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EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… Africa". The A. A. P Conference met to chart a way forward on how to achieve continental freedom. The agenda of the … born in May 1963 Click here to read…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… On 12 February 1982 journalist Thami Mazwai was jailed for … with offenses relating to their activities in the 1970s. On 9 October 1969 Mazwai received a…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… to conduct a public investigation into Steve Biko's death on 13 November 1980. This happened following public outcry … against the official explanation of…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… in train violence, particularly the Benrose massacre on 13 September 1990. He also named a Zimbabwean who had … Special Forces, and that they orchestrated…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… of transition in the country. Zephania Mothopeng was born on 10 September 1913 in the Free State in the district of … the aims of a banned organization. He…
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… that pulled our country out of the abyss and placed it on the pedestal of hope, on which it rests today". He acknowledged that his Government … 1976 Soweto…
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… leaders. He was born near Oudtshoorn in the Karoo on 10 August 1783. The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for … town of Louis Trichardt. Hans van Rensburg's…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… Diederichs South Africa's fourth state president was born on 17 November 1903. After studying for his doctoral degree … Party in 1953 and became a Member of…
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… geared to promote sustainable economic growth and took on characteristics of both neo-liberalism and socialism. … International support for this programme…
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… On this date, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of … increasingly active in the country launching attacks on the Koeberg Nuclear Plant in Cape Town,…
EventTshifiwa Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police custody
… and panic, with the government expecting follow up attacks on other key installations in the area. The reaction of … inside the homeland. Moufhe died in…
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
… Compensation is a Settlement 43 km North-East of Durban, on the route to Umhlali-Tongaat. The Area of Compensation got … to move, and declared that the Farm…
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… perform European drama from time to time but will focus on encouraging Bantu playwrights to develop African dramatic … its’ first production at the Bantu Men…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… South Africa’s triumphant democracy. The site is located on the ridge between two city neighbourhoods, Hillbrow and … women. Almost all countries have…
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… of the Anglican denomination in the City. Construction on the Cathedral started in 1901 and has carried on ever since. The Cathedral is however still…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… between White and Black" and abominate him accordingly. On the other hand there are those liberal apologists, like … over the country so that he continually…
From retirement to parliament
… at Bloemfontein unanimously adopted their findings, on the 16th December 1943. We realise as anyone else the … freedom if the settlement at the Peace Table…
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… if not sold direct from the wagon, would be placed on the ground amidst the trek oxen and the cattle and horses … Company retained control of the Market Hall…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… the story of the first British Colonial Settlers to arrive on the shores of Algoa Bay. "The Donkin Heritage Trail in … England, with his baby son and his…
PlaceSenegal
… ancient Ghana and Djolof Kingdoms and an important node on trans-Saharan caravan routes. It was also an early point … Léopold Senghor. The Mali federation…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… non-fiction book All the World's a Stage, are all based on his experiences in the theater. Harwood is also a student … Pianist, and his play turned to film,…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… . We will Publish the entire book in the next two weeks. On 10 December 1996, the signatures on the country's new and final Constitution fixed a milestone ……
Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
… in Mafeteng, Lesotho, and we began a running conversation on South African society that continues to this day. We found … Lembede, so we decided to pool our…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… to some authors it became "defiantly African." The ICU, on the other hand, had close ties with the white Democratic … in superior to blacks. The old master…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… a statement welcoming a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment on Madiba's Qunu home. Seipei was a member of the Mandela … children. The court dismissed Madikizela…
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… Unity Movement (NEUM). There is some discussion on the Sherpeville incident on 21 March 1960; the rivalry between the British and the …
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… Congress’ (ANC) military wing Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK). On June 14, 1985, Thami Mnyele was shot dead by South African … Williamson displayed the portfolio and…
EventKenneth Kaunda accuses British Foreign Secretary of “kissing” apartheid
… South Africa’s apartheid government. The attack by Kaunda on Howe and Reagan came at the height of popular unrest … apartheid peacefully rather than through…
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… On 24 February 1962, a Coloured journalist Joseph Louw, 23, … learned that she had left South Africa. In 1950 the ban on "mixed" marriages was followed by an…
EventThe SACBC urges that lawful means be used to resist Apartheid
… On 22 February 1962 the Southern African Catholic Bishops' … silent and passive in the face of injustices inflicted on members of the underprivileged racial…