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Letter to the Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid by O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 October 1975
… between the Federal Republic and racist South Africa constitutes a serious threat to independent Africa and indeed to world peace. We shall be extremely …
ArchiveAfrican Communist, 1959 - 1994
… has been started by a group of Marxist-Leninists in Africa, to defend and spread the inspiring and liberating … we mean to go on publishing it, because we…
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… Lejweleputswa Region of the Free State Province in South Africa. It was founded in 1866 when a Voortrekker elder; … Tourist Attraction because the first ever…
EventFormer SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies
… on 25 September 1969. He made his Test debut for South Africa against the West Indies in March 1992. That match was South Africa’s first five-day game after…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
… a bill to provide a national flag for the Union of South Africa in 1925 by D.F. Malan. The introduction of the bill came 15 years after the Union of South…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… government well. Voster however, warned that South Africa will have to act in self-defence if Mozambique makes … agreed to expel the ANC from their country…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… On 19 June 1975, South Africa signed a multilateral treaty on the civil liability … spills have been a serious environmental hazard in South Africa in the…
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… mob. When a new constitution was proposed for South Africa in 1983 to defend against the anti-apartheid movement, … better working conditions for domestic…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… is a noted place of pilgrimage for Muslim people in South Africa. Although there were already some Muslims at the Cape … had provided guidance, faith and…
EventWorld Aids Day
… 1988 under the theme 'Join the Worldwide Effort'. In South Africa, this day was first venerated in 1996 when the … links: SAHO feature the history of HIV…
EventCharles Swart, a student ranger from Mangosuthu Technical College, is killed by a leopard
… who try to cross the park to find a better life in South Africa as they make easy targets. In 2010, the Bengal tiger … Johnson Mhlanga, a tracker considered…
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had … of the transition to full and free…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… Moreover, the gold had to be re-imported into South Africa and then be converted into banknotes again. The … reason the Gold Conference was convened to…
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
… in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). In 1919 the organisation changed its name to … were responsible for severe acts of…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… led to the formation of the Aeronautical Society of South Africa in 1911. It was the start of the John Weston Aviation Company of South Africa, which did…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… who is regarded as a loyal Natalian, first came to South Africa as a child in 1850. He later became a journalist and … and wrote an autobiography called A…
EventIndian Rights Campaigner Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal is born
… in Hindi, namely History of passive resistance in South Africa, My experiences of South Africa, Story of my prison-life, Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, …
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free … from the war, as well as the iconic Royal Hotel, South Africa’s…
EventLiberia is established
… The country was one of only two countries in sub-Saharan Africa, along with Ethiopia, without roots in the European Scramble for Africa. Slaves freed from…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… a Bantustan homeland in the north western region of South Africa. This followed a request by Chief Lucas Mangope for … adjust to the changing political…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… after, Janus Walus, a Polish immigrant who came to South Africa in 1982, was arrested in connection with the murder. … on the eve of the first democratic…
EventParliament opens with the debate of no confidence on Government
… De Villiers Graaff. He argued that the Republic of South Africa was situated along the most important sea route. He pointed out that South Africa is an…
New Age
… the Black people, including Indians and Coloureds of South Africa and showcased the reality of apartheid focusing on the … used their writing skills to…
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
… surrounding Area was densely populated with prospectors all hoping to make their fortunes in the second of the …
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… Sustainability and Art in Africa Art that reflects sustainability includes not only the … that explore the gamut of sustainable practices in art in Africa…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… robbed of the citizenship of the land of his birth - South Africa... He died whilst on a mission on behalf of our … Berlin in the service of our struggle to…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… in 1488. Finally in 2021, with the aim to distance South Africa from its colonial past and represent the authentic South Africa, the name was changed to…
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… where he gave hope to many Black artists. Several of South Africa's eminent Black artists, like David Koloane, Durant … by him He participated in various art…
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… The Gramstown Journal, one of South Africa's important and influential early newspapers, ran from … the oldest surviving independent newspaper in South…
EventCosatu and TAC table a National HIV/AIDS plan
… were expensive, the social and economic costs to South Africa, of not providing the drugs, were far higher. … to produce generic antiretroviral drugs for the…