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Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 31 May, Adoption of South Africa’s first constitution 8…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… sincerely wishing you good health, strength and longevity of life, both for your sake and for the sake of the successful prosecution of our struggle for…
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… General Jan Smuts had prepared. Governments and a number of non-government organisations, including the Lions Clubs … received invitations to assist in the…
ABBREVIATIONS USED
… ICFTU - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions IDAF - International Defence and Aid … Metalworkers Federation ISCOR - Iron and Steel Corporation of…
EventChris Hani is born
… Thembisile 'Chris' Hani, Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, military arm of the African National Congress (ANC) and General-Secretary …
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
… The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which was to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the security forces, were laid out in a…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… South African 46664 concert, 46664 being the prison number of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, was staged at the exclusive…
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… The League of Nations, the world body formed after World War 1 in 1919, … (now Namibia). The mandate gave South Africa full power of administration and…
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… work was stopped at the Kimberley mine after 43 years of operation. The mine became uneconomical to operate as it reached a depth of 1 083 m without yielding…
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… Report of the Head Office of the National Union of South African Students to the Annual Congress of the National Union, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
… a young activist from the dusty and drug ridden streets of Bonteheuwel. Directed by Nadine Cloete under Ma'engere Film Productions, it documents the life of…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as kwaHlathikhulu) … Inkosi Sigweje the previous leader, related the history of his people and their…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… project has several elements but centres on the enquiry of five young people eager to understand and build on the history of their home town during the…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… Balthazar Johannes Vorster stepped down as Prime Minster of South Africa after the holding office since 1966. John Vorster, as he became known, was a former…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… The Village of Clarkebury was established in 1830 as a station of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. James Backhouse … in March 1839 and made the…
Chapter X - Trial by detention
… had changed at court. Our van drove through the gates of the old synagogue. We heard shouts of greeting as we were driven in and knew that friends were … to…
EventNNP federal council decides to disband the party
… At midnight on the evening of the final certification of results of the 2006 local government elections, the federal council …
EventAnti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies
… activist Sister Bernard Ncub e died at the age of 80. She was a practicing Roman Catholic nun and was … activism and was outspoken about the human rights…
Giyani, Polokwane
… More or less 550 kilometres north east of Johannesburg you will find the little happening town of Giyani, a popular town in the heart of Bushveld country in…
PlaceVineyard Hotel, Colington Road, Newlands
… two Centuries, The Vineyard has proudly evolved into one of the most Environmentally-friendly, progressive Hotels in … The seven Acre Property, is Home to a…
PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line , was extended by the addition of…
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… the Mediterranean and the Indian Oceans, the canal was of great strategic importance. Situated in Egypt and largely … to the British government in 1875. The…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal … National Congress…
Opening address by President Jacob Zuma to the 2nd Biennial Summit on substance abuse, 15 March 2011, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize, The Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, Honourable … Ministers and Deputy Ministers…
Joint statement by ANC Commission on Religious Affairs and SACC, 18 September 2009
… for Religious Affairs (CRA) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met at Chief Albert Luthuli House in Johannesburg today. The meeting was part of…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… Oak Villa is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be erected in the Baviaanskloof area. The original portion of this cottage, consisting…
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… NMC legislation on 17 October 1980. The Grand Old Lady of the city, the Athenaeum, is the community hub for the … emerging creative industry in Nelson…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… Elizabeth I ascended to the throne following the death of her half-sister, Mary. The Queen of England, who was just 25 at accession, was the daughter of…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… 45 000 people. At the time the SACP faced allegations of conspiring with the African National Congress(ANC) … those named wereJoe Slovo, Ronnie Kasrils, the…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… settlers strongly (and correctly) suspected the British of resenting their presence in the Cape Colony. Following the prosecution of an Afrikaner farmer by…