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EventThe Security Council begins deliberations on the situation in South Africa
… and segregation in the Union of South Africa". The move by the Security Council followed the event of 21 March, 1960, …
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… A fitting memorial erected on the sitewas unveiled by President Nelson Mandela. At the ceremony President Nelson …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
… than the one in western countries. It was also influenced by religion; there were certain rules that applied only to …
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… in East London City Hall. The South African TRC was set up by the Government of National Unity (the democratic …
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… people and the international community. He was succeeded by Frederick Chiluba. Since stepping down as president, …
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
… Frelimo Rallies in September 1974. The rallies were banned by then Justice Minister Jimmy Kruger. Still hundreds flocked …
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… for his tenure. The homestead was bought and restored by Désirée PICTON-SEYMOUR together with her husband, Michael …
Fosatu Worker News
… to encourage solidarity. Fosatu Worker News was preceded by Isisebenzi. Fosatu Worker News ceased publication in 1985. …
ArchiveFrank Talk
… the Azanian Peoples Organisation, was later published by an Editorial Collective, structured as an independent body …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… to authorities in the homelands. The secret activity by Sisulu and Nokwe was conducted at a very difficult time in …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former President M.T. Steyn, … niks nuuts', Tshwane-Beeld, 16 August, p. 4.|Martiz, L. (2007). …
WhatsYourHeritage
… and youth from the community to learn from and be inspired by leading experts from a variety of sectors. In …
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Fatima Meer
… Every time I land at Durban Airport, I am haunted by the memory of Fatima Meer – my dearest friend, sister and … was at a great cost to her. During the 1976…
Bantu Education boycott
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner - 'The Bantu Education … the schools, but now all the schools were going to be…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… that indicate the area was a kraal that was inhabited by the early farmers. Write a diary entry, explaining your …
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
… a significant political event. They met and were addressed by U Thant, the Secretary-General. They now have 11 months in … all inhabitants of whatever colour…
Chapter 2
… been a struggle waged in military form against conquest by what was then the invader. It had been a struggle in … not organisations. The tribal system-be it…
EventANC founder John Dube’s daughter passed away
… fighter. Lulu Dube also known as Mama Lulu is survived by three daughters, two sons, thirteen grandchildren and two …
PlaceZonderwater
… The Prison was once the largest prisoner of war camps by the Allies! Zonderwater was set up in 1941, during World …
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… to protect the filmmakers; it was shown in the townships by comrades It has been remastered from the original 16mm …
Soweto: urban politics, poverty and race in apartheid society
… in which these are created, (or fail to be created) by the urban poor, with the manner in which they, as …
ArchiveWhere do we stand?: APDUSA and a nation free of race hatred and oppression
… for their own protection. APDUSA wishes to reply by stating where they belong; and that there are only two …
PlaceWelgelegen Farm, Stellenbosch
… 4x4 Trails are open 7 days a Week, (weather dependent). By booking only. Four vehicles minimum. +- 9 km long Trail …
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… the line (November 1913), Mahatma Gandhi was confronted by Security police as he led striking Indian mineworkers, …
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
… policies. At one stage South African goods were boycotted by some western countries and in 1960 African countries …
EventZola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collide accidentally during the 3000m in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
… continue with the race. The crowd expressed their anger by booing Budd, who continued on to finish seventh. Budd …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… to seize control of Alexandra, render it ungovernable by the state, forming people’s courts, and acting as the …
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… came a few months after the SACC was constituted in 1968. By then the National Party had been governing the country for …
EventThe first part of the South African Press Commission’s report is tabled in parliament
… Press Commission's first report was tabled in parliament by the Minister of the Interior, de Klerk. The report, which … Times , (1964), ‘SOUTH AFRICANS CLASH…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… harm the ozone layer.” The convention has been ratified by 196 states, including South Africa. …