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ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… abroad. It was the first time the National Security Council was involved in fighting an infectious disease. Drugs … partnership is formalized by South…
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
… Consciousness, Black Theology of Liberation and the World Council of Churches; The National Union of South African …
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
… of finance, and Thomas Walters as deputy chair of federal council. Third deputy chair is Desiree van der Walt, second …
EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
… On 20 June 1991 the Kenya National Sports Council sent a letter to its 39 affiliated associations …
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… Afrikaans speaking people. In 1964 it was granted its City Council status under the name of Lyttelton by combining the …
EventSeparate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 1968 is enacted
… The Coloured Persons Representative Council was formed with forty elected members and twenty …
EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… amounting to substantial amounts of money. South African Council of Churches (SACC) Secretary-General, Dr Frank …
EventUN Special Envoy visits SA
… unanimous adoption of resolution 765 by the UN Security Council, Cyrus Vance was dispatched to South Africa as …
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… A council of war, tried Chief Malebogo for refusing to allow …
EventThe UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa
… segregation legislation. This follows the UN Security Council resolution taken on 4 December 1963, where the Group … Group of Experts established in…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, domestic…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… 14 of 1922 (Natal) This ordinance enables the Durban City Council to exclude Indians from ownership or occupation of … Township Franchise Ordinance is…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… the Botha regime may be carrying a hidden agenda for the negotiating process. Besides, Pretoria's track record with …
Address at University of KwaZulu-Natal SRC awards, 7 May 2005, Howard College, Durban
… in KwaZulu-Natal. The experience that we acquired, while negotiating piece in our country, has also enabled us to …
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
… with six members of the Coloured Persons Representative Council (CPRC). Unity talks were held and it was decided …
EventThe University of Port Elizabeth is founded
… hectares of land donated by the then Port Elizabeth City Council UPE was the country's first dual-medium residential …
EventArchbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
… Mpilo Desmond Tutu, former secretary of the South African Council of Churches, Nobel Peace Prize winner and first Black …
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… Municipal Sports Club. He was a member of South African Council of Transport Workers and the Special Tribunal, which …
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… government. Zulu had been elected President of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the early 1960's and the world …
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… praetorian state because under his leadership the Security Council and the military became far more involved in the …
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
… against Salman Rushdie's public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and …
EventLocal elections in Townships
… Black people in various townships boycotted these local council elections and the United Democratic Front (UDF) …
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 5. …
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… harmonisation or the OAU’s policies and functions. The Council Of Ministers, consisting of foreign ministers … and was accountable to the Assembly. The…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… preferring talks conducted within the Industrial Council system. Studies conducted in the later 1980s found … joined the AHI, and he later became a member of…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… July 4, Sends second petition to Natal Legislative Council July 5, Entered into correspondence with Dadabhai … Indian, Balasundram June 26, Petitions…
PlaceBlaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand
… were approved by the then Cape Metropolitan Council and Blaauwberg Municipality. One of the key … Cities. In 2006, the Western Cape Member of the Executive…
EventAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo died
… became an institution recognised by the Cape Town City Council and police. In 1937 Sister Nannie was honoured with …
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… a draft resolution requesting the UN Economic and Social Council to denounce of racial discrimination. The motion was …