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Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… this turning point the political climate was balanced on a knife’s edge..." Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - The …
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the …
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… than 100 000 people were employed to collect information on persons and households throughout the country, using a …
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… Cala, Transkei Allegedly shot several times by police on the outskirts of Cala. 18 October Ramalepe, Ngwako …
ArticlePan-Africanism
… could unite politically and economically. Nkrumah went on to lead the movement for independence in Ghana, which came …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… 8th, 1996 - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 84th Anniversary of the ANC January …
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
… and Darrenwood. The leafy suburb lies predominantly on a slope, its pretty houses, many of which have been recently restored, positioned on a grid of…
PlaceSophiatown
… the Act was passed to remove Blacks from Sophiatown. On 9 February 1955, the head of the South African state, D F … of Soweto, where the NP established a…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… enslavement. YOU SHOULD BOYCOTT: - I.BECAUSE to vote on an aparte voters' roll for White "Coloured … political apartheid and therefore every form of…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… forcibly removed from Brown’s Farm and sent to Crossroads. On their arrival they found only a bush and had to erect … 'witdoeke' were armed with weapons, and…
EventJody Scheckter
… On 29 January 1950 Jody David Scheckter was born in East …
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… its apartheid system are living, perhaps even thriving, on borrowed time. Tomorrow is our day. Oliver R. Tambo …
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… On 4 June 1986, two African National Congress members, Sipho …
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… a call for the unbanning of the African National Congress on 5 June 1986. The UDF issued the call a few days after the …
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… Soutpansberg under the ZAR. The ruins of his Residence, on the Western Bank of the Phabenspruit are 16 km North-West …
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… water culverts and widely spaced thatched houses situated on the street edge, with all the official buildings located …
EventUDF is launched
… Community Centre in Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town on 20 August 1983. Its inception was inspired by the union of …
PlaceElsie’s River
… The railway line from Cape Town reached Elsie's River on 13 February 1862. In 1980 the Suburb became a scene of …
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 February 1961. Riebeeck Square (block bounded by …
EventANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban
… On 13 August 1970, pamphlet bombs which scattered …
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… On 6 August 1960, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, …
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… disenfranchised cut across ethnicity and had to be fought on a broad united front. He gave the formidable Natal Indian …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years old … [online] Available at: www…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South … [online] Available at: www.kaizerchiefs.com [Accessed on 5 October…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… On 6 March 1957, the Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, died on this day at the age of 69. Founder and leader of the …
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… On 22 August 1984 the United Democratic Front, an internal …
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
… shotgun, which resulted in him being shot. He died on the wet driveway to his apartment block while waiting for … [online], Available at: www.brightreview.co…
EventConnie Mulder resigns as a result of his involvement in plot to sell apartheid propaganda
… On 24 January 1979, the Minister of Information, Connie … '[Online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za , [Accessed on 17 December 2013] …
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… in Soweto schools was noticed by government authorities on 4 June. The students were unhappy about being compelled to …