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… Gabriel Adolf Ode is born in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Ode was the acting secretary of education in South Africa in 1891. He w …

… Prof. Charles Frederick Saint (86), the first professor in surgery at the medical school in Cape Town, dies in Sark, Channel Is …

… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 268. … Eleven people die in Sundumbili, Natal Midlands, in an alleged attack by IFP members, in collusion with …

… In what is believed to be a first in Cape Town, lightning strikes a Brooklyn resident in her home.  The N1 freeway is closed t …

… In the Natal Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg, at the end of the longest trial of its kind in South Africa, thirteen defendant …

… In a major move in the process of privatisation in South Africa, the Conversion of Iscor Bill is passed, …

… In 1986 there were 153,000 empty white school places: In 1986 there was a shortage of 193,000 places in black schools. …

… Central Prison. She was the last woman to be executed in South Africa. Smith had been convicted alongside her … of Abrahams. Smith was tried and sentenced for her part in Abrahams’ murder and was hanged alongside Harris and two … including infamous serial killer Daisy de Melker. The Apartheid years saw a steady increase in the number of people …

… National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) . He matriculated in 1947 and qualified as a teacher in 1949 at the same … Black Consciousness Movement , making it an enemy of the apartheid regime. From its establishment until four years … as a place for fostering Black intellectual opposition to apartheid and ordered Fort Hare to expel the seminary in …

… that became known for his musical work while living in Southern California during South Africa’s apartheid. In order to appropriately study a cultural figure … a young lion coming of age [9] , and Steven Spielberg’s 1985 critically acclaimed The Color Purple, a film focusing …

… Invitation   The HSRC Seminar Series In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy Speaker: … of Social Work, University of Johannesburg Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing … In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa …

… South African president Nelson Mandela is sworn in to office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. … South African president Nelson Mandela is sworn in to office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria …

… nine policemen were killed by an angry mob at Cato Manor in Durban . The incident happened after a raid by police … This is believed to be the highest number of police killed in a single incident. An emergency meeting was held in the House of Assembly where the Minister of Justice, Mr. …

… On 21 February 1985, the South African government finally approved the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. The government also promised to improve facilities in those areas. The statement was made by the Minister of …

… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Historical and Political Studies of the … KwaZulu in contemporary South Africa: a case-study in the implementation of the policy of separate development …

… Jacob Morake was born on 8 December 1955, and grew up in Central Western Jabavu in Soweto near Johannesburg. He was 10 years old when, one … His last fight was at the Sun City Superbowl on 2 November 1985. Brian Mitchell retained his South African junior …

… known as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). She received her primary education at different schools in Soweto (ANC Women’s League, 2021), and matriculated from … a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1985 (Yes Media,2022). She lectured at the university until …

… than 50 teenage boys died when their dormitory caught fire in a secondary school near Nairobi, Kenya. The raging fire is … got trapped inside when the roof of the dormitory caved in and could not escape. About 28 boys were admitted to … A fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and …

… Charles Nupen was born on 19 June 1950 in Durban. After starting a medical degree at the University … for a Bachelor of Arts with Political Science as a major in 1968/1969. Nupen states that his lecturer Rick Turner … had run (such as the 1974 campaign) which was seen by the apartheid government as promoting the objectives of a banned …

… take control over their own lives, art must teach people, in the most vivid and imaginative ways possible, to take … wa Mogale is the name his maternal grandmother gave him, in memory of her deceased husband. Martins was born in … and was consciously non-racial, in the segregated apartheid era. Staffrider had two main objectives: to provide …

… The parliamentary by-election in Waterberg was of particular significance to both the … a victory for the HNP could have on political thinking in South Africa. Adv. Vorster made use of this opportunity to … Minister also devoted attention to the National Party's sports policy, particularly in view of the considerable …

… Sunny Girja Singh was born in Cato Manor (uMkhumbane), Durban, Natal (now … giving radio and television interviews and addressing anti-apartheid meetings. He developed tremendous support from the … after Mandela’s release from prison, the London Anti Apartheid Movement (AAM) hosted an official international …

… the Prime Minister outlined South Africa's involvement in the Angolan War. He stated clearly that South Africa participated in the war as a result of Russian and Cuban aggression in … There are people who have made careers out of fighting apartheid from a distance, there are lawyers living entirely …

… Law professors. Proposed agenda includes Human Rights and Apartheid Colonialism; Human Rights and the Freedom Charter; … Consolidating, guaranteeing and protecting Human Rights in future South Africa. Includes letter from Johann van der … Consultation in preparation for the meeting with law professors from white …

… Power in Colonial Africa: Conflict and Discourse in Lesotho, 1870– 1960 by Elizabeth A. Eldredge …

… The SA rugby team beats Australia 14-13 in a three-nation match in Perth. …

… The New Zealand rugby team beats SA 28-0 in a tri-nation match in Dunedin. …

… Janita Claassen (58) SA singer dies of cancer in the Sungarden Hospice in Pretoria. …

… Murray Bisset, SA cricket player in three tests (1898-1910), dies in Salisbury, Rhodesia. …