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EventRioting erupts in Soweto
… in Soweto and spread to other townships in South Africa. The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, again banned public meetings under the Riotous Assemblies Act…
EventButhelezi boycotts first session of CODESA
… Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), announced his intention not to attend the first session of CODESA. He considered the…
EventAZAPO, SOPA, and BPC announce a merger agreement
… Leaders of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), the Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) and the Black People's Convention (BPC) announced that they would …
EventThabo Mbeki announces judicial inquiry
… first Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki announced the establishment of an independent judicial inquiry to … police officials were being kept under…
ArchiveNow Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning
… The circular informs University of Cape Town students of a mass meeting to be held in response to the political turmoil that had begun to affect Cape Town…
ArchiveEducate for socialism
… artwork and text in red and black. Artwork of man holding the Azanian Peoples Organisation flag, over the map of South Africa. Image of the a hand in a fist…
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
… years old, where he began skiing. [iii] He formed part of the 2010 South African Winter Olympics team, representing the country in the men’s giant slalom…
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe …
ArchiveCC Resolution on Elections
… Resolutions of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party on elections, on Angola, … elections victory. Condemns Savimbi's refusal to…
PlaceCwanguba
… A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be…
ArchiveTo all residents of Soweto, hostels, Reef and Pretoria, we say: remember you are all Blacks
… The circular issued by the Soweto Students' Representative Council, in English, Zulu … to stop fighting amongst themselves and guard against the tactics of…
ArchiveLetter from N. Botlani and Z. Peter addressed to Dr Viljoen, Minister of Cooperation and Development
… requesting for Glenmore residents to be returned to the Republic of South Africa because of the poor living conditions at Glenmore and also the continued…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… at Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. In 1944 he enrolled at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Science in Johannesburg. While in Johannesburg he came under the…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The state of emergency entered its 100th day after it was … to suppress growing opposition to Apartheid…
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… February 1915, Elisabeth Eybers was born in Klerksdorp, in the then western Transvaal. She moved to Amsterdam in 1966, … of her poetry): Belydenis in die…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… footballer. He was born to parents of Yoruba descent in the city of Lomé. After a talent scout spotted him playing, … represented Togo in his first world cup…
EventNiel van der Watt, SA composer is born
… (Mus), BMus (Hons) cum laude and an MMus in Composition at the university of Pretoria. Van der Watt joined the prominent school, Pretoria Boys High as an…
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… but his height hindered his play, leading him to leave the sport for basketball. An American coach spotted Bol in action and convinced him to move to the…
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… a Commonwealth meeting in Singapore. Amin was a soldier in the British colonial army and became one of its first Ugandan … officers. He was Obote’s close…
ArchivePolice put a clamp ban on statements by United Democratic Front and other bodies
… statement by United Democratic Front and other bodies as the government has barred the Sowetan and weekly mail from publishing any statement issued by the…
ArchiveForeign African labour in South Africa
… of foreign labour, recruitment of foreign labour in the mining industry from 1889-1960, foreign labour and recent developments in the gold mining industry,…
ArchiveWe celebrate women's struggles: we celebr
… and blue poster. Title in red letters. Inscription on the walls of a cell in women's prison in South Vietnam: "The mountain is only so high...our capacity is…
ArchiveBiography of Naphtali Mbuti Nkopane
… Biography of Naphtali Mbuti Nkopane who was born on the 18th of August 1944 on a farm near Nigel in the Transvaal. In 1949 his family moved to Evaton in the…
ArchiveBill Nair interview
… with Bill Nair where he was asked to first comment on the state of the United Democratic Front since Murphy and Valli were … increase in various forms of…
EventShift in US Foreign Policy toward apartheid state takes place
… The Republican US President Ronald Reagan accepts that the policy of constructive engagement has failed. He … a change in United States foreign policy…
EventJan Smuts is born
… South Africa's second Prime Minister in 1919, was born on the farm Bovenplaats near Riebeeck West in the Cape. Smuts had a distinguished political career as…
EventANC leader, Oliver Tambo, dies after a long illness
… On 24 April 1993, former President of the African National Congress (ANC),Oliver “OR” Tambo died in … after a long battle with illness. Tambo was born in the…
ArchiveMemorandum on BPC external affairs programme
… from Thami Zani to Ranwedzi Harry Nengwekhulu following on the fifth congress of the BPC held on the 28-30 January 1977 in Durban where a commission was …
EventDavid Kramer was born on this day
… The South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director … day. He is especially well-known for his musicals about the Coloured communities and the ways…
PlaceApryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg
… literally means 'small pictures mountian', derived from the San paintings found in the area.'Appryntjie' which is an historical word for a freed … mixed…