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EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… On 5 July 1989, African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela met with … led to further negotiations between the government and the African National…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… was a ban on the exportation of computers to the South African military, police, and government agencies that … technology, the suspension of further loans…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… Among the reasons for the South African War (Anglo- Boer War), 1899 - 1902, was that the … were determined, were quite able to survive in the African climate…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… upheaval. This development happened largely through South African diplomatic efforts. Executive authority was shared … Morgan Tsvangirai, and the cabinet,…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Ethiopia. However, he is also looked up to as a symbol of African dignity, both within and outside the continent. … revere Emperor Selassie as a god that…
Extracts from Mandela’s speeches by Sapa, 6 December 2013
… some of them FROM HIS ADDRESS to the conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa, Addis … up in Johannesburg and other cities…
AAM and UN: partners in the international campaign against apartheid
… the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and many other international … fact in no way detracts from the struggle of the South…
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… September 1969 (Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa … years it has been the sword and shield…
Slavery in South Africa
… Cape Malays are descendants of slaves of Asian origin (not African), almost half were from the Indian sub-continent - … the Cape registered as Coloured. H. O…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
… (Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa … years it has been the sword and shield of the people…
Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October 1931
… only, I believe the great majority of the comrades and the African comrades in particular, will say they know of no … activities" in connection with T. W…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… taxes frontline states – historically, any Southern African country actively supporting the liberation movements … formed after the 1994 elections consisting…
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
… Ironically, it was the moonlight that assisted the South African Defence Force in their killing spree on this night. … to the SADF. General Constand Viljoen,…
Biographical Introduction
… for the vital task of building a new history of South African art. A great deal more research will be necessary … bi-annually between 1963 and 1975 organised…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… very deeply appreciated as much by Chief Luthuli as by all African people, their fellow-oppressed and their supporters … everywhere. Oliver R. Tambo Deputy…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… of Unjust Laws Campaign, organised jointly by the South African Indian Congress and African National Congress; it placed the issue of racism on …
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… jointly by all racial groups under the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the Coloured People’s …
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… Amponsah, Steve Biko Foundation Mr Omar Badsha, South African History Online Mr Yunus Momoniat, South African History Online] Mr Bongane Mkhize, Freedom Park…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
… The NIC's links with and contributions to the African National Congress' wider anti-apartheid resistance … setback, the Inanda violence in 1985. It…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… he was trained as a teacher. In 1915, he went to South African in search of work. Three years later, he had settled … branch of the ICU in East London and…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela , leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional release from the … publication, in the same month. In…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… Commission (TRC) by Rayman Lalla, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and a senior officer in … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999)…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… was established, which was opposed by the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU),two Black nationalist political …
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… One result of this was the new tricameral South African Constitution of 1983, which continued to exclude all South African Blacks (72% of the total…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… the Transkei Constitution Act of 1963, an Act of the South African Parliament, made provision for the adoption of a … not all, of the Xhosa speaking tribes…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… as an act of insubordination against the government and African National Congress (ANC). The ANC replied claiming it … Act established a basis for ethnic…
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… Cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro – aka Zapiro – is South African journalism’s Don Quixote: he has taken up his pen to … and author of 'WHAT'S SO FUNNY? Under…
ArticleThe Arniston
… the rest of the fleet as they hit a storm on the South African coast, off the Agulhas Bank. This was particularly … (Story of the HMS Arniston | Xplorio…
ArticleSocialism
… wealth and power. The anti-apartheid movement, led by the African National Congress (ANC), fought for an equal society …
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… Highly acclaimed South African photographer David Goldblatt has decided to renounce a top South African award, in protest against the Protection of State ……