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PlaceKoingnaas Diamond Minning Town, Northern Cape
Koingnaas is a Town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Established in 1970, Koingnaas was once a flourishing…
PlaceWeenan
Weenen stands as a testament to the turbulent History of South Africa! Located on the serene Banks of the Bushman River in KwaZulu-Natal, it remains as the…
Statement of ANC National Working Committee, 5 September 2011
… The National Working Committee of the African National Congress, met today in its regular session … Issued by: Gwede Mantashe ANC Secretary General African…
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… in South Africa. It is my firm belief that the South African situation has within it all the essential ingredients … the effect of a violent earthquake on…
Zola Skweyiya, former Social Development Minister, to work at ANC Headquarters, 7 May 2009
… he would wish to retire from parliamentary politics. The African National Congress accepted his reasons thereof. The … of responding to the mandate accorded…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
… The African National Congress welcomes the Western Cape Farming … communities. Issued by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Chief…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be … Issued by: Webster Dichaba Regional Secretary African National Congress NC Enquiries:…
Africa South
… and was an anti-apartheid activist who crossed the South African border into exile in 1960 with the African National Congress leader, Oliver Tambo. Views and…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… 1896. He is among the most prominent figures in South African history. Rhodes rose to prominence as a Financier, … and Founder of the De Beers Company of…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… accessed: 19 May 2011] Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in African History: 27 June,’from African History, [online] Available at …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… Transvaal in the event of a war with England. The South African War, or Anglo-Boer War, broke out on 11 October 1899, … Stephanus Johannes Paulus "Paul"…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… At a special conference of the South African Labour Party (SALP), Colonel Creswell’s move to … Some of ISL’s ideas later influenced and radicalized South…
Letter to Farzanah
… focuses on the lives of both Black and White South African children. Through Badsha's social documentary … in vivid strokes the reality of life for the…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
… Mbeki to probe alleged illicit activities of certain South African companies or individuals relating to the United … featured in their investigation had…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… during his reign, the position he occupied, as an African leader of an empire that claimed a pedigree older than most European empires, gave hope to many…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… Three African National Congress members, Telle Simon Mogoerane, … their torture. The trial also revealed that South African medical professionals were…
EventMass protest against the circumstances of Neil Aggett’s death
… for a nationwide work stoppage from the mostly nonwhite African Food and Canning Workers Union, where the young … had worked. A spokesman for the Federation…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… However, the actions of Ronnie Kasrils and other senior African National Congress members were criticized for acting … start shooting without warning,…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… Many who gathered wanted to hear the speeches from leading African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party members such as Walter Sisulu,…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member murdered on 29 … Party (IFP). The incident led to renewed…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter … "Inkathagate" scandal (This was revelations about South African Defence Force involvement…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… in Angola is one of the turning points in Southern African History. It led to the movement of powerful Cuban … Cuanavale is described as either a defeat of…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… The first European known to set foot on South African soil was Bartholomew (or Bartolomeu) Dias. In December 1487 Dias sailed down the African coast, landing…
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… completed the biggest Black empowerment deals in South African corporate history in 1996 through the sale of … and JCI to the National Empowerment Consortium…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… amnesty for the role he played in the bombing of the South African Council of Churches headquarters, Khotso House; the bombing of the South African Congress…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… Commission(TRC), General Johan van der Merwe former South African Police Services(SAPS) National Commissioner … 1988. The building was the headquarters of…
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… to murder to fraud. Amongst those that were killed were African National Congress (ANC) lawyer, Bheki Mlangeni, and … References: Kalley, J. A. et al (1999)…
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… local and international business. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomed the commitment to … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventWits attains full university status
… (Wits), Johannesburg. The origin of Wits lies in the South African School of Mines, which was established in Kimberley … University College in 1906 and was…
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… During Anglo-Boer War 2 (also called South African War) between the two former Boer Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic)…