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EventMafika Gwala born
… poet, writer and BCM member Mafika Gwala was born today in the town of Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. Soon after joining the University of Zululand, he chose to…
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… were both married to other people when they first met. The marriage proceedings were conducted by African district … Ambrose Masalila, and witnessed by two…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the…
Democracy in Action
… Democracy in action, published by the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA), outlines the extensive efforts of the Institute to…
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… one of South Africa’s most esteemed English poets. The son of Dr Samuel George Campbell, Campbell attended the Durban High School (now Durban Boys' High),…
Bonn - Pretoria Axis
… On December 16th, 1965 (the then Dingane's Day), Pieter Botha, as Defence Minister in the South African White minority government, announced loudly … South…
ArchiveWomen against apartheid in South Africa
… Report on the demonstration that took place in Pretoria, on 9 August 1956 by 20000 women against pass laws, the plight of Black women under apartheid, the…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 1: Anatomy of apartheid
… Report of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society analysing the political situation in South Africa under apartheid. … Contents include: What…
ArchiveConstitutional guideline for a democratic South Africa
… guideline for a democratic South Africa from the African National Congress Constitutional Committee. Lists … on which a democratic South Africa should be…
ArchiveWe come of age
… This is the sixth address of the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Edgar Brookes who emphasises on the need for White South Africans to make…
EventFive developed countries recall their Ambassadors from South Africa
… The United States, Netherlands, Great Britain, West Germany … criticism for its Apartheid policy which was introduced by the National Party government in…
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…
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…
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,…