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EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… solve the civil war in the Congo after an appeal to the UN by Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, following the rebellion by soldiers against the government. He…
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… South African art and was particularly impressed by a large drawing by Dumile Feni. His involvement in the student uprisings of …
EventSA joins World War II
… After the invasion of Poland by Germany in September 1939, SA Prime Minister Gen. J.B. … neutrality during the war. Hertzog's attempt was rejected by 80…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… parliament and saw this as a serious form of repression by the government. In early 1984, the UDF claimed a … This led to a state of emergency being declared…
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
… treaty to ban an entire class of weapons, and by June 2000, the treaty had been signed by 144 states parties, which includes the five permanent …
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… within South Africa in thirty-one years and was opened by ANC president Oliver Tambo. The Conference, which lasted three days and was attended by 1,600…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… member of the infamous Mandela Football Club, established by Winnie Mandela as a front for the political mobilisation … of Seipei, who was sjamboked and…
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… Motors. General Motors' refusal to agree to demands by workers caused them to embark on strikes. As a result, … of GM plants and were forcibly removed from…
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… in South Africa. The respective delegations were led by Jay Naidoo (General Secretary of COSATU), John K Nkadimeng … this goal. Click here to read more on…
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
… who detonated the explosive in a rubbish bin, was executed by hanging in 1986. In a submission to the Truth and … The bomb attack was part of Operation…
EventZulu King Dingane orders the execution of Piet Retief’s men
… Piet Retief and his party were treated to a farewell dance by the Zulu impis at Ungungundlovu. They were told to leave … Retief and his men were clubbed to…
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
… Stanford University in the United States, assisted locally by South African geologist Nicolas Beukes, found evidence of … This discovery reconfirmed an…
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… introduced this plan to counter severe challenges posed by the HIV/AIDS crisis. He stated that nearly 30 million … of people suffering from Aids or for…
EventThe Opening Ceremony of 2000 Olympic Games takes place
… The 2000 Summer Olympic Games or Millennium Games, hosted by Australia, were officially opened in the capital Sydney. … of the Australian Stock Horse. The…
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
… Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) was founded by Clements Kadalie, a young Nyassalander who spoke no Black … during the 1920s. This provoked a…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… Willem Johannes Verwoerd and his wife, Anje Strik. Driven by a strong sympathy for the Boer cause in Anglo-Boer War 2, … immigrated to South Africa in 1903…
PlaceGwali Mission
… Chumie was established in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee, as a station of for the Glasgow … In 1891 this number had dropped marginally to 890, but by 1904…
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… strong army was defeated and his military kraal destroyed by British troops. In this battle British troops were supported by 2800 Zulu troops. This battle…
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
… was used as a hospital and in 1906 it was purchased by the first Board of Trustees of the Orange Girls High … was used as a hospital and in 1906 it was…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… was probably the first recorded incidence of protest by women against the Union government. About 700 women … The Bantu Women's League was adopted and…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Africa. Many of these English speakers also felt alienated by Macmillan’s ‘Wind of Change’ speech and felt that, … Congress, wrote that blacks had been so…
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… north and east from Cape Town. This movement was led by the Trek Boers, who were looking for fresh grazing land … in the area. The local farmers fought back…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… Cape Town. It spreads out in the valleys that are made by the eastern part of the Magaliesberg Mountain range, where … and gaps in the mountains. Some of…
Chapter V - Acts of conscience
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph One of the special joys of being unbanned was … even so he was subjected to tight control of his visitors by the…
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… a book that alleges he tried to hush up the matter written by Redi Thlabi had ever tried to contact him for his version of what had happened. Full statement…
59. The South African Federation challenges Congress over the settlement
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A convention was held … 1928. Gentlemen, thank you for the honour…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the … 6,000 miles away and not liable at any…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2004 (Before National Elections)
… Zambia, while opening what proved to be parcel bombs sent by agents of the apartheid system. These were Onkgopotse … 24th of May, 1994. In that Address he…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… was suffering from some comÂplaint and was asked by the newly married couple to stay with them for a period of … under the control of a Socialist regime…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923 1 Two years have gone by since our last…