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EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
On 4 June 1978, Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London. Two years before his death, Tyamzashe was…
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
Location: back to this day in history search archive The Democratic Party officially came into being at a one day conference held in Johannesburg. The…
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
The government and the African National Congress (ANC) reaffirmed their commitment to the Groote Schuur Minute at discussions held at the Presidency in…
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
President F.W de Klerk announced that South African beaches would be opened to all people across the racial lines. The decision to open the beaches was made…
EventSA Policeman Wins 90km Comrades Marathon
… Burger, D. (ed)(2002). South Africa Yearbook 2001/02 , Pretoria: GCIS, p. 509|Xinhuanet., …
EventMinister of Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer set to resign
On the day the National Party (NP) launched a 'core values' document in Pretoria, aimed at taking the party forward, it was also reported that the Provincial…
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
During the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General Kemp attacked Brigadier-General Dixon at Vlakfontein and captured the field guns. Dixon launched a…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
During the Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state Artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic, also…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was…
EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
… et al. (Eds). (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 143). …
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
General circular from the Deputy Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students. The circular discusses the structure of the National Union and…
PlaceBoulders Beach, Simons Town
Just around the corner from the seaside Village of: 'Simons Town', turn left off main road to Boulders Visitor Centre to visit the famous colony of African…
OR Tambo lecture by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
The Deputy President of the ANC, Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa, will deliver a lecture to celebrate the life and times of Oliver Reginald Tambo during the Mid-term…
National spokesperson to address a lecture on OR Tambo
This month, October 2014, the African National Congress pays homage to our late former President, Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo. As…
EventUnited Democratic Front call to Police
The United Democratic Front criticized the police actions at a Guguletu Funeral and made a call for police to stay away from funerals. This was requested by…
ArchiveOrganisational Report of the National Executive Committee
Organisational Report of the African National Congress National Executive Committee by the Secretary-General, Alfred Nzo to the First Legal National Conference…
Inner-Party Bulletin
Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the SACP for internal distribution only. Issue covers probation, discipline and standards of conduct, report on a…
PlaceErica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth
The Erica School for Girls in Port Elizabeth was begun in 1884 by Miss Mary Anne van Wyk, who initially gave lessons in the old Erica Hall. After the South…
EventConservationist and entrepreneur Rufus Maruma is born
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball).|Rasethaba, S., …
EventSoweto students begin protest against the compulsory use of Afrikaans
Pupils at Naledi High School vented their anger by burning out a police car and damaging three other vehicles. The first indication of African unrest at Soweto…
EventPupils refuse to return to school before Soweto Uprisings
… ‘ The Soweto Uprising ’, in The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970-1980, Volume 2, (UNISA Press), pp. 334-335 | The …
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… Zulu Nationalism and 'Separate Development' in South Africa, 1965 - 1975. A thesis submitted in fulfillment for …
EventChristian Institute declared an affected organisation
The Minister of Justice, James Thomas (Jimmy) Kruger, declared the Christian Institute to be an affected organisation under the Affected Organisation's Act of…
EventSASO adopts the Alice Declaration
The South African Students' Organisation (SASO) adopted the "Alice Declaration" during a pre-arranged SASO meeting at the Federal Theological Seminary in Alice…
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… Suzanne, D., (1997), Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa , from the New York Times, 21 August, [online], …
EventNelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
At the Mandela Day 2 concert at the Wembley Stadium in London, England, Nelson Mandela delivers a speech in which he thanks the world for their wide support…
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
In a precedent-setting judgement, a full bench of the Cape High Court, comprising of Judges Van Zyl, Essa Moosa and Dan Dlodlo, ruled in favour of the request…
EventMadalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament
Zambian golfer Madalitso Muthiya began playing golf at the age of six. After he broke a bedroom window while playing with his father’s clubs, his father…
EventJeremy Cronin and British couple are sentenced in the Cape Town Supreme Court
In the Cape Town Supreme Court a British journalist, David Rabkin, his wife and a South African lecturer, Jeremy Cronin, were sentenced to ten, one, and seven…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
… Bobby-Evans, A., Woman's Anti-Pass Law Campaigns in South Africa , from About.com, [online], Available at …