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EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… minister, General J.C. Smuts, asked parliament's approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 1939 that SA troops would only fight in … WWII…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… skilled and unskilled. Thus, the passes posed a hindrance to their sources of income. The first anti-pass protest march … occurred in 1894 in which women…
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… of the South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) to televise Mark Thatcher's case, the first time proceedings … on camera in a High Court civil matter…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter to President F. W. de Klerk to suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets its…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… soliders, people marching; text: We call for an end to conscrption: We live in an unjust society where basic … people; We live in a society where brother is…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… was granted self-government status by Britain, according to the terms of the Vereeniging Peace Treaty, signed between … conquered Transvaal and the Orange…
EventSouth Africa will subscribe to the UDHR
… announced in his first State of the Nation Address to Parliament that South Africa will subscribe to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and accede to…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It was the first party conference held within … 1,600 delegates, mandated the…
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban, in an attempt to end the escalating violence in Natal and in the townships … violence. The two parties felt that…
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… from workers fearing for their future. The decision to withdraw came after the United States of America decided to introduce tough economic sanctions against…
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
… been accused of ‘mutually perpetrated sodomy’ according to trial records from the Cape Council of Justice in August … of sodomy in Batavia in 1713 at the age…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
… trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and disappears. He went underground and only recaptured in November…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… with the African National Congress (ANC) Umkonto we Sizwe to commit sabotage and v iolating the Suppression of Communism Act. On 9 May 1966 he was sentenced…
EventRamaphosa announces his decision to leave parliament
… of the Constitutional Assembly, announced his intention to resign from Parliament once the final Constitution is … Ltd (NAIL). Ramaphosa was the only a real…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… for the death of Steve Biko . The case was then submitted to the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) for … Association of South Africa (MASA)…
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
… plan was lagging behind as the government struggled to plug a shortage of doctors and pharmacists and other professionals needed to fight the HIV/Aids…
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… movement is found. This movement called for British to stop purchasing South African goods until the South … Rivonia Trials takes places, where 221 acts of…
EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
… South African President P. W. Botha granted a reprieve to the "Sharpeville Six" (Reginald Sefatsa, Reid Mokoena, … Duma Khumalo and Francis Mokhesi), who…
ArchiveLetter from John Motshabi to Joe Slovo
… Open letter from John Motshabi to Joe Slovo outlining his disagreement with opening membership to the African National Congress to all races. … Letter from…
ArchiveWe want to die here say aged
… elders from Black communities express their opposition to being evicted from their homes and forced to move to Glenmore Township … We want to die here say…
ArchiveLetter from Jack Simons to Ronnie Kasrils
… Letter from Jack Simons to Ronnie Kasrils in reply to letter of 11 February 1984 regarding FRELIMO and Mozambique and looking at a strategic approach to…
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to Botswana National Front
… from D Nokwe, African National Congress Secretary-General, to the Central Committee of the Botswana National Front, in reply to their accusation that the ANC…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , "A Comment on Trotsky's Letter to S.A.", Worker's Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 [”¦] HOW THE LAND … migration of cheap labour from town…
ArchiveAddress to the workshop on fundraising Harare 26 to 27 May 1990 by T.T Nkobi, Treasurer General
… Address to the workshop on fundraising Harare 26 to 27 May 1990 by T.T Nkobi, Treasurer General regarding the … Address to the workshop on fundraising Harare…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… You are invited to the 2017 TB Davie Memorial Lecture, where Professor … the Post-Colonial University”. The lecture is to be held at 17:30 for 18:00 on…
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… in Johannesburg, where the political parties were able to restructure the process and address some of the previous objections to CODESA. They agreed to…
ArchiveLetter from Jack Simons to Comrade President
… Handwritten letter from Jack Simons to Comrade President sent as a cover letter to his four page typescript comment (included) on the address of P W Botha to…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Diplomatic Correspondent of Morning Star, 23 November 1967, London
… communique was issued when the Smith regime was trying to give the impression that the clashes in Rhodesia were with … the liberation of our respective…
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
… Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph). … a renowned jazz pianist, composer and…
BiographyWinston Monwabisi Ngozi
… the families that suffered from this Act. They were forced to move from Retreat to one of the local townships Gugulethu. Ngozi was a … on his 1976 LP, …