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Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
… Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, saboteur, for the prosecution Direct … Who ordered you to commit these acts of sabotage? Mtolo: The Regional Command. Yutar:…
ArchiveWorkers in the E. Transvaal!
… Yellow, green, black and white election poster for the Eastern Transvaal. COSATU logo. Black and white photographs of three workers. … Workers in the E…
ArchiveThe right to learn
… White poster with black lettering. Words "The struggle for education in South Africa" in black letters on yellow strip. Notice of a Sachad/Ravan book. … The…
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
… The resignations of former ANC National Chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota and former … regional chairperson Mluleki George were submitted to the ANC shortly before…
ArchiveMarxism and history: twenty years of South African Marxist studies
… Thesis submitted in partal fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in the department of history, at … Marxism and history: twenty…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… Present-day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth … of…
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… announced that it had completed destroying its stock pile of anti-personnel mines. A total of 261 423 were destroyed, … while 18 000 were retained for…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… Ian Smith became prime minister of the self-governing British colony of Rhodesia in 1964. In keeping with the postwar trend toward de-colonisation, British…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African … National Congress (ANC), is attended by a large number of…
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
… Former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan and General Constand Viljoen, former commander of the South African Defence Force (SADF), denied accusations on two…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… The Union Defence Force was created in 1912 and served as the South African Army. It was renamed as the South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of…
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… The leaders of the four 'independent' homelands, namely; Bophuthatswana, … the South African State President P. W. Botha . At the end of the meeting a joint…
ArchiveFifty seven years of NUSAS - Have we learned our lessons?
… Critical overview of history of the National Union of South African Students in which the speaker questions the success of some of the policies and … Fifty…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… The former Prime Minister of Transkei Chief George Mzivubu Mathanzima dies at Frontier … George Matanzima was born on 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the…
EventFietas, site of forced removal in Johannesburg, is renamed Pageview
… Fietas, a western suburb of Johannesburg, was officially re-named Pageview in honour of Mr. J.J. Page, the Mayor of Johannesburg at the time. Up until this…
24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Pachai In 1885 thirteen Gujarati Muslims (known at the time as …
EventLaurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
… On 24 January 1960, Laurie Bloomfield, a photographer for the Daily News took a picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban which was immediately published…
EventThree cases of Buboinic plague are reported in Cape Town
… Three cases of Bubonic plague were reported in Cape Town, South Africa. The first cases of Bubonic plague in Cape Town emerged on 1 February 1901. The…
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
… Prime Minister Ian Smith and United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met in Pretoria to discuss majority … Rhodesia. South African Prime Minister B…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… 19 other former senior military officers were charged in the Durban Magistrates' Court with murder and for having … established hit squads to destabilise…
EventEdgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.
… Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd was premier of South Rhodesia from 1953 till 1958. As a leader of a White minority regime during the period, he was considered…
EventCorner stone of Mission Church is laid in Graaff-Reinet
… After magistrate Andries Stockenstrom had donated a piece of land and six windows, building started on the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in Graaff-Reinet…
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… The release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990 was a catalyst that sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On … release in order…
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… The African National Congress regrets to announce the untimely and sudden death of Seretse Choabi in London on August 19, 1991. Seretse was … Death of ANC…
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… Jean-Bédel Bokassa was the head of State of the Central African Republic from 1 January 1966 to 4 … Cathcart B., (1996), Obituary: Jean-Bedel Bokassa , from…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… Richard John Maponya was born in Lenyenye in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). The founder and first president of the National Federated Chamber…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) formed a … Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Nkomo's party won twenty seats in the new…
EventA group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
… At 20:10 on 23 June 1946 a group of White men attacked and assaulted Indian Passive Resisters. This followed a call to the South African government by…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… General Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa since 31 May 1910, resigned from … which he considered pro-British and had announced that in the…
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… Frederik Willem de Klerk was elected State President of South Africa and was officially inaugurated on 20 … Acting State President since 15 August 1989,…