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EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… On 19 November 1970 the head of the Bureau of State Security (BOSS) General H. Van Den Bergh,, briefly … General H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti …
EventThe new RSA Constitution Bill is read in parliament
… The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill received its third reading. Among its provisions were the abolition of the Senate and the creation of a sixty…
EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
… The United Nations (UN) debated the South West Africa issue (now Namibia) year after year … acrimony. On 18 July 1966 the International Court of Justice…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… The final report of the United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid, released on this date, gave a detailed review of developments in South Africa's racial…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu
… These papers are selected from a number of essay and address published from time to time and are here brought together after the necessary alterations for…
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… On 22 January 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 800 near Isandlwana…
EventSouth Africa signs CITES treaty on international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna
… South Africa was a founding member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Wild Fauna and Flora, known as the CITES Treaty. This…
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… On 23 August 1862, the first rugby match heralded the start of what would become a hugely popular sport among … [Accessed 14 July 2011]| Oates, T., 2008. …
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… 1977, Bophuthatswana was granted ‘independence' by the South African government. The region became the second Bantustan to gain ‘independence’ … with other…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
… The African National Congress welcomes the Western Cape Farming Sector Engagement initiative by the … Cape. This initiate seeks to address persisting…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs’ (CAD)
… Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this … This position was intensified during apartheid by the creation of a…
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
… The South African police announced that they have uncovered and arrested members of the African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape command … (1999)…
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… The Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) passed a resolution on the Johannesburg area "Fietas", (the name by which Pageview … had been approved. The scheme…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… In 1948 the Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was established by Anton Rupert. The first cigarettes were manufactured in an old flour mill … global empire in…
EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
… The Groote Schuur talks between the South African government and the African National … 1990. These talks took place at the most delicate stage of…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 8: Apartheid and the church
… Report of the Church Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … SPRO-CAS…
EventZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe
… The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) won the first free elections in Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe, president of ZANU since 1977, became…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… The Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976 did not just drop from the sky. The Black students of South Africa did not wake up … exploiting the minerals of the…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… grandson, Mandla Mandela, has called for an inquest into the deaths of anti-apartheid activists Stompie Seipei and Abu-Baker Asvat in 1989. He made the call…
EventThe United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi
… The United States (US) shut down its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a terrorist threat. Following the threat, the US and British governments warned their…
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
… on 6 March 1947. Her first publication was a collection of short stories called “The Middle Children”, which was published in 1994.[i] Rayda’s first novel…
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… The Minister of Justice, James Thomas (JT, Jimmy) Kruger, announced that the provisions of the Internal Security Act, allowing for the unlimited … Jimmy…
Peter Nchabeleng (59), president of Northern Transvaal UDF, dies in police custody in Schoonoord
… Peter Nchabeleng (59), president of Northern Transvaal UDF, dies in police custody in … Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the…
ArchiveThrow well Throw Shell!: do we have to burn them out of South Africa
… Throw well Throw Shell!: Do we have to burn them out of South Africa … Throw well Throw Shell!: do we have to burn them out of South Africa …
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
… On 16 February 1960, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs J.M.A.H Luns was asked by … to cease what they call "irresponsible" utterances against the Union's…
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
… a possible Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) case. The man arrived in South Africa from Hong Kong with no signs of being ill but after seven days he…
ANC statement on the Heritage Day, 24 September 2014
… The African National Congress calls on South Africans from … As we celebrate this day let us do so with high regard of the developments that ushered a new…
EventThe National Anti-Corruption Forum is launched in Langa
… The National Anti-Corruption Forum was launched by former Deputy President J.G. Zuma in Langa, Cape Town. The forum was born of a cabinet decision following…
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
… newspapers, Post Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and the Sowetan, were banned, technically on the same day that the eight week strike of black…
ArchiveNUSAS Circular to SRC Presidents, Chairmen, Local Committees, Student Editors and SANSPA and Executive of NUSAS
… Circular from John Daniel, Vice-President of NUSAS, to SRC Presidents, Chairmen, Local Committees, … Editors and SANSPA and Executive of NUSAS, regarding the…