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EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
… game was particularly significant, as Errol Tobias was the first black player to start a test match in South Africa during this game. South Africa, or the…
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… country, but who deserves recognition as a major voice in the struggle against apartheid and as an original … artistic, aesthetic and meaningful images even…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
… The former minister of labour, Tito Mboweni, was appointed governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris Stals. Mboweni, the first…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… The African National Congress has learned with sadness of the passing of 67 South African nationals who died and scores who were injured in Lagos as a result…
ArchiveDraft letter from the African National Congress to Pope John Paul II
… Draft, annotated letter from the African National Congress to Pope John Paul II informing him of the 70th anniversary of the formation of the organisation. ……
EventFirst victim of the land invasions in Zimbabwe, David Stevens, is murdered
… dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He was the first White farmer to be killed in the on-going land confrontations involving so-called "war ……
ArchiveLetter from Terrence Tryon to the African Teachers Association of South Africa
… The letter is an invitation to members of the South African Students Organisation to the 9th annual general students council meetingto be held on … Letter…
ArchiveMemorandum to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development and Bantu Education
… The memorandum provides a background to the political history of South Africa. The development of the policy of separate development and … Memorandum to the…
EventExecutive member of the Brits Action Committee (BAC),Abel Molokwane is murdered
… Abel Molokwane (31), executive member of the Brits Action Committee (BAC), was shot dead in Oukasie, Western Transvaal by unknown gunmen. The BAC was formed…
ArchiveStatement to the ANC Conference from political prisoners in Pretoria local prison
… Statement to the ANC National Conference in Durban, 2-6 July 1991, from … local prison, stating that two months has passed since the deadline for the release…
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
… of Transkei announced his intention to retire from the Presidency in February 1982, to devote more time to … family affairs. However, in 1986 Matanzima was…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… "This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa …
Minutes: ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council: 11 November 1976: 510
… Minutes of the ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council held in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber on 11 November 1976. … Minutes: ordinary meeting of the…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… Paul David in 1977, soon after a few of us established the Tongaat Youth Club. We were struck by his youthful … a sports administrator of note, having cut…
ArchiveLetter from Zithulele N Cindi to the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO)
… from Zithulele N Cindi, Black Peoples Convention, to the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO) to attend the 2nd Annual Congress of the Black…
ArchiveDocument on the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities
… Analysis of the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into White … been expressed among English language student circles over the implications of the…
ArchivePaper delivered at the Annual Meeting of Diakonia on March 25, 1980
… a paper delivered by Archbishop Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, at the annual meeting of Diakonia on 25 March 1980 on…
ArchiveA theological rationale and a call to prayer for the end to unjust rule
… This is a pamphlet containing the statement accepted for distribution by the SACC, April 6, 1985 regarding theological rationale and a call to prayer for the…
ArchiveMandatory economic sanctions and the oil embargo against SA at International Conference
… Conference paper on mandatory economic sanctions and the oil embargo against SA prepared by the African National Congress of South Africa for an … Conference…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, Fourth Quarter 1994: The South African Fellowship of Reconciliation.
… The newsletter is about South African Fellowship of … Fellowship Centre on 14th and 15th December 1963, the conference about the struggle to survive…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Peace Convention, 4 October 1956, Johannesburg
… [Extract] Peace is indissolubly interwoven with the question of freedom, for peace without freedom is a … would be futile and unrealistic to speak of peace…
ArchiveA decent respect for the opinions of mankind: Academic freedom and human freedom
… Speech given by the Right Honorable Denis Healey, M.B.E., M.P. at the Eighth Annual Day of Affirmation of Academic Freedom and … of thanks by Horst…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… Programme Director, Chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Council Judge … and CEO Prof Derrick Swartz; Hon Premier of the Eastern Cape,…
ArchiveCiskei Commission: transcript of an interview with Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin and R. Swart regarding the independence of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families
… with Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin and R. Swart regarding the independence of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families … with Helen Suzman,…
EventANC attack on Booysens Police Station
… Station Johannesburg. Pamphlets were scattered demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. In 2000, the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and…
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… of 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the party's second major submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The ANC came…
ArchiveCrisis News
… Crisis News, published by the Western Province Council of Churches, Cape Town, "attempts to tell the truth of what is happening in our country", particularly…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… traveller, artist, and author was born in 1792. The son of a wealthy nurseryman. Burchell travelled nearly 7 … He described his journey in a book titled…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
… Dorothy Fisher was given a new heart in 1969 and became the longest surviving patient. She lived for 12 years … was South Africa's fifth heart transplant…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress (South Africa) condemns the assassination of Comrade Joe Gqabi
… Press statement by the ANC National Executive Committee condemning the assassination of Comrade Joe Gqabi. … African National Congress (South Africa)…