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EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… 1972, following which he left South Africa to join his family in London. Eventually, he was employed at the …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… under the Terrorism Act. Seathlolo was given 15 years and his companion, Mary was given 10 years. The two were …
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… Republic (CAR). He spent seven years in France writing his memoirs. In 1986, he returned to CAR and was arrested as …
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… in 2003 in Saudi Arabia. The Ugandan government refused his family permission to allow Amin to die in Uganda. …
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… It was suspected that he may have been pestering her with his father’s inheritance since he was approaching the age of …
ArchiveConclusion by Howard Barrell
… - an ANC militant who received a crash course in combat work under secure conditions in a neighbouring state and was … returned to live legally and fight in…
CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUSION
… - an ANC militant who received a crash course in combat work under secure conditions in a neighbouring state and was … returned to live legally and fight in…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the state banquet in honour of President Abdou Diouf Pretoria, 30 July 1996
… the state shall have the duty to protect the right to work and guarantee the right to education and social …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
… people. There are Hindus and there are Muslims. They all work together. They know they cannot fight their battle …
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
… a new world-a decent world that will give men a chance to work-that will give youth a future and old age a security. By …
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… from locals. “As custodians of the arts,” she says, “our work encompasses the sustainability and promotion of various …
EventTreasures are discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun
… dynasty, he became pharaoh at the age of nine and his rule lasted for approximately ten years. Worshipped as a … which is reflected in the temples that were…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… Samuel Motsuenyane, arrived in November 1996 and completed his duty in August 2000. The Royal Saudi Arabian Embassy in …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… ANC said Gerhardt had become an ANC member and called for his release “so that he can contribute to the peace process." …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… stardom when they collaborated with Paul Simon on his album Graceland in 1986. The album went on to win three …
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement would mean stepping down as the African …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… for a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu in Swaziland. In his letter Mabizela wrote; “Dear Comrade, first, may I say we …
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… to enter into practice with people like Phyllis Naidoo but his banning orders prevented him from doing so as he was not …
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in Amsterdam. Tas and his fellow free burghers were protesting against the …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Another National Party member Roelof Meyer said his party's withdrawal from the Government of National Unity …
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… of instruction in all primary schools up to standard IV. His proposal was unanimously adopted by three provinces but …
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… on route to Potchefstroom military camp from Johannesburg. His driver did not stop at a roadblock set up for the Foster …
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… changed to African National Congress (ANC). Throughout his political career, Dube strived to promote peace between …
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… boats capsized and Makana, while marshalling and urging his men to swim to shore, drowned. Only four of the prisoners …
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… Black rugby player to captain the Springboks. In 2010, his reputation was tainted when he was suspended following a …
Descom Bulletin
… under the custody of the security police. It was after his death that with the increase of political prisoners that …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… by the Comrades Marathon Association in recognition of his contribution to the Comrades Marathon. …
EventEthnic violence in Rwandan capital Kigali is spreads throughout the country
… president, Juvénal Habyarimana. Habyarimana died when his plane was shot down as it was landing in Kigali. It was …
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… structures following Steve Biko’s death. Ntloko completed his Matric while in prison, and was released in 1983. He …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… were assassinated. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 …