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EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
… Takudzwa Ngwenya was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on 22 July 1985. He played for the Mashonaland Club and for … USA, where he played for Plano Rugby club before…
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…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… the epoch-making International Trade Union Conference on Apartheid, held in Geneva, (3) which brought into the … the international conflict between…
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… by ending all conflicts through negotiations based on the principle of justice and peace for all." By rallying … a working group was established to make…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… to the entire nationalist movement in Afrika, our stand on the question of Race in general and the so-called racial … chemistry and physics-all these, mean…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… set out to force a congress election on the issue of the Pretoria Agreement and the leadership of … the rebels while offering them some representÂation on…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the 12th International meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties, 3 December 2010, Centurion, Pretoria
… to by leading communists in the past. Speaking, in Moscow on June 16, 1969 as part of his final contribution and … the Alliance – each in his or her own way…
OAU-AU 50th Anniversary Lecture by ANC President Jacob Zuma East London, 26 October 2013
… of the OAU. The theme takes us back to that historic day on the 25th of May 1963 in Ethiopia, when prominent and … fathers of the African liberation…
Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
… Distinguished Leaders of Delegations, Excellencies, On behalf of the National Executive Committee of the African … militants and combatants inside and…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… torture and helping establish key rights for prisoners on Robben Island. After the end of apartheid, Ms Pillay was appointed as Acting Judge on the South…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… Metetiwe. Born in the Transkei, in the district of Tsomo on twenty-first October 1918. Educated in a lower primary … as a midwife. In those days we were…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… time that a closer union of the South African colonies was on the point of being achieved. There were fourteen major … when the closer union of the South…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 7
… allowances to two hundred of their employees who were way on active service. There were other matters causing … union". A hundred and fifty Indian workers…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… officials. Social activities most commonly were centred on cinema visits to establishments like the Luxurama in … by residents for ‘window shopping’, most…
Address to the Congress of the People - Libya Tripoli, 19 March 1999
… apartheid rule. It remains in our memories and spurs us on to help lighten the plight of our Libyan brothers and … I am very happy to note my Brother Leader…
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… leads the calls for a referendum to garner public opinion on secession. Following a regional referendum on secession, South Sudan became an independent state…
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… The trial of Commodore Dieter Gerhardt on charges of spying for the Soviet Union began in the Cape … to Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)on the…
The 2014 Cape Agulhas Treasure Tracks
… Radio Overberg 98.4fm are presenting A Heritage Day Race on the 24th September 2014 at 10:00. The race will start at … teams. - Details and clues will be…
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… On 8 August 2006, hundreds of women gathered in Bloemfontein … their concerns regardless of race, class and religion. On that same day, they also celebrated…
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… On 17 July 1959, Palaeontologist Mary Leaky discovered on of the oldest hominid skulls in the Olduvai Gorge, in …
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… Coal Oil and Gas Corporation) was formed and registered on 26 September 1950. The company has developed world-leading … publicly listed companies in South…
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… executed acts of sabotage. Kasrils was constantly on the run from government law enforcement agencies. In 1963, … es Salaam. He has travelled to several…
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… African national rugby team became known as the Springboks on their tour to Britain in 1906. Since those early years, … same time the Springboks became a…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… of the Pretoria University, which came into existence on 29 November 1929. In 1930, the University was established … as an independent university by the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement was founded on 21 March 1975 at KwaNzimela, in Northern KwaZulu. Inkatha … late Rev. Bishop Dr. A.H. Zulu and…
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
… was not intended for the production of nuclear energy on a commercial scale, but was employed for research and the … a program of weapons development began…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… requested States to terminate prohibition or restriction on economic relations with South Africa immediately, and to … to expel SA from the Organisation. The…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… On 27 January 1992, the European Community announced that it … countries and the US initially refused to impose sanctions on South Africa, the growing social…
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… On 8 April 1989, the Progressive Federal Party, Independent … Committee Chairman process of CODESA (Convention on a Democratic South Africa). …
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… The killing of eleven people at Donnybrook, Kwazulu-Natal on the 21 March 1996 can be considered as part of the ongoing … Later that afternoon, the…