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ANC caucus statement on death of Adelaide Tambo, 01 February 2007
ANC Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces, who began the three day National Caucus Lekgotla this morning,…
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 Mandela was convicted of…
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
Different articles on NUM, as Anglo American Corporation yesterday appeal to the National Union of Mines workers to resume talks aimed at ending then two-week…
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
South African engineer, Nuno Gomes, entered the Guinness Book of Records for mankind’s deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes’318.25m plunge beat the record…
EventMass arrests in Pondoland
Justice Minister Francios Christiaan Erasmus informed the National Assembly that 4 769 Africans, 2 Europeans and 2 others had been taken into custody during…
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
The denial of South Africa's involvement in arms dealing with the former Rwandan Army came seven years into sanctions placed on South Africa by the United…
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
More than 200 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) embarked on a "sit in" to protest against government intervention that forced the university to…
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
The government of Ciskei introduced the National Security Decree No 19 as an attempt to curb the pressure of the increasing calls for the end of the Ciskei…
EventTutu and Mkhatshwa join solidarity fast
Bishop Desmond Tutu of the Anglican Church, and Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa of the Catholic Church, held a morning-to-sunset hunger strike to support the…
EventFamine anniversary in Ethiopia
Following major American television's first airing of the famine crisis in Ethiopia, the world celebrated the day as famine anniversary. The day was used to…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
Robert Moffat, missionary of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman and father-in-law of Dr David Livingstone, was born in Ormiston, Scotland, to a working…
Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son
Simon van der Stel, who became commander of the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor in 1691, was succeeded by his eldest son, Willem Adriaan…
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 American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es…
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
Lawyers representing the government announced on 14 August 1998 that they were suing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela…
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 £400,000 Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament in Houghton,…
EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
The Cullinan diamond was cut into two big stones, The Star of Africa and the Cullinan 2, as well as seven fairly big stones and ninety-six small stones. The…
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Jacobus "Koos" De la Rey defeated and captured Gen. Lord Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Transvaal in…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
Sir Alfred Milner became High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of the Cape Province in 1897. His efforts to gain political rights for the "Uitlanders…
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
The Republic 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…
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
On 4 June 1996, Kudirat Abiola the wife of Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian President, was gunned down at close range by three unknown men while she was…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South African occupying forces at…
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
The inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett was adjourned until 20 September. This was after the Court was told by…
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
The Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) was formed, with 9 affiliates. CUSA originated from the Urban Training Project and the Consultative Committee of…
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
Kwame Nkrumah became the first prime minister and president of Ghana in 1957 until 1966.Ghana (formerly known as The Gold Coast) gained its independence and…
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
This was the first piece of legislation introduced to support the government’s policy of separate development. It made provision for the establishment of…
Fosatu Worker News
Fosatu Worker News was first published in 1979 with the formation of the Federation of South African Trade Unions and was distributed amongst all union members…
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
Izwi lase Township was published by Ditshwantsho tsa Rona. It offered notes and views about current and past events. Though mainly concerned with Alexandra,…
The strangulation of activity
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The classical freedoms of association, assembly and…
ArchiveWorkers Library Launch 22 OCtober 1988 Tape
Speeches and cultural performance to launch the Workers Library and to explain how the Workers library came about and to describe it aims.
ArchiveStephen Sihewula was the applicant
Government responses to applications by the Mfengu people to return to their land in the Humansdorp-Tsitsikamma area from which they were forcibly removed.