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Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… and our allies. Let me sketch out some of the main areas which need to be addressed: Building our federation …
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… to understanding and advocating for the rights of South African workers. His academic journey began at Rhodes … the Institute of Industrial Education and the…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… established in 1911. H. B. Sidwell was the first South African-born bishop. The Roman Catholic Parish was … for railway sleepers, formerly belonging to the…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… challenged the beliefs, policies, or actions of the South African government. Such a general definition functions … support apartheid. Television networks…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… oppose any attempt by any party to prevent any South African citizen from exercising his or her right to … support. They constitute a minority of the total…
EventChad gains its independence
… being elected as president of the newly-independent African state. …
Pietie Norval was born on this day
… ↵ [vi] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 141. … David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports…
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
… open textbooks and to get started on open licensed South African textbooks in intro physics and astronomy. When : …
PlaceMaitland
… population of about 10 000 people, made up mostly of Black African and Coloured, census 2011. It is now becoming a very …
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… combines a narrative of individual experience with South African economic and political history. Norman Levy was among …
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born
… On 27 October 1917, Oliver Tambo, who would become African National Congress (ANC) President, was born at … South African History Online (2011). ‘Oliver…
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… Garden, is home to the Head Office of SANBI (South African National Botanical Institute). This Pretoria Garden …
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
… seemed to hinder his perfomance. He is also the only South African boxer to hold four World Champion titles. He retired … 'Baby Jake’ Matlala ’ from ZAR.co…
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), who was executed by hanging … Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… international isolation of South Africa Boycott on South African products Read more about the Montgomery bus boycott. …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… preamble to the charter was based on a draft which South African premier General Jan Smuts had prepared. Governments …
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… William Stewart (Bill) Ainslie, South African artist and founder of several art training projects, …
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… began his political career as a journalist for the South African magazine Drum. Sibeko joined the Pan Africanist … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) …
EventConnie Mulder announces banning off WCC officials from SA
… out of its normal financial income. After 1963, exiled African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress … Howcroft, P. (undated). South African…
EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
… further one, calling for the immediate withdrawal of South African administration. Since several sources confirm the … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… was an Irish hit man, purportedly part of a covert South African military organization known as the Civil Cooperation …
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… members of the CCB would be incorporated into the South African army to complete the dismantling of the CCB. Sources: …
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… the National Sports Council (NSC) and the white South African Cricket Union (SACU) on the rebel cricket tour by … South African Institute of Race Relations. …
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… On 5 November 1987, Govan Mbeki , member of African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee … ‘Death of a Dedicated Political Leader’ from About…
EventThe first British Settlers arrive in Algoa Bay
… started, where these settlers made their mark on South African society. They embarked on development programmes by …
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… in 1699. Widely known for his development of the South African wine industry, van der Stel was also the first Cape …
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… group was allegedly the result of a tip-off by the South African and Angolan governments. Mann eventually stood trial …
EventCosatu and TAC table a National HIV/AIDS plan
… On 28 June 2002 the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Treatment Action …
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… John Maxwell Coetzee is a well-known South African author. After completing a degree in English and …
EventBotha found Guilty
… the amnesty committee. Click here to read more about South African leaders being exposed before the TRC for their role …