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EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… After South Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union…
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
… from the peoples of Africa. It is fortuitous that we meet in Cambodia, whose King and Head of State belongs to a … leaders who came together with their…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… Pachai By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. … There are hundreds of medical and employer…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… from the different Commonwealth countries has gathered in our country today. I am told that we have amongst us, … Creative Cities'. Introducing articles on…
14. Suicide among indentured
… By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. … There are hundreds of medical and employer reports…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… District in the Alfred Nzo Municipality, of which Harding is the … of Canterbury, William Howley, at the Private Chapel in Windsor Castle on 6 September…
PlaceRoyal baFokeng Stadium
… the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, this Stadium is situated in Rustenburg, which is a charming Town at the foot of the Magaliesberg Mountain Range in the…
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
… The African Mine Workers have risen in revolt against the most brutal, callous and inhuman exploitation of man by man in the history of mankind. Their…
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… he had spoken on trade unionism. Com Gosani reported that in his weeks organising tour he had visited in turn Benoni Location, West Springs, Daggasfontein,…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… its inception on 24 October 1945. Political developments in South Africa particularly after the takeover of the government by the National Party (NP) in 1948…
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… The Angolan Civil War began in 1975, with the end of Portuguese colonial rule. This civil … providing SADF troops to fight alongside UNITA. This was in an…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… Vanessa Brereton worked as a human rights lawyer in South Africa, taking on high profile cases under the … When the African National Congress (ANC) was…
EventThe South African Air Force is established
… was formed as part of the Active Citizen Force (ACF). In April 1914, six pupils (with the probationary ranks of lieutenant in the ACF) were sent to England…
PlaceRiverside
… purchased by James Cole, an eccentric trader who settled in Griqualand East in the 1860s and made his home at Riverside. A notorious … a string of trading…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… Tutsi, leading to massacres throughout 20th century Rwanda in which both groups were severely affected. The most … Genocide, took place against the backdrop…
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… icon of South Africa’s liberation struggle. Imprisoned in 1964 for his role in the African National Congress’ (ANC) struggle against the … the injustices of…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… by the Office of the Prosecutor for Gbagbo's involvement in the 2010 post-election violence. Gbagbo had refused to relinquish power following his defeat in…
Pravin Gordhan vs the Law, as defined by clichés by Mervyn E. Bennun (Politics Web), 08 September 2016
… of course that zero tolerance does not mean that you in particular may ever be faced with the full might of the … trivialises matters) and you’re home and…
Address by Nelson Mandela to the closing session of the 50th National Conference of the ANC Mafikeng, 20 December 1997
… and celebrate the decisions that you have taken to put in place a national leadership collective that will take the … ANC into the new millennium. You…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 4 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Board, from an interview by Cheryl Walker I am still in Pretoria now. But my ban has expired and all that so I have been able to get involved in things again…
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Liquor Act, which was passed on … by licence holders. Many people already employed in the liquor…
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… days after he made his famous speech "Winds of Change In Africa" in Cape Town. In the letter he was sending his gratitude to the ANC for … BBC NEWS , (1960),…
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… appointed to investigate detainee abuse allegations in ANC camps abroad. The members of the Commission, Louis … had been committed at the Quatro…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… dirty tricks campaign against liberation organisations, in particular the African National Congress (ANC). During … application Coetzee outlined a plot to…
EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… the Crown. Lugard employed this system with great success in West Africa. However in reducing traditional systems of governance to a subordinate position in…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… the end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in place to ensure that war is avoided at all costs globally. … between countries by either engaging…
Opening Statement at the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, 16 June, 1985
… month the South African racists killed yet another comrade in Gaborone. Today is June 16th, the ninth anniversary of the … deaths must be suppressed. To…
Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… to change our ways. We must shake off the heavy darkness in which we were plunged, and leave it behind. The new day … of the time before life began. Let us…
EventNjabulo Ndebele was born on this day
… 1948 respected academic Professor Njabulo Ndeble was born in Coronation Hospital in Johannesburg, where his mother worked as a nurse. [1] He matriculated in…
EventMarsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born
… Marsha Marescia Cox was born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 13 January 1983. She is a South … than 330 caps. Her debut for the South African team was in 2001…