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EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
Kwame Nkrumah was arrested for leading a disturbing ‘positive action’ campaign in Ghana against British rule in 1950. He was released to lead the newly formed…
EventJames La Guma dies
James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
The multiparty negotiating forum agreed to repeal section 29 of the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allowed for detention without trial. This measure had…
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… Stanford.edu , ‘The State outside South Africa between 1960 and 1990’ [online] Available at …
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
Context In the early 1980s the government took steps to control the level of resistance in the country. Its solution was to arrest key people and charge…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
Louis Bosman Raymond was born in Pretoria on 1 January 1895.[i] Raymond won a gold medal in the men’s singles at the Olympic Games in 1920, hosted in Antwerp,…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
Two rival political organisations in Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), led by Joshua Nkomo, and the Shona-dominated…
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
Today, on our Freedom Day, we are also gathered here to unveil yet another symbol of our national identity, our new Coat of Arms that now stands before us for…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
Research done by a New Delhi advocate and author has shown that Gandhi had close ties and friendships with some of the ANC’s early presidents when he was still…
EventIndian people march in Durban to protest against the Ghetto Act
A 6 000 strong march supporting the South African Indian Congress resolution for Passive Resistance against the Asiatic Land Tenure Act, or Ghetto Act takes…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
Reginald 'Reg' September was a prominent trade unionist, the leader of the South African Coloured People's Organization and an executive member of the South…
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…
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…
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…
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…