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EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are … the proposed Public Holidays Bill before the New…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… another society, namely, the good society. The South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which was reconstituted later into the African National…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… The government and the African National Congress agree on a common commitment … on a definition of political offences in the South African situation; to…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… city, where they were confronted by a force of the South African Police (SAP) under Col. I.B.S. Terblanche. The … called by the PAC, which ultimately…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… The African National Congress will submit its protection order … Issued by Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries: Keith…
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… signalling yet another convincing victory for the African National Congress, the movement will tomorrow … the corner of Sauer and President Streets Issued by…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… Teheran Islamic Republic of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed masses of South … Iranian Revolution. (signed) Oliver Tambo …
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… known as the JG Strijdom Tower, after JG Strijdom, South African Prime Minister from 1954 to 1958. On 31 May 2005 it … Telkom Jo'burg Tower. The tower was…
EventPrime Minister opens SA's first atomic reactor
… South Africa's first atomic reactor, SAFARI-1 (South African Fundamental Atomic Reactor Installation-1) at … was made in 1974. In 1996, South Africa signed…
Document 66 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937
… Cape Town. Dear Comrade, We have been busy organising the African Metal Trades Union and as you will see from the … pulbicity to, and gaining support for the…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… The South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster wished the new … on 20 October 1986. In 1981, 13 exiled members of the African National Congress (ANC) were…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… 1962, with a view to keep the racial policies of the South African Government under review throughout the year. When … for effective international sanctions…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… which had a cast of only two characters, a White and African. The play was staged at Labia Theatre, Cape Town on … (Mokae) was dark-skinned. It was a second…
EventANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education
… African National Congress (ANC) launches mass boycott of … to school and those who did not were expelled. The African Education Movement set up by the ANC…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe … has also exhibited a number of times at…
EventANC calls on International community to save lives
… two women (according to the common purpose doctrine). The African National Congress (ANC) called upon the United … Nations to impose mandatory sanctions…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… movements in Rhodesia that included Zanu (Zimbabwe African National Union), Zapu (Zimbabwe African Peoples Union) and others against the white minority …
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
… under security laws. He was a member of the banned South African Communist Party (SACP). Following calls from the … Enver Samuel in 2015. Finally, on October…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… from collapsing. This invasion failed and the South African Government in consultation with the African National Congress (ANC) ousted Mangope as leader of …
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC), the meeting adopted a new … (DP), the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC)…
EventHarms releases his report
… report on its investigations in the activities of South African Defence Force Army and South African Police counter insurgency units. Supreme Court judge, …
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… Liberation Army , which was once supported by the South African government to undermine the Lesotho government. The … a military government, which was fully…
EventKhotso House is bombed
… The South African Council of Churches (SACC) headquarters, Khotso … groups a year after a blast at Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) House. The…
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to calm violent … itself closer to the ANC, it blamed…
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… were also reacting to the banning of the Congress of South African Students Association (COSAS). Attempts to re-open … were hampered by the arrest of 100…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… South African soccer team Bafana Bafana played against the German … games to be held in France the following year. The South African team was under the…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… at Brandfort, in the Free State. This was the first South African built aeroplane. He lacked an engine with enough … made the first flight in Kimberley…
EventLiberia is established
… nation. The story of Liberia is different from other African countries because of its bond with the United States … ex-slaves were given and the blue square…
EventParliament opens with the debate of no confidence on Government
… South African Parliament opened with the debate of 'no confidence' … sea route. He pointed out that South Africa is an African state and that the Republic as…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Albertina Sisulu, a … role – both in the ANC and in the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). The second of…