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EventSouth Africa will subscribe to the UDHR
SA's newly inaugurated state president, Nelson Mandela, announced in his first State of the Nation Address to Parliament that South Africa will subscribe to…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It was…
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
The African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced that they would hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban, in an attempt to end…
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
General Motors (GM), the American owned automobile industry in South Africa, pulled out of the country amidst a series of disputes and strikes from workers…
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
Claas Blanc and Rijkaert Jacobsz were two prisoners on Robben Island who had been accused of ‘mutually perpetrated sodomy’ according to trial records from the…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and disappears. He went underground and…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
Bram Fischer, the former political activist was arrested in 1964 for being a member of the illegal organisation Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). He was…
EventRamaphosa announces his decision to leave parliament
Cyril Ramaphosa, secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announced his intention to resign from…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
After a two week judicial inquest under presiding magistrate Mr. Marthinus Prins, it was found that no particular person could be blamed for the death of Steve…
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
News 24 reported that South Africa's ambitious HIV/Aids treatment plan was lagging behind as the government struggled to plug a shortage of doctors and…
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
1955 The Freedom charter is adopted. This was the statement, charecterised by its demand that “ the people shall govern” that highlighted the main…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused…
EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
South African President P. W. Botha granted a reprieve to the "Sharpeville Six" (Reginald Sefatsa, Reid Mokoena, Moses Diniso, Theresa Ramashamole, Duma…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
Anti-apartheid cleric, Dr Richard Ambrose Reeves, Anglican (Church of the Province of South Africa) Bishop of Johannesburg, returned to South Africa from his…
ArchiveLetter from John Motshabi to Joe Slovo
Open letter from John Motshabi to Joe Slovo outlining his disagreement with opening membership to the African National Congress to all races.
ArchiveWe want to die here say aged
Newspaper article in which elders from Black communities express their opposition to being evicted from their homes and forced to move to Glenmore Township
ArchiveLetter from Jack Simons to Ronnie Kasrils
Letter from Jack Simons to Ronnie Kasrils in reply to letter of 11 February 1984 regarding FRELIMO and Mozambique and looking at a strategic approach to…
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to Botswana National Front
Letter from D Nokwe, African National Congress Secretary-General, to the Central Committee of the Botswana National Front, in reply to their accusation that…
ArchiveAddress to the workshop on fundraising Harare 26 to 27 May 1990 by T.T Nkobi, Treasurer General
Address to the workshop on fundraising Harare 26 to 27 May 1990 by T.T Nkobi, Treasurer General regarding the urgent need for funds.
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
Nine months after the collapse of Codesa II, twenty-six parties - the most representative gathering of South African political groups ever assembled for…
ArchiveLetter from Jack Simons to Comrade President
Handwritten letter from Jack Simons to Comrade President sent as a cover letter to his four page typescript comment (included) on the address of P W Botha to…
EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
The Berlin Airlift provided tons of supplies to war ravaged Berlin. Under the aid program known as the Marshall Plan, the USA supplied aid to the Western…
ArchiveLetter from Stanley Mabizela to Dear Comrade
Handwritten letter from Stanley Mabizela regarding the situation in Swaziland. Thanks ANC for the visit from Thabo Mbeki. Reports that Comrades Monare and…
A Declaration to the people of South Africa
This address is a declaration to the people of South Africa and begins by mentioning the Nazi-like tyranny under which the people of South Africa live. It is…
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
Situated on the west coast of Africa, the banks of the River Gambia have been inhabited for many centuries. The first known written record of The Gambia is a…
EventMandela asks for commitment to fight AIDS
Former President Nelson Mandela, speaking in a meeting of international dignitaries in Bangkok, Thailand, said he could not receive a better birthday gift the…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
The African National Congress has emphatically denounced attacks on foreign nationals in our country. We have further called on the people of Africa to unite…
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
Parliamentarian Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabs main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to death. A prior attempt on his life since…
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
President Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreated from the capital, Mmabatho, in the face of a popular uprising after he…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
With the wind of change powerfully blowing in South Africa, the National Party under the leadership of young but politically experienced F.W de Klerk, called…