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June 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The … issued the 12th June declaraton in which they resolved not to reapply for re…
ArchiveJune 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The … issued the 12th June declaraton in which they resolved not to reapply for re…
Liberation
… Liberation was founded in Johannesburg as a magazine of quality, focusing on issues of concern to Blacks and non-establishment Whites in South Africa. It was…
Freedom and state security in the South African plural society
… This paper tries to iron out the concerns of the government and its citizens … been expressed in legal constitutional language, in a plural society meaning a…
ArchivePrejudice in modern perspective
… Allport and centres around the subject of prejudices be it a "love prejudice" or "hate prejudice", which can be … sufficient warrant". Prejudice is discussed…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, … cornerstone was laid on 24 August 1921 and…
EventThe first slave arrives at the Cape
… Less than a year following the arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck, the first … arrived in Table Bay on the return fleet from Batavia as a stowaway aboard the…
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
… South African Pop Queen, was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a…
EventNIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act
… met in an emergency session in Durban and decided on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated "Resistance Day" to mark the beginning of Passive Resistance…
EventSelassie becomes emperor
… the 1974 revolution, which transformed Ethiopia into a Republic. He is worshiped by Rastafarians as a Lion of Judah, meaning that he is an African messiah…
EventDraft laws are gazetted
… mobility and security of tenure for Blacks qualified to be in White areas. The Minister of Cooperation and … Koornhof, claimed the proposed Bills were the…
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
… Movement (UCM), defunct since 1972, was submitted to Parliament. The Commission's findings was that the UCM, as a multi-racial body, had engaged in dangerous…
EventYitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis
… Palestinian Arabs and Israelis. The handshake marked a historic progress towards peaceful co-existence between the … were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for…
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… Twelve people, including a police officer and two children, were killed in the eastern … Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was followed by a barrage…
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
… The African National Congress (ANC) called off a peace rally to be held with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) scheduled for 2 … had claimed more than forty lives…
EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
… anniversary by becoming the first trade union in the world to sponsor a CD. The recording of Solidarity Forever was made during … Cosatu was formed in 1985…
EventPrincess Margaret dies
… at the age of 71 at King Edward VII Hospital. She suffered a stroke and developed heart problems before she could be rushed to hospital. Though the funeral…
EventThe Defence Special Tribunal Act becomes effective
… became effective on 1 January 1999. The law, assented to on 20 October 1998, enabled the Labour Court to act as a special tribunal in the event of disputes…
EventSheila Cussons is born
… the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Cussons moved to Israel but continued to write in Afrikaans. She published ten volumes of poetry, … | Wallis, F. …
EventThe Rand Revolt Ends
… the Rand Revolt, ended on March 18 1922. The rebellion was a response by White mineworkers to a perceived injustice that Black miners were taking jobs that …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party
… Smithfield, Orange Free State. As the National Party was to function on a federal basis, separate branches of the party were founded … shortly afterwards…
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
… Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British proposals for peace on 31 May 1902, the … Evans, A.B., Union of South…
Event30 000 Blacks fight for Britain in Anglo-Boer War
… both the Boer and the British sides were opposed to using armed Blacks in the war, realities gradually started to influence their approach. Since the 1980s,…
EventErmelo is founded
… the educational, industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa … Cachet of the Dutch Reformed Church, who…
EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… Justice Richard Goldstone called for the establishment of a "truth commission" on Apartheid atrocities because "victims would not be able to forgive without…
PlaceAbangani Art Centre, Durban
… illustrator, joined the Abangani Open School in Durban as a youth organiser and an arts and craft teacher. Abangani was formed as a response to the demand of…
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC meeting and NEC Lekgotla held on the 25th to the…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
… Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President Thabo … on the continent and the fifth country…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… On this day Mr Mahlomela Mabizela, a member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of … Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through the window of a…
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… A Railway Station between Drummond and Botha's Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill nearby, which in turn takes its name from … Lord Alverstone…