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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… John D’Oliveira: ‘Look, we knew that Fischer was our main target (in the CPSA), that if you wanted to break … that he initiated what he called his Outwards…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… moved into its modern Westville campus. As the 1970s and ‘80s unfolded, the campus became a major site for …
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… Roberto, and Agostinho Neto, as leaders of the three main political movements in Angola, went to Portugal in …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… of children was an accepted and common practice. Two main reasons justified child marriages at the time. First, … in the book. For him, Ruskin's message…
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths(The Guardian), 24 May 2016
… familiar with the futuristic, trippy sounds of 1970s and 80s Cape Verde. But what if that cargo had never lost its …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Historical Context to Chief Luthuli Chronology While Chief Luthuli himself preferred another … at the Cape, large meetings are held in the country's main…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… and Political Committees after its formation in the mid-80s, and the Intelligence Department at the ANC Head Office …
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… the 1970s and then touring Paul Simon’s “Graceland” in the 80s and 90s. What is less discussed is the music, and the … co-players including pianist Joe…
Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for the music of today, not yesterday, 29 October 2017
… the 1970s and then touring Paul Simon’s “Graceland” in the 80s and 90s. What is less discussed is the music, and the … co-players including pianist Joe…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… and 20 000 people. Most of them lived far away from the main stone buildings, with only 200 to 300 royals and advisers living inside the main city, which was…
The National Arts Festival
… Gaol on Somerset Street. Upon its inception, there were 64 main events on the programme, ranging from theatre … craftwork and craft artists. The NAF is…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… In the mid-80s a strange pop phenomenon swept through the shebeens and …
References and links: Local History
… ShowMe, (2014), “A Journey through Pretoria’s Main Attractions” from ShowMe, 12 December [online], … //showme.co.za/pretoria/tourism/a-journey-through…
BiographyAdam Small
Professor Adam Small was born on 21 December 1936 in Wellington, Cape Province (now Western Cape) to a mother of Muslim Indian heritage and a slave descendant…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… drug Virodene on HIV-positive soldiers in Tanzania. The main active ingredient of the drug was a lethal industrial …
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… such process was on 23 September 1913 (see our Women's Chronology) when women in the Free State, organized by …
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
… and Neruda and the Johannesburg black poets of the 70s and 80s. We talked a lot about of aesthetic acuities, stuff that …
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… city suburbia of Bertrams, Kentridge's home during the 80s, the works retain a clarity of focus that somehow …
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… cause, drew many people to watch him in action. Yet the main bases of his successes was less spectacular: the …
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… at the age of nine, where, according to Malema, their main task was to remove National Party posters placed outside …
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… in the late 70s it started, but really in the middle 80s, and rejecting the line that simply said the African … for general political support - and on the…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… on 27-28 August where the Asiatic Land Tenure Act was the main topic of discussion. At this conference, Dadoo began to … Square. In the statement, Dadoo said…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… ‘fine body of men’ of the ‘MK contingent’ he had met. His main political task was a ‘study and analysis of the Coloured …
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… representative of the sentiment towards Mbuli as the main orchestrator. After Mbuli was detained in January 1988, …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… negotiate with him and sign an agreement acceding to the main demands of the Satyagraha. Together with others, he then …
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… a speech at Freedom Square in Johannesburg. But the main campaign began on 26 June 1952, and reached its peak …
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 4: Medicine through time
… Isangomas and inyangas are the two main types of indigenous or traditional healers in South …
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… them into bloody strikes, violence and rebellion. Their main enemy was the Chamber of Mines, a body of men who owned … majority of white workers in South…
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
… met Comrade Chilly in the youth movement in the late 80s and early 90s, I was personally very pleased to meet him … Most of you don`t know that Comrade…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… the Afrikaner Nationalist Party came to power in 1948. The main difference is that apartheid made segregation part of … for apartheid, although they are all…