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EventApartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force
… Congress (ANC) be accepted. He said 'radicalism either to the left or to the right of the moderates is unacceptable to us in the police force'. …
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… National Congress (ANC), Dumisani Makhaye, succumbed to lung cancer at Parklands Hospital, Durban, two days after … medical observation. He was the first MEC…
EventThe 4 x 100m men’s relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… and Ryk Neethling clocked 3 minutes and 13.17 seconds to triumph over the Netherlands (2nd) and the US team (3rd). … was South Africa's fourth gold medal…
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… members of a new National Working Committee (NWC) that was to be responsible for the day-to-day running of its affairs. The NWC had been elected at a ……
EventGen. Magnus Malan appears in court
… in the Durban Supreme Court. They pleaded not guilty to thirteen charges of murder and other charges, including conspiracy to commit murder and attempted…
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… Stefanus Johannes Paulus (Paul) Kruger is often referred to as the 'father of the Afrikaner nation'. This is because … of the Afrikaner, his strong faith,…
Gandhiji’s vision of a free South Africa: A collection of articles by E.S. Reddy
… the future [of South Africa], is it not a heritage we have to leave to posterity, that all the different races commingle and … article entitled: "Mahatma…
Summary Minutes of exploratory discussions held in London on 3 May and 4 May 1988 between a South African Delegation and an Angolan Delegation, facilitated by a Delegation from the United States
… from South Africa, Angola, Cuba and United States to negotiate a peaceful solution for southern Africa and to develop political and economic stability…
ArchiveBriefing by Mr D Simpson, Head of the State D
… in December 1982 and that the Soviet Union would lilke to see the United States maintain a central role during negotiations to find a settlemt for South West…
Slavery in South Africa
… there was a considerable importation of slaves from Asia to South Africa by the Dutch East India Company and its … slavery from India is scant, and further…
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… the neighbouring chiefs, who ceded large tracts of country to the newcomers. Under the belief that Britain was about to claim the area as a protectorate,…
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
… You have been invited to the first Open Textbook Summit: physics & astronomy … their students an estimated $1.5 million in textbook costs to date by adopting…
Africa South
… publication was issued in 1961. Ronald M. Segal claimed to be a socialist, and was an anti-apartheid activist who … The articles were related on issues of…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… of the Diaz Cross , donated by the Portuguese Government to commemorate the arrival of Bartholomew Diaz in Algoa Bay in 1488. Finally in 2021, with the aim…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
… This Dutch East 'Indiaman', was outbound when she tried to put; 'Merenstein' into Saldanha Bay to alleviate rampant scurvy on board the ship. On April 3, ……
EventThe PAC is formed
… that can save the African people". The Africanists refused to cooperate with Coloureds, Indians and liberal Whites and envisaged, according to Sobukwe a …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… Conference on International Organisations. The preamble to the charter was based on a draft which South African … the Lions Clubs International, received…
EventMass protest against the circumstances of Neil Aggett’s death
… workers taking part in the protest. This was in response to a call for a nationwide work stoppage from the mostly … halted and an overflowing crowd of about…
EventThe first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place
… a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet, the Letaba, en route from Durban to Johannesburg and Salisbury. The Letaba, which was carrying … finally surrendered at Chileka…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… the IFP called its supporters from all over the province to a gather in the eSikhawini stadium. Monitoring and Human … Police (SAP) and the South African…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… of people in the Thokoza Stadium, six people were reported to have been attacked while making their way to the stadium, while mass killing occurred at the…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… a shift from being covert underground organisations to functioning as open party political structures. This … the SADF opened fire on negotiators in Sebokeng…
EventP. W. Botha refutes possibility of Black majority rule
… their Western friends, that majority rule was a disaster to be avoided at all costs. Majority rule was acceptable to Whites as long as it was considered…
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… settlers in the Eastern Cape. The paper was also obliged to print government announcements and proclamations to its readership. As a result the paper was …
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
… of Windhoek, capital of Namibia. The bodies were believed to be that of members of the People's Liberation Army of … Malan advised the Namibian and South…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… Modjadji V. Makobo Modjadji VI is the first Rain Queen to have received formal education, and went on to complete high school. The legend of the Rain Queen…
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… completing a degree in English and Mathematics, he went on to complete a PhD in English, Linguistics and German … at New York State University. A year later…
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… Assembly, citing disillusionment with the UDM's inability to unite all South Africans in a single party. De Beer said … the African National Congress (ANC),…
EventWits attains full university status
… which was established in Kimberley in 1896 and transferred to Johannesburg as the Transvaal Technical Institute in 1904. … four years later. Full university…
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… the South African Women and Children Distress Fund to collect money for Boer families. As the secretary of the … camps, Hobhouse was instrumental in a…