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EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… United Democratic Front (UDF), was one of the participants in the Rainbow Debate at a heritage festival held in Eersterust Township, east of Pretoria. Boesak…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
… National Congress (ANC), led by their two presidents, met in Lusaka, the capital of the Republic of Zambia. Meeting in a cordial atmosphere, the two…
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
… and the ANC for having given me the opportunity to serve in public office during the last 14 years as the Deputy … in the decades before the attainment of…
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
… On this day, Zelda Grange was born in Pretoria, South Africa. She completed a 3-year National … started her career at the Department of State Expenditure in…
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… liberation movements was received with mixed feelings in-and outside Parliament. On 17 March, 1992, De Klerk succeeded in gaining the support of the White…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Alexander, Neville (1986), "Aspects of Non-Collaboration in the Western Cape 1943-1963 " , Social Dynamics, 12, 1, … self, M.A., University of Cape Town. Du…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement by the head of the ANC NEC policy sub-committee on the release of Policy Discussion documents, 05 March 2012
… will form the basis of our policy conference to be held in June this year. I am joined here by the chairpersons of … context of these documents is that they…
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… the streets of Johannesburg to mark the anniversary of the 1994 Shell House shootings during which eight IFP supporters … raised fears of clashes between…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 19 September 2003
… that we hold dear and which bind us together as enshrined in our Constitution. We also acknowledge and appreciate our … throughout the country. We have come…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. The Constitution is considered by many…
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… to set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1995. The Commission, based on the Promotion of National … what happened under apartheid between 1960…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… national and political storms. The event is curated by the SA History Online in association with the Centre for Humanities Research at the … as much as you…
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana’s incorporation following major unrest
… On 14 March, 1994, the Transitional Executive Council (TEC) management … Africa and clashed with the police. South African troops in armoured vehicles were…
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… as the new State President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. De Klerk had been Acting State President since … 1989, following the abdication of President P…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… In March 1961, at a Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers held in London, the South African Prime Minister, H.F. Verwoerd … the Union of South Africa,…
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… Bophuthatswana, retreated from the capital, Mmabatho, in the face of a popular uprising after he had tried to boycott participation in South Africa's first…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… Douglas Warden appointed to set up a British residency in the area. 26 March, Warden's troops, known as the Cape Riflemen, arrive in Bloemfontein. 1848 The…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… With the wind of change powerfully blowing in South Africa, the National Party under the leadership of … called for the opening of its membership to all…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem
… have to be tackled long before the end of this century in order to store the water, distribute and use it more … drought struck the Central Karoo town of…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… launched its 62nd Anniversary programme at a Gala Dinner in Midrand at the Gallagher Estate. The theme for this 62nd … challenge until freedom and democracy…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… came into effect on 15 March 1972. South Africa joined in September 1994 but the country took a little more time before ratifying … the African Union) which…
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
… National Coalition (WNC) Conference (25-27 February 1994), started in the World Trade Centre, Kempton Park. The conference …
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… South Africa's second president since democratic elections in 1994, Thabo Mbeki received an Honorary Doctorate from the …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt and his wife are sentenced to life imprisonment
… his second wife, Ruth, had been detained for questioning in connection with alleged espionage. Both Dieter and Ruth … released prior to the change of…
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… This rivalry reached its height during the run-up to the 1994 elections. Kwazulu-Natal as a former IFP stronghold had … Gunmen killed 11 people including a…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) … edge..." Contents…
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… graduation ceremony, especially as it marks the progress in achieving unity in the university, unity of purpose towards dealing with the … those that helped…
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… Bafana striker Philimon Masinga died at 49 years old in a Johannesburg hospital after a long battle with cancer. Masinga was born on 28 June 1969 in…
ArticleKora
… Where the first Chief Kora lived is unknown, but in early times, most Korana lived near the Gariep, Vaal and … late 17th century, when they trekked from…
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… Banda was the leader of Nyasaland which became Malawi in in 1964, with him as its president. Banda was born in Kasungu … presidency in 1993 when a referendum…