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EventThe western wing of Munitoria burns down
… building was 44 years old, non-compliant with the South African national building regulations,SANS 10400 and known to …
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
… contained secret information relating to the South African Communist Party (SACP), and that Major Arthur … South African History Online, ‘An inquest into the…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… state artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic, also known as Transvaal Republic), was … SAHO South African War 1899-1902 …
EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
… South African billionaire Hotelier Solomon Kerznerfound himself … at: https://mg.co.za [Accessed on 12 December 2012]| African Success Biography of Sol…
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the African National Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo, …
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
… Chief Albert Luthuli, President General of the African National Congress (ANC), led the Defiance Campaign in … ANC, Biography: Albert John Luthuli , from…
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… At the end of the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) of 1899-1902, … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in African History: 18 May’ , from About.com…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… to become Organising Secretary of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress for the Northern Province. In 1959, …
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with seventy-six …
EventNatasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
… is currently the Brand Ambassador for the proudly South African Beauty brand Placecol and Dream Nails and Body. …
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
… black consciousness organisation in South Africa; South African Students' Organisation (SASO). In 1974, he was …
Fosatu Worker News
… in 1979 with the formation of the Federation of South African Trade Unions and was distributed amongst all union …
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… Abdou Diouf was chosen as his successor. He was the first African president to resign voluntarily. He died in 2001 in …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvement in World War 2 on the side of Britain. …
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1948
… with the existing situation in South Africa. Council on African Affairs Just prior to the debate on South West Africa I had long conferences with the Council…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… of events here, and under these circumstances, the South African Indian Congress should have been consulted before … still have to live here side by side…
PAC Constitution - Extract from Karis & Carter
… the P.A.C. 2. AIMS AND OBJECTS: (a) To unite and rally the African people into one national front on the basis of African nationalism. (b) To fight for the…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… the overt display of big feelings, goes for hard South African facts”. The “hard South African fact” Goldblatt is currently tackling is the infamous … not…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… at the Iscor state steel company, just outside the South African capital. A large mechanical shovel scooped up and … accompanied a growing Afrikanerisation…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… again become a continent of many people’s striving for the African renaissance that President Mbeki of South Africa has … the blues and jazz and gospel music…
Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 27 September, 1999
… the complex of issues we mentioned as characterising many African countries, was that the only way to ensure good … now collapsed. I do not know of any…
EventANC founder John Dube’s daughter passed away
… The youngest daughter of the former African National Congress leader John Langalibalele Dube …
Accredited Events
… which the iniator wishes to have approval support of the African National Congress (ANC) must be submitted to this sub …
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
… at the Tamboville Cemetry in Wattville, Benoni. Issued by: African National Congress PO Box 61884 Marshalltown 2107 …
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
… Mendi troop ship carrying the Fifth Battalion of the South African Native Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for … University of Natal Press, 1987.|…
PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
… The South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in …
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… and human rights In a democratic South Africa,’from African Affairs, [online] Available at …
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
… On 17 August 1970, two top South African scientists were refused entry into the Soviet Union …
EventZola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collide accidentally during the 3000m in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
… took part in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Budd, a South African, was competing under British citizenship due to …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… Workers Union (MAWU) and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Mayekiso was first detained … Gastrow, S. (1992). Who's who in South…