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EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
Mdantsane born Welcome Ncita became the first South African to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world bantam weight title on 10 March 1990, when…
EventSA Sculptor Thomas Lehupela is born in Thaba ‘Nchu
… of the history of sculpture in the 20th Century South Africa Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery, p. 117|South …
EventSA artist Vincent Baloyi is born
South African Artist Vincent Baloyi was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. He joined the National Arts Society and the SAAA, taught art at the Open School (1981…
EventGill Marcus is born
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ... , Graighall: Jonathan Ball.|Prakash …
EventSA artist Vuminkosi Zulu is born
… aspects of the history of sculpture in 20th century South Africa , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery. | Xakaza, …
EventPolitical Activist, Barbara Hogan, is sentenced for High Treason
Barbara Hogan is sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to an effective ten years in prison for high treason and membership of the banned African National…
EventF.W. de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
Former South African State President F.W. de Klerk married Marike Willemse on this date. The couple met at the University of Potchefstroom where they were both…
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the ‘homelands’
Prime Minister B J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the 'homelands' to speed up economic development. This…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke ‘Pro’ Jack is assassinated.
The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack was gunned down next to his home in Cape Town. Jack was a taxi conflict mediator in Cape Town…
EventThe Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed
The Population registration Act (Act No 30 of 1950 ) was repealed by the South African parliament. The Act was a pillar of the Apartheid system. It required…
EventDr. J. S. Moroka dies
Dr. James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, politician, and great-grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong Boo Moroka in Thaba Nchu the then district of…
EventBeverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal
A 23-year-old Pretoria girl, Beverly Mashinini, won a bronze medal in Athens, Greece. She was a member of the South African Paralympic team Amakrokokroko,…
EventClarence Makwetu Expelled from PAC
The Chairman of the Pan-Africanist Congress and disciplinary committee announces that former party President and Robben Island detainee Clarence Makwetu has…
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
At a regional peace summit initiated by Church leaders and held in Durban, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini urged his followers to stop killing each other. This…
EventSA architect Gerard Moerdijk is born
… et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 482. Wallis, F. (2000). …
EventKenya becomes a one party state
Almost a year after Kenya gained independencethe Kenya African National Union (KANU) under Jomo Kenyatta and its main opposition party united to form a party…
ArchiveMessage of the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Governments of the United States, Angola and Zambia: 6 March 1984
Message from Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Governments of the United States, Angola and Zambia Iinforming them that due to the infilitration of…
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
Circular letter from the President of the National Union of South African Students, Duncan Innes, reporting on a meeting between a delegation from NUSAS and…
The Freedom Charter
Black poster with copy of Freedom charter in white block with black lettering, in English with small parts in African languages. Copies of the Freedom Charter…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… with the history of the liberation movement in South Africa. This educational process was embarked upon at … a seminar on the "the role of the Black press"…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
[Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his death, September 19, 1983] Dearest…
ArchiveBanned
Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students Representative Council of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to explain…
PlaceAndries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
a Monument 2,5 km North of Graaf-Reinet. It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (1798-1853), whose…
ArchiveDokumente van belang
List of documents found by the South African Police at Plot No 9, Travallyn, in the district of Krugersdorp on 8 July 1963 and on "Liliiesleaf" Farm in Rivonia…
ArchiveAddress to NUSAS Congress 1968
President's address to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 30th Jun - 9…
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
Statement by the African National Congress on negotiations as adopted by the National Executive Committee on 25 November 1992. Covers shifts in the balance of…
Banned
Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students Representative Council of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to explain…
ArchiveStatement made by Senator O P F Horwood in Senate on June 4, 1971
Statement made by Senator Owen Horwood in Senate, 4 June 1971, suggesting that university authorities should act strongly to stop the activities of the…
ArchiveWestern Cape Region - Regional Conference: Problems and challenges of the Western Cape
Report by Reg September on the problems and challenges of the Western Cape, presented to the African National Congress Western Cape Region Conference, 29 and…
ArchiveThe boycott as weapon of struggle
The most potent weapon in the armoury of a nation struggling for liberation and racial oppression are boycotts. The attitudes of the leaders' and intellectuals…