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EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
… here, were originally from the Ciskei and Transkei homelands (Bantustans). The removals occurred on 25 May 1986 …
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… a dispute over who would assume political authority. The UN Force Commander Lieutenant General Dallaire argued that in … the DRC and Tanzania. Arusha,…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… in the process of change'. Sir Crispin Tickell, Britain's UN representative, adopted a similar approach. Therefore, the … white South Africans, and frantic…
ArchiveNamibian independence talks: Meeting at the Mulungushi Conference Hall, Lusaka, 11-13 May 1984
… on Namibian independence talks, and implementation of UN Security Council 435, held in Lusaka in May 1984. …
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… ‘nations [2] ; hence the formation of the ‘self-governing’ Homelands . The ‘nations’ which are referred to in the ‘four …
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… the Cape Province, this led to the establishment of homelands and dissolution of the NRC. In this feature we have …
ArchiveMaria and Mariam found refuge
… Camp, Guinea. Humanitarian Aid Works, United Nations. www.un.org/works. …
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
… is for that reason that we said we would develop the Bantu Homelands. How often have you heard Dr. Verwoerd, Uncle Daan … will frighten us with the story…
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic’s office
… initiative. The Black states, including the independent 'homelands' rejected the idea, but the SA government was …
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… in it. And we cannot accept a ‘solution’ which says yes to homelands, the Group Areas Act, to laws which make us believe …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… the areas northwest and south of Pietersburg were declared homelands for the North Sotho. Known after 1962 as Lebowa, … to buy land from White farmers and…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… governments and administrations of the 'self-governing' homelands and the 'independent' homelands, now faced with the issue of how to realign …
Summary Minutes of a Meeting held at the US Embassy in Cairo on 24 June 1988 between the South African and US delegations to the Cairo talks
… of Cuban troops from Angola in order to implement UN Resolution 435. …
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
… Mokoena he founded the Black Parents Association (BPA) in response to the 1976 Soweto school riots . The association …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… appointed joint secretaries of the Planning Council. The response was significant in Durban and the Eastern Cape. 29 … to resign as the leader of the ANC in…
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… boycotts spread to universities, rural areas and the homelands. Police were on high alert in Durban and Port …
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… and Allied Workers Union (RAWU) in 1989. This was in response to a clarion call by the 1985 inaugural congress of …
Bantu Women’s League
… Botha asking for the repeal of the pass laws. There was no response. In 1913 a group of women led by Charlotte Maxeke …
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… join UWO by Oscar Mphetha. The organisation was formed as response to increasing state repression and aimed to unite …
ArchiveInternational day of peace
… Coloured image of earth's curve with South Africa in red. UN Logo with wreath around. Initials ECC. Notice of a fast …
Address by President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 62nd session of the United Nations’ General Assembly, New York
… 'Responding to Climate Change', during the United Nations (UN) Session that would mark the half-way point towards the … effective, flexible and inclusive…
EventUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the United Nations
… The UN adopts and proclaims the Universal Declaration of Human … at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 28 Noevember 2013]| UN History of the Document [online…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… by the North Koreans, on 27 June 1950, the United Nations (UN) called upon its members to assist in repelling the North … United Nations History (online),…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… and in Pretoria, Gauteng. On 21 November 2007, a new UN report stated that more than three-quarters of … the world. Speaking on the same day of the release…
ArchiveStatement of the African National Congress of South Africa to the Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights
… requests action to be taken against member states who defy UN resolutions. …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… applied a cultural boycott on South Africa. A protest n response to the Bantu Education Act that was adopted by … apartheid created ethnically defined …
EventFive women are stoned to death in Somalia
… executed shortly after evening prayers. United Nations (UN) officials who witnessed the incident were helpless, as …
EventSouth Africa will subscribe to the UDHR
… accede to human rights conventions of the United Nations (UN). Click here to read Nelson Mandela state of Nation …
EventThe World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration is launched
… The initiative enjoyed the support of the United Nations (UN) Special Committee against Apartheid. Several Heads of …
Address by Jacob Zuma marking the Commemoration of the International Day of persons with disabilities, during the State visit by President Rupiah Banda of Zambia, 03 December 2010
… Working together towards the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities This … the world in observing World AIDS Day. As…