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BiographyZweledinga Pallo Jordan
… State. His father, Dr Archibald Campbell Jordan, was an African novelist, linguist and academic and his mother, Dr … of the Non-European Unity Movement …
EventThe South African Police Services (SAPS) celebrates its 10th anniversary
… The South African Police Services (SAPS) celebrated its 10th anniversary for providing a service to South African democracy on 27 January 2005. Since this…
EventDavid Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch
… David Frost is a South African golfer who turned professional in 1981. In 1983, he … The Nedbank Golf Challenge (1989) and his first South African Open in…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… about Brenda and brought her to Soweto to live with his family. She soon joined the group Joy and later formed her … SAHO, Brenda Nokuzola Fassie , from…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… the United States following the mass internal migration of African Americans from the Southern regions. At the … as a student activist, Nkrumah helped to…
Alan Wieder on the Rivonia Raids & South African Non-Violent Struggle
… the Rivonia Raid 50 years after it happened. The South African government in the early 1960s attacked the Rovonia farm, then occupied by the African National…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… to attacks on the Sasol oil refinery in Secunda, the South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, … Mr Mawick Nkosi. One of the fatal raids…
What were the roots of African nationalism in South Africa? What links did it have with Pan Africanism? (under construction)
… What were the roots of African nationalism in South Africa? What links did it have …
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… The head of the South African Defence Force, Commandant General Hiemstra, announced the successful conclusion of Anglo-South African talks on aspects of the…
BiographyBonginhlanhla Plummer Mbokazi
… He then started work in order to support his family. Plummer was never a full time artist. He studied art …
BiographySemi Jokanisi
… mother Joyce Jokanisi, “Semi bought the groceries for the family. He also assisted with other household needs. Prior to …
BiographyMotisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala
… and his grandmother. He was the sole breadwinner for his family who were all financially dependent on him. According …
BiographyJaneveke Raphael Liau
… "Janveke was a very caring and selfless man. He loved his family and he took care of us. He used to come back home to …
BiographyRobert Hodgins
… about the construction and confusion of contemporary urban life, but also paintings about the pleasures of being … South African painter …
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
… India. His mother was also from a well-off Indian merchant family who lived near the area in which his father grew up. … school mainly for Africans but as…
BiographyJames la Guma
… Jemima. While the domestic circumstances of the la Guma family, which was of French-Malgasy origin, are obscure … recession-hit Cape Town in the period…
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… On 1 June 1975, eleven African demonstrators were shot dead while 15 were left … is known by now. References: Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day In African History’,…
Minutes of the Third General Students Council, South African Students Movement
… Minutes of the Third General Students Council of the South African Students Movement, held at St Ansgars Conference … a Programme, Agenda, Motions,…
ArchiveMinutes of the Third General Students Council, South African Students Movement
… Minutes of the Third General Students Council of the South African Students Movement, held at St Ansgars Conference … a Programme, Agenda, Motions,…
ArchiveLetter from T. Nkobi, African National Congress Treasurer-General, to Dear Comrades
… Circular letter from T. Nkobi, African National Congress Treasurer-General to ANC Chief … Regional Treasury Officials, Project Officials, and African…
BiographyLouis Botha
… Greytown in the Colony of Natal on 27 September 1862. The family moved to the Orange Free State near Vrede in 1869. In … and belief in their cause, operating…
BiographyAlfred Baphetuxolo Nzo
… Nzo was born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B … at Fort Hare University in 1945. At…
BiographySheena Duncan
… in 1932 and was the eldest of the five children in her family. She was educated at the Roedean School in … Synod and represented the Anglican Church on the…
PlaceArtillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
… of a military camp on the present premises of the South African Army Headquarters. This camp housed the five … Artillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South…
ArchiveStatement by the African National Congress of South Africa on the invasion of Angola by South African troops (image of original)
… Statement by the African National Congress of South Africa on the invasion of Angola by South African troops (image of original) …
The third conference of the African Union (AU) selects South Africa as the seat of the future Pan African parliament. Pres. M
… The third conference of the African Union (AU) selects South Africa as the seat of the future Pan African parliament. Pres. M …
The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the ANC issue a joi
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political … The South African Congress of Trade Unions …
Document 16 - Joint Sitting of the Executive Committees of the All-African Convention and the African National Congress, 17 April 1949
… 16 - Joint Sitting of the Executive Committees of the All-African Convention and the African National Congress, 17 April 1949 …
The South African Institute of Race Relations urges the lifting of a 24-year-old ban on the African National Congress (ANC).
… The South African Institute of Race Relations urges the lifting of a 24-year-old ban on the African National Congress (ANC). …
General Jan Christian Smuts is appointed commander of UK and South African troops in the East African campaign of World War I.
… Jan Christian Smuts is appointed commander of UK and South African troops in the East African campaign of World War I. …