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BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
… was very prolific and published 19 books between 1948 and 1989. In 1953 Paton’s desire to contribute socially inspired …
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… and later State President P. W. Botha (1978/1984 - 1984/1989). Under Botha, the state security apparatus grew even …
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…
Mahomed “Chota” Motala
… that visited him at Victor Verster prison in Paarl in 1989. With the unbanning of political organisations in 1990, …
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…
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…
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…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… district. These restrictions were lifted in December 1989. He was a visiting lecturer in Greek and New Testament …
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…
BiographyPaul David
… medical treatment in London and a 3-day passport in April 1989 to attend the funeral of his nephew, Sahdan Naidoo (son …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
A Holding Operation: Surviving the State of Emergency, June 1986 - February 1988
BiographyJane Alexander
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Jane Alexander is known for her figurative sculptures, often appearing…
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…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… succeeded by his son Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo. In October 1989, two years after Bantu Holomisa came to power in the …
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…
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…
BiographyBaldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
Dr Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane was born on 22 October 1941 at the Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission in Camperdown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He…
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo was born on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo…
BiographyJacob “Baby Jake” Matlala
Jacob Matlala was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started going to the gymnasium with his father who was an aspiring boxer…
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…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida was born in Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923, into a poor family which was later forced off the land. Mabhida…