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SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… By the late 1960s many black students increasingly began to feel the frustration and disillusionment similar to that which had led to the Fort Hare SRC to…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… set of personality traits combined to make Nelson Mandela the leader that he became. One of these was notorious … that are generally used to connote negative…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower … Muthien “Chapter 6: Forms of Protest and…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower … Muthien “Chapter 6: Forms of Protest and…
Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… a 13 year-old Native boy in a torn vest was published in the front page of the London Labour paper, the Daily Herald, with the headline "The miner, aged 13."…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… The first prison building in Tshwane, built by Alexander Anderson at the corner of Pretorius and Paul Kruger streets, has an … purposes, and was sentenced to…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Early Writings
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 1. A. M. LEMBEDE, "The Importance of Agriculture," Iso Lomuzi,Vol. IV, no. 1 … An…
EventChad gains its independence
… The French received considerable resistance in the 1920s to their plan to make Chad a French protectorate – under the command of conqueror Rabih al-Zubayr,…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… At least eighteen people were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member murdered on 29 September. During the…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… Cuba and South Africa agreed to a formal ceasefire. Under the terms of the ceasefire and later treaty, Cuba was to withdraw its … its forces and elections…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… full to over capacity. Twenty-nine people died inside the stadium and a further fourteen died outside. Several … Nation and thirteen year old Sphiwe Mpungose…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… Suburb of Kimberley to the South of the Big Hole and North-West of New Park. It was established when the Newton Township, was cleared of slums, and named…
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… The South African government under leadership of Prime Minister John Vorster pledged support for the United States of America's (USA) efforts to bring about…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… There were lengthy deliberations around the restoration of citizenship to the residents of Transkei, Bophutatswana, Venda and Ciskei. A … (TEC) was set up…
EventTurkish newspapers criticise of ANC leader Nelson Mandela for refusing to accept Turkey’s peace award
… On 14 May 1992, Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress, was subjected to harsh criticism and utterances verging on libel, due to the…
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
… ADOPTED AT THE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS, ON 5 MARCH 1955, … generally protect themselves and their families…
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… CAPETOWN. Dear Roux, I posted you yesterday copies of the resolutions passed at the Anti-Pass Conference with three paragraphs of general report at the foot…
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
… Penelope Heyns, was born on the 8th of November 1974 in Springs, Transvaal. Her parents later moved to the Natal South Coast. She attended Doon Heights…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of communism
… During the 1940s, Bram Fischer served on the Johannesburg District Committee and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa …
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… a parliamentary hit squad, with 16 police officers. The existence of the unit was first revealed publicly in 1988 on the eve of the execution of Almond…
EventTelkom to roll
… The telephone company, Telkom, announces that it will buy and … in an effort to fight AIDS, which has infected some 13% of the adult population. According to…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela. Despite the fact that there was a growing fear that her political … against her, she continued to gain wide…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… Zulu celebrations, raising fears of renewed violence in the region between the supporters of the two leaders. President Nelson Mandela was drawn into the …
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Vendenayagum Lawrence petitioned the Natal Governor on 3 August…
ArchiveReflections on life in a rearview mirror by Jo Ractliffe, 27 Jun 2011
… morning when a group of us were summoned to your house at the crack of dawn in an atmosphere of great mystery and … suspense. We were piled into a Kombi and…
EventTony Leon is born
… The national leader of the Democratic Alliance - Tony Leon was born in Durban. In … leader of Democratic Party. He succeeded Zech De Beer as the leader of…
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 March 1979. The Union, was a Tavern occupying a plot 80 by 60 feet on Smith Street, bought from the widow, Ms…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… Seretse Khama was the chief of the Bama-Ngwato tribe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). Khama's problems with the British started when he married an English woman…
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… Before Fidel Castro took over the island state's government; Cuba was under the military rule of President Fulgeneio Batista. Castro was the leader of the 26…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… should begin in 1991 and be completed within two years. The African National Congress suggested that equal status be given to all participants in the process…