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Letter from Zithulele N Cindi to the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO)
… A letter of invitation from Zithulele N Cindi, Black Peoples Convention, to the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO) to attend the 2nd Annual…
Alan Wieder on the Rivonia Raids & South African Non-Violent Struggle
… Alan Wieder remembers the Rivonia Raid 50 years after it happened. The South African government in the early 1960s attacked the Rovonia farm, then occupied…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
… Dorothy Fisher was given a new heart in 1969 and became the longest surviving patient. She lived for 12 years … was South Africa's fifth heart transplant…
Event300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border are facing starvation
… 300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border were facing starvation after an argument between the Nigerian government and the Red Cross. The Red Cross…
Statement to the ANC Conference from political prisoners in Pretoria local prison
… Statement to the ANC National Conference in Durban, 2-6 July 1991, from … local prison, stating that two months has passed since the deadline for the release…
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
… On 19 March 1910, Thomas Thornton became the first person to fly on an aeroplane as a passenger when … Kimmerling £100 for a short flight from Sydenham Hill…
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
… On 15 May 1993, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, won the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) world champion title. … age by his father, and turned professional in 1979…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… 1920 January, Gandhi wrote to the press on the South African Appellate Court's judgment in the case of the Krugersdorp Municipality vs. Mohamed Dadoo . The…
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
… Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
A theological rationale and a call to prayer for the end to unjust rule
… This is a pamphlet containing the statement accepted for distribution by the SACC, April 6, 1985 regarding theological rationale and a … for the end to…
Mandatory economic sanctions and the oil embargo against SA at International Conference
… Conference paper on mandatory economic sanctions and the oil embargo against SA prepared by the African National Congress of South Africa for an…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.
… Obote was a Ugandan socialist political leader who led the country to independence in 1962. He became prime minister of Uganda and later president. In 1969,…
The United Deocratic Front and repression-January 1985 to April 1986
… Statement on the United Democratic Front and repression during the period January 1985-April 1986. … The United Deocratic Front and repression-January 1985…
Working paper background to republic day celebrations: oppositions to the public
… This is a circular issued by NUSAS about the republic day celebrations,peoples stay away and students taking the lead. … background to republic day…
About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, march to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvemen
… 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, march to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvemen …
Five American nuns in Liberia are shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings are blamed on rebels loyal to Charles T
… Five American nuns in Liberia are shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings are blamed on rebels loyal to Charles T …
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference on “Children, repression and the law in Apartheid South Africa”, Harare, 24 September 1987
… Speech by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference on “Children, repression and the law in Apartheid South Africa”, Harare, 24 September 1987 …
Breyton Paulse makes history by playing in his fiftieth Test for the Boks, a record for a Springbok wing in the Test against Ir
… Paulse makes history by playing in his fiftieth Test for the Boks, a record for a Springbok wing in the Test against Ir …
The South African cricket team arrive in Calcutta, to play in three one-day matches against the Indian team in South Africa’s f
… The South African cricket team arrive in Calcutta, to play in three one-day matches against the Indian team in South Africa’s f …
Five American nuns in Liberia are shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings are blamed on rebels loyal to Charles T
… Five American nuns in Liberia are shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings are blamed on rebels loyal to Charles T …
Pieter Venter discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin
… discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin …
The 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment) later known as the Princess Alice’s Own Pretoria Regiment, but since 31 May 1961 again kn
… The 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment) later known as the Princess Alice’s Own Pretoria Regiment, but since 31 May …
Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 144 … and field commandant who played an important…
The first electric tram service in Cape Town is officially inaugurated by Lady Sivewright, when she starts the first tram on it
… The first electric tram service in Cape Town is officially inaugurated by Lady Sivewright, when she starts the first tram on it …
The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i
… The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Smuts’ force finds a sheep kraal at Koot Krause’s farm that the British have filled with sheep and the
… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … force finds a sheep kraal at Koot Krause’s farm that the British have filled with sheep and the …
Sisulu makes the first broadcast on “Radio Freedom” from a secret hideout in SA. He urges the youth to join forces and continue
… Sampson, A. (1999). Mandela : the authorised biography , Johannesburg: HarperCollins | … Sisulu makes the first broadcast on “Radio Freedom” from a secret…
The SA rugby team, with François Pienaar as captain, wins the World Cup final match against New Zealand 15-12. Joel Stransky
… The SA rugby team, with François Pienaar as captain, wins the World Cup final match against New Zealand 15-12. Joel …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses to accede to the NP demands and calls instead for urgent talks in order to reso
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses to…
The Star reports that Mrs Albert Sisulu was granted a passport to meet United States president George Bus, and to visit the wif
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 207. … The…