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EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… House on 31 August 1988. The building was the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches(SACC) and housed a number of other progressive … here for…
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic) and Britain from 1899-1902, the British … dire conditions prevailing in the camps…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
… A political activist and Chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP) , Dr. Yusuf … at Highgate Cemetery, a few metres away from the grave of Karl…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… trade union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one of the chief negotiators at the Codesa talks that opened the … National Congress' National…
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
… issues: Public participation unit to educate on the role of public in the elections process in relation to service … to empower communities to engage better…
EventChad gains its independence
… to make Chad a French protectorate – under the command of conqueror Rabih al-Zubayr, the Kimgdoms of the Kanem-Bournu, Baguirmi and Ouaddai fought…
PlaceLand Adjoining Earle’s Dyke, Camps Bay.
… This strip of land is still in its natural state and extends from Lion's Head down to the sea, giving visitors a view of one of the most beautiful natural…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… Former SA prime minister and later State President from 1978 to 1989, Pieter Willem Botha, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his house Die Anker near…
EventThe Neptune, with 288* convicts on board, enters Simon’s Bay, with strong resistance from Cape inhabitants
… Lord Grey intended to establish a penal colony for 'ticket-of-leave' prisoners, as was the case in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and Australia. Many of these…
EventGhana is admitted to the United Nations
… Nkrumah was later overthrown. Today, Ghana is a democratic state. … About African History, A Brief History of Ghana , from About.com , [online], Available…
Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The era of destabilisation … of professional hit…
PlaceMauritania
… Mauritania, Country on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Culturally it forms a transitional zone between the Arab-Amazigh (Berber) populations of North Africa…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… Representatives of the diamond industry and government, from more than thirty countries agree to certify all legitimate shipments of rough diamonds, in an…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… on 1 March 1878 on the farm Zaaifontein, in the district of Fraserburg, South Africa. Visser attended the Huguenot … such as the South African Republic and…
Balfour Declaration 1926
… Series (WITH SUBJECT INDEX) [This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.] Printed for the … this report will show how we have…
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
… sports venues to be opened to all races was handed to the state president, P.W. Botha. The petition, signed by 30 000 … South African Institute of Race…
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were called off as a result of the ANC's ultimatum sent to State President F.W. de Kerk. In the ultimatum, the ANC … the United…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… activist. 16 November 2023, marks the 163rd anniversary of the arrival in South Africa of indentured labourers from … extent. The only effective strategy for…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… a tumultuous global century, and into the local conditions of racist rule. A man of singular political talent, Buthelezi … the KwaZulu territory . Had he not…
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… originally published as Black Sash, is a detailed record of the activities of the Black Sash organisation: the petitions, protests, … and researched…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Glossary
… Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education augur well - to be a sign that something good is … - a body of persons appointed to carry…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of Mandela before, but always with conditions. As de Klerk's … banned in 1960. ″It was only then,…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… to bomb ANC offices in London in 1982 with the knowledge of Minister of Law and Order, Louis le Grange. This was in retaliation … while attached to…
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic's office
… The office of a member of Prime Minister P.W. Botha's team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African Constellation of States, Professor Jan…
EventThe last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
… the Netherlands. The quagga had once roamed the pastures of the Karoo and the southern Free State. It differed in appearance from other zebra in that it was…
New tactics in the revolt
… the partial stay-at-home which kept at least 60 per cent of the labour force away from work, the SSRC was forced on to … ideology that is designed to keep us…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… Monument was erected to commemorate the Jameson Raid of 1895/ 96, in which the Boer Commandos managed to prevent … This monument was interesting because it…
Africa South
… for liberation. The articles were related on issues of interest to the masses, the liberals, the communists and … Subjects covered issues around the church…
EventBotha found Guilty
… Victor Lugaju found former President P.W. Botha guilty of contempt for repeatedly ignoring subpoenas to testify in … forces during the apartheid era, as he…
ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
… Cape by Uithaalder in his protest against the introduction of a new vagrancy law against the KhoeSan in 1834 (Ross … Edward Charles Human; well-known experts…