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ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… is given a phone to maintain contact with the ANC while in exile May, Cosatu holds a Special Congress at the University …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… but while on bail he left the country and went into exile. This march is seen by many as a turning point in South …
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,…
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, reporting back on a meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia, in February 1990 regarding…
EventIdi Amin is deposed as the President of Uganda
Idi Dada Amin ruled Uganda from 1971 until 1979 after he unconstitutionally seized power from president Obote Milton. However, in 1979 he suffers the same fate…
EventThe ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute
The Pretoria Minute is agreed upon by the government and the African National Congress (ANC), concerning release of political prisoners, return of exiles,…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… out of occupied areas. [52] Responses of the persecuted: exile, accommodation, defiance: Responses from being … addition, some of the victims managed to…
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…
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. …
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… force for this change was not the armed struggle, nor exile politics, nor the international boycott movement.” The … status as ex-Robben Islanders, or…
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…
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…