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Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… rights will continue to be defined on the basis of race. In other words apartheid, in its essentials, will be retained. Legislative power based … to prevent…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… rights will continue to be defined on the basis of race. In other words apartheid, in its essentials, will be retained. Legislative power based … to prevent…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE NATIONAL MEN’S MARCH Pretoria, 22 November 1997
… day. I feel honoured to join with South African men in giving this bold message to our fellow men, and to the … pain that citizens of a free country should…
On trial for treason
… next month after that protest of the women to the mayor in Port Elizabeth, the same year, 1956, a whole lot of us … treason. They came to arrest us; it was…
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths(The Guardian), 24 May 2016
… In a calm morning in March 1968, a shipment carrying the latest Korgs, Moogs … set off from Baltimore harbour, heading for an exhibition in Rio de Janeiro…
67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 1947
… had long been urging closer co-operation with Africans. In 1943, a conference of the South African Indian Congress … Transvaal Indian Congress. A joint…
Telegram to Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic by Oliver Tambo, 27 May 1967
… and solidarity with United Arab Republic and Arab people in their firm stand and struggle to resist Anglo-American … Machinations to recolonise Arab States…
EventInsulin is first introduced to the American public
… Insulin was discovered by Frederick G. Banting in 1921. Banting was working with J.J.R. Macleod and Charles Best in the University of Toronto in Canada. Both…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… Bulelani Ngcuka, born in Middledrift, Eastern Cape on 2 May 1954, is a former … African National Congress political activist and a lawyer. In 1998 he became…
EventTerre’Blanche and his associates to face terrorism charges
… emanated from the uncovering of illegal arms caches in different parts of the country, which the authorities established belonged to the AWB, and in…
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of … J.T. Kruger, assigned a one-man…
EventPres. Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London.
… II on a coach drive through the streets of London. In a BBC documentary, Mandela repeatedly referred to Queen Elizabeth II as "my friend, Elizabeth". In 2008…
EventWynand Malan leads the newly formed National Democratic Movement
… which was to develop contacts with Black politicians. In 1988 a meeting was held between the African National … and religion and the protection of individual…
EventPresident Hosni Mubarak collapses
… Mr Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president, collapsed in parliament while delivering a speech broadcasted live on television in Cairo. After forty-five minutes of…
EventMcBride is conditionally released from prison
… Ministry official, Robert McBride, who had been held in Mozambique for six months on charges of gun-running and espionage, was conditionally released from…
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… After losing the Wakkerstroom and Oudtshoorn by-elections in April, prime minister and leader of the South African … (SAP), J.C. Smuts, decided to hold a…
EventMgqwetho,the first poem of Nontisi is published
… of Nontisi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) was published in Umteteli under her clan name, Cizama. She is the sole … Her poetry also recognised the role of…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… Howard of the Union Weather Service from the branch office in Cape Town a few days later. The forecasting service was moved to Pretoria in 1926 and housed on…
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
… Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy, was born in Brandfort, Orange Free State (now Free State). She who worked mainly in Nigeria. While in charge…
EventMonty Naicker dies
… Naicker, medical doctor and prominent politician, was born in Durban. Naicker played a crucial role in the history of South Africa and his name is well ……
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… studied at the universities of Leyden and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. On her return to South Africa after … degree, she lectured at the Huguenot University…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Later the Minister of Police confirmed Lengene’s presence in South Africa. He was kidnapped on 6 February and driven in the boot of a car to South Africa…
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… of the former Prime Minister, Barthélémy Boganda (who died in mysterious circumstances during the presidential election … as president. On 31 December 1965…
EventBernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape
… Jan Van Riebeek and the Dutch East India Company arrived in the Cape, the first white baby was born. The baby was … he would be the first of many European…
EventCanadians, Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod discover insulin, saving the lives of many diabetics
… first discovered by Frederick Banting and J.J.R Macleod in 1922. The discovery meant that Diabetes sufferers could … Banting was working with J.J.R. Macleod…
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… Robert Mugabe pushed through constitutional changes in 1987 that created an executive presidency. In 1998, after a highly publicized and controversial trial,…
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
… was to be issued to all races. This Act was first passed in 1950. It defined racial groups relatively loosely. The … Act determined people’s race…
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… two years after Transkei became an independent homeland. In 1960, before Sigcau became the President of Transkei, … erupted where eleven people were killed,…
EventThe MK and ZIPRA formally announce that they had formed a military alliance
… guerrillas clashed with Rhodesian and South African forces in Wankie and Sipolilo Campaign in Rhodesia. Their fighting ability amazed their enemies as … be a…
EventSouth African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa as negotiations to end apartheid gain momentum
… prisoners like Nelson Mandela and the end of apartheid in South Africa also signaled the end of sanctions and … community. Since the establishment of…