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Statement by Oliver Tambo at the launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign, 11 June 1988, Wembley Stadium, London
… are imprisoned and detained with him. Among these are the Sharpeville Six, Robert McBride and the other freedom …
Statement at the Launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign by O. R. Tambo, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988
… are imprisoned and detained with him. Among these are the Sharpeville Six, Robert McBride and the other freedom …
ArchiveFrom conscience politics to the battlefield
… in the public eye in inauspicious circumstances. From 1960, Party leaders attracted increasing government …
PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
The building was erected by the Netherlands-South Africa Railway Co, probably in 1896, and is the largest and best remaining example of the Company's…
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… collapsing when the issue of verification was raised. In 1960, the three sides seemed close to an agreement, but the …
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… declaring reactionary organisations existing since 7 April 1960 unlawful. This allowed the government to align Poqo with …
EventThe first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa
… On 15 July 1960, the first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrived in South …
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
Kader Asmal political activist, human rights lawyer, former Minister of Education (1999-2004) and of Water Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in Stanger…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
The aim of The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was to be a national umbrella organisation that could coordinate the movements of Black trade…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… was born in 1945 in Ladysmith, Kwa-Zulu Natal. In 1960, he joined the first incarnation of the band Ladysmith …
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
In a shocking move a major European company, Barclays Bank, announced that it was selling its remaining 40 per cent holding in its South African associate,…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for advocating non-violent resistance to racial …
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… the side-room, the vestry. First came Guma, followed by Rev. Mabuza, Rev. Matolengwe, Rev. Ngidi and some other older ministers I … say, "Now you are…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… Rusty Bernstein first moots the idea for the magazine. 1960 The ANC and Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) are banned and … support. They present reports on South…
Chapter 10
… Sarili ka Hintza fame, and the "great humanitarian, "the Rev. Dr. Philip, Superintendent-General of the L.M.S., the … for the restoration of chieftainship…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… strikes, since the apartheid police massacred 69 people at Sharpeville in 1960. I was met at the airport by the head of …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… issued by Emergency Committee of the A.N.C., 2, 2, May 1960 Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , "South … 1959 [....] Document 68 - Ben Turok, The…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… of “armed struggle” at a party conference in December 1960. For this to be the case we would have to be certain … up its mind about the use of armed force by…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… Games Governing Council asking to be admitted to the 1960 Games. There were also moves within rugby clubs to form … 1960, when a state of emergency was…
Mission Stations - A-F
… being expressed in Europe at the time as the result of the Rev Vanderkemp's "controversial" missionary methods (pp … BAPTIST , Cape: SPG 1858; Mor 1861; MorG…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… of the £1 (one pound) paid previously. As from 1st January 1960, men earning over £180 per annum had to pay increased … Extension of University Education…
ArchiveLetter to Petros Sipho Mkhize from his father in Macambini, KwaZulu-Natal
A two-page handwritten letter in isiZulu on green paper, headed with the address of Mathubesizwe Secondary School, Nyoni (Macambini), with "Bethel Mission"…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
… A.N.C., Additional District Surgeon, Middledrift. 3. Rev. James Calata, Priest, Secretary-General, African … African National Congress, Deputy Speaker, A…
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… A.N.C., Additional District Surgeon, Middledrift. (3) Rev. James Calata, Priest, Secretary-General, African … African National Congress, Deputy Speaker, A.N…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VIII - “Christianity and Civilization”
… in "the more useful mechanical arts" were established; the Rev. Ayliff, for example, became the head of an industrial … emphasis on the creation of …
Chapter 13
… of the Cape African National Congress, the President, Rev. J. Calata (who was also the General Secretary of the … of the Inkundla (July, 1947) which carried…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… and City', which experienced, more than one edition. In 1960 following the publication of yet another investigation, …
ArchiveThe Black Sash: a case study of liberalism in South Africa 1955-1990
… half of the twentieth century, and particularly after 1960, has been impoverished by the scarcity of analyses of …
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… The lack of racial harmony in the country between 1960 and 1994, alongside the human right abuses by both the …
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
On 14 November 1961 Katangan President, Moise Tshombe, and Congo President, Joseph Kasavubu, were accused of conspiracy to murder ex-premier Patrice Lumumba in…