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EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… function. It was therefore disbanded on 20 August 1991. In 2005, an initiative similar to the UDF was launched but was …
ArchiveBoycott the Can
… Boycott the Can; The management of Metal Box retrenched 22 black workers and after a week hired 3 white workers; On the 22 October 1985 workers went on…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… Africa as a ‘multi-national’ state comprising of between 10 or 12 ‘nations [2] ; hence the formation of the … about a “non-racial” or non-racist South Africa…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the expanded OR Tambo International Airport, 20 April 2010
… its name changed, so did its form, capacity and size. In 2005 government and other stakeholders developed the 2010 …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… context and bearing in mind the determination made by our 2005 2nd National General Council that “we have now entered a … of our third local government…
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
Black business pioneer, community leader, altruistic medical practitioner, involved in several education initiatives, former secretary-general of the ANC Youth…
Sadecque Variava
… Day celebrations at school. In Standard 8 (now Grade 10), he got the class to reject the sweets given out as part …
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10 December (International Human Rights Day). The period …
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… by 1959 the 4,207 black students constituted a mere 10.7% of total university enrolments (39,390 students) - of … 2,438 --- 46.9 --- 3,108 ----------- 1,550…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… on The Legacy of Bantu Stephen Biko, Harare, June17-22, 1990, unpublished. *Tambo, O.R., `Statement by the … on the Invasion of Angola by South African…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… of an interim constitution, it would have to accept the extra delay in negotiating it. The issue of voter threshold … at Codesa would be enshrined in the…
PlaceDurban Harbour and Port
… for permission if larger vessels are to enter Port! On the 10 October 2017. during a freak storm, two container ships …
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… 1990s”, the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale , which opened on 10 October 1997, was lauded internationally whilst contested … a transnational biennale in a country…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… estimated before. The skeleton has been dated at between 3.22 and 3.58 million years old by the Geomagnetism Laboratory …
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… hot-headed, ambitious, insecure, greedy and jealous. [10] The following is an alternative image of Ngqika left by … in which tensions between royal rivals…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… and that the anger inside of him was “ugly” to look at [10] . He had many friends who had already left, and in 1970, … to photograph the violence between…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… During Apartheid, a black man employed continuously for 10 years at the same urban location could claim that place as … contracts for employment, so the…
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 141. ↵ [iii] Feisty and fiery Wayne Ferreira, … South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra…
EventLlewellyn Herbert was born on this day
… South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 141. ↵ [v] Llewellyn Herbert, … South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p…
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… joined forces as the Democratic Alliance (DA). However, by 2005 the NP had joined the ANC and was completely disbanded. …
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… parts of Indian Ocean countries in 2004. By late January 2005, 4 South Africans remained unaccounted for in Thailand. …
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 21 May 2004 (After National Elections)
… Electricity Distributors will be ready to operate by June 2005 and the whole process of the establishment of these … in December and should be awarded during…
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… It was signed into law by President Nelson Mandela on 10 December 1996 at Sharpeville , Vereeniging.This came two … submitted the Constitutional Court on 4…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… convention is to be ‘genuinely sovereign and democratic’. 28 October, Ahmed Timo l, a political activist and member of … MK cadres are arrested in Goch…
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… Three of the 22 Delmas Treason trialists were released after Judge K van … Front (UDF). The other 19 trialists were not freed. These 22 men were arrested for…
ArticleNokukhanya (Bhengu) Luthuli’s Life Timeline
… of the ANC and stripped of his Chieftaincy 1961, December 10 Albert Luthuli awarded Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo 1967, …
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… first batch of notices from the NRB informing them of the dates earmarked for their removal to Meadowlands. At this …
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… Maps Collection] 1880 The quarter century gap between the dates of these two maps was probably the most productive …
Post-Election Political Violence
… to 195, a drop of 60%, followed by a further drop of 10% the following month. Since then, with minor fluctuations, … was running during 1996 at a level less…
International Council for Traditional Music
… but may serve as a chair on another panel. Important Dates: Deadline for all individual papers and organized …