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In the enduring spirit of President O.R. Tambo: Good luck to all matriculants, 22 October 2012
… aspirations of posterity while it represents a gateway to the dignity of getting further training and education; attaining prosperity and the ability for…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… In the last few years we have walked this road with greater frequency, marching in the procession to bid farewell to the veterans of our movement, paying our…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… greatest heroes. He won renown as commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War (1899-1902) and was a leader in the Afrikaner…
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… Mali was once part of the Great Songhay Empire, but came under French rule in 1892. … almost seventy years of colonial rule, Mali was renamed the Sudanese…
ArchiveSouth African political prison-literature between 1948 and 1990: the prisoner as writer and political commentator
… Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject English at the University of South…
EventThe Neptune, with 288* convicts on board, enters Simon’s Bay, with strong resistance from Cape inhabitants
… On 19 September 1849, The Neptune entered and anchored in Simon's Bay (now Simonstown) in the Cape, after being met with a furious city population in Table…
EventProf. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg
… on a farm herding cattle. He won a scholarship to study at the University of Queensland in Brisbane and later went on to … Upon graduating, Dart travelled to…
EventSA announces its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international events
… The South African government announced its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international sporting events. Ironically, in the…
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody at the Johannesburg Security Police headquarters, John Vorster … criminally liable for…
EventThe UN requests States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa with immediate effect
… The United Nations(UN) requested States to terminate … relations with South Africa immediately, and to terminate the oil embargo against the country when the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983
… transcript of evidence from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of Churches, of the Commission of…
EventInitial experiments on the body of Egyptian King,Tutankhamen, conclude he is a fifteen year old boy
… was an Egyptian Pharoah who ruled in the period known as the 18th Dynasty, the years between 1332 and 1323 BC. Tutankhamen became King … King Tut One King…
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… were killed by an angry mob at Cato Manor in Durban . The incident happened after a raid by police searching for illicit liquor. This was at a time when the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 4 November 1982
… Excerpt from the transcript of evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by…
EventJohn Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt
… was an industrialist and a philanthropist who founded the Standard American Oil Company. Rockefeller family is one of the richest families in the world and…
ArchiveMeeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Pretoria, 16 November 1984
… delegation and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in Mozambique and Angola … Meeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister…
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… General, left Cape Town on a 167 day journey into the interior, accompanied by his daughter, Augusta, a … his son and Dr. Heinrich Lichtenstein, an explorer…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution … for South West Africa. Their task was to administer the Territory and to enter immediately into…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 3 September 1982
… Evidence from Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha to The Honourable Alexander H Haig Jr, Secretary of State, United States of America
… regarding Cuban withdrawal of troops from Angola. Incudes the response of 23 September 1981, of the South African Government to the message of the…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others, 12th June 1964: Judges remarks in passing sentence
… The remarks of the Honourable Judge President Mr. Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Nelson Mandela and others, held in … The…
EventBoer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius dies
… Boer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, died at his home in Potchefstroom at the…
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
… The Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha warned of a government plan to adopt tougher measures against the rapidly expanding and increasingly…
EventCape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities
… The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the Ciskei Legislative Assembly on…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Govan Archibald Mbeki, Volume 28
… Extract of evidence from Govan Mbeki, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the…
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… A United Nations report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000. The report came five years after the Centre for Disease Control…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the World Festival of Youth and Students, 05 July 1985, Moscow
… Let the fortieth anniversary of the victory over fascism inspire and mobilise the world youth for Peace, Freedom and Justice. We count on … Message by Oliver…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique begin discussions which lead to the creation of a cross-border conservation park
… South Africa and Mozambique began discussions which led to the creation of a cross-border conservation park which will include the Kruger National Park. …
EventThe Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan
… Due to South Africa’s Apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s, many countries were cautious to be seen as allies with the country. Japan was one of these…
ArchiveEye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town
… of police brutality against High school students in the Cape Peninsula in the period following the Soweto riots, published as an article in The Guardian, ……