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EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… The Defense Amendment Bill, designed to make military service … for White young men, was passed on 9 June 1967 - with the support of the opposition…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee was born…
PlaceSao Bento Shipwreck, Coffee Bay
… The earliest known wreck is the Portuguese carrack, Sao Bento. A carrack is a sailing sailing ship of the 14th–17th centuries that was usually built with…
PlaceKenilworth
… Kenilworth lies flanked by the Constantia Winelands and popular Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens , between the suburbs of Claremont and Wynberg . A leafy…
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… Rights Petition with a million signatures Members of the African National Congress, I.C.U. Communist Party and other bodies espousing native interests filled…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… The legendary German general was known as the "Desert Fox for his brilliant military exploits in north Africa during the Second World War. He was born in…
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… The Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was declared an … and came into force on 17…
Address by President Mandela at a Masakhane rally in Vosloorus Katorus, 21 September
… Renewal of Katorus In 1993 when I toured the Katorus area with Adrian Vlok I was in pain. The community was divided into two groups at war with each other. I…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… From 1960 to 1983, the apartheid Government forcibly moved 3.5 million Black South Africans in one of the largest mass removals of people in modern history…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal ). The first rent paying Tenants were 47 families who arrived in November 1984. In an interview conducted…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… For the last few weeks millions of fevered eyes have been fixed on South Africa, host to the World Cup, which ends next weekend. For half a century the…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Congress (1977), ANC Speaks: Documents and statements of the African National Congress 1955-1976. Alexander, Neville (1986), "Aspects of Non-Collaboration…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… born in Springs on 12 November. He spent his childhood in the village of Peelton, and later in King William's Town and … Tshwete with his studies and kept…
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… Francis Robert Thompson, of Kimberley, hereinafter called the grantees, have covenanted and agreed, and do hereby … covenant and agree, to pay to me, my…
For Richard Turner by Peter Sacks
… You wrote on the back page of my last essay ("Political Education in The Republic") "Good ideas, but style too literary. Use of images evades the final point…
PlaceAmaLinde, West of King Williams Town
… Xhosa name for the Debe Hollows of Kommetjie Flats, 19 km West of King William's Town. This was the scene, of the Battle of Amalinda between Gaika and…
PlaceDistrict Six Museum
… The District Six foundation was established in 1989, and in 1994, the District Six Museum came into being. This museum was established to commemorate and…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… on 7 January 1959. Mokoba played a significant role in the struggle for freedom especially amongst the youth, and this determination was clearly seen in his…
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
… The resignations of former ANC National Chairperson Mosiuoa … regional chairperson Mluleki George were submitted to the ANC shortly before they were due to…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… 1946 - A Selection of Documents , is a record of the second resistance movements waged by Indians in the country; the first was waged by Gandhi at the…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
… received her passport which was valid for only 31 days. The group was later joined by United Democratic Front (UDF) … leaders; Curnick Ndlovu, Azhar Cachalia…
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
… This was the first Indian High School and Teachers Training College, … in October 1929. This double-storey Complex was founded by the Honourable V.S…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… The Red Location Museum is situated within the Black Township of New Brighton , of Port Elizabeth (now called Gqeberha). Surrounded by the colourful homes of…
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town , states that: "The historical buildings and structures in the Cape Town Harbour area, known as the New Breakwater…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… Rationed away to French colonialists at the 1885 Berlin Conference, the French West African colony was controlled strictly as an outpost for the French…
Letter to Ayatollah Khomeini by O. R. Tambo, Iran, 13 February 1979
… (2) Teheran Islamic Republic of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed masses of South Africa we express to you our immense joy…
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… The Inaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue took place on 13 August 2010 in the Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg. The event was in context with Women’s month. The…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… Andries Gerhardus Visser was born on 1 March 1878 on the farm Zaaifontein, in the district of Fraserburg, South Africa. Visser attended the Huguenot Memorial…
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… Thirty years after the first Treason trial in 1956, 16 members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) were accused of treason in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… Three leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Archibald Gumede, Paul … treason. These anti-apartheid activists sought refuge in the British…