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EventTanzania gains independence
During the fourteenth century, Tanzania's location on the East African coast made it easily accessible to Arab traders and slave traders, who operated in the…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
Walter Sisulu joined the ANC in 1940. He was elected to the executive committee of the ANC Youth League in 1944 and in 1949, was instrumental in the ANC's…
EventAir France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda
On 27June 1976, Air France Flight 139, en route from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked after a stopover in Athens. The four hijackers were members of the Popular…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
The president of Cuba Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
Frederik Bezuidenhout owned a farm east of the Cape Colony. After reports surfaced that he was allegedly mistreating one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was…
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
Acclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons died in Cape Town. Cussons was known for her poetry works in Afrikaans, produced in ten volumes. Cussons was born…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a…
PlaceFicksburg
The town was founded by General Johan Fick in 1867 who won the territory in the Basotho Wars. Ficksburg is situated in the Eastern Free State between the…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
Ian Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). This represented an about turn from his announcement of the…
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
This was the first Indian High School and Teachers Training College, built in South Africa, was opened in October 1929. This double-storey Complex was founded…
ArchivePACT Dance Company: 2nd Season 1994
Artwork of the back of a naked black man with his hands behind his head, and four white hands around his body. Notice of a dance programme at State Theatre,…
ArchivePretoria Minute
Minutes of discussions between the South African Government and the African National Congress in Pretoria, 6 August, 1990. Re-committing themselves to the…
ArchivePeoples education for peoples power!
Title in red letters at bottom of poster. Dark green and black background. 10 fighting years 1976 - 1986. Photo of youth wearing yellow T-shirt with image of…
Municipal elections
An article stating the approach to the municipal elections which was determined by the state of the organisation, the mood of the masses and the strengths and…
ArchiveWorld Vision International: what is it up to
Article in which Jeffrey Marishane raises concerns regarding the real motives of the World Vision's presence in Southern Africa, in its history there are…
ArchiveBirds of a Feather Flock Together
A2 pink, red and black on white litho; graphic of three birds labled ANC, UDF, and hammer and scycle, on chain with ECC; logo reads: KGB ANC approved; text: …
ArchiveExcerpts from long interview given by President O R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June 1980 in Lusaka
Excerpts from long interview given by President O R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June, 1980 in Lusaka. Discusses actions of…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 14 Kohling Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
This double-storey Structure has a number of prominent Victorian features including cast iron ornamentation on the Verandah and a Boundary Wall and Gateway of…
EventSierra Leone gains independence from Britain
West African state Sierra Leone fronts onto the Atlantic Ocean, and is flanked by Liberia and Guinea. The very earliest inhabitants of Sierra Leone were…
EventMosibudi Mangena is born
Mosibudi Mangena, the National Minister of Science and Technology and President of the opposition party Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) was born in…
EventSA musician Todd Matshikiza dies
South African artist, composer and writer, Todd Tozama Matshikiza, died at the age of 47 in Lusaka, Zambia after a sudden illness. He composed the music and…
ArchiveA Black viewpoint on the special PSC on the state of the nation
Anglican Bishops and representatives of the clergy and laity met at St Peters Conference Centre at Hammanskraal to take a realistic look at the state of the…
Claremont Histories Photographic Exhibition
Claremont Histories will host a photo exhibit showcasing some of the stories and photographs of people forcibly removed from Claremont and Harfield under the…
ArchiveBefore Dawn Culture in Another South Africa (CASA)
CASA TOOK PLACE IN AMSTERDAM IN DECEMEBR 1987 AND WAS ATTENDED BY 300 SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS, OF WHOM 120 CAME DIRECTLY FROM SOUTH AFRICAN AND 180 AS EXILES…
ArchiveCC Resolution on Elections
Resolutions of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party on elections, on Angola, and on negotiations. Supports a single ANC electoral list…
ArchiveReport on the 2nd National Conference of the ASSECA, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, March 31 to April 2, 1972.
A private and confidential report by Barney Pityana on the 2nd National Conference of the Association for the Education and Cultural Advancement of the African…
ArchiveRace relations survey: 1987/88
A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1987/88 and includes chapters on: African removals; Population and race classification; Political developments;…
ArchiveA bill
A bill to amend the comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit United States depository institutions from providing certain financial services to…
ArchiveExtension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959
The Act was to provide for the establishment, maintenance, management and control of unoiversity colleges for non-white persons; for the admission of students…
EventJohn Kani was born on this day
On this day Bonisile John Kani was born in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape. He matriculated at Newell High School and his love for theatre led him to work…