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ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… An address delivered by I B Tabata to the Society of Young Africa (SOYA); an organisation affiliated to the Unity Movement and consists mainly of young urban…
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
… developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and marks the point where incoming farmers were allowed to…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… the leadership of South African Indian Congress (SAIC) to recommend a massive defiance campaign to their respective annual conferences. The Defiance campaign…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… Atlanta Chiefs. After a few years abroad, Motaung returned to South Africa and immediately started proceedings to form his own team, to the disapproval of…
EventSA joins World War II
… September 1939, SA Prime Minister Gen. J.B. Hertzog tried to pass a resolution in parliament, proclaiming South … during the war. Hertzog's attempt was…
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… 108 of 1991, which scrapped the segregation laws relating to the use and occupation of land. The new act made provision to repeal and amend laws to abolish…
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
… of the Baobab in Gold for her "exceptional contribution to the economic upliftment of the underprivileged communities in the Eastern Cape and her commitment…
EventTrevor Manuel predicts SA economic growth
… boosted by infrastructure spending and low interest rates, to exceed 4 percent in the coming year. "Our outlook for … Manuel said at the World Economic Forum…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
… near Krugersdorp. The near-complete skeleton, belonging to the Australopithecus species, is 1.22 metre tall. Australopithecus preceded the genus Homo, to…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… of African Unity (now the African Union) which aims to encourage co-operation in all civil aviation activities in Africa. Furthermore, the body aims to…
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… dissatisfaction with the appointment British commissioners to rule the territory led to the Eighth Frontier War (1850-53). Sandile was deposed and … included…
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… British because victory would give them the opportunity to relieve the small town of Eshowe close to the Zulu capital Ulundi and guarantee victory against…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… Emmanuel Adebayor is a Togolese footballer. He was born to parents of Yoruba descent in the city of Lomé. After a talent scout spotted him playing, he was…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… Hayward was born in Johannesburg on 19 March 1909. He went to study in England where he met playwright Noel Coward who … and The Son of Monte Cristo. Sadly,…
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… team abroad was Belgian side, Racing Genk. He later moved to Spanish side Sevilla FC, before moving to Turkish side, Trabzonspor. He has been part of the…
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… soccer, but his height hindered his play, leading him to leave the sport for basketball. An American coach spotted Bol in action and convinced him to move…
EventMark Thatcher arrested
… Thatcher was accused of providing about $275 000 (R1.8m) to finance the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea.He denied any involvement and claimed to have been…
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… Daisy De Melker was a nurse believed to marry men, only to kill them for financial gain. She married three times and … large sums of money. She used the…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… against the Union government. About 700 women marched to the Bloemfontein City Council in the Orange Free State to petition the mayor. The Orange Free State…
ArchiveProposed joint statement on: call for national unity against apartheid and the emergency
… and the emergency as the state of emergency seeks to destroy the democratic organisations and thereby attempting to halt march to freedom …
ArchiveA blueprint for education
… (BPC) has drawn up a blueprint on education and intends to submit it to its national congress at the end of the year for approval before presenting it to the…
ArchiveThe relevance of Black Theology
… of the Black Theology in South Africa in relation to the question of colour, in relation to the heretical ecclesiology, and in relation to the proclamation…
ArchiveCoal not dole!: an exclusive interview with a British miner
… workers in regularly. This would mean about 1 500 to 2 000 per week is being produced, compared to a normal production of about 15 000 to 20 000 tons. …
Rafique Mayet
… of these pictures were published in a book called "An End to Waiting". He has also done an essay on Working Women for …
ArchiveAmended working principles
… Principles created by the United Democratic Front in order to run the organisation fairly and to keep things on the right track. It also explains everything…
Summary notes of a meeting between a South African and United States delegation on the question of South West Africa/Namibia: Geneva, 13 February 1986
… between a South African and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in southern Africa with regard to Dr Savimbi's visit to the United States,…
ArchiveStatement by United Democratic Front National Executive Committee on National Launching of the United Democratic Front
… a meeting on the 30th and 31st of July in Johannesburg to decide on the launch date and to define a common approach and policy in resistance to the…
ArchiveNative Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, Act No 48 of 1953
… The Act was to provide for the prevention and settlement of native labour … for the regulation of conditions of employment of natives; to amend the…
ArchiveNgizomxoxela umama ekhaya
… ngisebunzimeni Wakhala wakhala Esethi 'mtanami' I am going to speak to my mother at home To tell her I'm in trouble She cries, she cries And says: 'my …
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… are a very popular attraction and vary from very easy to quite challenging. The most strenuous one is a 5-day Hike … the Fish River Hiking Trail and offers…