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EventSA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born
… South African poet and graphic designer Wopko Jensma was born in …
EventThe Black Consciousness Movement of Azania is formed in London
… and some joined other liberation movements such as the African National Congress (ANC). On 12 April 1980, Professor …
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' status to Venda, …
EventPik Botha is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
… Pik Botha, South African ambassador in the United States of America (USA), …
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
… Africa. He was invited by the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), an anti-Apartheid student movement, …
EventHarry Gwala is awarded Isitwalandwe/Seaparakoe
… On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) on 8 January 1992, Harry … Sonderling, N.E. New Dictionary of South African…
EventPik Botha visits Soviet Union
… South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, visits the Soviet Union, …
EventMandela and Tambo meet in Sweden
… against South Africa in order to speed political change, African National Congress (ANC) Vice-President Nelson Mandela …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of political prisoners
… serving political prisoners of the liberation movements African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress …
EventThe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky … at: www.hrw.org [Accessed on 10 October 2013]|…
EventFirst Black US ambassador is sent to South Africa
… Former Director of the Office of West African Affairs and Ambassador to Liberia, Edward Perkins, …
EventNNP federal council decides to disband the party
… and three abstained. The council decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) and fight all future …
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
… Sifiso Nkabinde, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at …
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
… and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African State President appeared at a court in George. …
EventRamaphosa announces his decision to leave parliament
… Cyril Ramaphosa, secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) and chairman of the … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… parliament. Source: Gastrow .S. (1983). Who's Who in South African Politics: Vol 2, Johannesburg: Ravan …
Bishop Zulu is born
… Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) (1999). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2, Pretoria: Vista. …
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
… Fincken was one of the first staff members at the South African College of Music in Cape Town. On her death in 1955 … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary…
EventThe name of the military base, Voortrekkerhoogte is officially changed to Thaba Tshwane
… Thaba Tshwane is the military headquarters of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in Pretoria. The base … South African Government Information …
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… country was experiencing yet another war, the Second South African War also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War, … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African…
Deportation of NUSAS President Elect
… to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 30th June to 9th July, 1968. Contains …
Towards racial justice: will there be a change of heart?
… Alan Paton at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the South African Institute of Race Relations on July 3, 1979 in which …
Nkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
… Since 1997, The South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new …
Memorandum to the Shlebusch [sic] Commission of Enquiry into Certain Organisations on the paper presented to the NUSAS seminar at Botha's Hill by Jonty Driver
… Paul Pretorius, President of the National Union of South African Students, on a paper that had been presented at a …
ArchiveMy Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in the strength of the people.' J.B. Marks addressing the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) in the …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
… worthy of all the research South Africa can give it. South African students must be bred to pursue it”. 4 Subsequent … exotic biblical-city-of-Ophir…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… in time past and in future time, determined that the South African heartbeat must keep pace with the beat of the hearts … the military dictatorship. And…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
… The efforts to which I refer are, of course, the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa's … facilitating empowerment of the historically…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… between the Nationalist Party (NP) government and the African National Congress (ANC). In response to the massacre … involvement in the massacre. He…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… the general election in September, in which of course no African will be allowed to vote, is being perceived in some … society cannot encompass any division…