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Message by Albert Luthuli on the eve of Multi-Racial Conference, 1 November 1957
… Much has been said and written about the forthcoming multi-racial conference to be held in … at all of what is new, can be said about it now. But the need to…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… Sibeko began his political career as a journalist for the South African magazine Drum. Sibeko joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the state of…
EventBafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final
… South African were the host of the Africa Cup of Nations Tournament in 1996. It was the national team, Bafana Bafana’s second appearance in the … Bafana…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, … Buildings on 9 August 1956, to present a petition against the carrying of passes by…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… de Football Association (FIFA) officially recognised the White body of the Football Association of South Africa (FASA) as the sole governing body of soccer…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… The announcement by President F.W. de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the…
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… Next week is another confrontation with the Botha constitution. Thousands of millions of people around the world, including the Security Council of the…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National Congress (ANC),…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… born on 1 March 1914 in Pietermaritzburg. He studied at the South African Native College (now University of Fort … out after two years. He returned to Natal…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… Born in 1945 in the North West Cape, Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… A number of civil unrests occurred during this time. By the 1960's, nationalist sentiment had become strong and calls … In 1965, Rhodesia declared itself…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… where he attended Parktown High School and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). After marrying Diana Malkin in 1934, Penn moved with his…
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
… The banning of eight prominent Black Consciousness (BC) exponents in March 1973 came as a direct result of the popularity that these leaders enjoyed among…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… Among the many personal accounts now published by those involved in the anti-apartheid struggle, Norman Levy’s substantial memoir … because it is so well…
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… Zubeida Jaffer , former reporter from the Cape Times and her husband John Issel , were detained by the security police on 31 January 1986. Jaffer who was…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… shortly after he reclaimed his royal throne in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on a mountain road on the way to Maseru, the capital…
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the African National Congress (ANC) … nelsonmandela, ‘ANC…
EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
… The 4th Pan-African Congress was held in New York City, USA. The congress was sponsored by the American based African-American women's organisation, … Black…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… Patrice Lumumba gained the reputation of being a powerful and charismatic leader … during his brief reign as Zaire's first Prime Minister (the former Belgian…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… The first European known to set foot on South African soil … (or Bartolomeu) Dias. In December 1487 Dias sailed down the African coast, landing in among…
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… The National Assembly voted in favour of the separation of the people of South Africa into four distinct races (White, … South African History Online, ‘The…
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 … Chief Cyprian Zulu warns his…
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… During the South African War 1899-1902, General Christiaan de Wet … at Koppies, Northern Free State. At this point he was the commando-in-chief of the…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… Prime Minister, YOUR people more than any other section of the white community must surely know in the very core of their beings, if they were unaware of the…
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… In April 1955 the vaccine for Poliomyelitis developed by Dr. Jonas Salk was … It had taken a whole year of trials and tests for the vaccine to be finally be…
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… After the release of Walter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba of the African National Congress (ANC) and Ahmed Kathrada of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) on 15…
EventDigging for gold is officially authorised and fortune hunters flock to the Witwatersrand
… Digging for gold in the Witwatersrand (now city of Johannesburg and surroundings) … was authorised in September 1886 and further accelerated the influx of…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, was the eldest child of Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, (descendent of Jan … van der Merwe and Elsie Cloete) all progenitors from the…
EventThe World Health Organisation confirms that Ebola virus killed thirteen villagers in Gabon.
… of an unknown disease in a remote village in Gabon during the month of February 1996. On 19 February 1996, the World Health Organisation confirmed that the…
Lecture Ahmed Kathrada in the Hague at Mandela monument 25 sept
… Lecture Ahmed Kathrada in the Hague at Mandela monument 25 sept …