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… General circular letter from the President and Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students discussing the structure of the Union and the relationship between the …

…   In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the South African economy was very weak.Unemployment and food …

… Darrell Roodt was born in Johannesburg. Growing up during the height of Apartheid South Africa, he always used the art of film to condemn the racially oppressive regime. His film Place of Weeping is …

… The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of  Nelson Mandela , the World's most famous political prisoner and South Africa's …

… impressive verandah houses were erected in about 1903 on the instruction of mining magnate Sir Abe Bailey. After WWII the properties were joined and the houses were fitted out as a hotel. At the time it was …

… to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community could provide an alternative which would redress the economic imbalances in the country. He further stated that nationalisation did not …

… On 29 March 1988, Dulcie September, the African National Congress (ANC) representative in France, … was asassinated in Paris. She was shot five times in the back by an assassin just after collecting her mail and opening the ANC Paris office in 28, Rue des Petites-Ecuries. …

… Winnie Mandela, at the time wife of imprisoned African National Congress (ANC) … was pelted with eggs and cool drink cans while leaving the Supreme Court in Cape Town. She blamed the attack on the apartheid government, which, she said, was …

… Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, introduced a new housing plan to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and entailed the government's intention to …

… The United States invasion of Afghanistan, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom, took place after the destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001 in New York, United …

… Born Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela in the Eastern Cape, President Mandela’s former wife and politician was elected President of the African National Congress’ Women’s League (ANCWL) on 8 December 1993. The election came just a year after she resigned from all ANC …

… On 25 October 1993, South Africa was invited to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations  with effect from January 1994. The move came after prolonged promising talks on constitutional reform between the government, African National Congress(ANC) and other key …  [Accessed: 24 October 2013]| Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (2007),  ‘South Africa’   from  Encyclopedia.com …

… After being readmitted into the international fold, the newly formed South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer giants, Cameroon, in three international …

… attempt on his life since becoming Prime Minister was on the 9 April 1961, at the Rand Easter Show, where he was shot twice in the face. Verwoed was sitting at his desk in the House of …

… On this date the nuclear reactor Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa entered the nuclear age. The US firm Allis Chalmers Corporation had supplied South …

… On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the pilot. The brothers took turns piloting and monitoring … Eye witness to history The Wright Brothers - First Flight, 1903 [online] Available …

… On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South … in northern Namibia. In 1973 a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly declared 26 August, …

… Muntu Myeza was Secretary General of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), an affiliate of the Black Consciousness Movement. At the age of 22 , he joined the first black consciousness …

… of their reference books in Johannesburg. Their action was the latest gesture of defiance against the pass laws. During the weekend, the suspension of pass laws was announced.  Many … Anon, (1960), ‘Passes go up on flames,’ from  The Star , 28 March, (Available at National Library of South …

… politician, dies in Pretoria. He was widely regarded as the best court interpreter of his day and was a talented rugby and cricket player who took the lead in the local African community sports activities. He was also …

… Though mainly concerned with Alexandra, since that was the home location of Ditshwantsho, it held that Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in the general struggle of the country as a whole. The underlying philosophy of this …

… Frank Talk, first published in March 1984, as the official publication of the Natal Region of AZAPO, the Azanian Peoples Organisation, was later published by an …

… Peter Lindeberg won the European Barefoot Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter … powerboat racing title, as well as set a world record in the ramp jump in barefoot water-skiing in 1981.[ii] He won the British Powerboat Grand Prix in the 1989 World Powerboat … Bionic man Peter Lindenberg makes a triumphant return to the world of racing, …

… The ANC Official and staff together with the Gift of the givers will today, Friday, 16th July 2010, visit Usindiso …

… Leinster Hall was built in the 1850s by Sebastian Hofmeyr on a plot of land that previously formed part of the farm Weltevreden. The outbuildings date from the same period. The building has … https://thestack.co.za/the-story/the-history/ …

… This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family, also known as the Miracle Cannon , was salvaged in May 1977 from the Shipwreck site of the Portuguese Ship-  Sacramento , …

… is between Table Mountain and Signal Hill , adjacent too the Twelve Apostles Mountain Range , in Cape town. The best thing about the Lion’s Head hike is obviously the view over Cape Town, …

… were sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February 1985. Two other White men in the same case were found guilty of rape. All four pleaded not … witnesses caught these four rapists and murderers in the act. This case led to an outcry throughout the country …

… Initially the division of Fort Beaufort fell under the district of Albany, and was proclaimed a separate … on 8 March 1848. At that stage its area also included the Kat River Settlement, which was separated in 1858 when it …

… Molly Blackburn was a political activist who joined the Black Sash in 1955. She later left black Sash when she felt that the group was not very active. She then joined the Pregressive Federal Party(PFP) and became the party’s …