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EventBenjamin Tyamzashe receives an honorary degree
… Hare in recognition of the major contribution he had made to Xhosa music. In the 1988 Old Mutual-Telkom National Choir … again honoured posthumously for his…
EventEight British tourists are killed
… five men and three women, were killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swerved to avoid a pedestrian on the R74 between…
EventNew Afrikaner Political Party
… Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political party in order to contest the 1999 general election. Although…
EventAlexander Kerr is born
… started the Dr Alexander Kerr Bursary Fund in his memory to provide financial assistance in the form of bursaries to Black students. …
EventPresident Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants
… army. Mandela told the former MK members that they have to adhere to military discipline or face the consequences of their … a chronology of key political…
PlaceChurch Square, Dickson street, Woodstock
… Church square in Woodstock has given rise to Apartment blocks, for much needed accomodation of Doctors and Nurses, aswell as students! Being so close to the…
ArchiveState of Capture - A Report of the Public Protector, 14 October 2016
… by the President and other state functionaries relating to alleged improper relationships and involvement of the … and possibly corrupt award of state…
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
… Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small … of the Dutch East India Company were granted permission to Farm along the…
PlaceAmbrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province
… Gansbaai. Dutch for 'Ambrose corner', the name is thought to refer to St. Ambrose, who was the Bishop of Milan and developed the …
ArchiveReport of NUSAS President
… University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4 December 1980. Mention was made of the National Union's theme for 1980 which was to counter…
Archie Gumede Inaugural Memorial Lecture Invitation
… of the Archie Gumede Foundation cordially invite you to the Archie Gumede Inaugural Lecture to be delivered by Dr Zweli Mkhize, Treasure General of the …
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 5: War on sellouts!
… well as what the consequences will be of those that choose to vote in the elections. There is mention also of the sellouts, referring to, those that are…
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
… in Kimberley, South Africa, with Robert Sobukwe (1924 to 1978), who was elected Founding President of the Pan … as a result of the PAC anti-pass campaign,…
ArchiveStrategic issues in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa
… introduced by the government and whether they are adequate to initiate change in the country: provision for the legal … spread of Africans into white collar…
Nelson Mandela, The Rivonia Trial Court statement, 1964 (Video)
… site THE MEDIA BEAT, Nelson Mandela's famous declaration to the court in his 1964 terrorism trial, expressing his … readiness face execution. In fact the…
An evaluation of South African novelist Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by Sandy English (World Socialist Website), 30 September 2014
… English “Sailors gag on stinking meat, children refuse to go to school. No one knows where the end of suffering will …
EventSA Sculptor Thomas Lehupela is born in Thaba ‘Nchu
… Lehupela met Father Frans Claerhout, who introduced him to the medium of wood. He is primarily self-taught, but gives credit to the Ramagaga group in Thaba …
EventThe UN sets up Commission on Apartheid
… Assembly of the United Nations adopted resolution 616(VII) to establish a three-member United Nations Commission on the … in the Union of South Africa …
EventSA artist Vuminkosi Zulu is born
… Mapumulo in KwaZulu-Natal . He left school at standard VII to concentrate on his calling that was to be an artist. Zulu became a world-renowned artist and…
EventSAA takes over the South-West African Airways (SWAA)
… but continued with F13's. Schedules were also compiled to link up with Johannesburg to Cape Town services at Kimberley. …
EventUnited Party disbands
… by the majority faction after members had left the party to join other new political parties and the ruling National Party (NP). Subsequently, the main group…
EventUS ambassador Andrew Young visits SA
… The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young, paid a two day visit to South Africa at the invitation of mining magnate Harry … a…
EventHelen Joseph dies
… at the age of 87 in Johannesburg , South Africa. She came to SA in 1931 and, with Lilian Ngoyi and other prominent women, led the women's march to the Union…
EventSADC treaty is signed in Namibia
… (SADC), was signed in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, to replace its forerunner, the South African Development … was signed in 1992. The structure has now…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke ‘Pro’ Jack is assassinated.
… (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack was gunned down next to his home in Cape Town. Jack was a taxi conflict mediator … allegations that a third force was…
EventThe Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed
… was a pillar of the Apartheid system. It required people to register from birth as belonging to one of four different racial groups, White, Black, … a…
EventWorld Conference on Racism starts in Durban
… from hundred and sixty countries descended on Durban to attend the weeklong third United Nations-sponsored World … and a U.S. walkout spoiled the proceedings…
Isizwe
… the journal published by the United Democratic Front to stimulate discussion, debate and training within their ranks, consisted of articles on topics…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement on the update of Conference Proceedings,28 June 2012
… ANC has resumed its third day and is proceeding according to schedule. Commissions have resumed on time this morning … be media briefings at the media centre…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.1 1989
… Hy Sweep die Onderdruktes op, Wessel Pretorius; Prelude to a Slaughter, Andrew Forrest; Lines to a Dead Comrade, Tatamkulu Afrika; Lyric, Andrew Nixon; Cry ……