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EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… just one of a series of security related decisions taken by the forum prior to endorsing the Interim Constitution. It … place. The South African Police (SAP)…
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… under the State of Emergency, which was declared in 1985 by President PW Botha, and was extended for another two years … factions, the State of Emergency was…
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… flying out of the country. Their actions were motivated by the need to highlight the plight of detainees and the … had the information, but he acted on…
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… The Margo Commission, set up by the South African government to probe the mysterious death … or external forces involved. This conclusion was disputed by a…
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… Mandela. P. W. Botha disappointed his western allies by refusing to consider immediate and major reforms in the … the apartheid system. In a speech that had…
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… The colony of Sierra Leone was conceived by British philanthropists and abolitionists as a home for … A few years later the settlers were also joined by…
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
… Further, the wreck was located at a position surrounded by strong currents and at a depth that made conventional … unsuitable. It is speculated that the ship…
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… he refused to do so. The followed up announcement was made by the National Sports Council. The Council called for Luyt's … a boycott of international rugby…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… the Satyagraha pioneer, Mahatma Gandhi. Naidoo was hailed by Gandhi as one of the most important figures in the history … Gandhi's life when he was attacked…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… school in Mafikeng, where his talent was recognized by Rev. Hale of the London Missionary Society, on his visit … painting more 'seriously' and also boosted…
EventRobert Koch announces the discovery of a rinderpest vaccine
… rinderpest. Robert Koch was brought to South Africa by the Cape Government to investigate and find a cure for a … Republiek. Koch's stay in Kimberley was…
EventJameson Raid starts
… for Johannesburg in an effort to facilitate a rebellion by Uitlanders - a cosmopolitan group of foreigners who had … under British rule. Jameson was under…
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… the restoration of the Transvaal Republic after annexation by Britain in 1877. This rail link between Transvaal en … transport-riders used ox wagons to…
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… and sent to Pietermaritzburg where he was put on trial by a kangaroo court which consisted of substantial procedural … Lieutenant-Governor Sir Benjamin Pine…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… the long and ravaging civil war in Angola, was brokered by the United Nations (UN). According to the terms of the … Despite this peace accord and several…
EventBritish explorers, John Speke and J.A. Grant announce that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile
… to Africa was in 1856 when he accepted an invitation by Richard Burton to search for the great lakes of Africa. … expedition would be a difficult one. They…
EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
… Numerous attempts were made by the local government to clear informal dwellings at … group of men known as ‘witdoeke’ executed the evictions by setting…
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… Cooperation. Matshikiza missed South Africa and was pained by the fact that he was banned in his own country. He died in 1968 and was survive by his wife and…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The organisation was founded by thirty-two countries, a further 21 states have joined … May 25th. In 2002 the OAU was dissolved and…
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… The brainchild of Cecil Rhodes, the bridge was designed by George Andrew Hobson. It crosses the Zambezi River and the … Falls Bridge. It is reputed to have…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… exists in Bloemfontein. The house was designed and built by the architect John Edwin Harrison for himself and his … this period in Bloemfontein. The house…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… to the present. The Fort was originally erected in 1848 by Boer forces to help withstand attacks by local Basotho tribes. This Museum overlooks the City and …
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… moved on 12 February 1955, but the government caught them by surprise. The forced removals were part of the … event that took two days. In 2006 Sophiatown…
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
… After months of walking to work and constant harassment by police, the commuters and the company finally reached a … a permanent solution is reached…
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… protest and the killing and injuring of student protesters by the indiscriminate use of firearms by the police, the government was faced with a looming …
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
… this day has not been fixed as a statutory holiday by the white parliament of the country. It is a day which has … people and their allies, because it was…
PlaceNyanga Township
… up mostly of informal settlements where people live cheek-by-jowl;(close together; intimately), in shacks made of zinc, … 'Abalimi Bezekhaya' are promoting a…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The main street in a small country town in … to make their purchases lest they offend white customers by their…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 Three days before the … are also people. This name was…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… organizations (NGOs) complained at the time. By then, 85 French companies were operating in South Africa. … African anti-apartheid writer Ruth First, who was…