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EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… of 924,000, adopted several resolutions. It called on its members and supporters to join a campaign of sustained … in the week before the country's general…
Event17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act
… On this day in history, State President P.W. Botha amended … restrict the activities of organisations or individuals. On the same day, 17 anti-apartheid…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… bank by anti-apartheid protesters had a detrimental effect on the bank's business in other areas. Student campaigns … against Barclays Bank, initiated in the…
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… On 18 January 1987, Constable Vlotman a member of the South … was simulteneously making a mockery of the attack on the journalists and showing a concealed…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… - Go to 'Menu: About Desmond Tutu' for information on his life, his Curriculum Vitae, and other biographical … - A biography on the Nobel Prize website …
EventCorner stone of Mission Church is laid in Graaff-Reinet
… donated a piece of land and six windows, building started on the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in Graaff-Reinet. The corner stone was laid on this date and…
EventSix SA Tsunami survivors arrive at Lanseria
… of the tsunami in Thailand arrived at Lanseria airport on board a rescue flight from Bangkok. The tsunamis were set … a week previously by a massive…
EventFormer member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
… United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu, who disappeared on the eve of the 1991 trial in which he was expected to … stated that Madikizela-Mandela had ordered…
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… being found guilty of high treason. The finding was based on the fact that he had not resigned from the Active Citizen … General Beyers in protest against…
EventDurban mass meeting endorses Smuts and Gandhi agreement
… earlier in January. The official ratification took place on 30 June 1914 through the exchange of letters between Smuts … the Union parliament passed the…
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… On 4 September 1899, an 1820 Settler and early South African … Charles Darwin with valuable information for his work On the Origin of Species (1859). She was…
EventMarks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto
… player and businessman born in Meadowlands, Soweto on 16 February 1962. Maponyane played professional football … defunct Dynamos. After he retired, Maponyane…
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… The popular Drum Magazine called on South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to follow the … ill with cancer, was released a few weeks before his death on 8…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… On 13 June 1976, Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu was detained for her … in the ANC’s Department of Intelligence and Security. On 25 May 2014, Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu…
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… A teacher training college in South Africa opened on 26 January 1896, in Wellington, in the Western Cape, South … foundation stone for the building, Murray…
EventGwen Lister is born
… and anti apartheid activist. She was born in East London on 5 December 1953. After graduating at the University of … as a political Correspondent. In Namibia…
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… appear in Aix-en-Provence for extradition proceedings on 31 July 1979. This followed the receipt of extradition … while Dr Connie Mulder was Minister of the…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… several well-known writers either died or were born on the day. Activities on the day include relay reading, the distribution of …
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… Minister of Coloured Relations. The details were released on 11 September 1977. They were also revealed officially by … legitimate right to make laws…
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. The couple were re-united in 1990 after … While Madikizela-Mandela never remarried,…
EventThe DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast
… On 24 September 1980 the Director General of Transport, Mr. … and salvage tugs. Eksteen said: “My Department is working on legislation to create an area of…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… the successful conclusion of Anglo-South African talks on aspects of the Simonstown naval agreement for the defence … base and Naval Dockyard were handed…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… Turning Point 2 focuses on the imposition of colonialism and explores its impact on African societies. Colonialism is often viewed as an …
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… On 2 January 1964, Kwame Nkrumah, first Ghanaian President … were jailed. Just months after he was re-elected, on 24 February 1966, he was deposed as…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian Ngoyi died on 13 March 1980. She was 68 years old. Living as a … for women to the Union Buildings and personally…
PlaceZimbabwe
… settlement was organised so that the royalty would live on top of the Hill in a enclosure separated from the rest of … of Zimbabwe's early stone walled…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… that segregated the people of South Africa based on their skin color and treated them according to the White … Rive, however, did not accept this for himself…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… 1 300 auto workers were dismissed by Volkswagen on 3 February 2000 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, for not returning to work after going out on an unprocedural…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… 63, denied the charges when the trial began in the city on Monday. He was one of the country's most popular … but has not yet been named. The trial is to…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… Europeans landed, that was Bartholomew Diaz and his crew, on 3 February 1488. Here they found a spring with which, to … occupied the territory more recently…