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ArchiveWar on Want in Southern Africa
… Black and white War on Want poster. Photograph of women in Zimbabwe working in the fields and small photograph of Angolan refugees. … War on Want in Southern…
ArchiveFight for us in your land
… Red, orange, black and grey poster. Words "Fight for us in your land for we in ours shall go on fighting for you and all people". Old … Fight for us in your…
ArchiveFactory wage talks in paper industry
… For the first time in the history of the pulp and paper industrial council, … to refer the wage negotiations back to factory level in an attempt to break…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… is a compulsory assessment task that must be completed in this section (part of the curriculum) New identities: … There was no common sense of national unity…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and … been banned for political reasons and was…
PlaceAnagob, a Mountain Peak in Northern Cape
… is of Khoikhoi origin means 'Tree Hill' recorded as such in 1778. In the Area is the Augrabies National Park where the Northern … Anagob, a Mountain Peak in…
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
… The parliamentary by-election in Waterberg was of particular significance to both the … of Africa becoming a springboard for millions of Red Chinese. 6 It is…
PlaceAkkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
… sent from the Netherlands, to find a trade Route to India in 1592. It was captained by Cornelius de Houtman. The … of their Sea journey was kept by; Paulus…
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… a stampede that killed twelve people. Among those killed in the stampede were four children, the youngest age five. … with spectators. At the beginning of…
EventSADC treaty is signed in Namibia
… Southern African Development Community (SADC), was signed in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, to replace its forerunner, … Africa was not a member until the…
ArchiveEducation, development and change in Africa
… the people of Africa as part of the liberals function in ensuring a positive socio-political change of thought. Bearing in mind that education is a Human…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
… Two rival political organisations in Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's … Robert Mugabe, finally merged following consensus reached in…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen It is by no … disabilities that have been placed upon our…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London. Two years before his death, Tyamzashe was … Masters of Arts degree from University of Fort…
EventCosatu offices in Durban under attack
… Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) offices in the town were attacked by a mob armed with pangas and … and the UDF were seen to be challenging…
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… organisations to resume their political activities in Transkei. In the same speech Holomisa announced the release of … Political Organisations are unbanned…
EventSmugglers of military recruits in court
… Twelve people (eleven men and one woman) appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court after being accused of … It was alleged that they had set up a transport…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… Communist Party , was brutally killed by a letter bomb in Maputo, Mozambique, sent by South African government … a lecturer at the Eduardo Mondlane…
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… until the demands of the students were met. Port Elizabeth in 1980 was rife with unrest, as a strike at the Ford plant … Organisation (PEBCO) aligned labour…
EventMargaret Rheeder is hung in Pretoria
… of poisoning her husband, Benjamin Fredenman, was hung in Pretoria. On the morning of 27 April 1957 Rheeder went to a pharmacy in Kempston Road, Port…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… and African Food and Canning Workers Union, was buried in Johannesburg. It was estimated that 15 000 people attended … and his community work. He became the…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Introduction to the TRC process, with links to relevant episodes in the TV series. Church Street bombing, Pretoria, SABC
… SA Air Force operation, Introduction to the TRC process, with links to relevant episodes in the TV series. Church Street bombing, Pretoria, SABC …
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, ANC owns up to its part in causing struggle deaths, Pretoria News, 13 May 1997
… SA Air Force operation, ANC owns up to its part in causing …
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, 20 May 1983, Car bomb in South Africa kills 16, Macau Daily Times, undated
… SA Air Force operation, 20 May 1983, Car bomb in South Africa …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… Electricity in Tumahole Township, Free State was cut off after the … such as water and waste removal. The water cut-off in Tumahole left residents with less…
BiographyMogoeng Thomas Mogoeng
… Thomas Reetsang. Mogoeng was born on 14 January 1961 in Goo-Mokgatha (Koffiekraal) village, north east of Zeerust, … Chief Justice of the Constitutional…
BiographyLex Mpati
… Lex Mpati was born in Durban. His maternal grandparents were from the Fort … he was a baby. He attended the St Joseph’s Catholic School in Fort Beaufort…
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
… de Vries, was born on Tuesday the 9 th of February, in 1937, in a small town and agricultural centre of the western Klein … van die Idiote 1987 Soms op ’n…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… to Lesotho by June 1992, but had not made any progress in this regard. This prompted South Africa and Namibia to … 20 April 2010] Matlosa.K. & Pule.N.W, …
ArchiveVote now in the SRC referendum
… Silkscreened; black on yellow; Vote now in the SRC referendum … Vote now in the SRC referendum …