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EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
An intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique, involving 133 Angolan soldiers, anti-apartheid activists, Klaas de Jonge, a Dutch…
EventSouth African Press Association is established
The South African Press Association (SAPA) was established as a non-governmental institution in 1938 by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the…
EventThe new RSA Constitution Bill is read in parliament
The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill received its third reading. Among its provisions were the abolition of the Senate and the creation of a sixty…
EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
The Coloured schools' boycott began as a result of students' dissatisfaction with the South African educational and political systems. Students from about 60…
EventPrime Minister Botha visits Soweto
Premier P.W. Botha became the first South African prime minister to visit Soweto. His visit included talks with the Soweto Community Council during which he…
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
Internationally known singer Johan Botha was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West Province). He attended his first singing lessons at the age of ten…
EventJapan lifts economic sanctions against SA
Japan lifts economic sanctions, including bans on the import of gold coins and steel, as well as direct investment loans. Japan's stated position is that it…
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
On 16 August 1990, President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started…
EventThe Du Preez brothers appear before Judge Faan Hanke in Bloemfontein High Court in connection with the murder of two soldiers
Two brothers, Hendrik and Petrus du Preez appeared before Judge Faan Hanke in Bloemfontein High Court in connection with the murder of two soldiers, Michael…
EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
The battle of Dogali was a skirmish that was part of a larger conflict between the Italians and the Ethiopians. At this time Ethiopians had the most well…
EventSA footballer, Steven Pienaar is born in Johannesburg
Steven Pienaar is a South African footballer who has made a name for himself internationally. Pienaar began his professional career with Ajax Cape Town in 1999…
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
F.W. de Klerk, then Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs, was unanimously elected the new leader of the National Party (NP) in the Transvaal. His election…
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
The 35th lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Chief Justice M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
South Africa held its third democratic elections on 14 April 2004. A total of 20.6 million People were registered to vote, making it 2 million more than the…
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
On 22 April 1960, about 1,575 people were detained under South Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South African government on 30 March 1960…
ArchiveThe Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By Zulumathabo Zulu
The popular myth in South Africa is that the African natives were devoid of mathematical knowledge until the advent of the Europeans. Nothing could be further…
EventNelson Mandela is buried in the Eastern Cape
Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95, in his home in Johannesburg. He was born in Mvezo village near Mthatha, Eastern Cape on 18 July 1918…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
On 3 November 2016 Clive Derby -Lewis, the man who was convicted for the murder of former South African Communist party leader Chris Hani, died after suffering…
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
The notion of migrant labour is based from a legal framework system that did not recognize 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa,…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 11 May 1983, Volume 66
Transcript of evidence (continued from 9 and10 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 10 May 1983, Volume 64 and Volume 65
Transcript of evidence (continued from 9th May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983
Excerpt from transcript of evidence from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of Churches, of the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 28 March 1983, Volume 59
Excerpt from transcript of Volume 59, with evidence from Dr Khoza E M Mgojo, President of the Methodist Conference of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa,…
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject of History at the University of South…
PlaceKwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga near Pretoria and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century. This town…
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
The Democratic Alliance held a federal conference in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Mmusi Maimane, 34, was elected the New Black DA leader to succeed Ms Zille…
ArchiveTerrorist Weapons 2
A2 Full colour litho, photos of weapons; Text: Terrorist Weapons 2; Public Awareness Chart 9; (text describing weapons); This chart shows the heavier or more…
ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
Oral interview, conducted in Mafeteng, with Ashby Peter Solomzi "A. P." Mda (1916-1993) who grew up in the Herschel district of the Transkei. He was prominent…
ArchiveColour and Christian community
The tenth address in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Emory Ross, in which he discusses the conflict of race and colour from a Christian…
ArchiveBolt Number 10 May 1974
EDITORS Mike Kirkwood and Tony Morphet, Contents: Poetry, Imprisoned by the Dictators of Apartheid Ahmed Timol considers the art of Eduardo Paolozzi by Sarat…