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Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
… Thank you. RP: She is the daughter of the late Dr K Goonam, who is a well-known activist in … To begin with, we would like just a brief…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… the accused. The 156 accused in the trial were members of the Congress Alliance, which included the African National … (SACP), the South Indian Congress …
ArchiveThe National Committee for Liberation (ARM), 1960-1964: sabotage and the question of the ideological subject
… Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree in History at the the University of Cape Town by Andries du Toit. The dissertation…
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
… The Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha warned of a government plan to adopt tougher measures against the … established industrial court was…
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody at the Johannesburg … Internal Security Act and charged with furthering the aims of a…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… Sam Goldberg is dead. But he lives on. One of the characters in the sell-out play, “Cincinatti”, was … this week. Sam was alisted person under the…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… troops at the Khorab Memorial. This followed the outbreak of the First World War on 1 August 1914. On 25 December 1914 … Africa to fight against Imperial…
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… Mali was once part of the Great Songhay Empire, but came under French rule in 1892. After almost seventy years of colonial rule, Mali was renamed the…
EventThe NPA does not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the SADF
… announced that it would not start a fresh prosecution of Dr Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the South African Defence Force (SADF), on the…
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… and Mossel Bay, proceeding to Algoa Bay and the junction of the Great and Little Fish Rivers. The ladies remained … behind, and continued the journey, with…
ArchiveNUSAS Circular to SRC Presidents, Chairmen, Local Committees, Student Editors and SANSPA and Executive of NUSAS
… Circular from John Daniel, Vice-President of NUSAS, to SRC Presidents, Chairmen, Local Committees, Student Editors and SANSPA and Executive of NUSAS,…
Minutes of the meeting between the RSA and Angola at Ilha Do Sal on 5 June 1980
… Minutes of a meeting held with representatives of the South African and Angolan Governments to discuss … border issues, including border incidents and the…
ANC statement on the outcome of the officials meeting held at Luthuli House, 18 February 2002
… ANC Officials led by President Mbeki met in one of their scheduled meetings which was graced by the presence of former President Nelson Mandela, an ex -…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and member of the State Security Council, was born in Kroonstad, Orange…
EventSouth Africa signs CITES treaty on international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna
… South Africa was a founding member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered … but only came into force on the 1 July 1975. The objective of…
EventNigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of EEC
… independent African state to become an associate member of the European Economic Community, (EEC). The move to become an associate member of EEC came less…
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
… as 'the Company', was founded when seventy-three directors of smaller trading companies united at the encouragement of Prince Maurice of Orange in the…
EventBoer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius dies
… Boer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel … Pretorius, died at his home in Potchefstroom at the…
EventThe body of the former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria.
… from the Military Hospital people waiting guard of honour was formed in Madiba Street near to the Union … coffin so that people could view Mandela’s body…
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… A United Nations report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000. The report … (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or PCP). This…
EventThe four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid
… On 2 January 1666 the four corner stones of the Castle of Good Hope (Kasteel van Goede Hoop) at the Cape were laid … Lacus, the structure was completed by…
ArchiveMinutes of the National Executive Committee Meeting held from the 27 - 30 August 1988 in Lusaka
… Minutes of the ANC National Executive Committee Meeting held 27 to 30 August 1988 in Lusaka. Includes discussion of General Secretary's Report, in which…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Govan Archibald Mbeki, Volume 28
… Extract of evidence from Govan Mbeki, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… in South Africa in the late 19th century and first part of the 20th century. The issue of 'poor Whites' was first discussed at a synod of the Dutch Reformed…
EventJohn Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt
… Standard American Oil Company. Rockefeller family is one of the richest families in the world and are said to be … 1926 Rockefeller donated $ 10 million…
EventGandhi leads a march from Newcastle into the Transvaal to defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913
… Hundreds of men, women and children led by Mahatma Gandhi marched from … to purposefully defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913 (Act no. 22). Gandhi was…
EventThe condition of Edwin Smith, the youngest baby in SA to undergo open-heart surgery, improves
… at J.G. Strijdom Hospital by Professor Rob Kinsley, head of the hospital’s cardio-thoracic team. The son of Nico and Martha Smith, Edwin was less than a day…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… Mandla Mandela, has called for an inquest into the deaths of anti-apartheid activists Stompie Seipei and Abu-Baker … He made the call in a statement…
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations opposing South Africa`s proposal for incorporation of South West Africa 22 January…
ArchiveDiscussion towards the drafting of a document on a strategy on the South African struggle for the OAU
… to the National Executive Committee for the drafting of a document on the South African Struggle for the Organisation of African Unity. … Discussion towards…