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Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete
Security Clearance Act No 40, requiring security clearance of people as a prerequisite to their employment in certain education
Kofi Annan of Ghana is elected by the UN Security Council as secretary-general of the United Nations.
The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Angola ends in a tie with no goals scored.
The Leader of the Opposition introduces a no-confidence motion, stating that the government policy of separate development has
Local Government Transition Act No 209, providing for revised interim measures to promote the restructuring of local government
Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk was born in Vredendal, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
The history of Queen Njinga (or Nzinga) of Ndongo/Matamba is contested. Portuguese colonial historians and missionaries would emphasise her conversion to…
BiographyDr. Philip Blaaiberg
Born in Uniondale in the Cape, Blaaiberg spent his youth in the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn. He studied dentistry in London after spending a year at the…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… the United States and at the United Nations Organisation (UNO). June 26 , The Defiance Campaign begins. It becomes the …
BiographyJustice Sfiso Mkame
Justice Sfiso (called Sfiso) Mkame was born on 3 May 1963 in Durban. As a child Mkame drew on sand walls. In Standard 1 he did handicrafts and drawing at…
BiographyJohnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini
Johnstone “Johnny” Mfanafuthi Makhathini was born in Durban on 8 February 1932. He attended school at Adams College in Durban where he trained as a teacher…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
During this debate the Prime Minister outlined South Africa's involvement in the Angolan War. He stated clearly that South Africa participated in the war as a…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Rosenberg Arcade, 58, Market Street, Johannesburg. …
Lickard Aba
Likard Aba was banned under Act No. 44 of 1950 (Suppression of Communism Act) Section 9.
BiographyVuminkosi Zulu
Vuminkosi Zulu was born on 24 November 1948 in Mapumulo, KwaZulu-Natal. From the age of thirteen Zulu attended school in Kranskop for six years and completed…
BiographyMavuso Walter Msimang
Mavuso (Walter) Msimang was stationed and trained primarily in central Tanzania, at Kongwa, an ANC military base in the 1960s. He became a leading member of…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham…
Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings - Peer pressure - Everyone can become a better person no matter the past! by Frida Bapela
From the book: Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings edited by Shamim Meer
Review of African Political Economy Vol. 40 No. 138 edited by Nicolas Pons-Vignon, Aurelia Segatti and Ray Bush
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