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EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
Olivia Forsyth escaped from her guards and took refuge in the British embassy in Luanda. She was a self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the African…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… from The Star (Available at National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus)| Anon, (n.d.), 'Treason Trial' …
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… |Who's Who, Joseph Thloloe , from Who's Who Southern Africa , [online] Available at whoswho.co.za [Accessed: 27 …
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
Nelson Mandela was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8 days after he was released from prison. It was this passport (with his…
EventThe National Party wins Western Cape local elections
The defunct National Party registered a convincing victory in all three district councils during local government elections held in Western Cape Province. The…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
Political activist, teacher and lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League (ANCYL) and its president in 1947, Ashby Peter (A.P.) Solomzi Mda, was…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), a federation of various labour unions, was established on 2 December 1985 in Durban. It is among the…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
On 22 June 1966 South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church conference by the…
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
Many people were involved in the historic turning point that 16 June 1976 became. These South African students, parents, activists, government employees, and…
EventDiplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is bombed
… (2002), Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: Volume II, Solidarity and Assistance 1970-1994, … Rights Committee.)| Author, 'The State outside…
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
Operation 'Agreement', raid by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand troops on Tobruk, Barce, and Benghazi was planned to destroy installations, shipping and also…
Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
The National Disciplinary Committee of the African National Congress has met and received mitigating and aggravating arguments as per the directive of the…
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours (BA Hons) in African Studies at the University of Cape Town by Riyaad…
EventSA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several
Several people were killed in Operation Beanbag, an attack by the South African army on the planning and control headquarters of the African National Congress …
EventWinnie Mandela’s Soweto home reported burnt down
The Sowetan reported that the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was burned…
EventBus drivers strike because of lack of protection
Bus drivers, who were members of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), a COSATU affiliate, went on strike because of lack of protection from Inkatha…
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
South African President, Pieter Willem Botha, resigned from his position as state president seven months after a minor stroke that led to his admission in…
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
Dr. E. Rhoodie was arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins. He would appear in Aix-en-Provence for extradition proceedings on 31 July 1979. This…
EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
The Riekert Commission was established in response to a crisis faced by the apartheid state, as South African capitalism has been facing its deepest recession…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper,…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
The Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu…
ANC Secretary General meeting former political prisoners on the Cuban Five, 21 May 2010
In a move aimed at strengthening the campaign for the release of five Cubans - who include trade unionists - incarcerated in Miami, United States, in 1998,…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… (ed) (1981). F ive Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed ., Pretoria: Academica, p. 498.|Reader's Digest. (1988). Illustrated History of…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
Steve Biko was born in King Williams Town and began his political career as the co-founder of the all-black South African Student's Organization (SASO). It was…
Document 13 - Sarah Mokone [Victor Wessels] “The T.A.R.C.”, Majority Rule : Some Notes. Chapter XIX
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two …
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… and solid interests in this Colony, as in other parts of Africa, by reason of the full liberty and freedom which they …
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
Oral interview with Julius K. Nyerere (1922-1999), the first president of Tanzania (known as Tanganyika until 1964). He served as prime minister and then as…
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign was planned in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the African…
PlaceBarnyard Theatre in Cape Town
… There are currently 12, Barnyard Theatres in South Africa. While each theatre is a product of its individual …
PlaceWelkom
… second-largest City in the Free State Province of South Africa. It is located about 140 Kilometers, North East of … second-largest City in the Free State…