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ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
… was very prolific and published 19 books between 1948 and 1989. In 1953 Paton’s desire to contribute socially inspired …
BiographyLorna Peirson
She was born in Beckenham, London. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1927. She obtained a BA(FA) in 1950 from UN(P). From 1941 to 1950 she taught at…
ArchiveBraklaagte: Resisting Incorporation: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… at the Black Sash National Conference on 03 March 1989 discussing homelands, Bophuthatswana, incorporation of … Paper Presented at the Black Sash National…
Mahomed “Chota” Motala
… that visited him at Victor Verster prison in Paarl in 1989. With the unbanning of political organisations in 1990, …
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
This timeline is NOT complete. Any omissions are unintentional as this timeline is a work in progress that will be added to over time. Please click on the…
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
… lawyers then petitioned the Chief Justice. On 10 September 1989 the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein granted the "Upington … as she became distressed. For…
BiographyStephanie Urdang
… Women, War, and the Struggle for Change in Mozambique (1989), which was the result of her frequent visits to the …
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
Jabulani Nxumalo, better known as Comrade Mzala, was born on 27 October 1955, in Dundee, Northern Natal. His parents Benjamin and Elsie were both teachers…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… organisations were on the defensive. In the period 1987-1989, as organisations found ways to regroup, discussions … of the repeated States of Emergency from…
BiographyLouis Luyt
… By the end of the 1960s Luyt had become a millionaire. In 1989 he took over the Presidency of the Transvaal Rugby Union …
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, in the then Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after Christiaan Frederik Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his…
BiographyPaul David
… medical treatment in London and a 3-day passport in April 1989 to attend the funeral of his nephew, Sahdan Naidoo (son …
A Holding Operation: Surviving the State of Emergency, June 1986 - February 1988
BiographyVictoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge
Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge was born in 1942 in Tamara Village in King William’s Town, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) to Wilmot Goso and Nobantu Ntebe…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… district. These restrictions were lifted in December 1989. He was a visiting lecturer in Greek and New Testament …
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
… held the position of Social Editor until her retirement in 1989 with the last “Gertrude Peoples Page” appearing on the …
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm…
BiographyNcumisa Chwayita Kondlo
… and was elected to its National Executive Council (NEC) in 1989. She was active in a broad range of structures of the …
BiographyJane Alexander
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Jane Alexander is known for her figurative sculptures, often appearing…
Thupelo (1985)
The Thupelo workshops were initiated in 1985 in Johannesburg by the South African artist, David Nthubu Koloane, together with William ‘Bill’ Ainslee and a…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… succeeded by his son Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo. In October 1989, two years after Bantu Holomisa came to power in the …
BiographyIshwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba
Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba was born on 5 November 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa where he was also raised. His parents emigrated to…
WEKTU 1986 : 1987 Calendar
Black, white and grey poster. Artwork of conflict in townships. Western Cape Teachers Union calendar. Dedicated to the struggle and sacrifice of the youth in…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis) was born in 1949 in Cape Town. In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students …
BiographyFrances Baard
Frances “MaBaard” Baard was born 1st of October in 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape. She was the fifth of seven children of a Bechuuanaland-born mine worker…
ArchiveAFRA staff consulting the Kosi Bay community in 1989
… AFRA staff consulting the Kosi Bay community in 1989 …
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape I)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape I) …
ArchiveMay Day 1989 Culture Week Pinetown Performance Tape IX
… May Day 1989 Culture Week Pinetown Performance Tape IX …
ArchiveMay Day 1989 Culture Week Students Union Performance Tape V
… May Day 1989 Culture Week Students Union Performance Tape V …