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EventNelson Mandela is appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council
… delegates from 145 institutions. The conference was held in Pietermaritzburg. During the conference the following … on the eve of the proclamation of the…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… The request was turned down by UN, however, things changed in 1948 when the National Party came into power. The NP … defied and refused to send quarterly…
EventKing George VI is born
… who later became King George IV was born at York Cottage in Norfolk on 14 December 1895. George ascended the English … to the Commonwealth states including…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… Bernstein. She passes away on the 9th September 2006 in Cape Town at the age of 91 from an aneurysm. In 1932 Bernstein and her mother immigrated to South…
Address at the Launch of the Millenium Labour Council, 7 July 2000
… Chambers Business and Labour Leaders, Distniguished Guests In 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt made the following statement … subsistence. But here is the…
References and links: Local History
… Kruger's Pretoria: Buildings and Personalities of the City in the Nineteenth Century (Protea Books) Pretoria Galleries … 2015]. Sheppard, T., (2013) …
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in Middledrift in the Transkei . He was the eldest child in a family of thirteen. He was arrested and…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… On this day Sibongile Khumalo was born in Orlando, Soweto. She is one of the most recognized jazz musicians in South Africa. She was launched into the…
ANC statement on the passing of Epainette Mbeki, 7 June 2014
… Epainette Nomaka Mbeki this morning at St Dominic hospital in East London following her sickness. Her passing has made … given her long history of activism…
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… inhabited by Bushmen , estimated about the year 1530-1760. In the late 18th and 19th Century the Xhosa and White … arrived. The Bushmen were displaced and no…
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
… A short dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Artium in History in the Faculty of Arts, at the Rand…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one of the most sought after. As a speaker he is equally…
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… Party of South African (CPSA) and natives' representative in parliament, announced in parliament that the party has disbanded. The announcement … Suppression…
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… lived under during segregation and apartheid. Educated in London, and later Edinburgh, Dadoo returned to South Africa in 1936, well-versed in Marxist…
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… daughter, Katryn, were killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola on 28 June 1984. Anti-apartheid activist … the target of the bombing because of…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… Finance Minister Barend du Plesis presented in parliament a budget offering a large tax incentive to … Domestic Products (GDP), which had fallen by 1 per…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… Fifty people were killed over three days in battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters in Natal, South Africa,…
EventUnited Democratic Front member Pearl Tshabalala assassinated
… and member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Clermont, Durban, who had resisted moves to incorporate … they were not familiar with Clermont. Tshabalala…
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… and abolitionists as a home for African slaves freed in England. A Temne king sold a strip of land on the north … of the empire. Sierra Leone became a…
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… Mugabe's May 2005 eviction campaign remained homeless, in resettlement camps or were living without food, safe water or sanitation. "It is as bad as it can…
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… forcibly removed from a whites-only carriage on a train in Pietermaritzburg, for not obeying laws that segregated … to race. Gandhi was practising as a young…
PlaceRosmead
… Railway Systems, the village played an important role in the Military and Economic affairs of the Region. In 1898 it was renamed Rosmead in honour of Sir…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… 2,221 trainees who had gone absent without leave in October from the newly instituted South African National … the slow pace of integration into the SANDF…
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… and João Silva documented the bloody chaos that took place in South African townships in the early 1990s. In memory of Oosterbroek, who was killed during a…
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
… Johnny Clegg was born in England in 1953 to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He left … music and mixed race public performances. Juluka split in…
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… Olaudah Equino was born in the region that is now known as Nigeria in 1945. At the age of 15, he was kidnapped and sold into … Indies. He later managed to…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… The Queens Fort Museum fort erected in 1848, originally housed the Artillery Unit of the Free … the apartheid struggle. The Queen’s Fort Military Museum, in…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Millennium Debate of the Joint Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 19 November 1999
… today on the premises of the National Assembly to join in what has been described as the "Millennium Debate". This … reality. When we spoke at the United…
Address of the president of the republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, to the summit meeting of the OAU heads of state and government Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, June 8 1998
… and Members of the Diplomatic Corps;Ladies and Gentlemen: In Tunis, among the ruins of historic Carthage, in the year of our liberation from the yoke of…
Business leaders pay tribute to Mandela by staff writer, December 8 2013
… of our time," CEOs Sim Tshabalala and Ben Krugersaid in a statement. "Tata Madiba chose to sacrifice everything to … and his respect for every human being…