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Comrade Keith Khoza`s father being buried on Saturday, 3 February 2011
… The African National Congress (ANC) sends its condolences to its communications manager Keith Khoza and his family for … Saturday, 29 January 2011, is…
ANC caucus statement on death of Adelaide Tambo, 01 February 2007
… icon and one of our movement`s veterans, Adelaide Tambo. A moment of silence was held in tribute to Adelaide Tambo`s unflagging dedication to the eradication…
EventThe first legal photograph of Nelson Mandela released.
… Nelson Mandela was a member of the banned African National Congress and a famous black political prisoner in South Africa. In 1964 … convicted of sabotage in…
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… on NUM, as Anglo American Corporation yesterday appeal to the National Union of Mines workers to resume talks aimed … protest march , but also encourage…
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… set by Mark Ellyatt in Thailand in 2003. His target was a depth of 320, but he only managed 318.25, which still proved good enough for a world record. It…
EventMass arrests in Pondoland
… into custody during the recent disturbances from November to December 1960 in Pondoland , with 2 067 eventually brought to trial. While the South African…
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
… the UN arms and oil embargo on South Africa. According to the Human Rights Watch report of May 1995, the National … at Rwanda, and presents evidence that P…
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
… students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) embarked on a "sit in" to protest against government intervention that forced the … university to rescind on…
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… the National Security Decree No 19 as an attempt to curb the pressure of the increasing calls for the end of … 20 people was unlawful unless the written…
EventTutu and Mkhatshwa join solidarity fast
… Smangaliso Mkhatshwa of the Catholic Church, held a morning-to-sunset hunger strike to support the hunger strike of prisoners held under the …
EventFamine anniversary in Ethiopia
… celebrated the day as famine anniversary. The day was used to mark the end of famine and the successful international food aid. More than 50 000 people had a…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… of Dr David Livingstone, was born in Ormiston, Scotland, to a working class family. He was trained as a gardener and worked at High Leah, near Liverpool. At…
Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son
… commander of the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor in 1691, was succeeded by his eldest son, Willem … sheep-farmer. Because of Adriaan's…
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
… The 26-year-old Tanzanian, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a prime suspect in the bombing of two United States of … and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1998, pleaded not…
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
… of government property she had allegedly misused or failed to return after being dismissed as Deputy Minister of Arts, … conduct in the public. Following…
EventTony Johnstone wins Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament.
… The Zimbabwean golfer Tony Johnstone ended a six-year drought on the European Tour when he won the … tournament in Houghton, Johannesburg. Johnstone managed…
EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
… ninety-six small stones. The cutting of the diamond was a major event. It took experts about three months to decide on how to cut it and what shape to give…
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
… in the last important battle won by the Boer forces. A wounded Methuen and more than 870 British soldiers were … responsible for misconduct at the farmhouse,…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… and Governor of the Cape Province in 1897. His efforts to gain political rights for the "Uitlanders" (foreigners who … Republic (Transvaal). With his rigid…
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
… of Goshen with its capital in Lichtenburg is founded by a group of Afrikaner farmers on land allocated to them by Chief Matlaba, of the Barolong boo Rapulana…
EventIdi Amin Dada releases the Americans held hostage in Uganda
… leave the country. Almost three months later, Amin went to hiding after being wounded following an assassination … were grabbed and taken out into the…
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
… range by three unknown men while she was travelling in a car. Abiola’s driver died with her, but her personal assistant Michael Adeshina managed to escape…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South African occupying forces at Omugulugwombashe in northern Namibia. In 1973 a…
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
… withheld statements by Dr. Aggett. The police claimed to have done so because the statements contained secret information relating to the South African…
EventMannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
… Mannetjie Coetzer and his family had gone to the Kunene River in Namibia on a trip that they had planned for three years. The Kunene … is located on the…
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… Committee of Black Trade Unions. Initially it appeared to be more conservative than the other organisations which … Unions belonging to CUSA used plant-level…
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
… as The Gold Coast) gained its independence and became a republic in 1960. Nkrumah was a founder of the Convention People’s Party. Nkrumah … attempts were…
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
… This was the first piece of legislation introduced to support the government’s policy of separate development. … Tribal Authorities were set up and positions…
Fosatu Worker News
… the strength of workers united in their determination to obtain better wages, shorter working hours and basic worker rights. Boycotts and strikes to protest…
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
… location of Ditshwantsho, it held that Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in the general struggle of the country as a whole. The underlying…