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EventDemocratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms
… The Democratic Party (DP), formed when factions from various opposition parties to the National Party (NP) merged, indicates that it represents a coalition…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… The multiparty negotiating forum agreed to repeal section 29 of the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allowed for detention without trial. This measure had…
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… Party (IFP) leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi warns that the deals struck between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Government were "…
Foreword
… This report reproduces the papers presented at a Symposium held to mark the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. They sparked…
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
… When the Public Utility Transport Corporation (PUTCO) increased the bus fare in 1957, it was met with resistance from the public. More than 80 percent of the…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… Rationed away to French colonialists at the 1885 Berlin Conference, the French West African colony was controlled strictly as an outpost for the French…
Letter to Ayatollah Khomeini by O. R. Tambo, Iran, 13 February 1979
… (2) Teheran Islamic Republic of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed masses of South Africa we express to you our immense joy…
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… The Inaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue took place on 13 August 2010 in the Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg. The event was in context with Women’s month. The…
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… Thirty years after the first Treason trial in 1956, 16 members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) were accused of treason in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… Three leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Archibald Gumede, Paul … treason. These anti-apartheid activists sought refuge in the British…
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… The African National Congress (ANC) released a report by an internal commission of inquiry (the Skweyiya Commission), appointed to investigate detainee abuse…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was plunged into a crisis when the Editor-in-chief of television news, Joe Thloloe, … Sisulu. Thloloe's…
PlaceReitz
… An agricultural town in the Orange Free State province, Reitz is 51km from Bethlehem. … rainfall of about 686mm. In its earliest recorded history, the site…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… The United Nations Organisation (UNO) succeeded The League of Nations which was founded just after the end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in ……
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
… The resignations of former ANC National Chairperson Mosiuoa … regional chairperson Mluleki George were submitted to the ANC shortly before they were due to…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… 1946 - A Selection of Documents , is a record of the second resistance movements waged by Indians in the country; the first was waged by Gandhi at the…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
… received her passport which was valid for only 31 days. The group was later joined by United Democratic Front (UDF) … leaders; Curnick Ndlovu, Azhar Cachalia…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… The Red Location Museum is situated within the Black Township of New Brighton , of Port Elizabeth (now called Gqeberha). Surrounded by the colourful homes of…
For Richard Turner by Peter Sacks
… You wrote on the back page of my last essay ("Political Education in The Republic") "Good ideas, but style too literary. Use of images evades the final point…
PlaceAmaLinde, West of King Williams Town
… Xhosa name for the Debe Hollows of Kommetjie Flats, 19 km West of King William's Town. This was the scene, of the Battle of Amalinda between Gaika and…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… on 7 January 1959. Mokoba played a significant role in the struggle for freedom especially amongst the youth, and this determination was clearly seen in his…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… born in Springs on 12 November. He spent his childhood in the village of Peelton, and later in King William's Town and … Tshwete with his studies and kept…
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… Francis Robert Thompson, of Kimberley, hereinafter called the grantees, have covenanted and agreed, and do hereby … covenant and agree, to pay to me, my…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… cricket was first played at Lords. Not even a Country at the time, South Africa had started its journey towards becoming one of the great cricketing Nations…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Town and Holiday Destination on the South Coast, 29 km from Durban . It was founded in 1928, … all amalgamated into a single Municipality. Named after the…
PlaceEritrea
… Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa located on the Red Sea. A fact reflected in its name, which is an … version of; 'Mare Erythraeum'. Which is Latin…
EventSouth Africa is told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection
… On 28 September 1984, the 266th plenary meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held. In a summary document of the meeting entitled …
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… 27 April commemorates the day in 1994 when the first democratic election was held in South Africa. Today, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to mark the…
PlaceHazyview
… quicky being modernized but will always keep it's charm! The name "Hazyview" aptly describes the hazy, lazy days during summers, typical of the African…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… On 18 June 1986, the House of Representatives of the United States of America approved a Bill that would … was in response to international and local outcry…