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EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… Nationalists were stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog was … the National Party (NP) and the South African…
EventThe Conservative Party is formed
… the National Party, opposed to the reforms and the idea of racial integration. The new party outlined fifteen guiding principles, of which the most important…
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… The South African Olympic team of ninety-five members took off to participate in the 22nd … policy. At this time, the South African team was composed of…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… preparatory talks in Johannesburg on a date for the start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future … Party (NP) send two separate delegations…
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… started from the main deck cargo hold, caused the crash of the jet. The board of enquiry, headed by Mr Justice Margo, reported that the … and cardboard…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… as far as Pondoland, had set off on a ten-days' horse-ride of 960km to Grahamstown on the night of 25 May. His desperate journey, traversing dangerous…
EventClarence Mlokoti is shot dead by hijackers
… Clarence Mlokoti, co-founder and chairman of Kaizer Chiefs football club, was shot dead by hijackers … car keys. When the robbers found Mlokoti in the car,…
EventBritish troops establish their camp at Isandlwana
… who had invaded Zululand during the second week of January, established their camp on the slopes of a hill called Isandlwana. The sprawling camp covered an…
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
… Mandela Museum is a three component structure comprising of a museum in Mthatha, a visitors’ centre in Mvezo and a … the Eastern Cape. The museum was opened…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… (now Stellenbosch University). Strijdom served as Minister of Agriculture under Dr. DF Malan’s leadership. He succeeded … Freedom Charter, which embraced the…
Descom Bulletin
… prisoner to die in the detention under the custody of the security police. It was after his death that with the increase of political prisoners that David…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
… I know you love me and that I enjoy the good wishes of countless family members. I wish neither to be sick nor … 1937 due to minor stomach complaint, and for…
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… Leon Grunberg and Sam Leon were responsible for the design of the fort, which was completed 12 November 1898 and cost … French and Italian mechanics were…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… the 1962 Paarl Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and included information on Poqo, an armed offshoot of the Pan Africanist Congress …
EventThe first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa
… from America. This aircraft has remained in the service of the South African Air Force (SAAF) up until today. The … apartheid, particularly with regard to…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… and a Black unnamed father. Due to the apartheid policies of the day, her parents were not allowed to marry, and her mother was forced to spend the term of…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… in the Eastern Cape on 24 December 1906. At the age of five she joined theatre and continued to perform until … which began in 1938. In 1952 she was the co…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… Its beautiful heavily wooded Valley became the main source of timber for the building and repairs of ships and also for buildings such as the Castle of Good…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… South Africa reacted with shock at the passing away of veteran political activist, artist and writer Hilda … away on the 9th September 2006 in Cape Town at…
EventCPSA is founded
… The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July … and announced the establishment, aims and…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… on the Farm: ''Hooyvlakte'' . It is currently the name of one of the Suburbs in which a section of Beaufort West's "coloured" community resides. The larger ……
African Union Anthem lyrics in English, French, Spanish Portuguese, Arabic and Swahili
… To defend our liberty and unity O Sons and Daughters of Africa Flesh of the Sun and Flesh of the Sky Let us make Africa the Tree of Life Let us all …
EventDF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time
… was a practice and an ideology to ensure the safety of the White race and of Christian civilisation by the maintenance of principles of separate development…
ArchiveWorking in the apartheid city: worker struggles in Durban, 1959-1979
… Thesis has been submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal, Durban, 1994. According to …
ArchiveConformity and conflict: Afrikaner nationalist politics in South Africa
… Thesis sumitted to the Faculty of Social Studies, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Oxford University. This thesis includes …
ArchiveANC Perspective on models for South Africa's future constitutional dispensation
… Report of a Group A, Commission 5 on the African National Congress's … be appropriate to a future South Africa, the advantages of a federal system as opposed…
EventManilal Gandhi leads a resistance group across the Natal
… Certificate given to active supporters of the Passive Resistance Campaign During the Defiance Campaign, Manilal Gandhi leads a batch of Passive Resistors…
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
… In January, Senator Edward Kennedy of the United States visited South Africa to show his … the South African people. He was hosted by the recipient of the…
EventPolice pounce on AWB members
… Terreblanche (Terre'Blanche), and eight other members of the right-wing group the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging … after uncovering illegal arms caches in…
EventThird Pan African Parliament session begins in Midrand
… The third session of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) began at its temporary home in Gallagher Estate in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. The session was…