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In whose defence?: Conscription and the SADF
… An illustrated booklet on the history and propaganda surrounding conscription in South Africa. Includes the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) declaration…
Problem areas within the Mass Democratic Movement
… Report from the African National Congress Political Military Committee on problems within the Mass Democratic Movement, such as factionalism, and … Problem…
EventThe South African Military History Society is established
… The South African Military History Society (SAMHS) was formed … to take an interest in South Africa's military history. The object of the society was to help…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… On 23 February 1962, a member of Progressive Party Helen Suzman condemned the Immorality Act, saying that the law was bringing misery and deprivation in its…
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… At the height of township violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest…
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… On this day in 1990, the African National Congress (ANC) veteran leader, Walter Sisulu, denied allegations levelled at his party by the South African…
Press release to the Rand Daily Mail
… The Black People's Convention press release, signed by Nkwenkwe Nkomo, National Organiser, states that the convention has been mandated by Black people to…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… NEC members and provincial leadership, Leadership of the Tripartite Alliance; The Moroka Family; Esteemed … James Sebe Moroka was awarded with the Order of…
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
… 2015, Chumani Maxwele threw human excrements at a statue of Cecil John Rhodes that was situated on the campus of the University of Cape Town, on Rugby Road…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… Laurent Koudou Gbagbo, was extradited to the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an arrest warrant issued by the Office of the Prosecutor for Gbagbo…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
… Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand with three columns of British troops, starting the war that ended Zulu independence. After the initial crushing defeat of…
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
… The first of more than 100 people were killed near Pietermaritzburg. Political conflict in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa caused the death of 200…
For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives
… jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau | South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of…
The first diamond is found in South Africa. The precious stone is picked up by Jacobs’s children on the farm De Kalk near Hopet
… The first diamond is found in South Africa. The precious stone is picked up by Jacobs’s children on the farm De Kalk near Hopet …
The US calls on Egypt and Israel to work out an interim agreement on reopening the Suez Canal as the first step toward resolvin
… The US calls on Egypt and Israel to work out an interim agreement on reopening the Suez Canal as the first step toward resolvin …
For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives
… For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives …
The first 90-day detainees are held in South Africa. Some sources say that the first detainees were held under the 90-day law o
… The first 90-day detainees are held in South Africa. Some sources say that the first detainees were held under the 90-day law o …
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… Following South Africa's policies of racial segregation and the promulgation of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South … birthday ' ,…
EventSADF commandos bombs the ANC office in Maputo
… African National Defence Force (SADF) commandos bombed the African National Congress (ANC) office in Maputo, … Petrus du Toit was caught later and admitted…
The African National Congress calls for your support
… Series of two page pamphlets on various aspects of the ANC struggle and fight against apartheid: call for support, the armed struggle, laying the foundations…
Meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador H Nickel: Pretoria, 22 November 1985
… Minutes of a meeting between Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa and Herman Nickel, United … Meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs and…
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
… The Nelson Mandela Museum is a three component structure comprising of a museum in Mthatha, a visitors’ centre in Mvezo and a youth centre in Qunu, all in…
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… The history of Sasol began in 1927 when a White Paper was tabled in Parliament to investigate the establishment of a South African oil-from-coal industry. It…
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… On the night of 15 August 1985, South Africa's President P. W. Botha delivered the infamous "Rubicon" Speech in Durban. Minister of Foreign Affairs at the…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… P. W. Botha declared that he would never testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). He also stated … that he would never apologise for…
EventThe United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya
… The United Nations (UN) imposed sanctions on Libya for refusing to hand over two men suspected of bombing the Pan Am flight 103. Seven years later (1999),…
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… Chief Albert John Luthuli , President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and … 1961, was one of South Africa's greatest leaders. In…
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… Inn On The Square is located on Greenmarket Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In 1834, this square was…
The Halo Slips? Xenophobia and Its Consequences in the new South Africa by Carol Adjai
… The Halo Slips? Xenophobia and Its Consequences in the new South Africa by Carol Adjai …
The Zapu and Zanu Guerrilla Warfare & the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe by Ngwabi Bhebe
… The Zapu and Zanu Guerrilla Warefare & the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe … The Zapu and Zanu Guerrilla Warfare & the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…