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EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of office had ……
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… The South African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate pregnancies on request …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was born in the Bahure area of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He is the eldest of nine children. Tsavangirai joined the…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… he was very successful in various sports codes. He plays the forward position for the Western Province and Stormers teams. Burger was selected for the…
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… Justice of the Constitutional Court, Edwin Cameron made headlines in … living with HIV for twelve years. Cameron was a judge at the time and is one of the…
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… their names are Nthatho Harrison Motlana he has been the secretary for the African National Congress, Eric Mafuna he was the president of black management…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' struggle for national…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.2 1992
… Contents: Comment, A. W. Oliphant. Stories: An Owl on the Rooftop, Linda Colleen Saunders; Makoti, Makhanda Senzangakhona; The Rod, Richard J. Mann; SB’s,…
ArchiveAddress at 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 12 July 2008, Kliptown Soweto
… to celebrate with so many friends and well wishers. As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if…
OR Tambo lecture by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
… The Deputy President of the ANC, Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa, will deliver a lecture to celebrate the life and times of Oliver Reginald Tambo during the Mid-term…
Sechaba
… The African National Congress began publication of Sechaba in 1967. It documents the struggle, from the organisation's perspective, for freedom in South…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… A 5.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the Northern African country of Algeria on 29 October 1990. It claimed the lives of 30 people. This was a rather mild…
EventMinister introduces free and compulsory education
… The Minister of Bantu Education M.C. Botha announced that the government moved towards the introduction of free and compulsory education for Black …
EventMozambique gains independence
… Republic of Mozambique. Mozambique was colonised by the Portuguese since 16 th century. The campaign for the liberation, which was launched in 1962, was…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa…
EventPresident de Klerk warns General Bantu Holomisa
… Speaking after the publication of a report on the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) by the Goldstone Commission, President F.W. de Klerk issued a ……
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… leader of National Party (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for the referendum on South African reform process, which was set in motion by him back on 2…
EventAgreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached
… The Ciskei government under the military ruler Brig. Oupa Gqozo signed an agreement with the South African government, represented by Foreign Minister …
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… Church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), S.G. Sekano … born in Hebron, Pretoria. Ntoane served on what was then the…
EventFirst aeroplane flight takes place
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under complete…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… golfer, Nick Price beat American golf icon, Tiger Woods in the 1998 Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament. It was Price’s third win of the tournament,…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … from Newcastle on 12 November 1901 may be typical of the kind of correspondence exchanged…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… Road Cambridge England Dear Comrade Your letter of the 5th January has been received last night unexpectently. … you do not write to us we native students…
ArchiveEducation for barbarism: Bantu (Apartheid) education in South Africa
… The author, himself, one of the leaders in the unity movement and in the struggle for liberation, tries to focus attention on the …
ArchiveMemorandum: a study in political heresy
… Unauthored memorandum on the history of the Peoples Struggles and strategy and the tactics of the National Liberation Movement and the South …
ArchiveDiscussions at Ruacana on 8 June 1976
… A report from a meeting between representatives of the South African Government and the Angolan Government to discuss the military situation on the border of…
PlaceLovedale Missionary School
… The missionary school where so many Black intellectuals of the 19th and early 20th century—from Tiyo Soga to Thabo Mbeki … was established in 1824 by John…
Remember Soweto 16 June 1976
… You are cordially invited attend the conference ’#ApartheidMustFall to #RhodesMustFall?: The Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976’, which will be held at UCL…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… The cottage formerly used by Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the main road to Simonstown, between Muizenberg and St James. … Cottage , it was bought by Rhodes…
EventNathaniel Nakasa, South African journalist and writer, dies in exile
… Ndazana Nathaniel Nat Nakasa was awarded the The Niemann Fellowship to study journalism at Harvard University in the US but the government rejected his…