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The Health Ministry says carriers of Aids will be barred from entering South Africa.
… says carriers of Aids will be barred from entering South Africa. …
Founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa. Leader: Clements Kadalie.
… of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa. Leader: Clements Kadalie. …
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their South … White-unity line. The creation of the Union…
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… aim is to advance art and architectural history in South Africa, and to promote and uphold the status of the … services to Art and Architectural History in…
BiographyTrineke Weijdema
… the freedom struggle in Angola . The whole of southern Africa became a zone of concern, and with the AC’s aim being … also tried to stop trade between the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Johannesburg, 21 November 1997
… upon their institutions. Thanks to the people of South Africa and their determination to govern themselves, the … key institutions in support of the vision…
BiographyJacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi
… for the repatriation of ANC exiles back to South Africa. After returning from exile, Selebi was one of the … the head of the ANC’s Department of Welfare…
BiographyHassan Howa
… years of the Western Province Cricket Board. In 1968 South Africa refused to host a British cricket team that included … the voice of equality and of non…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… wake of these epoch-making events came the victories in Africa with the defeat of Portuguese colonialism, the birth … of a new historical era on the very…
BiographyCharles Nupen
… Conciliation Service (FMCS) sent someone to South Africa to train a small group as mediators such as Nupen and … on the side for the Independent Mediation…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… From 27 April 1994 to 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) … (ANC). Clause 88 of the interim Constitution of…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… Western Cape. In June 1952 the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA) held a conference in Cape Town which was …
EventThe UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.
… August, 1963 that it would suspend sales of arms to South Africa. The Security Council adopted Resolution 181 calling … of arms, ammunition and military…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… conservationist Frederick Courtney Selous came to South Africa at the age of nineteen in 1871. Inspired by the … Charles Baldwin, Selous wanted to explore…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… The Nile River The Nile is the biggest river in Africa . The river comes from the meeting of three rivers … Map showing the location of Swahili civilization…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
… To explore the patterns of collective memory in South Africa after nearly three decades of democracy, we set out to … expressed interest in “the history and…
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… Witwatersrand. Ndebele joined the English Academy of South Africa in 1991 and has remained a member since then. Ndebele … a Board Member and Chair of the…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Drew Document 69 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg,…
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… and was the mouthpiece of the National Party of South Africa. This changed in the 1950's, when then Editor Piet … after deciding to establish a Dutch…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… strong opposition from the White establishment in South Africa. It was feared that if Africans would be exposed to … it would undermine the existing race…
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… be a compulsory school subject until Grade 12 in South Africa. A task team established by the country’s minister of … if students are to become capable of…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s, … to rent office space. It was the…
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… Kgosi’s regent and guardian. Seretse was sent to South Africa for his education, and in 1944 he graduated with a BA … He was recognised as Kgosi, and Ruth as…
BiographyHugh Masekela
… aspiring musicians in the Huddleston Jazz Band – South Africa’s first youth orchestra. In his early days as a … his experiences in the harsh political…
BiographyLaurence Neill Nathan
… He has published a number of books and articles on South Africa’s security forces and has served on several security … for the Institute for a Democratic…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
… song whose lyrics would include a phrase - "diamonds are Africa's best friend". I am therefore particularly pleased … we will compose together, which will…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 2014
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… was born in Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa on 12 April 1949. He matriculated from Sastri … meeting for the Convention of a Democratic…