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EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… denied South African support for RENAMO, claiming that the country is committed to the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa…
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… Appiah is a retired Ghanaian footballer who once captained the Ghanaian national team. Appiah was born in Achimota, … Accra on 24 December 1980. He began his…
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
… age that he wanted to be a writer. He began writing at the age of eleven and at 17 he published his first article. At 21 he … entitled Old Egypt. Mafhouz’s…
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… rallying support amongst community members against the government's Bantu Urban Councils Act. The Bantu Urban Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961 created black…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
… Contributors CONTENTS: Comment, A.W. Oliphant. STORIES: The Shadow of Socrates, Kaizer M. Nyatsumba; A Condition of Service, Michael Shackleton. ESSAY: 'Even…
EventDavid Kitson released
… prisoner, David Kitson, was released, seven months short of completing his twenty-year sentence for sabotage. Kitson, … profession, was sentenced in December…
EventOlive Schreiner, noted SA author, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town
… though written over a century ago, seem to have predicted the modern day South Africa. Her first book about the story of an African farm became a sensation…
EventA car bomb explodes at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium
… On 2 July 1988, Lester Dumakude, commander of an Umkhonto we Sizwe special operations unit, detonated a … remote control outside Ellis Park Stadium in…
ArchiveSoweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini
… Nkosozana Dlamini, vice-president of SASO, and member of the ANC, was in her fifth year of medical school when the June 16th uprising began. She was torn…
ArchiveLagos Declaration against apartheid
… The World Conference for action against apartheid, organised by the United Nations, in co-operation with the Organisation of African Unity and the Federal…
ArchiveBrazil: a Workers` Party
… One of the main reasons for the fact that only four percent of Brazil's population voted for the Workers' Party was that …
Africa in Today’s World by Max Coleman - Book Launch
… This book by the distinguished Anti Apartheid activist Max Coleman is about the Cycle of Life: From birth, survival to development in Africa to-day …
PlaceSettler Houses, 10-12 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth
… The two buildings, originally owned by Police Constable Sterley, date from about 1840, and together with the adjacent house at 7 Castle Hill, are typical…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… Founding member of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was … During his political career, Eglin was instrumental in the merging of the…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 10 May 1994.. He replaced the outgoing National Party leader F.W…
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern … upwards of another hundred injured at a…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Consultative Conference: Speeches and Resolutions
… Speeches and resolutions from the African National Congress Consultative Conference in … Tambo, keynote address by Nelson R Mandela, declaration of the…
EventBotha found Guilty
… Victor Lugaju found former President P.W. Botha guilty of contempt for repeatedly ignoring subpoenas to testify in public before the country's Truth and…
Editorial
… The year 1983 will test the strength of the trade union movement. Our organisation … try and carry workers with them into the false promise of new…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
… Every Birth Its Blood within Southern Africa's, Literature of Liberation, Martin Trump. POETRY: The Pied Piper, Tania Spencer; Varsity Dance, Sandra Braude; …
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … you to come to Natal which I am sending to Mr. Leach by the…
ArchiveWorks on paper
… University of Port Elizabeth, Silver Jubilee Festival Program. Black and … 'Sky and Water II' 1938. Notice of an exhibition of the works on paper from the…
ArchiveMemorandum aan alle lede van die Staatsveiligheidsraad: Onlussituasie - voorgestelde terminologiese riglyne vir amptelike segsmanne
… Memorandum to all members of the State Security Council, from Louis Nel, Deputy … Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding guidelines for the use of…
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… in Swaziland and transferred them to stand trial in SA. The treatment of Ebrahim, an Indian passport holder, was particularly … They were convicted in…
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… admitted to Mediclinic heart hospital in Pretoria on the 8th of June 2013 for a recurring lung infection. His condition … health professionals including a…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… murdered on 19 November, was buried at his home village of Rayi, near King William's Town. More than 15 000 people attended the funeral. He was the husband…
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… a police officer and two children, were killed in the eastern Rand township of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was followed by a barrage of…
EventFormer SADF Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted
… Force (SADF) Chief Tienie Groenewald was acquitted by the Durban Supreme Court on all charges related to the 1987 KwaMakhutha Massacre. The KwaMakutha attack…
EventSheila Cussons is born
… poet Sheila Cussons was born at Moravia, near Piketberg in the Cape Province. She studied fine arts at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Cussons…
ArchiveMay Day 1986 COSATU rally Tape I
… COSATU - a giant has risen - the launch of COSATU after 4 years of talks took place in the first week of December 1985. This movement encouraged …