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EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… country was moving towards holding its first all-inclusive general election in April 1994. …
EventMandela suspends talks in the wake of Boipatong Massacre
… Mandela requested the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, to call a special meeting of …
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… in the incident. In the aftermath, former Secretary General of the ANC, Alfred Nzo commented: "if ever there was …
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… deputy mayor Jacob Khuzwayo Dhlamini. There was a general outcry, because they were convicted and sentenced to …
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… African leaders. United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guehenno, who represented 17,600 …
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… Africa. The GNU system of government lasted until the general elections in 1999. References: Wallis, F. (2000). …
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… Namibia. In 1973 a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly declared 26 August, ‘Namibia Day’ to …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… 46 kilometres east of Petersburg (Polokwane). According to General Viljoen this took place within a mere 200 metres from …
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… civilian population and individual civilians shall enjoy general protection against dangers arising from military …
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
… Chief Albert Luthuli, President General of the African National Congress (ANC), led the …
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
… Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in the general struggle of the country as a whole. The underlying …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… and renew our determination to appeal unitedly to General Smuts and the Union Government to implement the … resolution." "This meeting is convinced that the…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… walk out. The majority of the political prisoners and the general population of men would work in the quarries and … African women this struggle of everyday…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… nationalist sentiment was swept into power defeating General Jan Smuts and his United Party (UP). Subsequent to … the Natal Midlands. On 15 April 1953, the…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… (1894), which deprived Indians of the right to vote; the General Pass Regulations Bill (1905), which denied blacks the … this time, they remained under…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. Joyce (2000), Suid-Afrika in die …
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… Herero would be acceptable. Fighting continues. 11 June, General Lothar von Trotha, one of the most notorious generals … blood loss. He is buried in an…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… political organisation. As a result, during the first SASO General Student Council (GSC), the ‘conservative’ first … their own free will in response to…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… Coloured Women's Association sent a petition to Governor General Gladstone. Women pleaded with him to persuade the … issue of passes against women in the…
The Hawks letter to Pravin Gordhan by Berning Ntlemeza (Politics Web), 28 February 2016
… Text of the letter from Lt General Berning Ntlemeza, National Head of Directorate for … and it must be hand delivered to 218 Visage Street, General Joubert…
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… certification exercise as before. Political parties, the general public and the Constitutional Assembly were again … Intervention Permitted by AT 100 Public…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… number of reasons. Seme did not become the first President-General of Congress. He instead put forward his mentor, John … attorney, and though he became…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… their disputes. Issued by: Jessie Duarte Deputy Secretary General African National Congress Chief Albert Luthuli House …
Soweto: urban politics, poverty and race in apartheid society
… the relationship between urban poverty and politics in general and with the way in which race intrudes on this …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… Moses Mayekiso was the General Secretary of the Metal and Allied Workers …
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… the names of 303 persons on whom banning notices under the General Laws Amendment Act of 1963 (the so-called 90 Day …
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… the defences of the Panzer Army Africa, under command of General Erwin Rommel. Success in the battle turned the tide …
EventThe official launch of the SABC
… In 1934, General James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog, prime minister of …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… In 1980 he became minister of Justice until the 1994 general elections. Coetsee was a member of the National Party …
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… independence he rapidly rose to the post of a junior general in the army. Thereafter he was one of the main …