, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique, successor … died in a plane crash in South Africa, met his South African…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… could have an effect on the outcome of it. Source: South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South…