AUGUST 9: South African Women’s Day

AUGUST 9: South African Women’s Day The history of South Africa is rich with examples of the determination of women to play their full part in the difficult struggle for…

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Mandela is Arrested Near Howick in Natal

Mandela is Arrested Near Howick in Natal On the afternoon of 5 August 1962, Nelson Mandela was wearing his white chauffeur’s dust coat, as Cecil Williams was driving him in…

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The Massive Post-Rivonia Arrests: August 1963 – July 1964

The Massive Post-Rivonia Arrests: August 1963 – July 1964 On 3 August 1963, in the early hours of the morning, Stephen Mtshali was arrested at his aunt’s home, in Durban,…

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Mandela Reports to Luthuli on his Trip Abroad

Mandela Reports to Luthuli on his Trip Abroad On 1 August 1962, Nelson Mandela met with the President of the African National Congress (ANC), Inkosi Albert Luthuli, in a house…

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ALFRED NZO: THE PEOPLE’S INITIATIVE

ALFRED NZO: THE PEOPLE’S INITIATIVE (Extracts of a speech delivered by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the African National Congress to the International NGO Action Conference for Sanctions against South…

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Joe Gqabi Ferociously Murdered

Joe Gqabi Ferociously Murdered In the evening of 31 July 1981, while driving out of his residence in Eves Crescent, in Salisbury’s (now Harare) Ashdown Park suburb, in Zimbabwe, the…

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Apartheid SADF Wits Command Headquarters Bombed

Apartheid SADF Wits Command Headquarters Bombed On 30 July 1987, a car bomb was detonated outside the headquarters of the apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF) Witwatersrand Command army base…

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Operation Vula Exposed – Part 2

Operation Vula Exposed – Part 2 On 29 July 1990, after African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela had studied the documents that he received from the leader of the…

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