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Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… You had been smuggled across the border! Following the Sharpeville massacre, which led to the bannings of political …
We Shall Win - Statement at the Meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid to launch the International Anti-Apartheid year by O. R. Tambo, New York, 21 March 1978
… past 30 years by the subtle methods and techniques, with Sharpeville and Soweto serving as danger signals alerting … the bloody suppression of the people of…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… Union Parliament, 1946 Protest and emerging defiance, 1947-1960 Introduction 65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress … of the People, June 1955 74. The…
ArchiveChief Albert Luthuli Lecture, Africa and Freedom, delivered by the patron of the TMF, Thabo Mbeki, 10 December 2021
… Luthuli burnt his Pass, the so-called Reference Book, in 1960 as part of that year's Anti-Pass Campaign. Like many … patriots in the 19th century such as the…
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… banned under the Unlawful Organisations Act in April 1960, were forced to conduct their political activities …
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… Chief Hosea Kutako, fellow compatriots of the time and Rev Michael Scott petitioned the United Nations. This marked …
PlaceCurries Fountain Sports Development Centre
… vibrant stadium in the struggle days, particularly in the 1960’s and 1970’s, influenced the interaction of Black people …
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… 1904, Ivory Coast became part of French West Africa until 1960 when the country regained independence from France. … 7 August 1960, Ivory Coast gains…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, when the first wireless broadcast was made in Johannesburg. By April 1927, an hour of…
Event90-Days Act comences
… unlawful those organisations existing since 7 April 1960, and enables authorities to align Umkhonto We Sizwe with …
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
The agreement was the culmination of months of intense diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… were primitive. [7] In the earlier apartheid period, c. 1960, ‘Bantu’ replaced the word 'Native' in official …
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
The Black Consciousness philosophy gained most of its support in the secondary schools and universities. The role played by the Black Consciousness Movement …
PlaceBonteheuwel
… situated North of Cape Town. It was created in the 1960's as a "Dumping Site" for coloured people, who had been … situated North of Cape Town. It was created…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… the AAM in April 1981 (check date) following the death of Ambrose Reeves. He was still based in Mauritius, as … community, he had gone into exile with Oliver…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… Harold Macmillan, when he visited South Africa in February 1960. He was speaking to the Houses of Parliament in Cape … textbooks used in African schools and…
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
… into its independence which it gained from Britain in 1960. At the time of the civil war the official population of …
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after independence …
No Arms for South Africa: Albert Luthuli, 8 May 1963
… havoc which may be wreaked on South Africa, havoc of which Sharpeville was the merest minor portent, by the most deadly … South Africa Parliament, a Cabinet…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
June 18, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Amandla! Magazine — A defining feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 By December …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… of the Transvaal Indian Congress, P.K. Desai, M.M. Mid, Rev. B. Sigamoney, K. Naransamy, Advocate Minty, I …
Conservative Revolutionaries - Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Cape Town 1963-1973 by Robert Erbmann, Oxford University, 2005
… either in the shops or university libraries. 13 From 1960 onwards, there were also attempts made to re-orientate … the state. The only significant…
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… Member A.N.C., Additional District Surgeon, Middledrift. Rev. James Calata, Priest, Secretary-General, African … O.F.S. African National Congress, Deputy…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… 13 November, The Anglican Bishop of Lesotho, the Rev. Desmond Tutu announces that he is giving up his current … of violence occur on the anniversary of the…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 67th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1979
… was the armed police who opened fire on unarmed people in Sharpeville and Ngquza Hill in 1960. It was the armed police, urged on by Vorster himself, …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
… was the armed police who opened fire on unarmed people in Sharpeville and Ngquza Hill in 1960. It was the armed police, urged on by Vorster himself, …
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… African Convention (AAC) are Dr. John Langalibalele Dube, Rev. Z. R. Mahabane, Dr. Alfred Bitini (A. B.) Xuma and Dr. …
PlaceMankweng or Turfloop
“When life gives you the scorching heat of the sun, be hopeful for the rain too” . Mankweng is found in the Capricorn District and Polokwane Local…