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EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, which was later renamed Progressive … by the government on 12 May 1962 defining the crime of sabotage in…
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… Three months after being inaugurated as South Africa's second president since … here to read South African History Online's chronology of President Thabo…
CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUSION
… have just ended the tenth and final chapter, is the climax of our story. 1 It provides us with a kind of promontory from … described by ANC strategists and…
ArchiveConclusion by Howard Barrell
… have just ended the tenth and final chapter, is the climax of our story. Footnote It provides us with a kind of … described by ANC strategists and members…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… is situated 24 km inland from Durban; it now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan Municipality. … Zulu-speaking Black Africans, Inanda is…
Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
… The 6th September 2016 was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of National Party Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on the … and Afrikaans-speaking parts…
EventThe Riotous Assemblies Act Commences
… The Riotous Assemblies Act no 17 of 1956, prohibiting any outside gathering that the minister of justice saw as a threat to public peace, commenced. It ……
EventZambian journalist, Fred M’membe is born
… Post constantly clashed with the government, from the time of President Kenneth Kaunda up until President Rupiah Banda’s … times for his reporting. M’membe…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… Mandela's only surviving son, Makgatho Mandela, died of HIV/AIDS in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. His … and announced that his son had HIV/Aids…
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
… the status quo. How apt therefore that the current saga of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan fits so well into this scenario. With rumours swirling, South…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… / african.pictures The 1976 Soweto riots ushered in an era of increased confrontation between the state and political organisations fighting for liberation…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… University. Project: Strong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF Andrew Bohannon Andrew Bohannon is a sophomore at … Overcoming Adversity from All Angles:…
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabs main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to death. A prior … in the face. Verwoed was sitting at his…
EventFive prominent anti-apartheid activists released
… anti-apartheid activists were released in Cape Town after being detained for up to two years under the Internal … Rasool, Mountrain Qumbela and Hilda Ndude,…
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… Six. After matriculation he enrolled at the University of Cape Town for a BA LLB degree and later became a lawyer, … Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983, which…
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
… they were suing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela, for more than two million rands, the equivalent value of…
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
… in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned with the lack of engagement by South African artists, art historians and … expressly intended to contribute towards…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… in our country. We have further called on the people of Africa to unite against these atrocities being committed in the name of South Africa and the law…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… Secretary-General U Thant to help obtain the release of Nelson Mandela, leader and co-founder of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested…
EventIdi Amin Dada releases the Americans held hostage in Uganda
… Almost three months later, Amin went to hiding after being wounded following an assassination attempt. In 1972, … and shot to death, their car pushed off the…
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… was given as a gift to King Edward VII and now forms part of the British crown jewels. Experts have valued this diamond as being worth more than £200million…
EventThe Proteas become the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia
… South African national cricket team, The Proteas, is one of the most successful national teams in the country and the … The year proved to be a successful…
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
… I first met Aziz when I was a student at the London School of Economics. I met him through my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
… Along the Western shores of South Africa there are many myriad fishing Villages which lie sleepily on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. While Paternoster is…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… is not encouraged because I think it threatens the core of what this country is about. It’s a very powerful medium, … by focusing on poverty and the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… 1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins … by Indians in Durban, is ratified by the NIA's…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… Brink was born on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned his…
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… After being readmitted into the international fold, the newly … African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer giants,…