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The Trust Feed Massacre
… the lives of the close-knit community of Trust Feeds, a rural village near New Hanover in the Natal Midlands. On 15 October a group of people, mostly women,…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 December would annually be … of Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) was not…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… South African in the 17th century, the island was used to isolated people that were considered unwanted elements in … countries. When the British took…
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
… In January 1995 an advertising campaign was launched to elicit public views on what should be in the Constitution. … power-sharing arrangements giving…
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… The Free State National Botanical Garden dates back to 1965. During the 1963 Kirstenbosch Jubilee Year Tour it was decided that the Free State warranted a…
PlaceClearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
… Kramer , of the London Missionary Society, established a Missionary Station, among the Griqua at Leeuwenkuil . The … In about 1805 they moved the Missionary…
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… and other infectious diseases. The Temple was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 September … impressive Gopuram among Hindu…
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape II)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand in hand and fight side by side to make a better future in South Africa for…
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape I)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand in hand and fight side by side to make a better future in South Africa for…
ArchiveSearch warrant
… Search warrant to search the United Democratic Front premises and to seize articles such as documents, minutes, correspondence, video-cassettes, related to…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… that the cessation of hostilities by all protagonists is a precondition for the evasive attempt to save lives and bringing about lasting peace. We call on…
Beyond the barricades: the 1985 schools boycott and the vicissitudes of the Athlone Students Action Committee(ASAC)
… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the … at the University of Cape Town. This dissertation seeks to explore the schools boycott experience in…
EventMafika Gwala born
… Soon after joining the University of Zululand, he chose to rather devote his time to political activities firstly … Gwala began to write his first poetry and…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in time to attend the Round Table Conference in Brussels, where his … independence, which it gained from Belgium…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… born on 13 December 1952 in Newclare, Johannesburg. He was a self- taught artist, who learned and benefited greatly from … One of his mentors was Harold…
EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… Benito Mussolini determined to establish an Italian empire and to avenge Italy's defeat in 1896 at Adwa by the Eritreans invades Eritrea. A border clash at…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… Regulation Act in the wake of wide-spread labour unrest to set up a limited system of collective bargaining rights for Blacks. … were not interested in…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… that the English Cricket Council reverse its decision to invite the South African cricket team on tour. This was as a result of the reaction caused by the…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, representatives of … organisations meet at the Presidential Job Summit to discuss ways to create jobs in…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… A Ghanaian citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of ……
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
… body which preceded the United Nations, agreed to hand over three former German colonies as mandates. … of the German colony Deutsche Ostafrika, was…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… of the University of Plymouth, was born in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His … on to study medicine and Physical…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… Joshua Nkomo, Ndebele nationalist leader, is served with a restriction order that affects his freedom of movement and … in Southern Rhodesia. This came after…
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… in 2001 and was known as Africa Malaria Day. Subsequent to a proposal made by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Member States at a meeting held during the…
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… war presented South Africa with long sought opportunity to pursue its ambitions to incorporate the German protectorate of South West Africa, … under the…
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… through their spokesperson, Salvador Mkhari threatened to resume the armed struggle unless their demands, which were … The African National Congress (ANC)…
ArchiveNatives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954
… The Act was to provide for the removal of natives from any area in the … and their settlement elsewhere, and for that purpose to establish a board and to…
ArchiveThe struggle for trade unions
… When workers come together and decide to form an organisation to help them at their work, this organisation is called a trade union. But, as we will see it…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the twentieth anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union, 01 July 1974
… greetings and profound feelings of brotherly friendship to all the members of the Tanganyika African National Union, … was hoisted on the 13th December, 1962…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… greetings and profound feelings of brotherly friendship to all the members of the Tanganyika African National Union, … was hoisted on the 13th December, 1962…