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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…
Political report by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the African National Congress, 17 June 1985, Kabwe, Zambia
… Chairman, Comrades, Delegates, This day, the opening of the National Consultative Conference of the ANC, is a great and moving moment in the history of … of…
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…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… to venture into South America, but were deterred by a bout of foot and mouth disease. The two of them got jobs at The Cape Times instead. By 1944, Norton was…
ArchiveVerwoerd lets loose terror on All-African Convention and Unity Movement of South Africa: the struggle goes on
… and the Unity Movement on the arrests and bannings of some members of these organisations. … loose terror on All-African Convention and Unity Movement of…
Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape
… Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the son of Alan Hendrickse. …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 1 December 1976
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Curry, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South … Commission of…
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
… 6: Bake, Jumble and Trust. Chapter 7: In the Family of Humanity . Chapter 8: Haven of our Dreams. Conclusion Notes Glossary References Index … Modernity &…
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa’s northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
… Minister of Defence, PW Botha disclosed that South Africa's northern … The statement by P.W. Botha regarding the acquisition of advanced radar and navigation…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli`s passing away, 4 November 2007, Thembeni, Ilembe District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… Programme Director, The Family of Nkosi Albert Luthuli, Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, … that belongs to all who live…
EventThe UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.
… Nations (UN) on 7 August, 1963 that it would suspend sales of arms to South Africa. The Security Council adopted … 181 calling upon all states to cease the…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… Context As the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) , founded in 1963, was established as … African Parliament was established to act as an oversight body to…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… in planning and implementing the successful escape of the four detainees but a massive manhunt and police … was later based in New Delhi as the Asian…
EventPatrick Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal.
… Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal. … Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime…
ArchiveCape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1972
… Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National … Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents…
ArchiveIn the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the matter between the State and Sathasivan Cooper and Others
… This is a trial proceeding held in the supreme court of South Africa about matters between the state and … In the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the…
Conflict among civic organisations
… the same ideological stance, interests and outcomes. One of the major divisions was race. For instance, CAHAC drew its … own organisations which came…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter , president of FIFA , world soccer's governing body, made an historic announcement: South Africa would host ……
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… in the relevant research and scientific assessment of the ozone problem, to exchange information and to adopt … Weiss E.B (2008) The Audio Visual Library of…
Rise and Fall of Apartheid - Photography and Bureaucracy in Everyday Life by Okwui Enwezor and Rory Bester
… Rise and Fall of Apartheid - Photography and Bureaucracy in Everyday Life …
ArchiveAmaBookaBooka: The Extraordinary Life of Bram Fischer – the Scarlet Pimpernel, audio interview (Daily Maverick), 24 April 2017
… AmaBookaBooka: The Extraordinary Life of Bram Fischer – the Scarlet Pimpernel, audio interview …
ArchiveThe story of the Black Sash: The Women`s Campaign for Justice and Good Government in South Africa
… The story of the Black Sash: The Women`s Campaign for Justice and Good …
ArchiveLabouring under the Law: Exploring the Agency of Indian Women under Indenture in Colonial Natal, 1860 – 1911
… Labouring under the Law: Exploring the Agency of Indian Women under Indenture in Colonial Natal, 1860 – 1911 …
Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800 - 1990 by Martin Legassick
… Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the …
Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko edited by Andile Mngxitama, Amanda Alexander, and Nigel C. Gibson
… Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko … Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko edited by Andile Mngxitama, Amanda Alexander, …