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BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… entered Fort Hare on a scholarship from the Mthatha Bunga (council of tribal chiefs) in 1957. He enrolled for a B.Sc and …
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… Mohamed Farah Aidid. In January 1992, the UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo against Somalia. The … convoys by UN security personnel. In April, the…
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… Senate, which was replaced with a multiracial President's Council, consisting of sixty White, Coloured and Indian nominated members. The Council was charged…
EventAlgerian head of state Mohamed Boudiaf assassinated
… and secular forces. Following this assassination, the High Council of State (HCS), which was an advisory body dominated … officers, appointed Ali Kafi, who…
EventNP demands apology from TRC
… came after Dr. Boraine learned from the State Security Council document that government ordered the elimination of … of anti-apartheid activists. Because the…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… farmers extended legal powers over their tenants 1930-1946 Council for Non European Trade Unions (CNETU) became … the most active union federation, the South…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… Indian Association (TBIA - 1903), the Cape British Indian Council (CBIC – before 1917), and the South African Indian … level. On the initiative of the Cape…
EventLibya becomes independent
… Libya by January 1952. A UN commissioner and the so-called Council of Ten - comprising of a representative from each of … through the period of transition to…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… against South Africa when the Transitional Executive Council in South Africa became operational. A resolution … against SA was passed in 1962 and in 1963 the…
“Let Me Live - Letter to a European”: June 1946
… in South Africa fall in this group. What has our City Council done to alleviate the position? The Council's expenditure on housing was £ 7-3-4 per head for ……
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
… 1923. In 1898 a governing body called the Legislative Council was established with members of the BSAC dominating … in Southern Rhodesia. As early as 1914…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… principal organs of the UN: General Assembly, Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council. …
EventThe UN requests States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa with immediate effect
… against the country when the Transitional Executive Council in South Africa became operational. A resolution … against SA was passed in 1962 and in 1963 the…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… 1979 and was deployed as part of the ANC’s revolutionary council, in a unit called “Internal Political …
South African Labour history
… than others. In 1930 the South African Trades and Labour Council (SATLC) was formed. Between 1930 and 1955 it was the …
June 17
… political leadership of the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC), SASM and other organisations were desperately …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… in the Colony. Although no one could be elected onto the Council, freedom of debate was guaranteed and most legislative initiatives had to pass through the…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
Introduction In 1948 the National government was voted into power and instituted apartheid. This lead to an increase in the number of people being…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… property owners in the 'Malay' Quarter. The Cape Town City Council is the chief landlord. 1938- Construction of 'Malay' … 1942 Kloof Between 1938 and 1942…
EventNigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom
… the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960. And an Executive Council, made up entirely of Nigerians, was led by a Prime … the Nigerian People’s Congress (NPC), the…
EventThe SABS is established
… of 1993. In terms of the Act, the SABS is controlled by a Council appointed by the Minister of Trade and Industry and is known as the Council of the South…
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… government in 1953. He also served on the African Advisory Council, Joint Advisory Council, and the Constitutional Committee that set the …
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… followed up announcement was made by the National Sports Council. The Council called for Luyt's resignation, along with the entire …
PlaceNyanga Township
… Kanana and Europe. Forced removals The Cape Divisional Council (Divco) and Cape Town City Council (CTCC) were the local house authorities responsible … June…
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… he opened the sixth session of the natives Representative Council in December, 1942, indicated that the Freedoms … peoples, the President-General of the…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… cause, 1961-1982 Introduction 77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978 78. The Natal Indian … and the Lenasia Management…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 81st Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1993
… ensure that the regime abandons it bankrupt strategy of negotiating with whilst simultaneously seeking to undermine … our country. Establishment of the…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… The Chairman of the Council, (2) Mr. Vice-Chancellor, (3) Members of the University Council, Members of the Senate and Heads of Departments, Members of…
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… outbreak of the Anglo Boer War. In 1912 the Cape Town City Council commissioned an engineer, H.M. Peter, to find various … A Norwegian engineer, Trygve…
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
… Afrikaans in schooling. At a meeting of the Soweto Urban Council, Councillor Leonard Mosala stated that enforcing … into the formation of the Soweto Student…