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EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… The homeland known as Ciskei, between the Fish and the Kei River, was created between 1961 and 1982 by the then Nationalist Party Government.. This was … 000…
EventWorld Health Organization publishes indictment of apartheid
… was not only detrimental to the cultural, economic and emotional wellbeing of those on whom it was imposed , but … its subjects, exposed many to physical…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs second heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital
… twenty months. Surgeons worldwide followed Barnard's lead, and by October 1971, recorded heart transplants numbered 178. … Mrs Dorothy Fisher was given a new…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… imposed in September 1985. While some European countries and the US initially refused to impose sanctions on South Africa, the growing social unrest and…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… was going to be on December 20 - 21. The SA government and the ruling National Party (NP) send two separate … The delegations of the African National…
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… between supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC). This rivalry reached … stronghold had a history of violent…
EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… batsman. He captained South Africa in eight test matches and was the first Afrikaner cricketer to do so. After … becoming the first national convener of…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria and attended Pretoria Boys High School, where he joined the … team. He was selected for the under-…
Descom Bulletin
… In 1982, Neil Aggett, a Trade Unionist and Medical Doctor became the first white political prisoner … organizing the Detainees Parents Support Committee …
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… for him to order the Hutu militia to bulldoze the church and shoot any survivors. Seromba then fled to Italy disguised as Anastasio Sumba Bura and continued…
ArchiveStop LeGranges law: no to a permanent emerge
… Black and white background and lettering. …
ArchiveAs jou ma gemartel, jou pa vermoor en jou kinders ontvoer was sou jy stilbly?
… Yellow, black and white Truth and Reconciliation Commission poster. …
ArchiveMoord ontvoering marteling
… Yellow, black and white Truth and Reconciliation Commission poster. …
ArchiveANC coming to vist you soon
… Black and white poster with title and ANC Logo. …
ArchiveAbasebenzi
… Silkscreened;black and red; Abasebenzi: Written and Directed by Mzwakhe …
Abasebenzi
… Silkscreened;black and red; Abasebenzi: Written and Directed by Mzwakhe …
ArchiveRussian photograph.
… Dark and light grey and red poster. Photograph of a man. …
ArchiveAnti-apartheid
… Black and white poster. Artwork of various people and title. …
ANC statement on the outcome of the officials meeting held at Luthuli House, 18 February 2002
… issue, (AIDS), the meeting reached a common understanding and reaffirmed the correctness of the positions taken by both the ANC and the government. However,…
ArchiveA critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… will be followed by a historical tour into the background and formation of the Muslim Judicial Council, its aims, objectives, policy and programme. A section…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
… Contents and Contributors CONTENTS: Comment, A.W. Oliphant. STORIES: … Jawahirilal, A.W. Oliphant; Going Home, P. Weinberg and S. Mofokeng. POETRY: Waiting,…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC … from Alexandria to Bushman’s River Mouth; it…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… in trying to avoid a collision rolled the plane too far and it overturned. He pilot lost control and the plane descended to the ground at such speed that it …
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… the time of his appointment the South African government and liberation movements were engaged in negotiations in a … (CODESA 1). Mahomed was born in…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… African High Commissioner in London, political activist and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism South Africa, Cheryl … members of the United Democratic Front …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… One prohibited him from attending public gatherings and another confined him to the magisterial district of Lower … removed for his chieftainship, involving…
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… States Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, on 23 and 24 June in West Germany to discuss the Rhodesian issue. … South Africa would be willing to…
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… former state president F.W De Klerk made an unanticipated and startling statement when he asserted that Nelson Mandela … Congress (PAC), South African…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… been following a gruelling schedule of rallies, meetings and interviews. His first foreign destination was the … ANC Executive Committee, leaders of the…
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… present a case against them after a year of court hearings and two years in custody. The three men were Lazarus More, a … teacher, Mkhambi Malindi, a…