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EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… The Progressive Reform Party of South Africa and the 'Japie' Basson dissident group of United Party (UP) … with Colin Eglin as leader, Ray Swart as party…
EventThe South African Military History Society is established
… to further the interests of students of military history and the collection of military items of historical … research into the history, traditions, uniforms…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… over the Walvis Bay enclave by handing over the port and twelve offshore islands to the Namibian government. This … discussions lasting three years between…
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… adopted several resolutions. It called on its members and supporters to join a campaign of sustained action against … week before the country's general…
EventBus drivers strike because of lack of protection
… Bus drivers, who were members of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), a COSATU affiliate, went … of protection from Inkatha supporters. Between…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… hospital in Johannesburg. His father put up a brave face and announced that his son had HIV/Aids. He stressed that … it as an extraordinary thing for which…
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… 1997 for allegedly being a spy for the Apartheid regime and for fomenting violence between African National Congress (ANC) members and Inkatha Freedom Party …
EventMandela reshuffles the cabinet
… by Trevor Manuel who was then the minister of Trade and Industry and Tourism. Alec Erwin was promoted to Manuel's post and Gill Marcus became deputy minister…
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
… the murder of Alwyn Petrus Marais, a Fordsburg shopkeeper, and later also charged with high treason and the possession of loot. On 17 November 1922, he was ……
EventMoses Josiah Madiba is born
… Moses Josiah Madiba , the author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, … Council Visitor's Grant which enabled him to…
EventTraditional Bushman artist Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper, aged 38, dies suddenly from natural causes
… man was also a versatile artist /craftsperson and healer. Vetkat had many artistic skills including music. His main passion however was for the veld and…
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… follow the example of Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and to release all political prisoners. The magazine specifically mentioned Nelson Mandela and Bram…
EventNigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born
… his adversaries were behind it. He was vocal in political and social affairs in Nigeria; including his staunch … opposition to exploitation by oil companies,…
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… It was a settlement of the 1688 French Huguenot refugees and this region was known as: 'Limiet Vallei'. Dr. Andrew … 1874. This building also served as a…
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… a minor stroke that led to his admission in hospital, and amid rising political instability, growing economic problems and diplomatic isolation. On 15 August…
EventThe UN Security Council condemns all violations of its embargo against South Africa
… upon states to stop the sale of arms to South Africa, and repeated the call in 1970 and again in 1972. It was however only in 1977 that the arms embargo…
EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… Olonga was born in Lusaka, Zambia, to a Kenyan father and a Zimbabwean mother. The family moved back to his … made his Test debut in 1995, becoming the…
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… non-violent resistance movement ever seen in South Africa and the first campaign undertaken jointly by all racial groups under the leadership of the ANC and…
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… Party, Dr. Connie Mulder, who claimed they were honest and well-intentioned. The CPRC was formed with forty elected members and twenty nominated members. It…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… The railway was built by the British East Africa Company and stretched from Mombasa to Kisimu. Construction of the railway began in the 1890s and was…
East Cape Update
… aimed to provide a reliable index of in-depth information and analysis of the Eastern Cape region. This region had a … of democratic opposition to the white…
Ikwezi
… Africa, published in England by "a group of South African and Southern African revolutionaries with long histories of … Party based on the Chinese model of…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… dates back to 1955 when it was signed by South Africa and Great Britain. In terms of this agreement, the South African Navy expanded and the Simonstown base…
A Place of Freedom
… Indian there is no room in this country. I feel happy and satisfied and at home only when I am in Phoenix where I can breathe the … I step out of it there is…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… Sak River. In 1961 Brandvlei was granted Municipal status and in the same year a flash flood split, the Town in two. The Town was carefully rebuilt and today…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… Anti-Apartheid activist and founder member of the African National Congress Women’s … person at the time, she developed a heart condition and died. Born in…
ArchiveNo to militarism
… Black, white, red and blue poster. Artwork of aeroplanes and gas masks and a baby. …
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… at more than 100 years of motoring History with its unique and exciting collection of vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and memorabilia in the magnificent…
EventTricameral Parliament inaugurated
… which would re-enfranchise the Coloured population and enfranchise the Indian population. The Constitution … the House of Representatives for the Coloured…
ArchiveVervoers bond VNV
… Artwork of buses, planes, and boats. White poster with green and red lettering and artwork. …