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EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) activist Thozamile Botha broke his banning order and escaped to Lesotho. PEBCO was an affiliate of the banned…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… now seems to be a long time ago, during the years of our exile, I had the rare privilege to reflect on who Steve Biko … inspired by his message and example,…
ArchiveThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
… 1963, Miriam Makeba, South African singer and actress, in exile in the US spoke out about Apartheid to the United …
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies was founded by Baruch Hirson from 1988-1993, and to a large extent written by him in…
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
Oral interview with Duma Nokwe (1927-1978) who was Secretary-General of the ANC from 1958 to 1969. Born to working class parents in Evaton, he studied at St…
EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
The Groote Schuur talks between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC) were held on 2, 3 and 4 May 1990. These talks took place…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
South African History Online believes that history is made every day and to that effect we have compiled what we feel are the key historical events of 2013. We…
EventThe Battle of Ulundi begins
The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive battle during the Anglo-Zulu War. It took place on the 4th July 1879 and marked the end of the Anglo-Zulu War, as well as…
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
Thamsaqa 'Thami' ka Mnyele was a talented graphic artist and a political activist. Due to his political activities, Mnyele was forced to leave his family in…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
On 14 August 1882 Cetewayo (Cetshwayo), king of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… Ngoyi and Joseph, had been detained. Some went into exile and worked for the ANC, such as Ruth Mompati, for … and Bertha Mashaba. In 1965 Ray Alexander went…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after…
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
Letta Mbulu was born in Soweto on 23 August 1942. As a teenager she joined the cast of the play King Kong and toured the US with other artists like Miriam…
South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… the leaders of the ANC, many of whom had been forced into exile. They lobbied and confronted their governments, and …
PlaceWestern Sahara
… In 1976 the Polisario Front declared a government-in-exile of what it called the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic. …
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… and not at Howard College. Kuper and Magubane went into exile only to emerge as contestants later in the Pluralism …
EventMandela visits Zambia
Nelson Mandela started a seventeen-day foreign visit on 27 February, his first since 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February 1990, after 27…
EventBafana Bafana loses to England
South Africa national soccer team, Bafana Bafana played England star-studded team in a friendly international match at Absa Stadium in Durban. The match was to…
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
For the first time in the South African criminal history a man was hanged with his name known only by authorities. The 37-year-old White male was accused of…
PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
Eerste River was a Railway Station of the Cape Town, Wellington and Docks Railway Co Ltd, and was probably established as a Village after 13 February 1862…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed resolutions condemning South Africa's relations with its Southern African neighbours. The UN General Assembly…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
1970 Early in 1970, the South African Communist Party (SACP) convenes a special meeting. Apart from members of the Central Committee, leading activists of…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… the country were able to come together with women in exile to speak about the oppression of women in South Africa. …
Robben Island
Unesco declared Robben Island in the Western Cape a World Heritage Site in 1999. Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and…
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
… happen. I think it posed certain problems for the ANC-in-exile, but the ANC-in-exile really by 77, 76 were not really all that significant, … the country,…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
The South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster wished the new Mozambique government well. Voster however, warned that South Africa will have to act in self…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the newspapers denying Carte Blanche, an investigative television programme permission to…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
In mid-January 1879 Lt-Gen. Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand with three columns of British troops, starting the war that ended Zulu independence. After the…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
King Dinizulu was the son of Chief Cetshwayo who reigned over Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) from 1872. Dinizulu was recognized as the legitimate heir and…