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ArchiveThe African National Congress in exile: strategy and tactics 1960-1993
… A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel … (SACP). The core of the study covers the period 1960-1993, a time,…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… Seipei and Abu-Baker Asvat in 1989. He made the call in a statement welcoming a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment on Madiba's Qunu home. … husband's Qunu home…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was born on 19 June 1917 at a place called Bukalanga/ Bulilima later known as Semokwe … education at Tjolotjo School.In 1941…
EventThe Second Basotho War, known as Siqiti war, breaks out
… British government was unsuccessful. Moshoeshoe was forced to sue for peace and the Thaba Busio treaty was signed. … dissatisfied with the terms of the…
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
… that South African scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment. He also mentioned that … country’. It is widely believed…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to independence by Kwame Nkrumah who transformed…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… his career, Hanekom promoted folk theatre and met a real need among Afrikaans theatregoers. His productions also helped to create theatre awareness in the…
EventAllan Boesak is born
… were arrested or in exile Boesak established himself as a spokesperson for Black South Africans against apartheid. … of the World Alliance of Reformed…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… successful boycotts of the Coloured and Indian elections to parliament in 1984. The UDF was against the exclusion of … people from the Tricameral parliament…
EventReverend David Russell sentenced for defying his banning order
… Reverend David Russell, of Cape Town, who after defying a banning order, was sentenced to a three and half year's prison sentence, with two and half …
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), a new political movement, the Black People Convention (BPC) was formed after a three day long…
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… Parliament. Hendrickse is remembered for his contribution to the struggle against apartheid and for the positive role … his defiance of the Separate…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… led by Justice Cecil Margo. The commission was instituted to investigate into the aircraft crash in which President … and that the aircraft had not been…
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… (COSATU) and the African National Congress (ANC) issued a joint statement in Lusaka, reiterating their commitment to overthrow White supremacy in South…
EventSA military integration is disputed
… SANDF) was not achieved without difficulties. It came to the surface that a dispute ensued between British military advisers and the … on defence in…
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
… Workers Union (ICU) was founded by Clements Kadalie, a young Nyassalander who spoke no Black South African language but used English to spread the message of…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… Former Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former South … of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Willem Johannes…
EventMakapane’s Cave is under siege
… 23 Voortrekkers, men, women, and children, who were on a hunting expedition under Hermanus Potgieter at Moorddrift … into the cave under cover of darkness…
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… Afrikaans as a medium for education was deeply unpopular since Afrikaans … schools by the apartheid government. The students drafted a memorandum to their…
EventNigerian terrorist, Henry Okah is found guilty of masterminding two car bombs in Abuja by a South African Judge.
… Henry Okah was the leader of a terrorist group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the … had always denied being the leader of MEND and claimed to know…
EventNiel van der Watt, SA composer is born
… Daniel van der Watt in Pretoria, Niel van der Walt is a composer well known for his choral compositions. He comes from a family of teachers. He obtained his…
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… Botha on 14 August. His announcement on 02 February, 1990 to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National … he put it "closed the book on apartheid"…
EventSpecial Committee on Apartheid publishes its first Interim Report
… Africa. The Committee also noted with regret that close to twenty member states still maintained diplomatic and … victorious, DF Malan said “today South…
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… State of the Central African Republic from 1 January 1966 to 4 December 1976. After eleven years as president he dissolved the government and declared the…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… day, Allen Kwela was born in Kwazulu Natal. He was exposed to Western and traditional African music, both of which were important in shaping his musical…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein
… arguably the first coloured Governor of the Cape, was a farming development visionary, who simply from a position of strength declared the territory as the …
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… relations between the two countries were formalised during a visit by former President Nelson Mandela to Saudi Arabia in November 1994. Two missions were ……
PlaceBakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum, in Polokwane
… Basotho people in the 'Bakone Malapa Museum'. The Bakone, a sub-group of the Northern Sotho Cultural group, welcome visitors and will introduce you to their…
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… Lillian Ngoyi and Alfred Nzo were arrested after attending a party that was used as a cover up for a political meeting at the house of Lillian … because…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… who was not as well known as Mandela at the time, was to replace him as president of the ANC in 1998 and as State … 1999. Mbeki led the ANC until December…