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EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana mineworker who later opened a…
PlaceUmlazi
… ‘Townships’ in the Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa: (1990-1994) , p.65 …
EventSA artist Sfiso Mkame is born
Justice Sfiso Mkame , South African artist, was born in Durban. As a child he drew on sand walls. He received formal art training at the Open School and the…
EventDraft laws are gazetted
The draft laws were gazetted, providing some benefits for Black people. These include greatly increased mobility and security of tenure for Blacks qualified to…
EventDefence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF
The South African Minister of Defence Mosioua Lekota dismissed as 'fallacy' claims that 89% of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had tested…
EventThe TRC report points out culprits
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report, which accused prominent leaders from across the political spectrum of human rights violations, was…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela carried out a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing all the NP ministers with African National…
ArchiveMajority rule: some notes
… Teachers' League of South Africa, Cape Town …
EventZanzibar and Kenya are admitted to the United Nations.
Two African countries, Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) and Kenya both became members of the United Nations on 16 December 1963. This year marks fifty years…
EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
The Berlin Games are infamously known as Hitler's Olympics after he used the event for propaganda to promote his National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
In January 1912, Pixley Seme, Alfred Mangena, Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National…
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 27th…
Umsebenzi
Umsebenzi, mouthpiece of the South African Communist Party, deals with issues relating to the national liberation struggle, from a Communist ideological point…
EventSecurity police raid offices of the United Democratic Front
A year after the United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed, Security Police raided their offices. This came amid nationwide unrest which started on 3 September…
EventZimbabwe’s interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
Joshua Nkomo, long time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered…
EventFirst Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe
After a war of independence fought between members of various liberation organisations and the illegal Rhodesian government, with the liberation organisation…
EventCosatu offices in Durban under attack
Fighting between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters spilled into central Pietermaritzburg when the Congress of South…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
The Durban Declaration was a statement signed by over 5 000 people in the scientific community stating that HIV caused AIDS. The declaration was signed and…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
Former South African president Nelson Mandela's 88th birthday celebrations have kicked off with a new round of honours for this anti-apartheid icon, including…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
The African National Congress invites members of the media to a briefing on the outcomes of the NEC Lekgotla being held at the St. George`s Hotel, Irene in…
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
Former South African president and leader of National Party (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for the referendum on South African reform process, which…
EventSchalk Burger wins two International Awards
The twenty-one year old South African rugby flanker, Schalk Burger, picked up two major international awards, the International Rugby Players' Association …
EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… 01 October 2013]| BBC. (2004). "Key dates", BBC Focus on Africa, 15(1), p. 6. …
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
Letter from Neville Curtis, President of NUSAS, reporting on the reason for opposition to the sale of "instruments of violence" to the Nationalist Government…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… You see unless people are looking for a Renamo in South Africa or looking for a UNITA in South Africa, they can go along with that. POM Is there any …
Umrabulo Roundtable discussion, 7 March 2016
The African National Congress will hold an Umrabulo Roundtable discussion today, 07 March 2016. The discussion will focus on the Land Question; progress and…
ArchiveA study of the theoretical aspects of ANC mobilisational methods in the Eastern Cape Townships of Cradock and Port Alfred, 1980-1988
A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Artium in National Strategy in the Faculty of Arts at the Rand Afrikaans…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
An unnamed person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) commander in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a…
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
During the celebration day of independence not recognised by the international community, the President of the Transkei homeland, Tutor Ndamase, announced that…
EventCiskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence
Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence. The National Assembly, consisting of both elected members and thirty-seven hereditary…