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EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… Polio is a water-born disease that affects the nervous system and causes paralysis, deformation and … children, most recently in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although…
ArchiveThe contemporary Black Movement as it has developed from its forerunners
… The discussion revolves around the the gap in student activism between the fifties and the seventies and the widening gap between … The contemporary Black…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… In response to attacks on the Sasol oil refinery in Secunda, the South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland. The attacks claimed…
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
… On 10 April 1972, The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of … at: sahistory.org.za [Accessed 1 April 2009] HSP, The…
Theoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
… In June 1947, Theoria : a journal of studies of the Arts Faculty, Natal University College was published. Later, the title changed to, Theoria: a journal of…
Alan Wieder on the Rivonia Raids & South African Non-Violent Struggle
… Alan Wieder remembers the Rivonia Raid 50 years after it happened. The South African government in the early 1960s attacked the Rovonia farm, then occupied…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… Africa Art that reflects sustainability includes not only the repurposing of refuse to create fashionable garments, … innovative sculptures and decorative…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… Noshir Ginwala was born on 25 April 1932. She studied in the United Kingdom (UK) where she obtained a LLB degree and later a doctorate in history from the…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… emergency conference, the burning of the passes in Cape Town, and the militancy displayed by the shanty-town … that brave young girl who gave up her medical…
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
… and political leader. Plaatje died of pneumonia at the age of 55 while on a trip to Johannesburg. He was a … and writer and in 1912 became first secretary…
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… Ladies and gentlemen, Exactly eight months ago to the day, in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Heads of State and Government of … in support of our…
EventParamount Chief, Botha Sigcau is appointed the first President of Transkei
… who had earlier supported Bantu Authorities was appointed the first President of Transkei at the opening session of the Transkei Assembly. Kaizer Matanzima…
ArchiveThis is the time: time to end apartheid, time for peace
… Extract from the report of the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), Frank Chikane, … This is the time: time to end apartheid,…
ArchiveMeeting of the Joint Monitoring Commission (JMC): Mupa, 28 March 1984
… Meeting of the Joint Monitoring Commission (JMC) to discuss the mandate of the JMC in terms of the Lusaka Agreement and the manner in … Meeting of the Joint…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
… The African National Congress (ANC) sent a report on police … to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action…
EventThe Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed
… The Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 empowered the Government to remove Africans from any area within and next to the magisterial district of…
EventSA Prime Minister completes a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal
… Vorster completed a tour of self governing territories in the Northern Transvaal during which he held talks with leaders of the North Sotho, Tsonga and Venda…
EventThe South African government is to grant self-government to KaNgwane
… The South African government was to grant self-government to … new to conflicting claims about land. In September 1982, the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein…
EventSouth Africa is said to resume its membership of the Commonwealth
… On 31 May 1994, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaouku told reporters at the Commonwealth Headquarters in London, that…
EventAnge-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic is born
… Ange-Félix Patassé was the president of the Central African Republic (CAR) from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of CAR. The…
EventLalla Hirayama, the Japanese-born South African television personality is born
… was born in Hiratsuka, Japan on 10 February 1988. At the age of six, her family immigrated to South Africa. Lalla … presenter, model, dancer and actress.[ii]…
EventWriter J.M. Coetzee is awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature
… JM Coetzee has had a successful literary career. He is the only author ever to win the Booker prize twice, but the publicity-shy author avoided attending…
EventKamalesh Sharma delivers a speech at the 2010 Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture
… Secretary General for Common Wealth made a speech during the 2010 Nelson Mandela Lecture held in London. His speech mainly focused on the “The Commonwealth…
ArchiveThis Council of the SACC calls upon all its member churches
… The South African Council of Churches (SACC) calls upon all its member churches to participate in the National Day of Prayer for the people of Crossroads…
ArchiveStatement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973
… The statement was isued in reponse to an article in the Daily News dated 4th July 1973. In the article Chief Gatsha Buthelezi makes a derogatory … Statement…
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
… career in 1980. Matlala’s first crack at a world title, the IBF flyweight title, in September 1991 was against Dave … junior flyweight, went up against Paul…
EventZola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games
… Zola Budd and Annette Cowley, could not participate in the Commonwealth Games as athletes for England. The Commonwealth Games was to commence in July of the…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… with Generals Jan C Smuts and Louis Botha in Pretoria. The trio was going to discuss about a planned Burghers … this meeting De La Rey was persuaded not to…
The contemporary Black Movement as it has developed from its forerunners
… The discussion revolves around the the gap in student activism between the fifties and the seventies. A generation gap existed in … The contemporary Black…
ANC pays tribute to the late Arthur Goldreich, 26 May 2011
… Arthur Goldreich will go down in history as one of the rare breeds of revolutionaries that changed the course of South African history. Not only did he ……