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Restoration of SA citizenship, announced by parliament on 15 December 1993, becomes effective. More than seven million people i
… Restoration of SA citizenship, announced by parliament on 15 December …
James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis
… Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General …
Several ANC members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. A further group of seventeen
… (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … the country voluntarily for Mozambique. A…
The Centre against Apartheid is established in the United Nations Secretariat, with E. S. Reddy, Chief of Section for African A
… in the United Nations Secretariat, with E. S. Reddy, Chief of Section for African A …
The Weights and Measures Bill, providing for the metrification of weights and measures, thereby introducing the metric system,
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … Weights and Measures Bill, providing for the…
Johannes Frederik Janse van Rensburg (Hans) is appointed as leader of the Ossewabrandwag (OB), an Afrikaner cultural movement,
… Frederik Janse van Rensburg (Hans) is appointed as leader of the Ossewabrandwag (OB), an Afrikaner cultural movement, …
Exxon Corporation becomes the first major international oil company to withdraw from South Africa because of racial policies.
… oil company to withdraw from South Africa because of racial policies. …
Eleven residents are killed by vigilantes in clashes between ‘Fathers’ and ‘Comrades’, following the killing of a community cou
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee. … between ‘Fathers’ and ‘Comrades’,…
Winnie Mandela is arrested for contravening a banning order prohibiting her from being in the magisterial district of Johannesb
… prohibiting her from being in the magisterial district of Johannesb …
Cariango, Angola is taken by Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, (MPLA, Popular Liberation Movement of Angola) guerril
… Libertação de Angola, (MPLA, Popular Liberation Movement of Angola) guerril …
The possessions of Piet Retief and about 100 men who were murdered in February by Dingane, is auctioned.
… The possessions of Piet Retief and about 100 men who were murdered in …
Dr Petrus Stephanus Zacharias Coetzee, first assessor of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), is born at Blaauboschfontein, Boshof
… Human & Rousseau | Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences … Dr Petrus Stephanus Zacharias Coetzee, first…
The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development leaves Malawi after a four-day visit during which cooperation between nati
… The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development leaves Malawi after a …
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… 'On 7 August 1993, Eugene Terreblanche, the leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), had just been given the freedom of the White section of the…
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… Distinguished guests and delegates, In the evolution of mankind, humanity came to realise that life for each one of us can be full only if it is based on the…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… Naval Academy in Saldanha Bay in 1956, winning the Sword of Honour. In 1962 he attended a Royal Navy mine school in … continue his career in the South…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… however, this changed once he was introduced to a number of African writers who ignited his passion for literature. … It was at this time that Chakela…
ArticleThe Big Debate
… is a national forum that brings together all sectors of society, including government, civil society, the private … issues affecting South Africa. Season 10…
ArticleRock Art
… albuminous binding media. The paintings consisted mainly of human figures, animals and some abstract figures with … across the sky, which when captured, is…
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… single package. I hope you will not create the impression of being"ultra left" as a result. Perhaps you could make some … realise fully. This is why I still…
Statement at Press Conference in Dar es Salaam Concerning Sentences in the Rivinia Trial by O. R. Tambo, 12 June 1964
… trial which since last year, has been the focal point of world attention. The judge in the trial has done his … everywhere, to organisations and…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… The African National Congress is a fundamental feature of a stage in the evolutionary process of the African people … New branches have been established at…
Document 6 - M. Lopes, “Socialism and the Labour Party”, The Bolshevik, April 1920
… Labour Party", The Bolshevik, April 1920 In a recent issue of our esteemed contemporary, the International, appeared a … the lower unskilled sections of the…
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
… necessity to crush them. "By the Women's Enfranchisement Act of 1930, which gave the vote to white women only (despite … poverty, malnutrition, broken…
Eldorado Park, a Township of Johannesburg/Soweto
… The District located in the Province of Gauteng , near Johannesburg . Since 1973 there has been … of the Area, due to demand of more housing. In 1965, the…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… bullets, Africans fought grimly in defence of their land and their national independence. The armed struggle was … Representative Council, the Transkeian…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… Sir, Sons and Daughters of Afrika! Mr. Speaker as already informed you that we had … of the world; America and Russia cover huge tracts of land territorially…
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… The sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917 became one of South … including 607 black troops serving in the South African Native Labour Contingent, died…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… their opposition to the racist and colonial domination of the people of South Africa by an increasingly fascist white minority. … these police statements,…
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… March 20, 1602 marked the beginning of the inexorable end for many a state in the then known … of tea and spices. In this memorandum the quality of the land…