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EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… to promote Black solidarity and foster the philosophy of Black Consciousness. Envisaged as a broad-based … was elected as the BPC's first president. The…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the … the Convention People's Party (CPP) to power with…
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… to a doctor, and her lawyer was also detained. At the time of her detention she was amongst 335 other people who were detained under the State of Emergency…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… her involvement, but in 2003, Bulelani Ngcuka was accused of acting as an apartheid spy under the alias of Agent RS452. It soon emerged that Brereton was…
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… Lee], which is absolutely lies. Towards the beginning of January last year, we workers of Steel Ceilings and Aluminium Works Ltd. formed our … that will take…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… (ICC) following an arrest warrant issued by the Office of the Prosecutor for Gbagbo's involvement in the 2010 … Gbagbo was placed under house arrest in the…
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
… Air Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed into a market made of wood and iron shacks, killing between 250 and 350 people in Kinshasa, Zaire (now The Democratic…
PlaceDiep River
… its hospitality and in the 1840's became the headquarters of the Cape Hunt. It also became a popular destination for … house the Eaton Convalescent Home. In…
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
… through newspapers left carelessly by warders. After years of protest they graduated to a restricted number of papers and to the radio, and eventually to TV…
EventChad gains its independence
… to make Chad a French protectorate – under the command of conqueror Rabih al-Zubayr, the Kimgdoms of the Kanem-Bournu, Baguirmi and Ouaddai fought…
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The Village is mainly known as being the…
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… Former name of Luderitz Bay. Portuguese for 'bay of tacks', this name was given in 1488 by the Portuguese … with the neighbouring chiefs, who ceded large…
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
… globally, but as the rand takes a hit so does the price of textbooks for already overburdened students in South … costs to date by adopting open textbooks,…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… At a special conference of the South African Labour Party (SALP), Colonel Creswell’s … annual conference which was held in East London in January of the same…
EventWilhelmina Johanna (Wilma) Stockenström is born
… theatre productions, but it was only when her first book of poetry, Vir die bysiende leser, (aptly named because of the use of large font) was published in…
EventPolitical activists seek refuge in the British Consulate in Durban
… Six political refugees, Archie Gumede, the president of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Mewa Ramgobin, George … position. It could not expel the men into…
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… that South Africa was completely self sufficient in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid regime … to South Africa. Magnetrons are vital…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… President Samora Machel of Mozambique and Prime Minister PW Botha of South Africa signed the Nkomati Accord, a non-aggression, … non-aggression pact known as…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… The unbanning of the South African liberation movements on 2 February 1990 … political structures. This transformation was the focus of the Groote Schuur and…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… year old Sphiwe Mpungose were under the fatalities. Nine of the injured remained on the critical list. The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 but eyewitnesses…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… The 1996 Atlanta Olympics marked the 100 year celebration of the Olympic Games. The event, unofficially known as the … marred by a terrorist bomb explosion…
EventWits attains full university status
… full University status under the name the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg. The origin of Wits lies in the South African School of Mines,…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… to 1989, Pieter Willem Botha, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his house Die Anker near Wilderness in the Western … his presidential position to the then…
EventFirst Egyptian woman to file for divorce under new law
… him to grant her a divorce and he refused. With the help of a Women’s Legal Aid Centre, Gabr was finally able to … her husband and become the first woman to…
EventSouth Africans pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at the Grand Parade in Cape Town
… The crowd gathered together at the Grand Parade in front of the City Hall in Cape Town, the place where Nelson Mandela … danced while some waved the South…
ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in … "...In chemistry the diamond, being pure carbon, is one of the most commone…
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… Qwaqwa was one of the ten homelands in South Africa introduced by the … which was in reference to the sandstone that makes up most of the homeland’s rocky…
EventAt least twenty people are injured in a collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo at Deelfontein, near De Aar
… in Deelfontein, near De Aar. The Blue Train was ahead of schedule and whiling time when the Karoo Train was … were injured in the collision. The Chief…
EventFrance supplies two new combat submarines to South Africa
… France confirmed the sale of two new combat submarines to South Africa to protect the oil route round the Cape in the face of escalating Soviet naval…
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… At the conclusion of the Rivonia trial eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the … Raymond Mhlaba . Mandela argued that he was driven…