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… Pope John Paul II issues the 11th encyclical of his papacy in which he condemns abortion and euthanasia as …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 104. … Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer and settler  who was a member of an expedition to the Zulu chief Shaka in the 1820s, is …

… All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more …

… The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport …

… in Africa on this day when the embattled ex-British colony of Rhodesia becomes Zimb …

… At a summit meeting in Lusaka (14-16 April) the leaders of East and Central African States on 16 April 1969 agree to …

… One of the most important developments in South Africa in this … organisations of the African people, the African National Congress and the I.C.U. had declined quite rapidly. In 1923, The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) renamed itself, African National Congress …

… the University Christian Movement (UCM) held its founding congress in Grahamstown, with about 90 clergymen and students in attendance. The congress elected an executive committee of ten people, with Basil Moore as president. The executive …

… particularly in the late 1970s after the Soweto uprising of 1976, there was increasing pressure, both internal and … an important role in the revival of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), both of which had been banned in 1960 and …

… 2010 19 January: ( Congress of South African Trade Unions ) COSATU affiliate The Food and … Dlamini (Cosatu president) at Cosatu's 11th National Congress Source: www.dailymaverick.co.za 27 August 2012: The …

… Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation … March, a breakaway organisation from the African National Congress  (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) staged an anti-pass demonstration outside …

… 1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the implementation of new land laws in the Orange Free State, which had stripped … 1927 A delegation from the ANC attends the inaugural Congress of the League Against Imperialism, held in Brussels …

… Neville Edward Alexander was the first of six children of Dimbiti Bisho Alexander, a primary-school teacher, and … them as well. In fact, Mandela and African National Congress  (ANC) member Walter Sisulu  were fascinated with … N. (2012). 100 Years of the African National Congress by Neville Alexander [Online]. Cape Town: SAHO. …

… at the Cape, and suggests a deep awareness around issues of abolition and freedom held by slaves and servants throughout the Cape Colony.  The timing of the Cape uprising was surely influenced by stories … Ireland and the Caribbean, as well as the recent abolition of the slave trade on the high seas.  News of these events …

… was still a cautious approach, with the limited objective of preparing young scholars for leadership in the Black … other high profile student leaders were initiated into the Congress tradition by Joe Gqabi. The 1976 uprising raised the … ranks of uMkhonto we Sizwe  (MK) and the Pan Africanist Congress’s  Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA). Many who …

… A translation of the personal notes of President Dos Santos answering questions presented by President P W Botha regarding the withdrawal of Cuban and South African troops from Angola and instituting … Personal notes of the conversations with his Excellency President Jose …

… 1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family … Rev James Calata  invites Xuma to the  African National Congress ’s (ANC) annual conference in Durban. Xuma serves as … president. He gives the go-ahead for the formation of a Congress youth league and nominates  ET Mofutsanyana  to …

… April 1994 BETWEEN THE FREEDOM FRONT, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/ NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 … Memorandum of Agreement between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Afrikaners Volksfront (AVF), dated …

… South Africa History Online has embarked, with the support of the NIHSS, on researching the role of the arts under … (ACDN) Association of Community Arts Centres (ACAC) Congress for South African Writers (COSAW) Cultural Workers Congress Federation of South African Cultural Organisations …

… Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting of the Black Peoples Convention held at the St. Anscars LP … Black Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting held at the St. Anscars …

… Students Reprsentative Council, calling on residents of Black townships to boycott Christmas shopping and shebeens as a show of solidarity with those killed by police violence during the … workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa. …

… thunderstorms and is ironically the Economic powerhouse of Africa!" 'Joburg' as it is called by locals, was founded … * Oliver Tambo : A key leader in the African National Congress (ANC) and a close colleague of Nelson Mandela, Tambo … was also an active member of the South African Congress of Democrats and became the Secretary of its Natal Branch in …

… -          This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of a name that has been left out, please email SAHO Niel … and 2] Professor H.M. Coovadia [Transvaal and Natal Indian Congress, CODESA2] Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Michael Corbett … [NP, CODESA 1] MR C Saloojee [Natal and Transvaal Indian Congress, CODESA 2] Mr Justice Petrus Schabort [Judge, CODESA …

… Party ling general elections to work for the defeat of the extreme reactionary and Pro-Fascist forces represented … 3 and 4. The conference over 50 delegates from all parts of the country. The resolution on the general elections … peoples. Conference calls upon all workers and democrats to unite in protesting against the Government's …

… “The most patient of animals, next to the ass:” Jan Smuts, Howard University, …

… in Second World War Durban by Jonathan Hyslop (Journal of Natal and Zulu History), 2018 …

… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the United Nations habitat II African housing minister’s …

… SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE UNITED NATIONS HABITAT II AFRICAN HOUSING MINISTER’S …

… Baron Pieter van Rheede, appointed governor of the Cape who died at sea on his way to the Cape, is born …

… ”Forced Withdrawal Of South Africa From The Commonwealth - Historic Step Forward …