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EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… Following the National Convention held by four British colonies, namely, Transvaal, Orange, Natal and Cape, the draft South Africa Act was signed in…
EventThe Christian Institute protests against travel restrictions
… The Christian Institute appealed to Prime Minister John Vorster, asking him to reconsider the withdrawal or confiscation of the passports of six of its…
EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… Ernie Els won the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament for the first time in his career on home soil since he turned pro … Els finished the tournament with…
EventThe iconic Athlone cooling towers are demolished
… The iconic Athlone cooling towers also know by locals as “The two ladies of Athlone” were demolished in just eight seconds during a … Bergman M. ‘Origins of…
EventThe UN sets up Commission on Apartheid
… The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted resolution 616(VII) to establish a … Nations Commission on the Racial Situation in the Union of South…
ArchiveRemarks by the Secretary-General at informal consultations in the Security Concil today ,(Namibia), Monday, 3 April 1989
… A report read to the United Nations Security Council by the Secretary-General regarding the insurgence of SWAPO troops from Angola into Namibia and the…
EventSA withdraws from the International Labour Organisation
… In February 1964 the International Labour Organisation (ILO) voted in favour of the suspension of South Africa from its Annual General … [Accessed: 13…
EventSA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
… The seventeen year old Pretoria schoolboy sprinter of Pretoria Boys' High, Oscar Pistorius, fell coming out of the start of his 200m heat for leg amputees,…
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… is a Watercourse extending East to West, 14 km West around the Area of Brandfort ..The name is thought to be taken from the Walafrida Geniculata … John…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
… Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula … Secretary for Defence, DG of Military Veterans, Chief of the SANDF, Members of the…
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
… The Black teachers' association, the Progressive Teachers' Congress (PROTECO) was … to fill the vacuum, which was created by the banning of the National…
EventAfrican’s Claim is presented at the conference
… At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Bloemfontein, the … mandated to study the Atlantic Charter and draft the Bill of…
PlaceAbaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape
… Old Khoi name for 'Rooilyf', a railway siding 17 km North of Groblershoop, on the way to Sishen. The name means 'red body'. Definition: Track or set of…
EventThe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… The one-year-old parliamentary opposition People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky ……
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… A time bomb placed in the Johannesburg railway station exploded during the evening rush hours. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and severe…
EventSouth Africa will subscribe to the UDHR
… president, Nelson Mandela, announced in his first State of the Nation Address to Parliament that South Africa will subscribe to the Universal Declaration of…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… General Assembly of the United Nations requested States to terminate … relations with South Africa immediately, and to terminate the oil embargo against…
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… Anglican Cathedral and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present a petition of protest. Within minutes the leading clergy were…
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… socialite Sol Kerzner did indeed make a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in the…
ArchiveTambo pokes a few holes in the blanket
… Newspaper article in the Mail and Guardian newspaper of June 5 to 11, 1987, entitled Tambo pokes a few holes in the blanket. Examines the debate over the…
EventPaul Mosaka establishes the African Democratic Party
… in conjunction with Senator Hyman Basner established the African Democratic Party (ADP). The organisation had the same goals as the African National … ( ANC)…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… permission to attend an international church conference by the South African government. Zulu had been elected President of the World Council of Churches …
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… The Lesotho government invited all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicate proposed dates of departure…
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… In October 1963, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided in Baden … racial discrimination in sport before 31 December 1963, or the country would…
ArchiveMemorandum on the October 26 Municipal Election
… Memorandum by Thabo Mbeki on the strategy and tactics of the National Democratic Movement in the aftermath of the 26 … Memorandum on the October 26 Municipal…
ArchiveYou cant shut out the human voice
… Notice of play by Anti-Censorshop Action Group, at the Downstairs Theater, Wits University on the 16th July. Words - 'Join the call to end censorship'. … You…
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party won the general election on a platform of separate development. In 1950 the government passed the … The Group Areas Act comes…
ArchiveSouth Africas racist state and the national
… Paper by Jack Simons on apartheid and the democratic revolution. Examines the history of political systems in South Africa, looks at the … South Africas…
ArchiveThe current internal political situation: briefing notes
… African National Congress briefing notes on the South African political situation. Covers the political crisis within the ruling party, background to the…
EventP.W. Botha resigns from the National Party
… Former leader of the National Party (NP) and head of state, P.W. Botha, resigned from the party in protest against President F.W. de Klerk's reform … P.W…