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EventIraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies
… of the Sharpeville killings. Political organisations like African National Congress (ANC),South African Communist Party (SACP), PAC and others were banned …
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning … and democrats who had fought for the principle that South African…
EventSADF's 31 Battallion is disbanded
… The South African Defence Force's (SADF) 31st Battalion was disbanded … the San (Bushmen) battalion who had been deployed in South African townships and who…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… first formal hearings in East London City Hall. The South African TRC was set up by the Government of National Unity … The Commission heard testimonies from…
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana's incorporation following major unrest
… of South Africa and clashed with the police. South African troops in armoured vehicles were sent into the … in the homeland. Mangope was removed from office…
Culture from Exile: Dakawa Art Centre By Jongikaya Mene
… centre. It had started in Tanzania in 1986 as part of the African National Congress’s (ANC) initiative to create … of the famous Solomon Mahlangu Freedom…
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… on. It may come from the fact that he comes from a royal family. That even at that point, he was aware that he bears a … "I think you are crazy. You have…
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… like to have spoken on colonial or at least on South African matters in general but in the limited time must … to a controversial matter seriously affecting…
Press Conference in Lusaka: Oliver Tambo, 25 June 1985
… ideological trends. It addresses the workers, the South African people as a whole who are opposed to the racist … how do you see the question of sanctions?…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 25 June 1985
… ideological trends. It addresses the workers, the South African people as a whole who are opposed to the racist … do you see the question of sanctions? TAMBO…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… 1992. He was released as a part of the National Party and African National Congress prisoner exchange, in which ANC … Falkof, Nicky. The End of Whiteness:…
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… Goldblatt's decision. "The Goldblatt Collection is a South African heritage treasure, it includes 18 archival boxes of …
ANC NEC meets (30th November, - 2 December 2001), 29 November 2001
… The African National Congress National Executive Committee …
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… in the United Democratic Front and the Congress of South African Trade Unions. After the advent of majority rule, …
PlaceFalse Bay
… West Coast of the Cape Peninsula . Especially during the African Summer months, the beaches of the False Bay are …
PlaceGrabouw
… valley which offers fresh, local produce and proudly South African handmade items. If you enjoy just relaxing and taking …
PlaceGaries
… something of a stone fortress used during the South African War. And look out for traditional Nama ' Matjiehuise …
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… to the Government, the members of our Church and all the African people that we disagree profoundly with a policy that … South African History Online Father…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… majority of the Assembly. In 1957 Ghana became the first African country to gain independence. References: Ghana - …
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… In a strongly worded statement, the African National Congress rejected the constitutional …
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… Matlosa.K. & Pule.N.W, (2001), The Military in Lesotho, African Security Review, Vol.10, No.2 (online), available …
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… carrying ability. According to research done by South African archaeologists, C. Auret and .T.Maggs in 1982, the …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… South Africa, approximated that of the then-banned African National Congress (ANC). In the late 1990s Boesak, …
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… Click here to read more about the struggle of South African women. … history of South Africa, Claremont: New Africa Books|South African History Online,…
PlaceRiverside
… tokens are the best researched and most sought after South African trade tokens by numismatists and serious Coin …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… PrÁƒÂƒ©val became the new president of Haiti. South African has been criticised for providing refuge to Aristid …
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… Rwanda, much like the rest of the African continent, was ruled by colonial powers that left a …
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… Africa (Armscor), the procurement agency for the South African army and the armaments industry's marketing … About African History, ' This Day in African…
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… in secrecy to bring out the first Afrikaans (i.e., South African Dutch) translation of "The Communist Manifesto". The …