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EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… and the former government banned his work, forcing him to retreat from public life. Mbuli was honoured by being asked to introduce former President Nelson…
EventPrime Minister B.J Vorster supports changes to Black labour
… Johannes (BJ) Vorster indicated that there was nothing to prevent employers taking the necessary steps to bring about improvements in the productive use of…
EventBritain proposes the sale of arms to South Africa
… Nations held in Singapore, Britain proposed a sale of arms to South Africa. The proposal was discussed extensively as many Heads of State were opposed to it…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… demonstrable readiness on the part of the Pretoria regime to engage in negotiations genuinely and seriously, could create the possibility to end apartheid…
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… Corporation, founded in 1917 by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to exploit the gold fields of the East Rand, announced that it intended to transfer its main listing…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… from Table Bay in Cape Town. The race was called the Cape to Rio, but was renamed the South Atlantic race as the races destination has changed from time to…
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… that Bophuthatswana's administration has decided not to publish the findings of Mr Justice E.A.T. Smith, one-man … at Winterveld on 26 March 1986 because,…
EventAgreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached
… represented by Foreign Minister Roelof "Pik" Botha, to reincorporate Ciskei into a new non-racial South Africa. The first step taken to implement the…
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… the unlimited detention without trial of persons deemed to be threatening public order, would apply in the Transvaal … The government amended the Internal…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
… - The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led … among them Maharaj, argued this method of operation was bound to be counter…
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
… On 16 April 2004, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old was discovered in the Blombos cave, … the Indian Ocean, near Stilbaai. The discovery…
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… age of ten. While she attended high school, she started to work as a courier for the African National Congress (ANC). … in December 1956, and in 1960, they…
ArchivePresident's opening address to the 56th NUSAS Congress
… of South African Students, Durban, November 1978. Refers to banning of Laura Levetan, developments on university … student movements and the need for the…
Address to the Congress of the People - Libya Tripoli, 19 March 1999
… apartheid rule. It remains in our memories and spurs us on to help lighten the plight of our Libyan brothers and … of the Libyan people, for once more…
EventFirst Black US ambassador is sent to South Africa
… of the Office of West African Affairs and Ambassador to Liberia, Edward Perkins, was appointed as the first black American ambassador to South Africa by…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa
… in attitudes. The effects of segregating schools has led to a system of segregated universities in South Africa. The drive to open all universities in South…
EventNo time to wash at The VOC Slave Lodge
… On 10 June 1793 C G Höhne, private secretary to the Governor, wrote a letter to Cape of Good Hope, about the conditions of enslaved people … Lodge in Cape…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
… was the leader of the youth group who took the two victims to the graveyard to be stoned. He also ordered Mr Jack Rampjapedi who feared for his life to pour…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
… by the American Colonisation Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United States. … has an indigenous population, these…
EventFrance supplies two new combat submarines to South Africa
… France confirmed the sale of two new combat submarines to South Africa to protect the oil route round the Cape in the face of … like the African National…
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
… Director of the Christian Institute, defied an order to appear before the parliamentary Schlebusch Commission. The … for his refusal was that the commission…
ArchiveLetter from the African National Congress to Afrikaner Students
… Letter from the African National Congress to Afrikaner Students inviting them to a meeting outside of the country to examine differences. … Letter from the…
Answers to questions by Drum: Albert Luthuli, 6 May 1961
… 1961 [Drum asked several non-European leaders for answers to three questions concerning the planned demonstrations. The … demonstrations for May 31? Answer :…
Letter replying to letter from the Prime Minister’s office and statement of intention to launch defiance campaign, from Dr. J. S. Moroka and W. M. Sisulu to Prime Minister D. F. Malan, February 11, 1952
… Letter replying to letter from the Prime Minister’s office and statement of intention to launch defiance campaign, from Dr. J. S. Moroka and W. M. Sisulu to…
Refuse to Ship Goods to Abyssinia! Defend the Last Independent Native State in Africa from the Attacks of Italian Imperialism! An Appeal to the Harbour Workers of South Africa
… Refuse to Ship Goods to Abyssinia! Defend the Last Independent Native State in … Africa from the Attacks of Italian Imperialism! An Appeal to the Harbour…
ArchiveMakgato and Batlokwa Removals: Notes to be presented to Dr Piet Koornhof, Minister of Co-operation and Development, at an Interview
… Makgato and Batlokwa Removals: Notes to be presented to Dr Piet Koornhof, Minister of Co-operation and … Makgato and Batlokwa Removals: Notes to be presented…
EventZanzibar and Kenya are admitted to the United Nations.
… have been members. The organisation’s membership grew to 115 members that year. The United Nations currently boasts … founded in 1945 after World War II. Its…
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament. He says it is time for South Africans to end sterile debates and divisive reproaches…
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
… Under a proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act South Africans across race … fingerprint register. A uniform identity document was to be issued…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… chairman of Barclays, admitted that while the decision to pull out of the South African market was a commercial one, … year, especially at the beginning of…