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EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… Coptic Christian family. He studied International Law and International Relations, and was appointed as a Professor in both these fields at the … Genocide…
EventThe South African Air Force is established
… These pilots took part in aerial reconnaissance and artillery spotting missions over France during the war. … a site east of Roberts Height (later…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… tore them up, while they shouted remarks at the policemen and provoked the authorities into arresting them. Eighty … Unrest spread to other towns throughout…
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… the procurement agency for the South African army and the armaments industry's marketing organisation, … expected South Africa to double arms exports as a…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… produced.[ii] In 1965 Cliff was ranked fourth in the world and remained under the top ten best players in the world … Africa, Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland,…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… that protection of the credibility of the judiciary and above all the acceptability of its judgments are factors … supporters say he is the victim of a…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… Others went back only upon my urgent persuasion to try and rebuild the union in this factory. Others have taken jobs … the union although most of them…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… taking place at Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape and, according to Mphahlele, it is going to revive the … agenda. A president – Mphahlele is the only…
PlaceBeestekraal, North West
… Settlement with a Railway Station and Post Office, North of Brits. It was given the name in … have made quite an 'Geo-Historical Venture', with a Kiosk and…
ArchiveAddress to NUSAS Congress 1968
… John Sprack, the death of Albert Luthuli, the banning and exile of Dr Bill Hoffenberg and pressures on NUSAS from right-wing students and the government. …
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… revolution, goals of the National Liberation Struggle and immediate objectives, engaging the National Party, the … of National Unity, minimising the threat…
South African Labour Bulletin
… of Labour Bulletin, May 1990. Volume 14, Number 8. Black and white photo of public sector workers on the march outside OK in Johannesburg. Black and white…
ArchiveNon-Central Government structures in South Africa today
… Examines local government for Africans, Indian, Coloured and White local government, regional services councils, Bantustans and local government, the Freedom…
ArchiveSpeak
… to women. Violence against women, including wife battery and rape, health issues such as pregnancy, contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, better…
PlaceSpringbok Park, Hatfield, Pretoria
… The Park was formerly known as Grosvenor Square and was conceived in 1905 when the Suburb of Hatfield was laid out. Development only commenced in the 1930s…
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… Act divided South African residential areas along racial and ethnic lines designating residential areas for Blacks, Whites, Indians, and Coloureds. This…
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
… seven thousand South African Defence Force (SADF) troops and the South African Police (SAP) sealed off the Vaal Triangle townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville…
EventThe House of Assembly votes for inquiry into NUSAS & SAIRR
… forty-three to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon the objects, organisations, activities, financing and related matters of the…
EventFormer IFP chairman Jiyane register Nadeco with IEC
… based on three pillars: the restoration of family values and the fear of God, the deepening of democracy, and a market based developmental state to attack…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki congratulates his US counterpart
… for a second term as president of the United States, and called for greater world peace. "The government and people of South Africa, in wishing him well,…
EventRDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament
… The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) White Paper, which was put … service is more representative in terms of ethnic group and gender. It also…
ArchiveUnlawful Organizations Act, Act No 34 of 1960
… in the Gazette to declare the Pan Africanist Congress and the African National Congress and certain other organizations to be unlawful organizations, to…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… students thought that the Capitalists steamer you took and the education they are giving you has changed you from … know you to be. Comrade I am writing this…
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… 19 December MEMORANDUM As South African workers we reject and protest against: 1. The way in which the government has … unilateral announcement on…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
… musicians. Dorkay House became a musical hub of the 1950s and many artists such as Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba would practice their skills there…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… African economy, the news fell on an already disgruntled and highly mobilised student body. #FeesMustFall began at the … took to social media to spread the…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… order application to afford its staff, members, its assets and the public at large protection against a threat posed by … march to Luthuli House. This will…
Killings at Ntshanga, 29 December 1996
… Hadebe The ANC calls upon the ANC structures in the area and the people in general to exercise self-restraint and refuse to be provoked by the enemies of…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed masses of South Africa we express to you … has shattered the infamous conspiracy of Reza…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest structure and tower in Africa for 45 years, and it was also the tallest structure in the Southern … Australia…