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EventSA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash
… Adele Lorenzo, South African TV producer, was reported killed in a plane crash in …
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
… University in the United States, assisted locally by South African geologist Nicolas Beukes, found evidence of life on …
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
… of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of the …
EventSA military integration is disputed
… The transition in the South African Defence Force (later SANDF) was not achieved without …
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… about the realisation of a fully integrated South African society and it was he that coined the term 'Rainbow …
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… that the British had armed Black people during the South African War, though in many cases they had done the same. …
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… member of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Though Kantor himself was …
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… Trial Defence Fund. From the emergence of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in 1955, Bob Hepple … www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk (Accessed: 02…
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… the most controversial legislative enactments that South African government had ever passed. Immorality Act … (Accessed: 08 February 2013)|South African…
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
… The paper further questions the effect of the South African state of affairs has on the youth and therein stems …
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… of sexual violence against women and children in South African townships. Simelela provides medical care and …
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… In May 1900, at the height of the South African War (1899-1902), Field Marshall Lord Roberts and his … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in African History: 27 May…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… that took place on the 16 August 2012,whereby the South African police services opened fire and killed thirty- four … [Accessed: 19 August 2014]|World…
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… powers (Germany, Japan) came into conflict with the South African government, who supported the Allied forces led by …
EventUDF is launched
… The South African anti-apartheid umbrella organization, United … SAHO, United Democratic Front , from South African History Online , [online], Available at ……
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, … Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, Uruguay,…
Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 09 May 1986, New Delhi
… with breathtaking courage. The present phase of the South African struggle can be traced back to several historic … Africa and then spread its domain over…
"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… breathtaking courage. The present phase of the South African struggle can be traced back to several historic … Africa and then spread its domain over the…
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
… the dark moral landscape that was South Africa, a South African colleague insisted we walk from our office in … Among the books on display were volumes of…
XI - The Verdict
… Nobody can say. But I didn't know . . . Every South African must now answer to his own conscience ... and submit … English language broadcast for abroad on 5…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… Mgqibisa, the daughter of a prominent minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in 1929, in … On 8 January 1912, at the first meeting of…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
… and developing nations. Pakistan's close relations with African countries, and her influence in bodies such as the … between our regional organisations, the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
… could start the snowball rolling in setting off general African resentment against the passes. This could catapult … falling off of popular support for the…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… to seven years in prison for his activities in the African Resistance Movement, a small group of activists that … in London in 1974 as Bandiet: Seven Years…
Part 2: Ahmed Kathy Kathrada Addresses Gandhi Satyagraha Tour Delegates
… Laloo “Isu” Chiba and Shirish Nanabhai. Archived by South African History Online with acknowledgement to the original …
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
… Unity on 30 June 1996 following an announcement by South African Deputy President F.W. de Klerk on 10 May 1996. The … at www.nelsonmandela.org (Accessed: 06…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… 1994. His announcement would mean stepping down as the African National Congress's (ANC's) and as the country’s …
EventPoqo members arrested
… Daniel Nonqina, Wellington Jada and Qebele Makasa. The Pan African National Congress recorded them as eight instead of …
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… pieces. Originally they named it 'Zinjanthropus' (East African Man), but the skull was later renamed …
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… The South African national rugby team became known as the Springboks on …