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EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when Portuguese … way to India, Portuguese explorers discovered the island of Bioko, and later…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… On 13 March 1994, Lucas Mangope was ousted as President of the homeland of Bophuthatswana. Mangope came to power in Bophuthatswana in 1966 during the reign…
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… active after her grandfather's arrest at the age of ten. While she attended high school, she started to work … for the African National Congress (ANC). At…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… have been hunted for several centuries, the exploitation of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of poachers used automatic…
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… (ANC) as an effort to calm violent clashes between members of the two parties. The Secretary General of the IFP, Oscar Dhlomo , communicated the peace offer…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… The Huguenots were French Protestants who were members of the Calvinist Reformed Church that was established in … France for their religious beliefs…
EventWorld Population Day
… Day. This day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was a result of the interest generated by the…
EventLocal government elections thrown in disarray
… The Constitutional Court's ruling against the use of decree powers by President Nelson Mandela, threw the … disarray. The National Party's (NP) provincial…
EventHelen Suzman is born
… 36 years in Parliament she defended the right to freedom of expression for all South Africans; with great courage she … became its sole representative in…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Col. H.B. Bottomley of the Imperial White Horse warned the king that, under … armed by the British. There is controversy…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… The Jameson Raid of 1895 did tremendous harm to the relationship between the … Office in South Africa appointed a Mr Labouchere as head of a South African…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. The son of a successful industrialist, he was sent to England to help … in Manchester Engels was stunned by…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… In April 1894, Chief Malaboch (Mmaleboho, Mmaleboxo) of the Bahananwa (Xananwa) people refused to leave his traditional mountain kingdom of Blouberg as…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced the suspension of its active participation in both chambers of parliament and in the constitution-making process. IFP ……
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… Built as a gentleman's club in 1894, this is one of Durban’s few remaining links with its Colonial past. It is … Monument. Graham Leonard signed it as the…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… the United Kingdom formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, … Orange River Sovereignty. This…
Presidents address to the 51st NUSAS Congres
… Address by the President of the National Union of South African Students to the 51st Congress of the National Union, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, …
Confidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of…
Confidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of…
ArchiveConfidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of…
ArchiveSave our future
… Pink, black and white poster. Details of cost of war. List of human rights violations. Issued by Visayas Ecumenical …
ArchiveNational Symposium on alcohol use and abuse
… Black and white poster. Notice of a Ministry of Health Symposium on February 22-24th, at University Student Union Hall . Artwork of four hands holding…
ArchiveNicaragua necesita tecnicos
… Multicoloured poster. Artwork of a man and a woman reading books. Four circles representing four different occupations. Ministry of Education, program of…
ArchiveStudent assembly in Arcade
… Cream poster with brown lettering and artwork. Notice of a meeting in Arcade. Artwork of a crowd of people in a semi-circle. List of attractions and speakers…
ArchiveHeritage Day: 24 September 1996
… Brown, black and white poster. Photograph of Enoch Sontonga, and a short history of him in three languages. Artwork of Lovedale Church. Words of Nkosi…
ArchiveFreiheit fur Namibia
… and white poster. Solidarity with SWAPO poster. Artwork of thousands of people fighting. Artwork of map of Africa with Namibia in black and a rising sun. …
ArchiveChurch solidarity with the peasants' stru
… land reform and national industrialization." Artwork of lots of hands trying to catch a piece of land. Rural Missionaries of the Philippines poster. …
ArchiveThis is the time: time to end apartheid, time for peace
… Extract from the report of the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), Frank Chikane, to the 1989 National …
ArchiveArchbishop Burnett puts the record straight
… Archbishop Burnett from the Church of the Province of Southern Africa detailing three attacks on the Church by the Minister of Police, the Media and the…
ArchiveWar on Want in Southern Africa
… Black and white War on Want poster. Photograph of women in Zimbabwe working in the fields and small photograph of Angolan refugees. Outline of map of…