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Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… sacrifice together in that struggle... Today I am pleased to introduce three who were captured [by the enemy] and who … Botswana/South Africa border... He…
EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
… engaged in cattle raids on neighbouring tribes, often to the detriment of his own people. In late 1853, Sekonyela's … dispersed or absorbed by the victors…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… The government announces that its aim, is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory … provided because it was deliberately made inferior to…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape … (which included his brother Marius), were well…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… (ANCYL), as well as the local ANC branch when he moved to Kimberley in 1948. When the Defiance Campaign started in 1952, Letele persuaded a number of…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… Stefanus and Abraham Bothma, were sentenced by the British to be hanged in public at Van Aardtspos. When they came to be hanged, however, four of the five…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… from Cape Town. During December 1915, it was decided to send the South African brigade to Egypt. Their brief campaign there was successful and they were sent…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… Tswana mineworker who later opened a cafe. Though exposed to politics at a young age - his father was a Cape voter and … Matthews devoted the first part of…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… reputedly addressed by her ancestors. Their message was to tell the AmaXhosa that their ancestors would rise from the dead on a certain day and also to…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… installed Moshoeshoe's son, king Letsie III. In attempt to bring political stability to Lesotho without negating the role of the king, presidents ……
EventDie Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time
… of White Afrikaners at the time. Dawie defined Apartheid to mean “apartness,” and in the case of South Africa, the … the theoretical and practical ideology…
PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
… Bantam . A man of great piety and culture who was exiled to the Cape in 1693 by the Dutch administration of the East … He is credited with the introduction…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… untimely death was not anticipated as they had travelled to worship. The ANC calls on all South Africans irrespective of faith or belief to extent a hand of…
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 … power and considers the factors that…
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
… Afrikaans University. This study directs its attention to the support that Zambia extended to the ANC in the struggle against apartheid. It examines … White…
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 … power so he dismantled the aircraft and shipped it to France. While…
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 … walk along a cement pathway (with…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… than 105 years! Kitson is on permanent loan from ESKOM to the South African National Railway And Steam Museum … (SANRASM) in Krugersdorp. Unfortunately…
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. … Court on constitutional grounds. The…
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 … member of the Black Sash in 1965…
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, … South Africa, as the establishment of…
EventThe Balfour Declaration is accepted
… Committee of the Declaration. It granted autonomous status to the communities within the British Empire. The Declaration … British Empire, equal in status,…
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…
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), … of thousands of anti-apartheid protesters. The decision to…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… in parliament a budget offering a large tax incentive to business, with emphasis directed to the Growth Domestic Products (GDP), which had fallen by 1 … but…
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
… came as a result of South Africa losing an interest to engage in battles in Angola and South West Africa (later … in the Angolan battles was influenced by…
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 … as a deacon in 1960, and became a priest in…