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EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… presented to the Boer negotiators General J. C Smuts, one of the Boer negotiators, immediately deleted "ACT OF SURRENDER' on the title page and replaces it…
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… and reformer Emily Hobhouse, renowned for her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and … 2, set sail for South Africa. During the…
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
… was granted in October 1889, with the responsibility of developing and colonising the territory north of the Limpopo, which today extends over Zambia and…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… de Klerk announced in Parliament that the Group Areas Act of 1950 will be replaced by new non-discriminatory measures acceptable to all Houses of Parliament…
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
… Town on the banks of the Orange River, some 195 km from Bloemfontein, on the … London. It was founded in 1849 and named by the Governor of the Cape Sir Henry…
ArchiveReport on Black Workers Project
… The Black Workers Project emanated out of a resolution taken at the 3rd General Students Council. The purpose of the project was to serve and protect the…
ArchiveThe road to Oslo and beyond
… with extracts from the speech by Mr Gunnar Jahn, President of the Nobel Institute on the occasion of the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Oslo…
EventThe Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown
… The Star newspaper condemns the forced removal of black residents from Sophiatown, near central Johannesburg, to Soweto, located on the outskirts of the city…
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
… (ANC) member Walter Sisulu acted as speaker at a meeting of the organisation held in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. This was in defiance of the forced removal of…
EventProgressive Reform Party is formed
… The Progressive Reform Party (PRP) was formed in the wake of the merger between the Progressive Party and the Reform … simultaneously held congresses in…
EventThe ‘Afrikaner Volksfront’ is founded
… Afrikaner Volksfront flag A new coalition made up of twenty-one right wing parties, known as Afrikaner National … Volksfront or AVF) was founded by several…
EventNelson Mandela says general strike will go ahead
… next week's general strike will go ahead. He says the aim of the mass protest was not an insurrection, but the peaceful removal of President F W De Klerk…
EventMugabe is refused accommodation by 2 SA hotels
… Mugabe, who arrived in Pretoria for the 10th anniversary of a free South Africa and the inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki, was housed in a guesthouse…
EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
… Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly 32-year reign…
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… An African National Congress (ANC) delegation of 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the … Commission (TRC). The ANC came under fire for…
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
… in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes. Margaret Mary Smith illustrated the book by her…
Partners
… Partners Simon's Town Museum University of Glasgow Department of Basic Education Department of Higher Education WITS History Workshop UWC Centre for …
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… in Lusaka, Zambia and Salisbury, giving details of proposals agreed to after two days of talks between South African Prime Minister, John … Smith. The talks…
EventBoer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals
… They were still asking for a continued independence of the Boer republics. This happened towards the end of the Anglo-Boer War II which broke out in October…
ArchiveCrisis News
… Crisis News, published by the Western Province Council of Churches, Cape Town, "attempts to tell the truth of what is happening in our country", particularly…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 5: Education beyond apartheid
… Report of the Education Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … apartheid rule. Content include: The nature and function of…
PlaceMartello Tower, Simonstown
… The circular tower was erected in 1796 on the orders of James Craig to improve the defence system of Simonstown. It has been claimed that this is the oldest…
PlaceMea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
… Africa Railway Co, for their own occupation. It is one of the last remaining examples of the mansions that characterised this part of Pretoria during the…
EventZambia gains independence from Britain
… came four years after the famous speech “The winds of change” by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The … country’s independence came ten months after…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is born in Nongoma
… Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon and his second wife, … Zulu customs while he was at his father's…
EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
… Stalwart anti-apartheid campaigner of South Africa, Albertina Sisulu, wife of African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter Sisulu, was … time since 1963…
EventProminent leaders are arrested in Uganda
… The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-ZaÁƒÂƒÂ¯re, together with two government ministers, were arrested on…
EventGeneral Laws Amendment Bill is passed
… parties and severe criticism by the Bar and a number of judges. The Bill contained far-reaching provisions and restrictions affecting the administration of…
EventCOMSA calls on SA to move towards election
… that based on its homicide rate, this country was one of the most violent in the world. COMSA, a fifteen-member team, which consisted of police, military,…
EventHarry Gwala is awarded Isitwalandwe/Seaparakoe
… On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) on 8 January 1992, … address at Gwala's funeral that it was 'precisely because…