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Statement by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the ANC National Executive Committee, on the current situation in South Africa. The regime over the past few…
Statement issued by the Vigilance Committee, Grahamstown
Statement issued by the Grahamstown Vigilance Committee with suggestions on improving relations between the Council and Grahamstown Townships. The suggestions…
ArchiveReport on Black Workers Project
The Black Workers Project emanated out of a resolution taken at the 3rd General Students Council. The purpose of the project was to serve and protect the…
ArchiveFreedom and state security in the South African plural society
This paper tries to iron out the concerns of the government and its citizens regarding security and freedom with respect to individual freedom, been expressed…
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
The Robben Island World Heritage Site has rich archival resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the…
EventColoured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid
The Coloured Labour Party strengthened its position by forging an alliance with six members of the Coloured Persons Representative Council (CPRC). Unity talks…
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
The Transvaal section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Walter Sisulu against a six years…
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta was elected Kenya’s first Prime Minister, in 1963, following that country’s independence from Britain. In 1964 he became the first President of…
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
Former secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC), Walter Sisulu, was convicted of having incited a stay-at-home of African workers in protest of…
EventPoqo members kill a White family
In an attempt to destabilise the country and cause an uprising against the Apartheid government, members of Poqo, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania's…
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
African National Congress (ANC) member Walter Sisulu acted as speaker at a meeting of the organisation held in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. This was in defiance…
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
A Day of Prayer, called by Natal Indian Congress (NIC), was widely observed. Indian businesses were closed at 1pm, and many Indians took a resistance pledge…
EventSculptor Lucas Sithole is born in KwaThema
Lucas Sithole, renowned South African sculptor, was born in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to a Zulu father and a Swazi mother. He created more…
EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
On 28 February 1980, Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi died in Orlando West, Soweto. Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a…
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa’s northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
Minister of Defence, PW Botha disclosed that South Africa's northern borders are protected by a radar complex constituting an early warning system, and that…
EventNelson Mandela says general strike will go ahead
African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela said that next week's general strike will go ahead. He says the aim of the mass protest was not an…
EventNelson Mandela continues his international tour
The African National Congress (ANC) deputy president, Nelson Mandela, proceeded with his international tour to Sweden. His tour had hitherto included African…
EventNelson Makhuba murders his family and commits suicide.
SA artist Nelson Makhuba, who produced wooden household utensils and tourist trade objects and was also a band leader, committed suicide. Upon his return from…
EventSASOL plant explodes again
The SASOL petrol plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga Province, went up in flames after a giant gas explosion, this time not as result of a political attack or…
EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly 32-year reign…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
A former member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic (Transvaal), representing the Vryheid district in 1897 and also Boer general during Anglo-Boer…
EventThe Anglo Boer War
Britain sends 30 000 additional troops to South Africa in the Anglo-Boer War (now called the South African War). Initially, the British government thought that…
EventIEC extends election dates
Following numerous complaints about poor arrangements at some polling stations in South Africa's first democratic election, President F.W. De Klerk approved a…
EventInternational Day of Families.
The International Day of Families was proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1993, as a day to provide an opportunity to celebrate families…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1979
Minutes of of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from 13 to 15 March 1979, discussing: Headquarter's report, treasurer's report, regional…
PlaceAlbertville, Johannesburg
Suburb of Johannesburg adjoinng Albertskroon, to the South-East of it. It was laid out in 1896 on the Farm 'Waterval' and was named in honour of the owner,…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 3 September 1982
Evidence from Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to…
ArchiveThe failure of the Coloured Persons Represen
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts of Rhodes University. This thesis discusses the structures instituted by…
ArchiveInterview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi
Interview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi who was a refugee in Kenya in the late 1970s. An adherent of the black consciousness movement, he became involved in…