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EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… Africa. Built between 1666 and 1679, the castle replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Commander Jan van Riebeeck in 1652, upon establishing a…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… The first European known to set foot on South African soil was Bartholomew (or … During this voyage, strong winds forced him to sail over a thousand…
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
… While the cross examination of a state witness in the Boeremag trial before the Pretoria High Court continues, Tim Singiswa, a vagrant from Johannesburg,…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… while in office, the former president of South Africa, Mr F. W. de Klerk knew of illegal operations by the security … officers are seeking amnesty from the…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… known as the Centennial Olympics, was marred by a terrorist bomb explosion. This was the first of four bombings, carried out by Eric Robert Rudolph, a former…
Event200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… British navy, captains often reduced the fines they had to pay by ordering the slaves to be thrown into the sea. … was followed by four years of…
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… Resistance Movement (RENAMO). The ambush happened on a Saturday on the main road, 32 kilometres from the Mozambique capital Maputo. According to reports by…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… Eugene Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, … service and served for five years before he left to…
ArchiveCOSATU Natal Regional Culture Workshop 23 August
… A workshop held by leadership to discuss how COSATU has grown in membership and how difficult it has been to organise this large organisation. They also…
ArchiveSouth Africa - towards a post-apartheid economy: a Consultative Seminar, Holiday Inn, Harare, 28 April - 1 May 1990
… Unions and the Economic Trends Group in Harare, 28 April to 1 May 1990. Includes list of participants and papers to be presented. … South Africa - towards a…
ArchiveA broken landscape
… exhibition of photographs, covering South Africa from 1984 to 1986, by Gideon Mendel at The Market Photo Gallery. From the 16th March to April 5th 1986…
ArchiveEnlightened self-interest and the liberal spirit
… and the liberal spirit might not be beneficial to the liberation struggle and to South Africans on the whole. The relationship between the …
EventThe International Monetary Fund buys gold from SA
… International Monetary Fund announces that it will agree to purchase gold from South Africa, subject to certain conditions. The price of $35 per oz. is…
ArchiveNow is the chance for the Liberal
… Government are driving the most powerful groups opposed to apartheid to the extreme of relying more and more on expediency instead …
Archive=Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 21 February 1977, Volume 111
… from the transcript of evidence from Columbus Malebo, and a press statement issued by the Chairman of the Commission to the Rand Daily Mail, to the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 29 November 1976, Volume 65
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Peter Sawyer, a technical official from Cape Town, who had witnessed the use of tear gas to disperse crowds, to…
ArchiveYou will bite the dust!
… Cathedral in Cape Town at an inter-faith service convened to replace a banned protest rally to have taken place on the 13th March 1988, at the University …
ArchiveEducation as an instrument for liberation.
… This Address to a fund-raising banquet for the South African Students … and examines ways in which education can be used to initiate change. …
ArchiveWomens Health Conference
… This is YOUR national women's health conference. Be sure to have a say in it. Regional preparatory meetings to be held. …
ArchiveA call for solidarity with the students and people of South Africa fighting against racism
… of the National Union of Students calling on people to join the struggle against racism (Kumasi statement). Appendix to President's Report at the 47th Annual…
ArchiveFort Hare crisis
… Appendix B to President's Report, presented at 45th Annual Congress of … on events at the University College of Fort Hare which led to the suspension of over…
ArchiveReport of Sub-Committee on problems of the Congress Movement
… Report of a meeting of a sub-committee of the ANC National Executive Committee. Meeting held to propose new machinery, examine finances, request London …
ArchiveBoycott the racist referendum!
… Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA), is pleading to the Coloured and Indian community to bocott the racist referendum demanded by certain …
Non-Violence News, August 1980
… who may not participate in war. All these were brought to the martial court and to the Parliament. …
ArchiveNon-Violence News, August 1980
… who may not participate in war. All these were brought to the martial court and to the Parliament. …
ArchiveFarm evictions: Democratic Partys policy
… farm workers and farm evictions.This was in response to an appeal by the Anglican Bishop of Grahamstown, Bishop David Russell, for the Democratic Party to…
ArchiveUDF Unites Apartheid Divides
… UDF unites apartheid divides; in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine you did it to me - Matthew 24:40 …
ArchiveDeclaration of the United Democratic Front
… A3 red and black on yellow card; drawing of crowd similar to UDF logo; Text: Declaration of the United Democratic … freedom loving people of South Africa,…
ArchiveApartheid: a crisis of the Christian conscience
… around the path of Christian ethics, love, and morals to lead us to the goal of racial peace in South Africa. The Alfred and … Apartheid: a crisis of the…
Bowling them over
… Donna Symmonds from Barbados in the West Indies is a world cass sports broadcaster. The SABC Invited her to be a guest broadcaster during the one day cricket…