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ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… important for the PAC, and for South African politics in general. The date for the campaign was finalised on 18 March, …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… Brandis writes to Pretoria confirming that the Surveyor General had sent him a plan of the stands to be laid out, and … accepted. On the same day, Johann…
Comments and Observations on Proposals for a United Nations Security Council Resolution on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, 1963
… A. General (1) The Security Council is at present seized of … its resolution of August 7th. [1] (2) The Secretary-General, having reported in terms of…
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
… Muntu Myeza was Secretary General of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), an … Students' Organisation (SASO). In 1974, he was elected general secretary…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… and Wynand Malan, the DP won 36 seats in Parliament in the general election of September that year. However, the history … He formed the Independent Movement…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… A Ghanaian citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing … 1997. After accepting office, Annan,…
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… the end of decades of international isolation . The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) recalled … to SA to resume its participation in the…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… On 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of the Transkei Defence … The Transkei was then ruled by a Military Council, with General…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… The legendary German general was known as the "Desert Fox for his brilliant … greift an, was published in 1937. He was promoted major general on the eve of…
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… in February 1922. At the time the government was led by General J. C. Smut's South African Party (SAP). The … Smuts government. As the strike occurred on the…
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… of Ceremonies, Your Excellency, the Acting Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Marcio Barbosa, Distinguished Guests, … of this African initiative is to change the…
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… Interim President Ali Mahdi Mohamed and that supporting General Mohamed Farah Aidid. In January 1992, the UN Security … imposed an arms embargo against…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… people. However, the postponement of the United Nations general meeting to October forced him to return without representing the Indian people at the UN…
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… Abdurahman also came from unexpected sources such as from General J.B.M. Hertzog and General J.C. Smuts . In June 1999, President Nelson Mandela …
EventNational Party wins national elections
… General James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog's National Party (NP) wins the South African general election with an outright majority. Race plays a …
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… Africa. The respective delegations were led by Jay Naidoo (General Secretary of COSATU), John K Nkadimeng (General Secretary of SACTU) and Oliver Tambo …
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… General Pieter Arnoldus (Piet) Cronje, commandant-general of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR, also known …
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… in its meeting in December 1935. Selby Msimang, Secretary General of the All African Convention (AAC) expresses his … Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu made a…
PlaceVan Reenen's Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… some versions of History in his books, such as that “General” Frans van Reenen after whom the Pass was named. He … that he was to steal his son’s fiancée –…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… Munro is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the …
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, and a Consulate General with a Consul in Charge in the commercial capital of Jeddah. The Consulate General is also…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… South African prime minister, General J.C. Smuts, asked parliament's approval to send … of the South African divisions, commanded by Major-General W.H…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… stance taken by western countries, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly passed numerous resolutions against the … over its policy of apartheid. For…
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
… of Johannesburg is disrupted. Angry Black miners blamed General Mining Union Corporation, owner of the mine, for … by National Union of Mineworkers . The…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… of the world came together at the first United Nations General Assembly to enshrine a document against injustice, … of Human Rights was adopted by the United…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… Sobukwe informs the Commissioner of Police, Major General Rademeyer, that the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), … African government to abandon its…
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… Natal, in order to escape Zulu expansion. Mzilikazi , a general who had fled from King Shaka's army, was the cause of … launched a devastating attack on the…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… possible will be done by the Communist Party ling general elections to work for the defeat of the extreme … represented in the Nationalist Party. This…
”Africans and San Francisco.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma, May 8, 1945
… cease fire in Europe may be given by Marshall Stalin and General Eisenhower any day, any hour and any minute now … This document was delivered to the Prime…
EventBritain returns the Cape to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle
… Company, which had lasted from 1652 to 1795. Commissioner-General J.A. de Mist and the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Lieutenant-General J.W. Janssens,…