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EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… sanctions. Further urging from then U.S. Secretary of State, Henry A. Kissinger led Smith agree on a plan to … as a ploy because it enabled whites to retain…
EventDr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria
… studied physics in Germany where he obtained a Masters of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Leipzig. Van der Bijl returned to South…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… you at this prestigious college that has trained many of our senior African military officers. Institutions such as … instrument of the African Union (AU),…
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… and disturbances which, in turn, led to the loss of the billiard licence . On wine alone the proprietor went … Bauman’s Hotel was likewise reputable and was…
ArchiveDraft Code of Conduct for SACP members in an election list and serving Parliament and government structures at national, regional and local levels
… Internal discussion document proposing a code of conduct in the light of impending elections for a Constituent Assembly. … Draft Code of Conduct for SACP…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… involvement in political activities during the first half of the 1970s. From 1973 until 1977 when SASO was banned, … an “affected” organisation under the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 9 February 1977, Volume 102 and Volume 103
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mafiison Morobe; Seth Sendile Mazibuko; … David Kutumela, all school students, to the Commission of Inquiry…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 13 and 14 October 1976, Volume 27
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Ezra Mandikole Mantini, Mangaliso Alf Kumalo … from the Sunday Times newspaper, to the Commission of Inquiry…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… celebrates 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. Zwelithini (literally, “What … was to pass a provincial House of…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… OUR LAND AND JOBS NOW! PEOPLES’ MANIFESTO AND A PLAN OF ACTION FOREWORD BY THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF … accompanying legislation such as a Land…
EventThe first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken
… to Muizenburg. The mail bag was fastened to the back of his seat as he flew the Bleriot monoplane. The plane … the South African post office commemorated a…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2016 submissions
… without Borders and travel the world. Project: Biography of Can Themba Tate Allen Tate Allen is a freshman at SMU from the suburbs of North Shore Boston. He…
No Arms for South Africa: Albert Luthuli, 8 May 1963
… (An appeal sent to the people of the United Kingdom in May 1963 through the Anti-Apartheid … out in calmness a just settlement of the conflicts in our land…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that … created under the Extension of the University Education Act, Act 45 of 1959,…
First Matabele War
… In 1890 Cecil John Rhodes became premier of South Africa with the support of the Afrikaner Bond. … (now Harare). Greedily, Rhodes had been distributing land…
ArchiveLetter addressed to the Churchwardens and councillors, Christ Church Kei Road describing events leading to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate
… Letter relating to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate and the church's … Church Kei Road describing events leading to the eviction of farm…
ArchiveConsultative Conference on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on the role of the bantustan in the current debate for a negotiated political settlement
… on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on the role of the bantustan in the current debate for a negotiated … on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on…
Document 34 - Memorandum of agreement for reconciliation and peace between the IFP/KwaZulu government and the ANC and the South African government/NP
… (ANC) President Oliver Reginald Tambo during the unveiling of two memorials to him in the borough on Wednesday 17 … Document 34 - Memorandum of agreement for…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… who gave out warmth and life like the African sun, full of lively energy and songs and cheerfulness of her infinitely … burnt their passes. Moreover, by the…
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
… was delivered in Zulu. Friends, comrades, and the people of Natal, I greet you all. I do so in the name of peace, the … new chiefdoms. Later, they annexed…
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
… Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University … African population, tracing the development of…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… first executive committee elected in 1912, which consisted of the Reverend John Dube as President, Solomon Plaatje as … early as in 1892, in his public…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … School, Daniel Lindley, Lucy Lindley,…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… For instance, the passing of the Suppression of Communism Act, Act, the Population Registration Act, the Groups Areas … that they would be incorporated later…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… as Mountain View in English), in the Vryheid district of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), where his parents – Andreas and … compositions, along with his Zulu…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… mass media in this country, creating a nation wide network of cinemas and theatres. He also created the first radio … Struggle is my Life Ngakane has been…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… 1940 Born in Cape Town. 1960s Graduates from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the University of…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… on apartheid laws such as the pass laws, the Group Areas Act, the Separate Representation of Voters Act, the … on 26 June. A group of 52 were arrested at the…
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… school teachers and learners in Grades 8 to 11. The aim of the competition is to increase the interest in history and … aims to acknowledge - in a…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… Consciousness leader Steve Biko died while in the custody of security police. The period leading up to his death, … government enforced the Newspaper and…