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Cable to the United Nations, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, November 25, 1948
… told meeting of Johannesburg Joint Council Europeans and Africans that "Natives" would accept apartheid if it was … conflict resulting from Union's…
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… a state of emergency in 27 townships in the Vaal Reef area and banned the carrying of all weapons. The regulations introduced by Minister of Law and Order,…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… Pieter Willem Botha was the prime minister and then president of South Africa from 1978 to 1989. He is … political career began when he joined the National…
ArchiveAfrica beyond the Union
… Lecture series delivered by W.M. Macmillan who describes and differentiates the political, economic and social conditions of countries outside of South…
EventMoses Mabhida receives awards
… Moses Mbheki Mabhida, trade unionist, politician and Umkhonto we Sizwe commander, was awarded the Soviet Order of the People and the Order of the People's…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… celebrated its centenary. As part of the uKhongolose: ANC and South Africa’s Struggle for Freedom feature, SAHO started …
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… are no guns or bullets or clubs which can destroy courage and unity, and as long as the people are courageous and united in their just struggle to save their…
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… founding of Uitenhage - of broad streets, water culverts and widely spaced thatched houses situated on the street … by British trends, with the public…
ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… (SOYA); an organisation affiliated to the Unity Movement and consists mainly of young urban workers and intellectuals. The agrarian problem is discused in…
Steve Biko National Conference 2014
… – Welcome 10h00-11h30- Panel Discussion Addressing racism and tribalism in SA: Is One Nation in One Azania a Myth? Prof Saths Cooper President of the IUPsyS…
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… government decided against registering for the election and the African National Congress (ANC) called for a blockade … wished for Bophuthatswana to remain…
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… was the first woman in 25 years to be awarded the honour and the seventh woman laureate in the near-century history of the Nobel Prize. Gordimer is the…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
… The circumstances that led to the repealing and ultimate dismantling of the Apartheid structure was … F.W. de Klerk to free the jailed ANC leader Nelson…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… was formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others for the events … Moeketsi in December 1988…
EventZulu King Dingane orders the execution of Piet Retief’s men
… Following the signing of Dingane and Retief's treaty, Piet Retief and his party were treated to a farewell dance by the Zulu … reached a frenzied climax,…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… Anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, the first … The boycott became successful as disinvestments took place and the rand…
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
… 1892, others as 1896. Kottler studied art in Jerusalem and later in Munich, Paris and London. He settled in South Africa in 1915 and began making a name for…
EventNatal Football Union founded
… The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the subsequent war with the South African Republics … with the local people they started arranging teams and soccer matches…
EventNigerian terrorist, Henry Okah is found guilty of masterminding two car bombs in Abuja by a South African Judge.
… Delta (MEND). The group announced its existence in 2006 and carried out attacks on oil infrastructure and foreign oil companies in the region. The group…
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… eleven years as president he dissolved the government and declared the state a monarchy, the Central African … was overthrown by the French in 1979. He fled…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… was founded as the Transvaal Meteorological Department, and was initially meant to be used to watch weather patterns. … director of the centre. It was…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… On 30 August 2012, two hundred and seventy workers were charged with the murder of their … 2012,whereby the South African police services opened fire and…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 9: The Kennedy visit, the truth
… the visit by Senator Edward Kennedy to South Africa, and one question which stands out and that is, Why was he visiting South Africa? APDUSA also questions…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Jeppetown, Johannesburg
… building was laid on 5 May 1906 by General Koos de la Rey, and the church was officially consecrated on 26 January 1907. It is notable for its high steeple…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… Park in Pretoria. Mnisi had just dropped off a friend and waited at his companion`s driveway when two men emerged and pointed guns at him. Said a shocked…
ANC NEC meets (30th November, - 2 December 2001), 29 November 2001
… expected to address amongst others, issues of the economy and the state of the tripartite alliance. The NEC meeting … passing away of Joe Modise, Commander…
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… (AZAPO) at the time of this interview, was born in 1952 and graduated from Sekano-Ntoane High School in Soweto in … he began teaching at Meadowlands High…
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… crisis, Are many negro comrades unemployed in Johannesburg and in South Africa in general? The Stalinists state that the … that we are only at the beginning…
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… After studying theology he became a minister at Montjoux and then at Embrun. After the edict of Nantes, which forbade … Huguenot religion, he fled to…
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… ranks'. Below, an extract from article 'HIV/AIDS: Policies and programmes for blue helmets' by Roxanne Bazergan Back in … reportedly stopped donating blood…