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EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… they would go back to constitutional negotiations, after the ANC had suspended talks after accusing the government of complicity in the violence sweeping the…
EventFirst World Haemophilia Day
… in 1989 to increase awareness of haemophilia and to bring the needs of those affected by the disorder to the attention of the wider public. The day is…
PlaceStasiegebou, Sannaspos
… Station Building of sandstone was completed shortly before the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). It is one, of only a few Station Buildings erected during the…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… Jawad, announced that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the…
Solitary confinement
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … Really, it is a terrible thing. You sit and think. Walk to the window. The window was right up…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… Though Broom was educated as a doctor, specializing in the field of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to…
PlaceMarabastad Market Stalls, Pretoria
… Historic Marabastad is where you’ll experience the colours and hustle and bustle of Africa. This area has a … mix of ‘muti’ shops, spazas, a mosque, a Hindu…
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… South African writer Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first woman in 25 years to be awarded the honour and the seventh…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… armed mob and riot police disrupted a rally organised by the South West African Political Organisation (SWAPO). The meeting was held in Katatura, Windhoek…
Albert Luthuli`s message to New Age on 25th anniversary of Progressive Press, 22 March 1962
… production is an achievement that is remarkable for the progressive press of any country. It is even more so in the case of New Age and its predecessors…
Famous Gatsha Buthelezi Editorial in SASM Newsletter, April 1973
… Some of the old timers believe that Chief Gatsha Buthelezi will free the Black People. This famous "daddy" of the "Zulus" with his "tricks" manages to…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… his father, Kgosi (King) Khama III known as Khama the Good, ruler of the Bangwanto people. Subsequent to his father’s death Khama was considered the rightful…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) President and the first person to be banned under the 1976 Internal Security Act, Fatima Meer, was banned again ……
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ArchiveUnlawful Organizations Act, Act No 34 of 1960
… The Act was to empower the Governor-General, with a view to the safety of the public or the maintenance of public order, …
ANC-KZN flabbergasted by DA’s denigration of Oliver Tambo, 11 July 2006
… The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is flabbergasted by the announcement made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) denigrating one of the greatest …
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… The decision to make December 16 a holiday named Dingaan’s … Voortrekkers viewed as a 'victory' over Zulu warriors near the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On…
EventWinkie Direko is born
… Isabella Winkie Direko, former teacher, winner of the Bloemfonteiner of the Year Award in 1993 and Premier of the Free State since 17 June 1999, was born in…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… Barend Erasmus , a noted trade unionist, worked for the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Service (JMTS). While at the JMTS, he became involved with the…
EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
… Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela jointly accepted the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. The award was given…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… (ANC) deputy president Nelson Mandela warned that if the South African government fail to take effective steps to end the current violence in the country,…
EventLocal elections in Townships
… government's introduction of Black Township Councils in the late 1980s, which attempted to co-opt Black leaders into the Apartheid system without sharing…
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
… The African National Congress (ANC), like the other major political parties, made a submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The…
Document 25 - Response by Nelson Mandela to De Klerk’s 2 July 1992 memorandum
… COSATU has noted the African National Congress NEC's decisions on the Basic Conditions of Employment as reflected in the statement dated 14 July 1997. COSATU…
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… The African National Congress of South Africa brings you this … Nelson Mandela and hundreds of our comrades have been in the racist regime`s prisons for more…
Introduction to a Message from Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Smuggled Out Of Prison, 10 June 1980
… The African National Congress of South Africa brings you this … Nelson Mandela and hundreds of our comrades have been in the racist regime's prisons for more…
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
… Brothers and Sisters! I send you warm greetings from the African National Congress on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Let us make the festive season…
Pro Veritate
… journal, reflects a theological point of view towards the ideologies of the ruling National Party. Christian viewpoints on such … suffering and other forms…
PlaceFraserburg
… The division of Fraserburg was originally part of the district of Worcester and was proclaimed a separate … January 1890 its Southern Districts were given…
PlaceSt Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Boksburg
… 1974. This delightful Sir Herbert Baker church is near the South West corner of Boksburg lake. Replacing an earlier … Provincial Heritage Site. Designed…