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EventSACP is legally re-launched
… advanced stage, failed. During the rally, the SACP named a 22-member interim leadership.Amongst those named wereJoe …
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… or face death. They eventually returned to the Cape on 22 January 1664, in an apparently "deplorable state”. …
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… concentration camps. By the end of the war 4 177 women, 22 074 children and 1 676 elderly men, died in these camps. …
EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… a hospital and supple base. At 15:15 on the afternoon of 22 January the small garrison at Rorke's Drift was warned by …
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… in prison for ANC activists, was Nelson. In May, 1961, South Africa was to be declared a Nationalist Republic. … Acts of sabotage shook the country from…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… stretches in prison for ANC activists, was Nelson. In May, 1961, South Africa was to be declared a Nationalist Republic. … Acts of sabotage shook the country…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… in prison for ANC activists, was Nelson. In May, 1961, South Africa was to be declared a Nationalist Republic. … Acts of sabotage shook the country from…
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
… created fame and introduced her to professional music. In 1961 Masuka wrote a song to pay tribute to Patrice Lumumba , …
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
… boundaries of the state have steadily expanded until but 22 percent of the land is nominally left to the Palestinians … are remarkably generous: they say…
PlaceSierra Leone
… . Sierra Leone became an independent nation on April 27, 1961 . This was followed by a long History of coups and … and Sierra Leone became an independent…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… the cracking of whips was prohibited in town. 1892 22 June, New Post office building is opened. 1893 31 October, …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… set for 26 June 1952. A “Day of the Volunteers” on Sunday 22 June, preceded the opening of the campaign. Volunteers …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… resister, dies of pneumonia in Volksrust Goal February 22, Valliamma R. Munusamy Mudaliar dies of illness after …
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… On 22 November 1979 South African prime minister P. W. Botha …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 October 1965. …
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… date set for 26 June 1952. A “Day of the Volunteers” on 22 June preceded the opening of the campaign where volunteers …
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… South-Africa- Dear comrades, We received your letter from 22/9. Have you already established the connexion with the …
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… of fish caught near East London in the Eastern Cape on 22 December 1938. The fish was caught by Hendrik Goosen on …
PlaceBotshabelo
… headquarters fell within the Soviet occupation zone. In 1961 the Berlin Missionary Society established a branch in …
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… from Wynberg, Cape Town, under the Group Areas Act. [i] By 1961 he was one of the leaders of the Coloured "Convention" …
PlaceCoornhoop Dovecot, Dixton Road, Mowbray
… was purchased by the Simon van der Stel Foundation in 1961, only the dovecot was left standing and much of the …
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… military assistance from during the Katanga secession. In 1961, several conferences were held to resolve what became …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… at the Pretoria Conservatoire for Music from 1959 to 1961. After 1963 she became increasingly involved in the …
EventFormer Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies
… Machel and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). In 1961, Nyerere joined other African leaders in denouncing the …
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… After the establishment of the Republic of South Africa in 1961, Oliewenhuis became the official residence for the State …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… South African Indians can be relocated, begins its work. 22 August, Albert Christopher, Manilal Gandhi, S.L. Singh and … in Durban Gopalall Hurbans joins the…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… Of a free Africa over again. (Ilanga lase Natal, October 22, 1955) When Dhlomo’s weekly commentaries ceased … HIE (1949): How Long, oh Lord! from Illanga…
ArchiveUDF Campaign Manual - Section B: "How We Are Struggling - The Methods"
… organizing manual, specifically targeting the August 22, 1984 elections for the new Tricameral Parliament … organizing manual, specifically targeting the…
EventOliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.
… and Science). He was born in the Groblersdal District on 22 March 1932. He received his education in various mission …
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… the government decided to proclaim the republic on 31 May 1961. On 20 April 1961 Mandela wrote to Verwoerd on behalf of a several black … Botha firmly…