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EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… to over 15 million. Amongst these losses were South African soldiers, who entered the conflict on the side of the …
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… one of the most dictorial and corrupt regimes on the African continent. He was deposed by Laurent Kabila, the … This Week in African History, 13-19 August …
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… in exile Woods continued to publish articles on the South African situation. In 1997 Woods attended the ceremony of the … - Famous South Africans - Donald…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… a press statement with regards to the work of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). This suggests that …
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… of Steve Biko . The case was then submitted to the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) for further … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… as participating in a political conflict between the African National Congress (ANC) and IFP. Ndimene, a …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… school between 193 and 1937. Mothopeng joined the African National Congress Youth League in 1943 and was part … October 2010] SAHO, Zephania Lekoane…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… Dweba was suspected of being a courier of guns for the African National Congress (ANC) from Swaziland. The …
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… lost over 500 citizens each in the disaster. Several South African tourists were also killed. The countries most …
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… brought attention to the horrible conditions in South African prisons. Helen Suzman, legendary activist and …
EventWorld War I begins
… to over 15 million. Amongst these losses were South African soldiers, who entered the conflict on the side of the …
EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… in part, was the result of the Anglo-Boer War (South African War) of 1899-1902, that had displaced large numbers … Britain: Oxford University Press| Harris.K…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The Commandos mounted …
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… used by visitors travelling from the coast into the South African interior. A military post was erected there in about …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… Banda followed policies which were at odds with other African leaders in the newly independent nations. He …
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… on Earth and of the unique Geological Foundations of the African Continent are outlined, and the Theory of Evolution …
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… explorers and settlers travelling into the Southern African interior. The settlement was laid out about a central …
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… but will focus on encouraging Bantu playwrights to develop African dramatic and operatic art”. In doing so, the society …
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… The South African War Memorial was unveiled on May 24, 1910, at 360 … of large panels providing room for inscriptions.The South African War Memorial was…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… actions by South Africa’s Special Branch police. South African Special Branch spies and agents were known to mix … nom de plume Dugmore Boetie—was part of a…
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… in support of the labour movement, most notably the South African Labour Bulletin, which he set up with Rick Turner and … movement unionism” and the initial…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… ECCI, 13 November 1932 Document 19 Minutes of Meeting of African CPSA Members, 13 November 1932 Document 20 Speech of … 1935 (extracts) Document 54 Statement…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Statement by Jacob Zuma, 30 September 2002
… process has proceeded in the democratic traditions of the African National Congress and included the following … provincially, nationally, in the SADC region…
Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
… I have been assigned the great honour, as leader of the African National Congress delegation, to propose a vote of … regarded as a group aside, here in Cuba,…
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… and Comrades, We bring you greetings on behalf of the African National Congress, the cadres of Umkhonto we … and individuals committing the crime of…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… and organic sense of working class life in Natal’s African communities contained in these essays, pointed … over ‘theorising culture’ in the pages of the…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… activist Nelson Mandela was released by South African President F.W. de Klerk after spending 27 years in … that resulted in giving equal rights to all South…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the launch of the UNDP 2006 Human Development Report, Kirstenbosch, National Botanical Gardens: Cape Town, 09 November 2006
… ingredients for progress that are present in the South African case: a clear national plan with well-defined … the continent through the development…
PlaceLevubu, Limpopo
… 300 species of birds, including Purple-crested turacos, African green pigeons and Kingfishers. African paradise flycatcher is a common visitor in the summer …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
… debates on the National Question played out in South African liberation culture, seeking to align communist … after 1990. Seidman has written extensively on…