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ArchiveSouth African political prison-literature between 1948 and 1990: the prisoner as writer and political commentator
… thesis examines the National Party's policy pertaining to the holding of political prisoners and discusses the work … and power and considers the factors…
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
… A short dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the … Afrikaans University. This study directs its attention to the support that Zambia extended to…
ArchiveSouth African trade unionism in an era of racial exclusion
… the currency of the Industrial Conciliation Act from 1924 to 1979, and of state labour policy of direct relevance to worker organisation. It considers in…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… In 1907, four years prior to flying on his aeroplane in Kimberley, John Weston embarked … and shipped it to France. While in France he fitted a Gnome rotary…
PlaceMac-mac falls
… in the Mpumalanga tour route, its shimmering waters plunge to a depth of 65m. The Mac mac Falls is 13 km from Sabie on the … The turnoff and parking area is…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… A mobile South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is … than 105 years! Kitson is on permanent loan from ESKOM to the South African National Railway…
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… Members of the South African Industrial Federation (SAIF), a miners union for people socially constructed as 'white', … mining district. They were protesting…
EventFourth Nuclear bomb test by France in the Sahara
… its fourth nuclear bomb test in the Sahara Desert. Adding to the tension of the time, was an underlyingFrench ambition to lead Europe and potentially become…
EventThe Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act commences
… 1951 Separate Representation of Voters Act No 46 of 1951 to remove Coloureds from the common voters roll in the Cape. … the required majority votes, which…
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… on 19 January 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She moved to South Africa in 1961, and upon witnessing the injustices of Apartheid, became a member of the…
EventThe first OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg
… and President Streets in Johannesburg. OK Bazaars went on to gain success as a general store throughout South Africa, and became a household name. In 1929,…
EventThe Balfour Declaration is accepted
… Committee of the Declaration. It granted autonomous status to the communities within the British Empire. The Declaration … of their domestic or external…
EventSasol I, NATREF and Sasol II are under attack
… at Sasol I and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol II in Secunda to coincide with Republic Day. Reconnaissance for the attacks … we Sizwe and two groups of cadres…
EventDemocratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms
… (DP), formed when factions from various opposition parties to the National Party (NP) merged, indicates that it represents a coalition of the policies of the…
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… who founded the Pratley research group (PTY) and went on to invent Pratley Putty in the early 1960's. Pratley Putty … landing craft and is the only South…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… The multiparty negotiating forum agreed to repeal section 29 of the Internal Security Act (ISA), … Bopthuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei was just one of a series…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… Finance Minister Barend du Plesis presented in parliament a budget offering a large tax incentive to business, with emphasis directed to the Growth Domestic …
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
… Savimbi led guerrilla forces UNITA. The withdrawal came as a result of South Africa losing an interest to engage in battles in Angola and South West Africa …
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… of Cape Town. The former teacher, whose decision to leave the profession was prompted by the implementation of … the Anglican Church in South Africa. Tutu…
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… Miloon Kothari, a United Nations (UN) housing expert, said most of those … it can get," he said in Geneva. He deplored what he called a "shocking" lack of…
Event14 Year old girl is convicted in Pietermaritzburg High Court
… African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) reported that a fourteen year old girl has been found guilty in the … Pietermaritzburg High Court of murdering Radha…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… fugitive, was captured in Nelspruit. He was arrested at a roadblock in Nelspruit near South Africa's border with … Swaziland and Mozambique late on Tuesday…
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… and other officials were cleared of all charges relating to the murder of thirteen people in KwaMakutha in 1987. The … on allegations that the former…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… Lehurutshe, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). A break in Mohl’s career came when he was attending school in … Rev. Hale of the London Missionary…
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… marriage, making South Africa the first African country to do so and one of only a few in the world at the time. MPs from the African National … except the…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… complied with the minister's deadline and returned to camp. The trainees cited their unhappiness with the slow … of the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… Born to Indian Emigrants from Tamil Nadu, India, Mudaliar grew up … under. When Mudaliar was sixteen she joined her mother and a large group of other women…
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
… Johnny Clegg was born in England in 1953 to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He left England for Zimbabwe where he … immigrated to South Africa…
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… kidnapped and sold into slavery. The slave trade took him to places such as South America, the Caribbean islands and … of his slave masters had taught…
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… Todd Tozama Matshikiza was born to a musical family in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on 7 … 1921. He obtained music and teaching diplomas and took up a…