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EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… was killed in an accident when he fell from his buggy. The Cape Colonial government unilaterally annexed Griqualand … of his duties as chief and granted him…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its first … of its Apartheid policies…
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… At the time of his death at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran actor in South Africa. Gampu was the first South African actor to act in…
EventBotha’s Pass in Natal is under attack by General Buller’s forces
… attacked Botha's Pass in Natal. After a five hour battle the Republican forces were in retreat, defeated. His troops … forces at Ladysmith in Natal on 28…
A Survey Of Race Relations In South Africa 1973
… Excerpt "During 1973 the National party has been faced with increasing … manifestations of black dissatisfaction and anger. The Black Conciousness movement…
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… Kruger House on Helen Joseph Street in Pretoria used to be the official residence of then president of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republik (ZAR), Paul Kruger. The…
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
… Robert Resha was an activist, journalist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). As an activist, he … non-sexist, just and democratic South…
EventBritish Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South Africa
… British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, announced in the House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose an embargo on the export of arms…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… KaNgwane is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms of the Bantustan policy. The…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to be appointed in 1923. He went on to teach the…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn page 3 Article: Response to a Crisis
… TO A CRISIS JAMES MAKHAYA, A combatant of MK, discuss the November white referendum The history of the Nationalist Party is pock-marked with the continuous …
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to be appointed in 1923. He went on to teach the…
ArchiveAre there South Africans? by Sir Keith Hancock
… The twentieth Alfred and Hoernle Memorial Lecture delivered by Sir Keith Hancock in which the title of his talk questions the integrative or disintegrative…
Letter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo
… Letter from Jack Simons of the Constitutional Committee and Zola Skweyiya of the Department of Legal and Constitutional Affairs to Oliver Tambo regarding the…
ArchiveNUSAS 1982 Resumé
… Illustrated resumé of the activities of the National Union of South African Students during 1982. The theme for 1982, Campus action for democracy, is …
EventChris Heunis meets Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane
… The Citizen newspaper reported that Minister Chris Heunis, … and Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane discussed the government's position on the…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… General circular letter from the President of the National Union of Students, Neville Curtis, quoting from a letter from C.D.T. Sibisi informing him that the…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… semi-detached dwellings forms a unique terrace erected in the late 19th century, and survives largely unaltered to the present day. It was declared a…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, ……
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… Xhosa war hero and regent of the AmaNgqika (Gaika) Xhosa clan during the youth of Sandile, Maqoma (also spelled Makoma or Macoma), … died on Robben Island…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… was Kgosi (King) Khama III, (also known as Khama the Good) of the Bangwato people. Under his rule and with his approval, … Bechuanaland had been put under…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… to Natal, South Africa, to live with his older brother in the hope that the hot climate would improve his health. In South Africa, Rhodes became involved in…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… The potato boycott began in protest against slave-like labour … rations and slave wages. In articles in New Age the brutality of this system was exposed in…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in Silvertown on the Cape Flats. At school, Carolus was an active member of the South African Students' Organisation …
EventChris Hani is born
… Hani, Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, military arm of the African National Congress (ANC) and General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party …
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… P.W. Botha at Songo, in Tete province, Mozambique. The purpose of the meeting was to affirm the two countries' pledge to abide by the Nkomati Accord, …
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… mercenaries were arrested in Equatorial Guinea. Many of the suspects were South African, including the alleged leader of the advance party, Nick du Toit. The…
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… nuclear weapons in 1993, as it was initially claimed by the then State President F. W. de Klerk , and that the nuclear weapons programme had been far more…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… his government will assist in fighting against terrorism. The closure of the border came after an accusation by Rhodesian (now known … Minister Ian Smith…