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South African Labour Bulletin
… Front cover of Labour Bulletin, May 1990. Volume 14, Number 8. Black and white photo of public sector workers on the march outside OK in … with POTWA, SAMWU,…
ArchiveResolution on the International Communist Movement
… Africa, and the need for unity. Requests the convening of an international meeting. Expresses concern at the situation in China and the departure of the Mao…
Black Renaissance: Papers from the Black Renaissance Convention, December 1974
… at the Black Renaissance Convention: The educational world of Blacks in South Africa; The Christian challenge of Black Theology; Towards the practical…
PlaceGlenara, Burg Street, Rondebosch
… has been used since 1925 as the official residence of the Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town. It was declared a National Monument…
EventThe Western Desert Force is upgraded
… the Western Desert Force was upgraded with the addition of two complete corps: the XIII and XXX. General Sir Alan Cunningham was given overall command of the…
EventSewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh dies in Durban
… an active role in SA sports as, inter alia, president of the South African Football Association (SAFA). Singh was also a regular contributor to the sports…
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
… A combined force of seven thousand South African Defence Force (SADF) troops … Police (SAP) sealed off the Vaal Triangle townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville…
EventBram Fischer dies
… Former leader of South African Communist Party (SACP) Bram Fischer died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul Fischer's house in Bloemfontein. After news of his…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… his father, Jozua Franchoise NaudÁƒÂƒ©, a founding member of the Broederbond. He was one of eight children and was raised in the heart of Afrikanerdom…
EventPresident Paul Kruger in an appeasement move
… grievances regarding voting rights, President Paul Kruger of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) (South African … for controlling local matters. All…
EventRDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament
… that the civil service is more representative in terms of ethnic group and gender. It also proposed the use of affirmative action to reverse imbalances that…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela announces his intentions to promote national unity
… bring into government political parties that were not part of the Government of National Unity (GNU). This was his part of nation building and reconciliation…
EventThe Internal Security Act is passed
… This prompted opposition parties to oppose this provision of the Internal Security Act. Sections 19(1) and 20 dealt with the banning of people, including…
Place'Angra das Vaccas', Mossel Bay
… Inlet on the Coast of the Indian Ocean, South-West of Mossel Bay. Old name for Vleesbaai. It was given its name … 'Vleeschbaai', by Paulus van Caerden. …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 2 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… to make orange juice and so forth. There were quite a lot of jobs in these factories around that time because they were … gloves, our fingers and clothes…
EventSouth African man walks from England to France through Channel Tunnel
… in France in his flip flops. Trains travelling at speed of 100 mph pass through the tunnel regularly. The speed at … or how he managed to evade surveillance…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
… time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers … legislation, were held. On the island,…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… The proposals were based on a NP two-phase plan of transition. It suggested the appointment of multiparty transitional councils by CODESA during the … to be…
EventSoweto agrees to pay rent
… to an end a five-year rent boycott by the residents of Soweto. The SPD was engaged in the negotiations to create … agreed to: To end the five year rent…
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… what became the Cape Colony under British rule. At the age of 27 he left for Stellenbosch, but eventually settled in … a manifesto in 1837 in which he listed…
EventThe Sunday Times political journalist is suspended
… The senior political writer of the Sunday Times, Ranjeni Munusamy, was suspended by the … a story on spy allegations involving the National Director of…
EventAfrica Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… 2002. The train, leaving Kampala on 16 August, was made up of women from across Africa who wanted to raise awareness around the impact of civil wars,…
PlaceMjanyana Hospital
… The village of Emjanyana was probably established in the mid-1970s, in … Eastern Cape. In 1894 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
… to undermine his father’s authority and assumed control of the kingdom. By the time Mpande died, he was only King by … the ultimatum, war broke out. The…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist, Brenda began singing to her mother's accompaniment at a very young age. At the age…
ArchiveStatement
… Statement by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the ANC National Executive Committee, on the current … and attempting to reduce the international isolation of…
ArchiveCollaborators and falsifiers exposed
… With the official opening of the Sultan Technical College, the members of the College Council had taken a decision to prohibit the … to be in their good…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 1: Dont vote!
… vote or to boycott for their new candidates in the House of Representatives and in the House of Delegates. It goes further to describe and outline the…
ArchiveAfrica beyond the Union
… This address is the fifth of the Heornle Memorial Lecture series delivered by W.M. … the political, economic and social conditions of countries outside of…
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) campus. The Mayibuye Archive is one of the largest archives of liberation…