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Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… were weeded out. So far AGM papers dating from 1969 to 1994 have been found. I believe that in the earlier years the … of Anti-Apartheid News, the annual…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… to the country where the worker was assigned to go. By Law 14 of 1859 (in addition to subsequent legislation) the … 26 cases were discharged while 42 were…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… Heritage Committee's List of World Heritage in Danger in 1994, due to the war in Rwanda and the subsequent increase of …
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… later becomes the centre of many political activities. 14 August, Ruth Fischer is born. 1941 May, Is no longer … the death of Oswald Pirow (who led the…
‘Something like an archive - Exploring memory through zine-making’ is a one day public workshop at Iyatsiba Lab facilitated by visual artist and educator, Scott Eric Williams.
… It is aimed at anyone from 14 to 30 years old who would like to explore the media of …
PlaceGoukamma Nature Reserve, Sedgefield
… and 25 km west of Knysna. The nature reserve includes a 14 km long coastline, a marine protected area, an extensive … obtain a permit at the reserve on…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Council (NRC) at the AAC conference in Bloemfontein. 14-16 December, The ANC holds its annual conference. During … other organizations that had supported the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… at Addis Ababa, calls for sanctions against South Africa. 14 July, Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), announces … 30 June 1961; commencement date…
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… role in South Africa’s liberation struggle and has, since 1994, been part of the ANC-led governing coalition through … lives’: This has been a major area of…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… of the South African teams, which participated at the 1994 Commonwealth Games held in Canada, and once again, …
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… Criminal Procedure Act, was in conflict with the country's 1994 constitution. The ruling did not apply, however, to the …
PlaceFort Schanskop
… Force was forced to hand both museums back to the State by 1994. The Voortrekker Monument and Nature Reserve …
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… direct talks were held between FRELIMO and RENAMO and by 1994; Chissano had won Mozambique's first multi-party …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… 1990 and the country's first fully democratic elections in 1994. Biko was one of the University of Natal's Black Campus …
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… Army (AZANLA). AZAPO boycotted the participation in the 1994 elections but has continued to participate in subsequent …
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… former President Nelson Mandela at his inauguration in 1994. It has been suggested that Mbuli's life came under …
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… its policy on the use of landmines. For instance, in 1994 the former South African government announced a …
EventWorld Teachers Day - “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”
… at the International Conference on Education in Geneva in 1994, with the primary intention to focus public attention on …
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… first democratic elections were held in South Africa in 1994, an investigation by the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventJoe Slovo dies
… During his months as a Cabinet Minister in the post 1994 government, Slovo was charged to deliver on one of …
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
… Women's Day is not celebrated in South Africa. Since 1994, Women's Day is celebrated with a public holiday on the …
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… . The first of six children, he left home at the age of 14 to find work as a garden boy. Shortly after this …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… farm attacks flocked to urban areas for protection. By 14 January the violence had spread as far as Omarasa, north …
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… They hunted with bows and poison-tipped arrows from about 14 000 years ago. There is a great deal of evidence of rock …
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… Branch of the Communist Party, held at Cape Town on March 14, the following resolutions were adopted: RESOLUTIONS “The …
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… organisations. The constitutional assembly sat between May 1994 and October 1996 drafting and completing the new …
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… unless it is based on the will of all the people." Since 1994 Freedom Day has been celebrated on 27 April, in … of the first democratic elections held in…
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… of Cde Mavuso will take place as follows: Saturday, 14 July 2012 Yellow Wood Chapel, 115 CR Swart Drive, Randburg …
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… what being a friend means to you. More here . Monday 14 th March, 6 for 6.30pm – Launch of The Sword and the Pen: …
PlaceClearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
… 44, his wife Christelle, 43, and daughter Marthella, 14. The son, Don Steenkamp, aged 17, the only surviving …