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Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
… Mtolo, saboteur, for the prosecution Direct Examination by Percy Yutar: Yutar: Bruno, are you a sabateur? Mtolo: … the Bantu people. We had been…
EventDarrell Roodt was born on this day
… of Weeping is one of the first anti-Apartheid films made by a South African. One of his most memorable films is …
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… Albert Luthuli House, 54 Sauer Street, Johannesburg Issued by Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress …
EventThe first legal photograph of Nelson Mandela released.
… titled ‘Talking to the ANC’. The booklet was produced by the Bureau of information, revealing all the political …
WhatsYourHeritage
… and youth from the community to learn from and be inspired by leading experts from a variety of sectors. In …
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… The Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in …
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… in an unequal sodciety where the land and wealth are owned by the minority; Young men are conscripted to maintain the …
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… address in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Herbert Frankel in which he reflects on civilisation and …
ArchivePenal reform and race relations
… This address delivered by Winifred Hoernle is the fourth in the series of the …
Rixaka
… arts, film, poetry, literature, were explored as means by which the spirit of revolt among the broad masses could …
EventHuman Rights Day is celebrated for the first time in South Africa
… This gross violation of human life happened when a march by ordinary South Africans protesting the Pass Laws turned …
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… and anti-colonial foreign policy. He is still seen by many throughout the Arab World as a symbol of Arab dignity …
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… 2005. Gomes’318.25m plunge beat the record of 313m, set by Mark Ellyatt in Thailand in 2003. His target was a depth …
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… found himself back in school when he was awarded a bursary by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) to …
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana’s incorporation following major unrest
… clashes in the homeland. Mangope was removed from office by South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha and TEC member …
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… Many Natives turned a deaf ear to the warning made by the Minister of Justice Mr. Erusmas. He cautioned that …
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… Republican Referendum Bill was introduced to Parliament by the Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs P.W. Botha. The …
EventSouth African poet Vincent Oliphant is born
… he received the second prize in a poetry competition held by Concept, a Belgian cultural organisation and the following …
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… the All African National Congress, united and inspired by common principles and a common programme of action for the …
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… Areas. Like District Six and Sophiatown, it was destroyed by the Group Areas Act from the 1960s, leading to fierce …
EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… In 1970 he was awarded a travel scholarship sponsored by United States/South Africa Leadership Exchange Programme …
EventThe South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu
… improve facilities in those areas. The statement was made by the Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Gerrit …
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… there taken to Robben Island. The nine were first detained by Security Police in October 1974, following a Viva FRELIMO …
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
… Louise, Nicolette Anne, and Elizabeth Rebecca) were born by caesarian section. They were born at Mowbray Maternity …
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
… came seven years into sanctions placed on South Africa by the United Nations. South Africa's involvement in the …
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
… joined the protests. Wits students took the matter further by marching to the Union Buildings to hand in their letter of …
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… He escaped the death sentence after being declared insane by state psychiatrists. He was sentenced to solitary …
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… move followed a storm of criticism for its racial policies by Commonwealth members. The invitation came at a time when … 24 October 2013]| Worldmark…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… asassinated in Paris. She was shot five times in the back by an assassin just after collecting her mail and opening the …
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… and ethnic division of people. The dispute was initiated by the prison escape of Charles Sebe and other senior …