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EventSchalk van Rensburg testifies before the TRC
… Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that the death of former Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, might have been caused by …
EventBritain invades the island of Madagascar, attempting to stop Vichy aid to the Axis Powers in the Indian Ocean.
… an independent kingdom, Madagascar became a French colony in 1896. During World War II France and her colonies were … Ironclad, or Allied invasion of…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… a long succession of ethical and legal wrangling. In 2005, then vice-president, Zuma had been stripped of his … had become symbolic of Zuma’s struggles to…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was sentenced to six years in prison for furthering the aims of the banned ANC and for … of the same year the police raided the…
Vergardering van die Werk Komitee van die Staatsveiligheidsraad in die Uniegebou, Pretoria, op 14 Januarie 1980, om 14h00
… of the State Security Council Works Committee, held in Pretoria on 14 January 1980 in which … van die Werk Komitee van die Staatsveiligheidsraad in die…
ArchiveFor their Triumph and for their Tears - Conditions and Resistance of Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein
… Remember all our women in the jails Remember all our women in campaigns Remember all our women over many fighting years … and for their Tears - Conditions…
EventSouth African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo
… member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo. The ANC and Mozambique Government blamed South … Africa for the attack, which subsequently…
EventThe South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (SABRA) issues a statement by Professor Carel Boshoff (Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd’s son-in
… by Professor Carel Boshoff (Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd's son-in-law) arguing that every race group should have its own geographical sphere in which it can exercise…
Dream of Total Liberation of Africa is in Sight - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 72nd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1984
… Dear Compatriots, Brothers and Sisters in the Struggle, Comrades, Today, the 8th January, your … social emancipation. Revolutions are About State Power The…
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… , started its first hearing at the Rand Supreme Court in Johannesburg. Machel's plane crashed in Mbuzini near … had subpoenaed several witnesses, including…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… to highlight how democracy fails for the poor because, in this instance, in order to vote you need to be registered in your home ward … Reporter, 2005) ↵ [4]…
Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois”, Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935
… stress the essential point of the question: that in the First place, it is a matter of attacking British … to justify their haughty disdain or the slogan, …
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… fact that the apartheid state was weak. The country had in effect become ungovernable, which coupled together with … homelands, would be held on the same day…
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… Your Excellencies, Distinguished guests and delegates, In the evolution of mankind, humanity came to realise that … streets of Soweto, Langa, Mameledi,…
EventA blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club
… virtually destroyed the historic Wanderers Cricket Club in Johannesburg, reducing to ash irreplaceable items like … seven fire crews, started in the kitchen…
Student organisation and political resistance in South Africa: an analysis of the Congress of South African Students, 1979-1985
… Honours thesis in Political Science submitted to the University of Cape Town … Student organisation and political resistance in South Africa: an analysis of…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
… At this time Adv. Vorster perÂformed a monumental task in combating communism in South Africa and left no stone … wing in South Africa. I also received…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the … restricted any actions which might cause hostility between Black and White people. The…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… 26, Derrick John McBride, Robert McBride's father, is born in his parent's home in Rockey Street, Johannesburg . He is … to the politics of the regenerating…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 24 June 1977
… of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa. … of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 24 June…
Minutes of the second general meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa
… of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa held on 24 May 1989 at the Legal Resource … of the Society for the Abolition of the…
Meeting between Director-General N P van Heerden and Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State in Washinton on 30 March 1988
… with regard to the political and military situation in southern Africa as an obstacle to peaceful negotiated … van Heerden and Dr C Crocker, Assistant…
Detentions in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage during the second National State of Emergency: Paper Presented at National Conference 1987
… Detentions in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage during the second National … Detentions in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage during the second National …
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… commitment and role during the struggle against apartheid in 1986. Tutu was honoured for being deeply personally … the launch of the National Forum, an…
At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.
… At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre when the home of the UDF activist … At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 10 February 1977
… of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa. … of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 10…
EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Gideon Nieuwoudt a former … of three anti-Apartheid activists of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic…
BiographyHenry Burton
… Early Life Henry Burton was born on 2 June 1866 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and went to school at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He…
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… The Bantu Dramatic Society was founded in Johannesburg by Herbet Dhlomo in 1933 and was devoted to promoting black theatrical development. It was housed at…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was established in June 1979 as a national organization to represent the interests of Black school students in the…