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EventUN names four experts to investigate apartheid in South Africa
… On 13 January 1964, the United Nations Secretary-General named a team of four experts to …
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… The final report of the United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid, released on this … independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.| united nations,'…
EventBritish pop star, David Essex, claims to have been quoted out-of-context regarding his return to perform in South Africa.
… was speaking in relation with the issue of the United Nations (UN) blacklist and on whether he'll return to South …
EventANC calls on International community to save lives
… The African National Congress (ANC) called upon the United Nations to impose mandatory sanctions against the South …
EventA Whites-only referendum in SWA gives a support on Black majority.
… more attention towards changes in South Africa and United Nations support than towards their prospective constituents. …
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… From 6 to 26 October 1973 Israel and a coalition of Arab nations led by Egypt and Syria were involved in a bloody war …
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… sentiment and escalating pressure from the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the journey to independence …
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Vietnam
… an important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) market. In addition to trade, cooperation …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… was faced with extinction in the wild. Eastern African nations such as Kenya lost almost all of their elephants to …
EventWorld Population Day
… day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was a result of the …
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… champion while Bafana Bafana had won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996. However, Germany had the upper hand over …
EventHelen Suzman is born
… Her struggle against apartheid won her the United Nations Human Rights Award in 1978 and in 1980, the Medallion …
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… read about Sharpville massacre Click here to read United Nations documents against Apartheid References: Wallis, F. …
African History Books
table { border: none; border-collapse: collapse; } td { border: none; border-color: red; } During the month of May we celebrate Africa…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… Human Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Declaration was a good start in mobilising world … economic sanctions; Write to your…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.3 Jul-Aug 1979
… CREATIVE YOUTH ASSOCIATION (CYA), Diepkloof, MAOKENG LEAGUE OF PAINTERS AND AUTHORS (MALEPA), Bloemfontein, …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… 1937. Mothopeng joined the African National Congress Youth League in 1943 and was part of the group of Africanists that …
BiographyWilliam Henry Beaumont
William Henry Beaumont was born in India on 24 February 1851. His father was a Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Madras Light Infantry. Beaumont attended…
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile also known as Sizwe or Tshonyi[1] was born on the 6th of October in 1957. He was originally from Port Elizabeth. He was…
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
… as adviser to the International Labour Office (United Nations) on policy issues in Lesotho in relation to the …
BiographyTheresa Solomon
Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945. Solomon lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked as a community…
BiographyFrances Rix Ames
Frances Rix Ames was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), on 20 April 1920. Her father deserted the family when she was still an infant, leaving her…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… the lofty purposes enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The … of the Second World War, they met…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… post-liberation. “At that time, the [ANC] Women’s League, who were supposed to be her [Kuzwayo’s] support, … our time picketing outside the court … one…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… South Africa was a normal member of the community of nations. We spoke out as loudly as we could saying - isolate … the wealthy from the poor in our…
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
… is using whatever influence she has to persuade the United Nations to intervene more forcefully. Even though the … at the table. Most recently, in early…
Letter to Farzanah
… was published in 1979 in commemoration of the United Nations declared International Year of the Child. The book, …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
… African companies or individuals relating to the United Nations' Iraq oil-for-food programme. The commission was …
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… mineral-rich Katanga region under Moise Tshombe and United Nations (UN) intervention. In September the coalition broke …
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… and was the PAC's permanent observer at the United Nations. Sibeko was closely involved with the removal of P.K. …