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EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… where she met Oliver Tambo. The Tambos' were married in December 1956, and in 1960, they were asked by the ANC to continue their work … served as a member in…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term ‘Bantu has gone through various shifts in…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in Johannesburg , started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in Skinner Street, Pretoria . This ……
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… led to South Africa’s first non-racial polls on 27 April 1994. His announcement came at the time when the party … experiencing difficulty due to infighting…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature on Indian South Africans forms … indentured labourers and the birth of…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… photography we must consider the historical moment in which resistance photography in South Africa came into … Repression in South Africa (Cape Town: Phillip…
Post-Election Political Violence
… Max Coleman As South Africa went to the polls on 27 April 1994, many voters must have wondered what the future would hold. After 4 years of unremitting…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act enforced segregation of all public facilities, including buildings, and…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… South African National Art Gallery. Source: www.sa-venues.com This Gallery is located in Cape Town. It was started in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… and the invasion of Czechoslovakia - culminated in the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. This … is generally held to be the starting date of…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… to do business with one another." At their next meeting in February of 1990, the two discussed Mandela's imminent … constitution and our first democratic…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… open spaces and with separate access roads” (Christopher, 1994: 38) The Black (Native) Affairs Act is Passed. The … for the SANNC. His duties include touring…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The organisation was founded by … with South Africa becoming the 53rd member on…
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… 1923 A Helots’ Bill of Rights First Published: Editorial in The International, June 1, 1923. Transcribed: by Dominic … descent, must associate himself with…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… the Boers (Voortrekkers) who came from the Cape Colony in the Great Trek settled just north of the Orange River, … declared the area the Orange Free State, a…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… This Day in History, African National Congress (ANC) executive member in charge of youth affairs, J.J. Hadebe replied to Thabo … President after Nelson…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… ‘The CPSA are the only people who are with us in spirit’, Gumede in Brussels, 1927. INTRODUCTION The focus … right through the historic nonracial elections…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was born in Bondo, Nyanza Province in Kenya in 1912. Odinga was a member of the second largest … to allow for opposition parties…
Isitwalandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014
… of the people, on those who distinguished themselves in the eyes of all the people for exceptional qualities of … Isithwalandwe / Seaparankoe, at the…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… The civil war in Somalia during 1980-1990 resulted in an enormous humanitarian crisis with more than 300 000 … they had suffered, withdrew their troops on…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… The ANC’s iconic Shell House in downtown Johannesburg, where Nelson Mandela planned the … House was the ANC’s first Headquarters after its Unbanning in 1990,…
EventHolomisa on corruption
… Holomisa's charge of accepting payments from Sol Kerzner. In May 1996, Bantu Holomisa, former ruler of Transkei and … rand to the African National Congress …
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… photography business - Industrial Photography (Pty) Ltd - in Cape Town . Photographer, Ernest Cole , starts his career … in Europe. He returned to South…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… Zuma was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African … active member of its military wing, uMkhonto…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… began two days after the first ever democratic elections in South Africa. Nearly 20 million people participated in South Africa’s first democratic elections…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… former political and trade union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one of the chief negotiators at the … path for the first democratic elections on…
ArchiveWhy should I vote for the ANC?
… produced by the ANC Cape Town Central Branch, for the 1994 elections. …
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… of the Transvaal University College (TUC), situated in Johannesburg, started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in Skinner Street, Pretoria . This … the…
ArchiveBeware of Kriel's 'new' NP
… safety issues and violence published by the ANC for the 1994 elections. …
ArchiveA better life for all
… by the Department of Information and Publicity for the 1994 elections. …