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Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… The formulation and declaration by the United Nations Organisation of human … of peace and freedom in the world. The anniversary of this Declaration of Human…
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… This came almost after 10 years since the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith on 11 November …
EventThe Bloemfontein Convention is signed
… between the Orange and Vaal Rivers. In addition to the declaration of independence, the document also contained …
Event6 th Partnership Against AIDS anniversary is celebrated
… the launch of the partnership. Click here to read the declaration made during the launch. …
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Consultative Conference: Speeches and Resolutions
… by Oliver Tambo, keynote address by Nelson R Mandela, declaration of the conference, resolution on negotiations and …
EventLanga, Nyanga and Gugulethu students march through the Cape Town CBD
… Nyanga and Gugulethu marched without notice or public declaration through the Cape Town CBD unhindered. On 2 …
Address at the Commonwealth Business Forum, Johannesburg 9 November 1999
… th of the North and of the South. The 'Edinburgh Economic Declaration on the Promotion of Shared Prosperity' adopted by … let me restate part of what is…
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… 1989, South Africa, Angola and Cuba signed the Mount Etjo Declaration to re-establish the ceasefire and facilitate the …
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… centuries ago. In 1834, this square was the site where the Declaration of the freeing of all slaves was made. The …
EventSA withdraws from the International Labour Organisation
… another source, but 11 March is mentioned in the official declaration by the International Labour Conference on July 8, …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.2 Jan-Mar 1961
… of France, Claude Bourdet, with a tail-piece by Papas. The Declaration of the 121, Robert Barrat. The Unity of the …
EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… on 9 July 2011 with the town of Juba as a capital. The declaration of independence marked “the end” of intermittent …
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… On 11 November, the Smith government issued a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). The British government …
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… the political crisis following MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé's declaration of independence for Katanga province on 11 July. … the political crisis following Moïse…
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… The General Assembly of the United Nations rejected the declaration of independence as invalid, and called upon all …
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
… after the committee gave SANOC one last chance to make the declaration within 50 days or face the ban. The country was …
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
… by the Barolong Boo Ratshidi and British government. The declaration prompted the British government to send close to …
EventThirteen residents are gunned down in Mamelodi by South African police
… in Mamelodi by South African police. This followed the declaration of a State of emergency on 25 July 1985 by …
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… were ever concocted beneath its spreading boughs. Its declaration as a national monument, therefore, only serves to …
Address at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 4 March 2002
… in Durban two years ago, we focused through the Fancourt Declaration, on practical ways to address the most important … even-handedness and predictability…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… Harmel go underground the morning before the Government's declaration of the State of Emergency. March 30, Ben Turok … of South Africa to consider a response…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… a discussion about Rhodesia’s (now Zimbabwe ) unilateral declaration of independence [UDI]: “We needed clarity on UDI … our local committee on your election…
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… ensuring that South Africa complied to the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Pityana further emphasised that …
EventOAU Council of Ministers decide to reject dialogue with South Africa
… and to gain acceptance of the status quo. However, in a declaration issued at its 17th ordinary session in June 1971, …
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… being implemented all over South Africa. Following the declaration to embark on an anti-pass passive resistance …
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… Britain in 1956. The United Nations (UN) considered this declaration to be illegal and imposed sanctions on Southern …
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
… Seventeen of the nineteen parties agreed to support the 'Declaration of Intent', committing themselves to a multiparty …
EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
… Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, announced the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). During his announcement … 2012)| Modern History Sourcebook , …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… as though they knew nothing about his protestations and declaration of identity and objection to military service. …