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EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic’s office
The office of a member of Prime Minister P.W. Botha's team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African Constellation of States, Professor Jan…
EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
In a lengthy statement, President B.J. Vorster challenged Dr. Eschel Rhoodie to release any document that would implicate him in the Information Affair. He…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
Dora Bloch, one of the elderly British hostages of hijacked Flight 139 (an Air France A-300B Airbus, hijacked from Athens on 26 June) was reported as still…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when Portuguese explorers descended on the country. On their way to India, Portuguese explorers…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
Phola Park, East Rand: As township warfare spreads, a woman grieves over her husbands death, following a night attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
Thirteen people were killed and eighteen injured in an attack on Soweto residents after an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rally at Jabulani Stadium. In the…
EventStudents at Durban
During ongoing unrest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) owing to political activism and a continuing struggle between the Azanian Students' Movement …
EventIFP declares attacks on UDF as self-defence
Mr Velaphi Ndlovu, an IFP parliamentarian in the Kwazulu homeland claims that attacks by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) men on United Democratic Front UDF (UDF)…
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
Since its formation in 1985, Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) was viewed as a threat by the government. COSATU officials and members were…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… Of Some Pointers To The History Of The Media In South Africa' from O'Malley, The Heat of Hope, [online], Available …
EventYouth rage follows the funeral of Victoria Mxenge
Political violence by the youth began after the funeral of assassinated Victoria Mxenge, a civil rights lawyer, who was respected and liked by the Congress of…
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
Church Square, which was initially called Market Square, was home to the first church built in Pretoria, which burnt down in 1882. The square's current layout…
PlaceVrede
Vrede, 'the town of peace', lies between the North-Eastern Free State and the Mpumalanga border of Volksrust. It was named in 1863 after a dispute between its…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced the suspension of its active participation in both chambers of parliament and in the constitution-making process. IFP…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
At the annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it was decided to revive the old Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and to…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
King Dinizulu was the son of Chief Cetshwayo who reigned over Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) from 1872. Dinizulu was recognized as the legitimate heir and…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… campaigner for women's rights in apartheid South Africa from The guardian Monday, 24 April 2006 [online] …
EventNine members of the ANC are officially banned in Dakawa, Tanzania
… ‘The destruction of democracy’ , from Searchlight South Africa, Vol 2. No 1, July [online], Available at … MANDELA FROM EX-ANC DETAINEES’ , from Searchlight…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
Also known as Witperd Klip. The stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. An…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
The government proceeded with the introduction of apartheid laws in the 1950s. An example of this was the hated pass law. This forced Black people to carry…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
Mafikeng is the provincial capital of North West since 1994 and lies on the border with Botswana, it's about 260 kilometers West of Johannesburg. It was…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
APPEAL TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC ABOUT THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1913 by John Langalibalele Dube President, South African Native National Congress [This extract from…
The start of mass campaigns
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1948, the same year that I joined the ANC and the trade union the…
PlaceSada
… Forced Removals In South Africa – The Surplus People’s Reports Vol. 2, January 1983, … pp. 206-210,214-15,234-235| Forced Removals In South Africa – The…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… of South African Place Names, p.53 |Soccerphile, South Africa Travel + Tourism Guide: Indian Durban, …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Legislatures and Governance, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… responsiveness to the demands and aspirations for South Africa's youth. VOTING AGE 62. The proposal that the voting …
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. Among the many problems that faced …
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… has been inspired by a visit to the islands off South Africa's East Coast, like Mauritius and Reunion, where he had …
14. Suicide among indentured
… of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. Among the many problems that faced …