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EventPolitician and Community leader Horatio Mbelle dies
… politician, dies in Pretoria. He was widely regarded as the best court interpreter of his day and was a talented rugby and cricket player who took the lead…
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… former politician and National Party (NP) negotiator at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) is born. Together with Cyril Ramaphosa, Roelf…
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… attempt on his life since becoming Prime Minister was on the 9 April 1961, at the Rand Easter Show, where he was shot twice in the face. Verwoed was sitting…
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
… On this date the nuclear reactor Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa entered the nuclear age. The US firm Allis…
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… On 25 October 1993, South Africa was invited to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations with effect from January 1994. The move came after prolonged promising…
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… After being readmitted into the international fold, the newly formed South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer…
EventANC’s economic plans
… to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community could provide an alternative which would redress the economic imbalances in the…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… On 29 March 1988, Dulcie September, the African National Congress (ANC) representative in France, … was asassinated in Paris. She was shot five times in the…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, introduced a new housing plan to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and entailed the government's intention to …
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… The United States invasion of Afghanistan, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom, took place after the destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001 in…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South … in northern Namibia. In 1973 a…
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
… Muntu Myeza was Secretary General of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), an affiliate of the Black Consciousness Movement. At the age of 22 , he…
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… impressive verandah houses were erected in about 1903 on the instruction of mining magnate Sir Abe Bailey. After WWII the properties were joined and the…
ArchiveFrank Talk
… Frank Talk, first published in March 1984, as the official publication of the Natal Region of AZAPO, the Azanian Peoples Organisation, was later published by…
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
… Though mainly concerned with Alexandra, since that was the home location of Ditshwantsho, it held that Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 3: Directions of change in South African politics
… Report of the Political Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society regarding the political and social trends in apartheid South…
EventNotices served on Solly Sachs
… The then Minister of Justice, C.R. Swart, served two notices on Solly Sachs, an official of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWU). The first…
EventFirst ANC Conference in SA in three decades
… The African National Congress (ANC) held its first … years from 14-16 December 1990. It was considered by the ANC as ranking in importance with such historic…
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… The African National Congress (ANC) announced the names of members of a new National Working Committee (NWC) that was to be responsible for the day-to-day…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin of the Central Committee of the SACP for the eyes of Party members only. Issue covers the augmented …
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… General circular letter from the President and Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students discussing the structure of the Union and the…
PlaceRosebank, Johannesburg
… size, visitors, residents and workers are able to walk the area, enjoying the outdoors atmosphere, en route to their destination. Although Rosebank is home…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… 19 other former senior military officers were charged in the Durban Magistrates' Court with murder and for having … established hit squads to destabilise…
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC meeting and NEC Lekgotla held on the …
ArchiveInterview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela
… by a third year class in African Politics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The interviewee, nee Sibongile Susan Mthembu, was a leader in the…
PlaceGazankulu
… Gazankulu was the homeland of the Shangaan and Tsonga people in South Africa. It was divided over two territories, west of the Kruger National Park, and its…
EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
… The rebel cricket tours were matches taking place in South Africa at a time when the country was banned from international cricket. Despite wide…
EventUganda gains independence
… The East African country Uganda gained independence from … federal status and a degree of autonomy. Buganda, under the leadership of Sir Edward Mutesa, was…
EventBafana Bafana wins against Algeria
… The SA soccer team, Bafana Bafana, won their Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinal match against Algeria 2 - 1 at the FNB Stadium, Johannesburg. The defender,…