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SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
Quoted in Luckhardt, K. & Wall, B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions, New York: International Publishers, p…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Osman Latief, a resident of Vrededorp,…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora Taylor. She worked in the liberatory…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
Town and Holiday Destination on the South Coast, 29 km from Durban. It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 1939 and became a Borough in 1952. In 1961…
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
The Amatola Region is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the Eastern Cape. The Amathole's stretch into the hinterland just North of Grahamstown and West…
PlaceAndries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
a Monument 2,5 km North of Graaf-Reinet. It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (1798-1853), whose…
ArchiveDokumente van belang
List of documents found by the South African Police at Plot No 9, Travallyn, in the district of Krugersdorp on 8 July 1963 and on "Liliiesleaf" Farm in Rivonia…
PlaceConradie Care Centre, Pinelands
It's a very old, single story Hospital divided into probably about 40 Buildings. The place has been trashed by vagrants, even the flooring of some of the…
EventAmanda Coetzer, SA’s highest ranked tennis star, is born in Hoopstad, OFS
Amanda Coetzer was born on 22 October 1971 and began playing tennis at the age of six. Coetzer began her professional tennis career in 1988. At only 1.58m in…
Culture and Resistance - Cynthia Kross
This article by Cynthia Kross was published in 1982 in the South African magazine Staffrider. (Vol. 5.2) The articles describes the recent 'Culture and…
EventSibusiso Ndebele, The premier of Kwa-Zulu Natal province and a National Executive Committee member of the ANC, is born
The current premier of Kwa-Zulu Natal province and a National Executive Committee member of the African National Congress (ANC), Sibusiso Joel Ndebele, was…
EventItalian Troops raid Addis Ababa
Italian troops commence with raids into Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. After the capture of Addis Ababa by the Italian troops, Benito Mussolini, the Fascist…
EventWole Soyinka is born
The Nigerian, novelist, playwright and poet, Wole Soyinka, was born at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. Soyinka became the first African to receive…
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
In January, Senator Edward Kennedy of the United States visited South Africa to show his anti-apartheid support to the South African people. He was hosted by…
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
A combined force of seven thousand South African Defence Force (SADF) troops and the South African Police (SAP) sealed off the Vaal Triangle townships of…
EventNew Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
A Group Areas Amendment Bill, introduced on 7 March 1982 and enacted on 21 April, maintained the existing commitment to the principle of separate residential…
EventBram Fischer dies
Former leader of South African Communist Party (SACP) Bram Fischer died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul Fischer's house in Bloemfontein. After news of his…
EventButhelezi Chief Councillor of the Zululand Territorial Authority
The Zululand Territorial Authority (ZTA) became the 7th homeland to be inaugurated by the South African government. This saw the Zulu chiefs electing Chief…
EventJoaquim Chissano meets with RENAMO leader
Mozambican President Joaquim Alberto Chissano met with Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the ResistÁƒÂƒÂªncia Nacional MoÁƒÂƒÂ§ambicana (RENAMO), to sign a peace…
EventMandela is moved to Victor Verster prison
The government moved African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela from the Constantiaberg private clinic in Cape Town, where he had been recovering…
9 Ships run ashore in Table Bay
Nine ships were wrecked and 208 lives lost in Table Bay during a severe gale at the Cape, proving again that the Cape was quite aptly called 'Cape of Storms' …
EventDon Mattera withdraws from public performances
During the final poetry performance at the Urban Voices Festival, South African poet, journalist and former gangster who turned community activist, Don Mattera…
EventDiplomatic relations between SA and Iraq annoys USA
Relations between South Africa and the United States of America (USA) became strained by South Africa's announcement that it was going to normalise diplomatic…
EventRDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament
The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) White Paper, which was put before the parliament, called for an expeditious programme to ensure that the…
ArchiveUnlawful Organizations Act, Act No 34 of 1960
The Act was to empower the Governor-General, with a view to the safety of the public or the maintenance of public order, by proclamation in the Gazette to…
EventJoachim Ammena van Plettenberg is born in the Netherlands
Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg was born on 8 March 1739 in Leeuwarden, Friesland in the Netherlands. He came to the Cape as an employee of the Dutch East…
EventVuyani Bungu wins IBF World Boxing Title
The South African junior featherweight, Vuyani Bungu, registered a stunning victory against highly rated American Kennedy McKinney at Carousel to lift the…
ArchiveWiehahn Commission: precis of speech
Precis of speech on the Wiehahn Commission of Inquiry into labour legislation, by Auret van Heerden, President of the National Union of South African Students,…
ArchiveStatement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973
The statement was isued in reponse to an article in the Daily News dated 4th July 1973. In the article Chief Gatsha Buthelezi makes a derogatory reference to…
ArchiveSouth Africa Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State
South Africa Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State, President Reagan as he had signed Executive order No12532, which dealt with…