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ArchiveSummary notes of the meeting between South Africa and the United States: London, 13-14 January 1982
… Report from a meeting between representatives of the South African Government and the United States Government to discuss the military withdrawal from Angola…
ArchiveA selection of resolutions taken at the Committee Meeting of the Christian Citizenship Department of the Methodist Church of South Africa, held at Alberton on August 18, 1977
… article containing a selection of resolutions taken at the Committee meeting of the Christian Citizenship Department of the Methodist Church of South Africa,…
ArchiveLetter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma
… Handwritten letter from Isaac Tembani protesting about the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma to Kieskammahoek. The letter…
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
… NAME: The name of the Organisation shall be "African National Congress Youth … among African Youth (b) To assist, support and reinforce the African National…
ArchiveMotion passed at the 43rd Provincial Synod Meeting of the Church of Province of Southern Africa
… Journal article about the motion passed at a synod meeting of the Church of the Province of South Africa, that, aware of the number of … Motion passed at the…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner A Christian society is one in … them is what not to do. We can thereby discover some of the problems…
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
… Situated on the west coast of Africa, the banks of the River Gambia have been inhabited for many centuries. The … gambia, 'History of the Gambia ',[Online]…
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… At the beginning of the second term of our new democracy, we South Africans are fully aware that we have not as yet told the full story of the sacrifice of…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… that satyagraha is not mere jail-going. He warned, during the first satyagraha in South Africa, as early as 1909: "A … is a totally non-violent and civilised…
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… constructed church. Just a few hundred meters from the KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State border, perched on top of the plateau, is the smallest, most charming…
67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 1947
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The new leadership had long been urging closer co…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… Following the adoption of a Programme of Action in the 1949 annual congress, the ANC began the 1950s with mass action campaigns marked by … The Defiance…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, comprising of … 400 workers', church…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
… A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the … Final legal note on the…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … Schreiner Anyway all this time I was still working with the Food and Canning Workers' Union…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting held at the St. Anscars LP studios from the 16th to 17th March 1974
… Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting of the Black Peoples Convention held at the St. Anscars LP studios from the 16th to 17th March 1974 … Black…
EventCongress of the People starts in Kliptown
… The historic multi-racial convention called The Congress of the People started in Kliptown, near Johannesburg. The … ANC The Freedom Charter and the United…
EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
… The Berlin Airlift provided tons of supplies to war ravaged Berlin. Under the aid program known as the Marshall Plan, the USA supplied aid to the Western…
EventNigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom
… Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960. And an Executive … of conservative parties, and it came into power on the back of…
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… Coup. Major General Mohammad Siyad Barre took control of the country's government and established strong ties with the USSR and other Soviet-bloc nations. In…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… The Transvaal Colony, former Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek … granted self-government status by Britain, according to the terms of the Vereeniging Peace Treaty,…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… The South African Reserve Bank was established in terms of the Currency and Banking Act, 1920 (Act No. 31 of 1920) in … South African commercial banks issued…
EventThe African National Congress is found guilty
… According to a report published by The Star on this date , the report of the Motsuenyane Commission, published the previous day, … The Star , Milestones,…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… of transitional government Dr Manuel Pinto da Costa, the leader of the Committee for the Liberation of São Tomé and PrÁncipe(CLSTP) became the … Manuel…
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… On 4 August 1914, work was stopped at the Kimberley mine after 43 years of operation. The mine became uneconomical to operate as it reached a depth … a…
EventA bomb blast rocks the ANC London office
… On this day the African National Congress (ANC) headquarters in London, … was bombed. General Johann Coetzee, former head of the South African security…
ArchiveLetter from S.E. Corrie Assistant Manager of the Standard bank to the partners of Media Training workshop
… Letter from S.E Corrie Assistant Manager of the Standard bank to the partners of Media Training Workshop regarding their current account as from the records…
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… The Battle of Chrissiesmeer (Lake Chrissie) during Anglo-Boer … War 2 started with an attack by General Louis Botha on the British forces under General Smith…
ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
… The Bantu Authorities in Transkei have accepted a constitution, which the Unity Movement is unhappy about; to which this document ensures continued…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… APPEAL TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC ABOUT THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1913 by John Langalibalele Dube … South African Native National Congress [This extract from the…