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Japan offers to surrender in World War 2 if Emperor Hirohito is permitted to keep his throne.
WW2: The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to force Japan to surrender.
Ethiopia’s leader Haile Selassie, confronted by continued unrest, agrees to a constitutional convention to create a new system
US government under President Gerald Ford discloses that it has decided to sell weapons to Egypt.
The proposal to allow presidential candidates to run for a third term is formally withdrawn in Malawi.
The British colonial government of Kenya broadcasts a call to Mau Mau nationalist guerrilla fighters to surrender.
Following fierce opposition to the Advocate General’s Bill, the government refers it to a Parliamentary Select Committee.
Letter dated 29 January 1952 from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister to the A.N.C.
Letter dated 29 January 1952 from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister to the A.N.C.
At their annual meeting in Sweden, Nordic development ministers decided to continue support to the ANC.
At their annual meeting in Sweden, Nordic development ministers decided to continue support to the ANC.
In response to the Yemen dispute, Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser threatens to invade Saudi Arabia.
Algeria’s president proposes new national constitution, dropping references to socialism and opening the door to a multiparty s
The government is to establish a special Cabinet committee to look at the problems of urban Blacks.
The government grants internal self-government to two further ‘homelands’, namely to Venda and Gazankulu territories.
Sirr al-Khatim al-Khalifa, the Sudanese prime minister, admits to providing aid to Congolese rebels.
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of Provinces; Honourable…
ArchiveNo to Highvelds offer : We want a living wag
Light green poster with black lettering. Poster divided into three strips. English on top. African language centre. Afrikaans language in bottom strip.
ArchiveGlobal march for access to HIV/AIDS treatment
Black, red and white poster. Notice of a march on the 9th July at Durban City Hall. Photograph of a black child holding a poster. Telephone numbers for TAC.
ArchiveDecember 16 to 26 Xmas against the emergency!
Campaign for national united action. White background with black lettering plus two black bells ringing in two top corners and black and white image of…
Global march for access to HIV/AIDS treatment
Red, black and white poster for Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). March at Durban City Hall on 9th July. Photograph of a small girl holding a poster with a hand…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
I wish to extend to you warmest greetings from His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia and the Honourable Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister…
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…
“Let Me Live - Letter to a European”: June 1946
"let Me Live - Letter To A European": June 19468 Dear friend, I am addressing this letter to you in the hope that you would read it with sympathy and…
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
In October 2002, Marie Fourie and her partner of twelve years, Cecelia Bonthuys had been refused the right to marry on the basis of the common law…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed to New Times, Moscow, January 1980
Question: How do you assess the situation in southern Africa after the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front has signed the ceasefire agreement? TAMBO: The liberation war…
Document 26 - Nelson Mandela’s reply to F. W. De Klerk
COSATU PRESS CONFERENCE 25 OCT. 1995 COSATU Central Executive Committee held a strategy workshop on the 23 - 24 Oct. 1995 to deal with critical issues relating…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The system of management committees, or local…
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Moothen had the following letter written to the…
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, two hitherto independent Afrikaner…