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Statement by Oliver Tambo on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of experts for the support of victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa Mobilise world support for African Liberation struggle, 09 April 1973, OSLO
… praised the Norwegian Government for its courageous stand in NATO, where it clearly expressed its opposition to … the Organisation of African Unity and the…
EventAndrew Vusi Fasedemi is born
… Fasedemi, businessman and marketing strategist was born in Cardiff, Wales. He is managing director of several … at Cadbury, Nigeria, before he came to South…
EventPius Langa is born
… of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). In October 1994, Langa was appointed as Judge…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Anglo-Boer War that began in 1899. The Treaty is signed between Boer and British … election should take place no later than…
EventDerek Hanekom is born
… of the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs was born in Cape Town. He was apponited Agricultural ministry by South … democratically elected president…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban intervention in Angola is one of the turning points in Southern African History. It led to the movement of ……
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
… (ANC) National Executive Committee member, was born in Tauyatswala, a small village near Pietersburg (now Polokwane). In 1980, six months after he was denied…
EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… In May 1994, Justice Richard Goldstone called for the … as part of the healing process. This was brought into law in 1995 as the Truth and Reconciliation…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… Newlands hosted its first test match in March 1889, only five years after test cricket was first … - easily a record at the time. England won at Newlands in…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… intellectual frameworks with which modern writers exist in a dialogue. His current project explores the legacies of mid-17th century philosophy in Jamaica…
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… The defeat of the FF Plus motion paved way for the voting in of the new president by parliament through secret ballot … 11 cabinet ministers and three deputy…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… facing South Africa and the world today has its roots in: (1) the barbarism and injustices of market supremacism, … – September 9, 1976), also known as…
EventCODESA’s starting date is set
… from twenty groups agreed, after preparatory talks in Johannesburg, on a date for the start of substantive … a Democratic South Africa (CODESA). Its' opening…
PlaceGazankulu
… was the homeland of the Shangaan and Tsonga people in South Africa. It was divided over two territories, west of … from South Africa, but was granted self…
EventPik Botha is born
… Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha , Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of President F.W. de Klerk was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… Abstract Through the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic transition in South Africa has … the 111 women politicians who…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… Natal. Ngubane occupied many high political positions in the IFP and other spheres of government. He was minister of arts, culture and technology in…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… Rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen, at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. After a long battle with Motor Neuron Disease (MND), Joost was rushed to hospital on…
EventMandela meets Taiwanese Foreign Minister
… a friendly official relationship with Taiwan post-1994 and was duly rewarded with economic aid this changed in 1996. South Africa decided to move closer…
EventJakes Gerwel is born
… Gerwel, distinguished academic and politician, was born in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Cape. He has … of the University of the Western Cape, 1987…
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… of the Freedom Alliance (FA). Viljoen cited AWB behaviour in Bophuthatswana and doubted that he could ever work with … again. After he broke ranks with the…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati was born in Tlapeng Village, few kilometres from Ganyesa in … transition with the government at Groote Schuur. In 1994 she was…
EventTony Leon is born
… leader of the Democratic Alliance - Tony Leon was born in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of …
EventSouth African Police announce arrest of serial killer
… The South African Police in Pretoria announced the arrest of Moses Sithole, named the … Sithole, thirty-one years of age at the time, was arrested in…
Congress of the People - I was there
… liberation of their country from the yoke of apartheid. In the Freedom Charter they set out the details of the kind … the country comprising the African…
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… Rev. Robert Selby Taylor was born in the United Kingdom in 1909. His parents later sent him to New Zealand in the … he retired, Taylor had served as a Bishop…
ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the … under extremely trying conditions. Women predominate…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… (or place of the Ndebele) was granted self-government in 1984 and was intended to be the new home for the Transvaal Ndebele people. It was established in…
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… Congress (ANC) celebrated its 90th Anniversary at a rally in Kings Park Stadium, Durban. ANC President Thabo Mbeki addressed the masses that came out in…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms of the Bantustan policy. The policy assigned every … KaNgwane was the homeland of the Swazi…