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Mbhazima Samuel Shilowa, premier of Gauteng since 15 June 1999, is born in Olifantshoek, a village in the Northern Province.
Carnegie Report on Poverty in South Africa reveals the doubling of Blacks living below the poverty line (1960-1980).
Carnegie Report on Poverty in South Africa reveals the doubling of Blacks living below the poverty line (1960-1980).
The Refugees Act, 1998, comes into action. Mozambique and Zimbabwe are by far the largest source of illegal immigrants.
Hansi Pauline Pollak, sociologist, welfare worker and activist, is born in Johannesburg. In 1980 the University of Natal awarde
Niger becomes an autonomous republic within the French Community. The republic adopted a constitution in 1959 but the next year
International Monetary Fund announces the termination of South Africa’s request of the 1969 arrangements for the sale of South
Adv. Mojankunyane Gumbi, Legal Advisor to the President’s Office (1999) and director of the Women’s Development Bank, is born i
Meeting between Director-General N P van Heerden and Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State in Washinton on 30 March 1988
Meeting between South Africa and United States of America to discuss international relations with regard to the political and military situation in southern…
Call by United States Ambassador H Nickel on Mr R F Botha at 10h30 on 3 June 1985, State Guest House, Pretoria
Minutes of a meeting between Ambassador Nickel from the United States of America, Pik Botha, South African Minister of Foreign Affairs and others to discuss…
Summarised Minutes of discussions between South African and United States Delegations: 27 January 1984, Fleur du Cap, Somerset West
Minutes of meetings between representatives from South Africa and the United States to discuss the tems of the ceasefire and withdrawal of Cuban troops from…
William Hare (Gobo) Ashley, SA cricket player in a test against England (1888-1889), is born in Mowbray, Cape Town.
Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force, 1985, and Member of the State Security Council,
Patricia Nora Zenani Fakude-Nkuna, managing director of Bohlabela Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999)
Lucas Mangope
… Mercury , 11 February 1988.| Weekly Mail , 17 February 1989. .| Daily News , 8 May 1992.|Author\'s research …
Statement of Acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh Award Bestowed on the ANC by the World Peace Council by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, 15 December 1986
We are greatly honoured to receive, on behalf of the African National Congress, the illustrious Ho Chi Minh Award, conferred by the World Peace Council on…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
The Junction Avenue theatre was formed in 1976, and it was organised and conceptualised by a group of White students from the University of the Witwatersrand …
BiographyPeter (Petrus) Nchabeleng
Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng was president of the Northern Transvaal region of the United Democratic Front (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served…
BiographyVincent Tshabalala
Vincent “Toivo” Tshabalala was born in Bethal in Mpumalanga on 15 August 1964 where he also grew up. Tshabalala became politically influenced at a young age by…
Dream of Total Liberation of Africa is in Sight - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 72nd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1984
Dear Compatriots, Brothers and Sisters in the Struggle, Comrades, Today, the 8th January, your organisation, the African National Congress, is 72 years…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… Exile” that travelled throughout the United States. In 1989, Dumile participated in a mural project for the …
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, South Africa: Confessions of a Guerrilla, Time, 17 November 1986
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, The making of a traitor, by Sarah Sussens, The Sunday Star, 9 November 1986
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Former journalist guilty of treason, The Cape Times, 4 November 1986
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… (HARWU) and Retail and Allied Workers Union (RAWU) in 1989. This was in response to a clarion call by the 1985 …
BiographyJames D. Ngojo
James D. Ngojo was born in the Cape and worked as a court interpreter in Paarl. He was arrested in connection with the "bucket strike" of 1918 but the case was…
BiographyFrank Modiba
Born in 1909 Modiba was a cabinetmaker. While a youngster in the Tzaneen district, he refused to tend the sheep of a European cattle farmer and received eight…
BiographyAlan Wieder
Alan Wieder is an oral historian who has been working since 1999 with South Africans who fought the apartheid regime. Besides numerous academic articles, hais…
Chief Vuna Miya
Between 1953 and 1957, there was conflict around Bantu Affairs (BA) and various other issues in the Bergville area, [Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal]. As a result,…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…