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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…
EventBotha announces third naval base
P.W. Botha, the then Minister of Defence, announced the establishment of a third South African Naval Base to be located at Saldana Bay, about 128 kilometres…
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 …
EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
On 17 February 2017, six people were killed and more than a dozen injured at the Salisbury Island Naval base in Durban. Three of the six people involved were…
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
This unique sanctuary is the residence of more than 170 different species and provides a protective roosting place and breeding ground for thousands of birds…
EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
The Coloured schools' boycott began as a result of students' dissatisfaction with the South African educational and political systems. Students from about 60…
EventPrime Minister Botha visits Soweto
… Reader's Digest. (1988). Illustrated History of South Africa: the real story, New York: Reader's Digest …
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
Dr. Peter A.J. Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre on…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
On 29 April 1992, Mrs Alinah Smith (52) of Sebokeng, Gauteng, was killed when a hand grenade exploded in her house. Mrs Smith was the mother of an African…
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
On 16 August 1990, President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started…
EventCOSATU delegates are left at Beitbridge
In spite of being refused to visit, the thirteen delegates of the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU), left for Zimbabwe with the intent of meeting…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
The former minister of labour, Tito Mboweni, was appointed governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris Stals. Mboweni, the first…
EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
South African composer, choir conductor, organist and teacher, Benjamin Tyamzashe, affectionately known as 'B-ka-T', was born in Kimberley in 1890. B-ka-T…
EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
… 07 January 2014]|Finaldi, G (2002), Italy's scramble for Africa from Agali to Adowa, chapter from the book Disastro! …