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EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
A National Day of Prayer was peacefully observed, despite fears of violence between youth and security forces in Soweto and other major townships. Called by…
EventAdam Tas is arrested
Magistrate Starrenburg arrested Adam Tas because of the role he played in drawing up a petition for the Cape burghers against the incumbent Governor W. A. van…
EventHolomisa on corruption
The ANC strongly denies Holomisa's charge of accepting payments from Sol Kerzner. In May 1996, Bantu Holomisa, former ruler of Transkei and Deputy Minister of…
EventCongo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo
King Leopold II of Belgium handed over the Congo to the Belgian state on this date. Previously he held it as a private project undertaken to extract rubber and…
EventBritish troops establish their camp at Isandlwana
On 19 and 20 January the British forces under Lord Chelmsford, who had invaded Zululand during the second week of January, established their camp on the slopes…
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
The Nelson Mandela Museum is a three component structure comprising of a museum in Mthatha, a visitors’ centre in Mvezo and a youth centre in Qunu, all in the…
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
Post the Fourth Frontier War 1811-1812, the Cape Governor, Sir Charles Somerset, made a verbal treaty with Gaika, the supposed paramount chief of the Western…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness…
EventThe passive resistance movement begins with a mass meeting of 2000 Africans
The passive resistance movement began on 30 March 1919 when a mass meeting of two thousand Africans in Vrededorp decided to reject the passes. The next day,…
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
On 31 December 1989, ex-mutineers in exile considered resigning from the African National Congress (ANC). This came after the suppression of political and…
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
Steve Biko was the number forty sixth person to die in security police detention in South Africa. And for the first time, the inquest revealed full and…
PlaceAlbertskroon, Suburb of Johannesburg
Suburb of Johannesburg adjoining Greymont and Montgomery Park. Established about 1896 on the Farm Waterval, it was named after the Alberts family, who owned it…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
Compatriots, A new year has begun, bringing with it fresh hopes and new challenges. I am sure that I express our collective conviction when I say that during…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
Compatriots A new year has begun, bringing with it fresh hopes and new challenges. I am sure that I express our collective conviction when I say that during…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
The Alliance Political Council, comprising of the National Officials of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), the…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
The Seaside Resort of St. James was located on False Bay, some 26 km South of Cape Town, the Suburb derived its name from the Church of St. James, built there…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins and development of Trotskyism 171 Document…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
ACT IN UNITY! Compatriots, allies and democratic supporters of the heroic struggle of the people of South Africa, Comrades, The names of the founding…
Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, “Presidential Address to the All-African Convention Conference”, Edendale, 14 to 16 December 1958
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, "Presidential Address to the…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 28 - Brian Bunting, "Problems of the Multi…
Document 77 - Yu Chi Chan Club , Pamphlet No. II: The Conquest of Power in South Africa [1963]
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 77 - Yu Chi Chan Club , Pamphlet No. II: The…
Part 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA
Provenance and AttributionThis recording was produced and first published by Catalyst House. Video shoot and edit by Lynnea Bylund. Recorded on 9 June 2014 at…
Outcome of the High Court Application, 12 February 2014
The African National Congress welcomes the court ruling which prevents DA from being near Chief Albert Luthuli House or causing harm to ANC staff and property…
EventTwo ANC members convicted of terrorism training
Two members of the African National Congress, Mr Mzimasi Isaac Giwu and Mr Sivuyile Botwe Qegu were convicted in the Supreme Court in Bisho for terrorism…
PlaceConcordia
The village of Concordia was established in 1863 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society. It seems probable that its founding coincided with the opening…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
Roman Catholic Church Archbishop of Cape Town, Owen McCann, an enemy of Apartheid, became South Africa's first Cardinal when he was invested by Pope Paul VI in…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United Nations(UN) and two years later, in 1963 it merged with the island of Zanzibar. Following the…
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In the process Bikila set a new world…
EventLaurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
On 24 January 1960, Laurie Bloomfield, a photographer for the Daily News took a picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban which was immediately published around…