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ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… such as Paul David, Steve Biko and Ben Ngubane. During the 1970s, Rajes came into contact with the ANC underground and …
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… Roberto, and Agostinho Neto, as leaders of the three main political movements in Angola, went to Portugal in …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… of children was an accepted and common practice. Two main reasons justified child marriages at the time. First, … in the book. For him, Ruskin's message…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Historical Context to Chief Luthuli Chronology While Chief Luthuli himself preferred another … at the Cape, large meetings are held in the country's main…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… These policies were at their height during the 1960s and 1970s. petty apartheid — the principles and policies that … It partly helps to explain the next…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… These policies were at their height during the 1960s and 1970s. petty apartheid ”” the principles and policies that … It partly helps to explain the next…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… and 20 000 people. Most of them lived far away from the main stone buildings, with only 200 to 300 royals and advisers living inside the main city, which was…
The National Arts Festival
… Gaol on Somerset Street. Upon its inception, there were 64 main events on the programme, ranging from theatre … craftwork and craft artists. The NAF is…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… centres in South Africa. The SABC grew in the 1960s and 1970s as more radio stations, broadcasting in selected … of the Nationalist Party (NP) government…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… 1950, after which Eskom set up substations and became the main provider of electricity. An irrigation dam at Olifant's … grow, and new townships were…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… executions. While Pretoria Central prison was the main site for executions, it was not the only facility in the … exile to undergo military training. Thus,…
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… works during the Apartheid era. In its prime during the 1970s and 80s, the centre was active in the community, … would relocate to the Mofolo Arts Centre in…
References and links: Local History
… ShowMe, (2014), “A Journey through Pretoria’s Main Attractions” from ShowMe, 12 December [online], … //showme.co.za/pretoria/tourism/a-journey-through…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… drug Virodene on HIV-positive soldiers in Tanzania. The main active ingredient of the drug was a lethal industrial …
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… for universal franchise in a unitary state. By the late 1970s even council members expressed frustration at their … trade unions and sports organisations,…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… recommendations by the Wiehan Commission at the end of the 1970s. 1960-1973 Labour formations in South Africa were seen … was banned along with the ANC for…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… university moved into its modern Westville campus. As the 1970s and ‘80s unfolded, the campus became a major site for … and ensured that Whites graduates got…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… The late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the region of the … Perhaps one of the important developments in the late 1970s was the formation of the…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… as early as the 1930s Afrikaans women were regarded as the main bearers of their culture. They were also the … fact that an ANC member, a Mrs Bhola, was also…
ArticleEOAN Group
… Cape Peninsula by the mid 1980s. Between 1956 and the mid 1970s, EOAN featured an ameteur opera group that was …
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… the virus began to exist in the USA from the 1960s/1970s. HIV was found in tissue samples from a Norwegian …
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… of Black resistance that was to become a force in the 1970s. Influenced by the American Black Power movement, the …
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… the larger capitalists dominated the organisation. By the 1970s the majority of it members supported PW Botha’s Total … the economic struggle of the…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… president of the newly formed ANC Youth League, were the main speakers. Lembede warned Albertina that she was marrying … contact with the ANC leadership in…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of poachers used automatic weapons, … countries. The huge increase that occurred…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
… the growth rates of many industrialised countries. The main beneficiary of the “golden period” of apartheid was the … new workers’ organisations sprang up,…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984 by Noor Nieftagodien
… the growth rates of many industrialised countries. The main beneficiary of the “golden period” of apartheid was the … new workers’ organisations sprang up,…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
… times.The wreck was re-found and salvaged in the early 1970s, yielding almost exclusively Dutch silver Ducatoons from the 1600s. The number of coins found in…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… through the trajectory of Badsha’s career from the late 1970s until 2010 and informs you about the rich underbelly of … is strategic: this is not a book of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… – a community-based reserve unit of the SADF whose main task was district protection; functioning only in white … movements in their struggle against…