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EventThe Balfour Declaration is accepted
… subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to …
EventThe first regional committee of the UDF is established in Natal
… apartheid divides." Groups that worked with government or homeland structures as well as those who broke the sport …
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… their happiness, and realise their potential without fear or favour. Dr. Mangosuthu Buthelezi was unanimously elected …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… call for enforcement of bans on petroleum sales and direct or indirect investments involving South Africa was also made. …
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… fully serviced and that there was no evidence of sabotage or external forces involved. This conclusion was disputed by …
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… in the Cape. In 1652, following the 'Remonstrantie' or recommendation to the Chamber of Amsterdam, a group of …
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… the Religious Mother of Constantine the Great. Close to, or near the mouth of the Berg River, the explorers set in to …
EventFake versions of the new South African banknotes hit the streets
… gold band visible on the back when the note was tilted or colour-changing ink on the rand number value at the …
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
… solar system. Traditionally comets are seen as portents or signs that tragic events are about to occur. Halley's …
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… of the Ovaherero a "justified liberation war". The Herero or Ovaherero people lived mainly in Namibia, Botswana and …
EventEmily Hobhouse receives a reply to her request to be included in the Ladies Commission
… from the suspicion of partiality to the system adopted or the reverse." Emily Hobhouse (April 9, 1860 - June 8, …
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… a judge in Morocco and is said to have died either in 1368 or 1369. …
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
… liberation, the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique or FRELIMO. Tragically, he was denied the fruits of his …
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… Town. Administrative buildings, beer halls, bottle stores or shops that had not yet been gutted were destroyed. The …
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… most of central Namibia, but large numbers were displaced or killed in clashes. When the first Europeans visited …
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. The book surprised and …
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
… The Dutch East India Company(DEIC) or Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) popularly referred …
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… whom he has written a biography. Uys, either as himself or his flamboyant alter ego, has been very vocal in his …
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… the axiom, "no equality between white and black in church or state." Such a spirit will always hurt the pride of a … living in freehold land of their own…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… 1. THE RULE OF THE MARKET. Liberating “free” enterprise or private enterprise from any bonds imposed by the … its needs. 5. ELIMINATING THE CONCEPT OF “THE…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… state doctrine. Many Acts of parliament establishing or strengthening apartheid were passed. Marriage between … by the introduction of the Pass Book (called…
The Gambia: 50 years of independence, 20 years of terror by Fatou Diagne (Pambazuka News), 17 March 2015
… can lead to arbitrary arrest, a mandatory sentence, or even to death, enforced disappearance, extreme prudence … opted for prudence by avoiding issues that…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… analysis of the legal proceedings of the Treason Trial or of its political meaning and implications. Suffice it to … People and the Freedom Charter was a…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… [;] whether their discussions were to be restricted to one or two points or whether they intended to cover the whole range of our … trade jealousies are too…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… white and I live a more comfortable life because I do not or cannot break out of my whiteness. I had told Violet … now be for the accused to prove that the…
Who Shot My Dad? by Jann Turner
… my father's murderer as a person, rather than a state or a system. I called the New York Times and asked them to … but we've always ended up with the…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Bantu Holomisa of having his fiftieth birthday party paid or sponsored by hotel magnate Sol Kerzner . 18 November, … to a National Party request that…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… exclusion from walking on footpaths, and requests repeal or modification of laws. May 21, Raychandbhai, Gandhi's … brought before a Magistrate for failing…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… leaders to break all of their ties with CONTRALESA or anyone they may know who was part of CONTRALESA. Members … to control the salaries of various chiefs…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… him to enter a factory, African location, hostel or village. December, A raid on the South African Railway and … for either South African Congress of Trade…