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EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… Hasting Kamuzu Banda was the leader of Nyasaland which became Malawi in in 1964, with him as its … Malawi a one party state led by the Malawi African…
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… The people of South Africa, particularly the youth of our country, are renowned for their fearless challenge to … gold colours of their organisation, the…
Chapter II - More of the same
… Side by Side by Helen Joseph After almost five years of house arrest, I was eagerly but anxiously looking forward … won." That had been my promise twelve…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, 01 July 1987, Managua
… Comrade Daniel Ortega, President of the Republic of Nicaragua and Coordinator of the Executive Commission of … and revolutionary greetings from the African…
BiographyRichard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane
… became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he joined the African…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… Today is January 8th, the birthday of the African National Congress. This 68th anniversary of … of uniting all the oppressed and toiling masses and all…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now … on 2 September 1947. He studied at the…
BiographyJulius C. Malie
… he later studied at Lovedale and the University of the Witwatersrand. He worked at various times for the YMCA, the South African Institute of Race Relations,…
BiographyErnest Malgas
… a result ,he spend six weeks in jail as a teenager because of misidentification by police,who were looking for a neighbor.he joined the African National…
BiographyDarius Segatle
… Darius Segatle was the principal of a school in Rooijantjiesfontein, Lichtenburg [Northern … Transvaal, now North West Province] until the end of 1960, when…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… In 1979 the African National Congress launched an attempt to receive international … recognition as the “sole legitimate representative of the people of…
Samuel Malinga
… Mr Samuel Malinga,aged 45,died in the intensive care unit of the Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzberg on 22 February … and taken to Pietermaritzberg where…
EventTwo ANC members convicted of terrorism training
… Two members of the African National Congress, Mr Mzimasi Isaac Giwu and … in Bisho for terrorism training and being in possession of firearms and explosives…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… 1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the … return trips from Batavia (i.e. present day Java as part of…
Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
… Castro, I have been assigned the great honour, as leader of the African National Congress delegation, to propose a vote of thanks on behalf of the national…
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed a contract with the … Dutch East India Company (VOC) to oversee the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact … was launched by African people in response to their loss of…
Statement of ANC National Working Committee, 5 September 2011
… The National Working Committee of the African National Congress, met today in its regular … by: Gwede Mantashe ANC Secretary General African National…
Philip McLachlan, choirmaster of the choir of the University of Stellenbosch, is born.
… Philip McLachlan, choirmaster of the choir of the University of Stellenbosch, is born. …
Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA.
… Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA. …
BiographyRev. Mangena Maake Mokone
… (Transvaal) in 1851. His mother was daughter of Sephate and was from a royal lineage. In 1863, his father, a junior chief of Bogaga, was killed in the Swazi …
BiographyMassabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa
… Massabalala Yengwa, was the son of the Zulu labourer who had been jailed during the African National Congress (ANC) anti-pass campaign of 1919. Yengwa was…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… The formation of the VOC in Netherlands in 1602 increased Dutch dominance of the in the maritime trade. Acting on behalf of the Dutch government, the company…
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
ArticleThe History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
… South Africa. On this day Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. The date is traditional and is not considered to be the actual date…
ArticleThe South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950
… and exhibition celebrate the founding, over 100 years ago, of the oldest surviving body for practising artists and the "advancement of art" in South Africa…
Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo
… in the Eastern Cape. He later moved to the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg where he qualified in BSc … Applied Mathematics. Masondo joined the …
Elias Monare
… [now Gauteng], was banished on 25 April 1955 at the age of 31 to ‘Glen Red [Glen Road]’ in the Vryburg district … related to his banishment, Monare was…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… The poems and stories are known as the oral tradition of a group of people. If you add moral lessons and rituals that are also passed down by word of mouth…