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PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
Formerly called: 'Young Men's Christian Association'. This is a welfare movement with branches all over the World, that began in London in 1844. YMCA Cape Town…
EventSenzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born
… was used in the soundtrack of the American action film Death Race 3: Inferno.[iii] Kwesta has also released two …
EventFormer SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies
… evening of 31 May 2002. Before he met with his untimely death, his cricket career was under spotlight as he was …
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… became independent Mozambique's first President until his death on 20 October 1986. In 1981, 13 exiled members of the …
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… the Langa or Uitenhage Massacre. Some reports register the death tally at 28. They were on their way to attend a funeral …
EventEdgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.
… Todd remained active in Zimbabwean politics up to his death in 2002. …
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… Bishop and the driver of the other car were killed. Her death stunned people from all races and her funeral was …
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… while 31 people were arrested. However, the official death toll was given on 7 November 1984 as 23. The boycott in …
EventHarms releases his report
… forward to shed light on who is responsible for the death of anti-apartheid activists David Webster and Anton …
EventPeter Nchabeleng President of Northern Transvaal UDF dies
… that her husband has died in hospital. The cause of his death was undisclosed. However, his son who testified before …
EventYouth rage follows the funeral of Victoria Mxenge
… to their call for a workers' stay away to mourn the death of Mxenge. As result, 30 percent of the workforce in …
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… 2. The chief returned to his people and ruled until his death in 1939. Source: Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). …
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
… prior attempt to assassinate him, it is possible that his death was caused by a heart attack, rather than the poisoning …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… on 9 May 2004 after spending two weeks in a coma. Her death was reported to have been caused by a cocaine overdose. …
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… in front of his 15-year-old daughter Nomakhwezi. The death of the leader of the armed wing of the ANC and popular …
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… later served as Vice President to Nasser. Following the death of Nasser in September 1970 Sadat took over the reins …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the …
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… when the Apartheid government that had come to power in 1948 began forcing women to carry passes. After visiting …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… 1950s the National Party (NP), which came into power in 1948 introduced harsh and oppressive laws towards blacks. In …
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into institutionalized racism unseen …
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… the Communist Party, trade unions and Guardian newspaper. 1948 February, Bram acts as a junior to Harold Hanson in a … the Treason Trial, provides a memorial…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… war to destroy Nazi imperialism and racism. The final death knell for the European empires was rung and starting … policies must take account of it". Between…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… Africa’s Apartheid regime, which officially lasted from 1948-1994 (Thompson, 1990). Millions were affected by … dream of an Afrikaner Empire was beginning to…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… as fund for African democracy. It aimed to promote legal bodies in South Africa and not the illegal ANC or SACP. 1953 …
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… CNETU began to forge ties with international trade union bodies. Influenced by the militant tradition it had …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… the many officials who have served in the various project bodies. The Lesotho Highlands Water Project is a bi-national … in all activities of the…
PlaceWakkerstroom
… political shifts like the rise of the National Party in 1948, underscores its strategic value. This constituency …
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
… When the new Houses for the staff were completed in 1948, one of the old quarters was converted into stables. In …
Forward to Mass Action for People's Power! Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 77th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1989
… year of struggle. Whatever its capacity for repression and death, the apartheid regime continued to suffer reverses both … is as vicious as it is…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 77th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1989
… year of struggle. Whatever its capacity for repression and death, the apartheid regime continued to suffer reverses both … is as vicious as it is…