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ArchiveCircular from N. Pityana to all SRCs and loc
… A circular stating the facts surrounding the controversy between the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and the Natal …
ArchiveCiskei Commission: Report
… Report by Secreatry of the Interior, Mr Marais, on the 'allocation' of Xhosa speaking people to the Ciskei and the Transkei. …
ArchiveWe must take sides
… Extracts from the statement of the President of the ANC, Oliver Tambo, at the WCC Liberation Movement …
Womens Charter
… Green and white, and the Women's Charter written out. At the bottom of the poster is the date, 1954 and WWM. …
ArchiveDear Mr State President
… Pamphlet issued by the President of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa to the State President about the State vision of apartheid …
ArchiveNotes on meeting between Director-General and President Savimbi on 26 October 1988
… Meeting between the Director-General of Namibia and President Savimbi on the progress of the Namibian negotiations and the political situation in …
ArchiveVerwoerd lets loose terror
… Circular by the All-African Convention and the Unity Movement regarding arrests of members of the All-African Convention and the Unity Movement. …
ArchiveDont be fooled!: another boring pamphlet?: a
… White, blue and yellow, pamphlet issued by the End Conscription Campaign. Information to the conscripts about the Advice Bureau and the services offered. …
Discussion between Mr R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr Belli-Bello: Cape Town, 15 May 1986
… Meeting to discuss the relationship of South Africa with Angola, the importance of developing mutual trust and the importance of peace in the region. …
Letter from Headmaster of Rondebosch Boys Hi
… The letter discusses security measures for the school, and includes a request for assistance from fathers to patrol the school premises, particularly during…
ArchiveInternal Security Act, Act No 74 of 1982
… The Act was to provide for the security of the State and the maintenance of law and order; and to provide for matters …
Commemorating fifty years since District Six was declared for whites only
… only. All infrastructural development and investment into the area would be for the benefit of the white community who would become the new residents after …
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… The construction of the original structure probably dates to 1683, but it was … Sir JB Robinson in 1891 who, following his retirement from the Witwatersrand…
EventAnnesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.
… Annesu de Vos was born in Johannesburg on the 5 August 1964. She is well-known as the youngest published poet in South African literature … In recognition of…
Document 33 - League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929
… Hall 14 Market St. A MASS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE ABOVE HALL THIS Sunday, August 25th, 1929 At 3 p.m. TO CONSIDER THE FORMATION OF A " LEAGUE OF NATIVE…
EventANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.
… Nelson Mandela and Govan Mbeki secretly met and discussed the formation of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the ANC’s armed wing. This group constituted the MK’s high…
EventLesotho unable to impose sanctions against SA
… The leader of the Basutoland National Party, Chief Leabua Jonathan, … was so economically dependent on South Africa that the imposition of economic sanctions…
EventPik Botha is born
… Frederik "Pik" Botha , Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of President F.W. de Klerk was born in … Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West Province)…
EventUniversity of Stellenbosch in a historic move
… The University of Stellenbosch announced that it was to open … courses not offered at their own universities. In spite of the move being hailed as a…
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
… In an effort to promote peace in Natal, the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela … of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, for the…
EventTranskei Defense Force topples Transkei Bantustan leader George Matanzima, but denies coup
… George Matanzima, brother of Kaiser Matanzima and leader of the Transkei Bantustan, was toppled by his military and forced to flee from the Transkei after a…
EventBlack pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers
… A few days after the ruling by the Supreme Court to force Potgietersrus Primary School in … to a barrage of racist verbal abuse by some members of the White…
EventHeavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
… 2000, it is reported that Cyclone Eline, which struck the Southern African countries of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique was continuing to…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… from Gaborone and transporting him to South Africa. Later the Minister of Police confirmed Lengene’s presence in South Africa. He was kidnapped on 6 February…
EventSouth African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston, Transvaal
… (now Gauteng) on 26 August 1978. She began high jumping at the age of 13 when she was discovered by her coach Martin … success in athletics; taking gold year…
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
… Founder of the Nairobi People’s Congress Party (NCPC) and key figure in the formation of Kenya African National Union (KANU), Thomas … on 5 July 1969 in…
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… Paul Kibii Tergat was born in the Rif valley Province in Kenya. Unlike many athletes, … he completed high school. Early in his career he broke the record by…
Claremont Histories
… stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015 Harfield Village Carnival. Visitors to the stand can pay homage to those who lived in…
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… an independent homeland. In 1960, before Sigcau became the President of Transkei, Pondoland Revolt erupted where eleven people were killed, many of them shot…
EventAaron Mokoena, SA footballer is born in Boipatong
… He currently plays for Bidvest Wits. Mokoena is the youngest player ever to represent South Africa. He was only 19 when he played in 1999 at the 2000 Olympic…