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EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… 26 March 1953, close to 100 people were killed and scores of others injured at Lari in Kiambu region, Kenya, when Mau … known for ill treating his own people…
EventSADF takes over security of Northern Natal from the SAP to prevent infiltration into SA by Liberation Movements
… The deteriorating state of security that marked the eighties convinced the Apartheid government that a revision of its approach to infiltration by the…
'The timing of his resignation is suspect' - Communications Minister on ex SABC CEO (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… "Mr Matthews was appointed to this position because of his credentials to steer the SABC towards a commendable … nor communicating his concerns with the…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… old gramophone. “By the time you read this, I will be out of this country … ” it read. Forty-one years after the day … a freedom fighter, only now is she…
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
… On 16 April 2004, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old was … The newly discovered beads were made from the shells of a type of mollusc and…
Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for the music of today, not yesterday, 29 October 2017
… cancelled his appearance at the recent Johannesburg Joy of Jazz Festival and his remaining October shows, taking time … were forced to return to his recorded…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the President’s Cup 2003 Fancourt 20 November 2003
… Honorary Co-Chairman of the President’s Cup, President George Bush, President … FW de Klerk, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Members of the President’s…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 Speech … you this information. Those Indians…
ArchiveWomen in twentieth century South African politics: the Federation of South African Women, its roots, growth and decline
… A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Cape Town by Colin John Walker in October 1978. This … twentieth century South…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… On 4 June 1940, the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ended as German forces captured … the beach port. The nine-day evacuation, the largest of its…
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution, and acting on the advice of the Transitional Executive Council (TEC), former State … adopting…
Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’ by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick), 12 March 2014, South Africa
… say that Africans are accepting fast enough the gospel of service and sacrifice for the general and larger good … dissociate me from him…” This raises an…
Timol: Salim Essop testifies of beatings, torture following arrest, News24, in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of inquest sitting into Ahmed Timol’s death Johannesburg – … Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first…
EventSA experiences a monetary crisis due to the heavy drain of gold from the country during the Great Depression
… agricultural sector was hit especially hard, as the lack of demand destroyed prices on commodities that were … the mortgage on their farms and limited their…
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… child, woman and man to live an active life'. It is part of the United Nations (UN) program and works alongside its … and other UN partners. The WFP have…
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… Drakensberg foothills, Langalibalele- a hereditary chief of the Hlubi- was summonsed to Pietermaritzburg for failure … firearms. The Hlubi had received these…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu’s son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… The remains of Avhatakali Netshusaulu, accountant and son of the former City Press editor Mathata Tsedu, were found in the boot of his car after he had been…
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… that the Tamil community was here to stay and to be part of the solution in South Africa to build a strong state and a South African nation comprised of…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… in 1937. He was promoted major general on the eve of World War II. In 1941, with the rank of lieutenant general, he was given command of the German troops…
ArchiveComments on the financial allegations contained in the 4th interim report of the Schlebusch/le Grange Commission
… Comments by Finance Officer, elect, of the National Union of South African Students, refuting claims by the Schlebusch Commission of financial irregularities…
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… a minister at Montjoux and then at Embrun. After the edict of Nantes, which forbade the practice of the reformed Huguenot religion, he fled to Zierikzee in ……
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
… geologists Michael M. Tice and Professor Donald R. Lowe of Stanford University in the United States, assisted locally … by South African geologist Nicolas…
EventNigerian terrorist, Henry Okah is found guilty of masterminding two car bombs in Abuja by a South African Judge.
… Henry Okah was the leader of a terrorist group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The group…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the … (SASO) and the Black Community Programmes (BCP). Out of the banning of these…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… World War I and retained it after the war under a League of Nations mandate. In the years that followed, South Africa … passed resolution 2145 (XXI),…
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930 Communist Party of South Africa … S. P. Bunting from the Executive…
ArchiveMemorandum presented by National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations - August 1972
… Official memorandum presented by the National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain … Organisations, including NUSAS (the…
Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) meet in
… Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress … Indian Congress (TIC) meet in Johannesburg. The Presidents of the three…
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… The town of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape Province was founded when … there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… Hani and others in their struggle to serve the aspirations of ordinary working people and the poor in Southern Africa. The CHI aims to engage in the…