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Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I remember well that first meeting with the … during the depression years, driven off the land by poverty into…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress of the People was over. We had … the night after a very late start, interminably delayed by the…
Chapter 9
… response to the new policy. With a perception sharpened by experience they recognised that the new policy answered … A great deal of educational work was…
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the … however that the publicity given to…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 By December 1982, the government of Lesotho under the ……
PlaceBill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg
… The Bill Ainslie Studios was established in 1964 by Bill Ainslie, who was also known as William Stewart … rented from the Johannesburg City Council at the…
PlaceAndalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border
… camp housing German men, regarded as potentially dangerous by the authorities. The first Settlers bought plots in 1838 … about the administration until in…
PlaceAliwal Shoal, a Rocky Reef Off; Kwa-Zulu Natal Coast Coast
… of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The Reef is inhabited by many kinds of hard and soft corals and a variety of … near-sinking of the 3 Masted vessel "Aliwal",…
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… made it impossible for peaceful governance of the region by national government. Salva Kiir Mayardit, rebel leader of … on secession, South Sudan became an…
PlaceKwaDukuza
… huts. On the 22nd of September 1828, Shaka was killed by his two half-brothers, Dingane and Mhlangane and his … memorial stone was erected over his burial…
Event18 political prisoners are released from Bophuthatswana
… later. Johannes ‘Bushy’ Molefe was allegedly assaulted by a prison warder after he was found wearing a T-shirt … disease after he was allegedly refused…
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… High Court. The Judge President granted an application by the state that the proceedings be held in camera. Gerhardt … passing military secrets. While in…
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
… National Unity on 30 June 1996 following an announcement by South African Deputy President F.W. de Klerk on 10 May 1996. The move to withdraw from the GNU…
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… to the Union Buildings in Pretoria that was organised by South African women to protest against the extension of pass laws to African women by the Apartheid…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… considered the award "a recognition of the sacrifices made by the peoples of all races in South Africa particularly the … rights in South Africa. The…
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… Mayor of Sharpeville, Sam Dlamini was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. The … South Africa Act 110 of 1983 had been…
EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… Fish and the Kei River, was created between 1961 and 1982 by the then Nationalist Party Government.. This was done as … Government's plan to further its…
EventWorld Health Organization publishes indictment of apartheid
… of those who bore the brunt of it. This was shown by a study done by the World Health Organization in 1975. The report …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… of the Impact Visuals co-operative said Shariff was hit by fire from a hostel occupied by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters. Apparently, the …
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… was South Africa's first participation after a long ban by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its … 1972 and well attended. The previous ones were…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were joined at the talks by the Pan Africanist Party (PAC) , Democratic Party (DP) , … of a delegate from each of the twenty…
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… of non-racialism, and retains the constitution drawn up by members of the Progressive Party in 1959, the forerunner of the Democratic Party which was led by…
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… caused the crash of the jet. The board of enquiry, headed by Mr Justice Margo, reported that the fire was fuelled by plastic and cardboard packing materials,…
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
… . They had succumbed to poisonous fumes released by burning plastic, which spread along sections of the tunnel … 5 000 miners paid their tribute at a…
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… claims from the government of Botswana for damages caused by the July 1985 South African Defence Force raid on … R 3000 million of it was from direct war…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… Conch after his heroic rescue operation. King, accompanied by his young after-rider Ndongeni as far as Pondoland, had … in aid of Captain T.C. Smith whose…
EventThe NPA does not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the SADF
… Defence Force (SADF), on the charges originally quashed by the Pretoria High Court. Makhosini Nkosi, NPA … that their decision was based on the final ruling…
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… Earlier on there was a march to the Union Buildings led by Ms Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the veterans of the 1956 march. The monument was executed jointly…
EventPresident Mandela addresses the National assembly of Mali
… closing Mandela mentioned the many challenges still faced by African nations. He and urged the assembled politicians … to the continent. This visit was part…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… and police opened fire on the car and de la Rey was killed by a ricochet. At the burial the situation at the graveside … It was largely due to the pacifying…