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EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… to as Ualual) in Southern Ethiopia along the border of Somaliland increased the tension. The League of Nations, which Ethiopia had joined in 1923 called for …
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… Ambrose Masalila, and witnessed by two employees of the Chobe Game Lodge, Fred Knoessen (manager) and Brian Graham (tour guide) in the far-off village of…
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… During his first speech as a member of Herstigte Nationale Party (HNP) a far-right political … Dr. Albert Hertzog was scornfully attacked by the Minister of…
EventNelson Mandela announces intentions on nationalisation policy
… his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community could provide an … the private sector will be excluded…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… which aimed to include delegates from a broad spectrum of anti-apartheid organisations, and restricted its … included Chris Ndodebandla Dlamini*, first vice…
EventBafana Bafana wins over Ghana
… Bafana Bafana, secured 1-0 victory over Ghana, a co-host of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations contest at Kumasi stadium in Ghana. The victory … earned South…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… to a call by President Nelson Mandela, representatives of government, business, labour and other community and … jobs in the country. The Summit proposed the…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of office had…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… Johannesburg. According to Essop Pahad, the story of Dadoo’s life was inextricably linked to the resistance of racial discrimination and apartheid. Dadoo was…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Eastern Cape. He was born in Gaga, near Alice, and was one of the earliest authors in Xhosa literature. Charles Brownlee rated him one of the best, if not…
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… (Bertie) Reed (63), international sailing legend and one of the most popular skippers in single-handed racing around … Reed will be especially remembered for…
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… in Wynberg, Cape Town, on 10 December 1920. The Department of Tourism in the Eastern Cape has converted a house into a museum and named it after her. Some of…
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… was declared safe and effective. It had taken a whole year of trials and tests for the vaccine to be finally be … made available for use. Salks’s vaccine…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), Sir de Villiers Graaff and the … expressed their agreement to form a new party on the basis of…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… Two members of the extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and … They were taken into custody a month after a warrant of arrest was issued against…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… in South Africa. He studied Anthropology at the University of Grahamstown and later went on to teach the subject at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits…
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… Tembisa is a large Township situated to the North of Kempton Park , under the Ekurhuleni Municipality . It was … meaning ‘promise’. It came about, when Black…
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… men by race and condemns the majority to a position of permanent inferiority. In that letter, I said: "I regard … all men everywhere who have sacrificed for…
Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
… “I am khanga - I wrap myself around the curvaceous bodies of women all over Africa. I am the perfect nightdress on … African nights - I exist for the comfort…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… heavily supported by soldiers from the People's Republic of China, received large amounts of weapons, and were supported by squads of aircraft supplied by…
PlaceSahlumbe
… the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, established in the former Homeland of; KwaZulu. It is situated on…
ArchiveWomen against apartheid in South Africa
… 9 August 1956 by 20000 women against pass laws, the plight of Black women under apartheid, the lives of some of the women who have gone to prison, been…
ArchiveMusic Concert
… Top of poster white with title in dark blue and dark blue image of a saxophone player with the word music interwoven and musical notes. Bottom half of poster…
ArchiveNUSAS in the 1970s
… Position paper by Neville Curtis, President of the National Union of South African Students, prepared for the 46th Annual Congress of the Union, 14th to 25th…
ArchiveThe South African Reality
… a speech presented by Desmond Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, to students at the University of Natal. His speech covers…
ArchiveYou can prevent AIDS
… Multicoloured cartoon of a man and woman in bed with skeleton in between with word AIDS on it. Balloon, from mouth of worman, with words "We cannot run away…
The ANC and the Women’s League
… cold, and it was raining outside. It was in the middle of June, in the winter. Was - and another woman. I became the … come together for the Women's League…
ArchiveNUSAS bannings condemned
… reporting on the condemnation by several leading figures of the banning of eight office bearers of the National Union of South African Students. People …
ArchivePACT Dance Company: 2nd Season 1994
… Artwork of the back of a naked black man with his hands behind his head, and four white hands around his body. Notice of a dance programme at State Theatre,…
Archive9. Know your rights
… Page 9 of folder 2858. ECC poster. White with black lettering. … for ECC booklet "Know Your Rights in the SADF". Cartoon of a girl saying goodbye to a…