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EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… in South Africa and was declared a national monument in 1973. The light house is used in combination with a radio …
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… time, the technology to do so was nonexistent. On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Dr. Martin Cooper placed a call to a …
Indian Community in Lenasia
… ruling out patrons from Soweto and Kliptown. On 29 May 1973, the Council approved a recommendation from the … five cops, who were to begin their duties on 1…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… popularity, both within and outside South Africa . In 1973, the administration of the Area transitioned to the … popularity, both within and outside South…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… African Communist Party. Robben Island prisoner, 1963-1973. Member of Parliament, 1994-1999. Author: Island In … and house arrested after his release from…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… has concurred to form this off-campus regional body. In 1973, the UDW Islamic Association and the Natal University … The educational policy of the Institute…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… at the Botswana/South Africa border... He was sentenced in 1973 to 12 years' imprisonment. His wife was in prison for …
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 August 1973.Ons Huisie, which directly translates to “Our Small …
PlaceVenda
… on a fraction of the usable land in the Republic. In 1973 Venda was granted Self-government and in 1979 it was …
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… was set up by the government after the Durban strikes of 1973 and the Soweto uprisings of 1976 to look at industrial …
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… the resistance against and liberation from apartheid. In 1973 he was banned by apartheid government. Under the ban, he …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Buthelezi and the ANC. Mbeki was deployed to Botswana in 1973 to facilitate the development of an internal …
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… 2007. “A Racially Divided Class: Strikes in South Africa, 1973-2004” in S van der Velden, et al (eds), Strikes Around …
Reclaiming Radical Traditions of Workers' Education by Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South … to workers’ education. The period following the 1973 strikes and…
PlaceEldorado Park, a Township of Johannesburg/Soweto
… in the Province of Gauteng , near Johannesburg . Since 1973 there has been extensive expansion of the Area, due to … in the Province of Gauteng, near…
PlaceMarket Square, Port Elizabeth
… and the entire structure was named a National Monument in 1973. The Prester John Memorial is also located on the square …
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… a high school teacher, and a guest University lecturer. In 1973, he contributed to several literary journals, including …
Speaking for ourselves: FOSATU Worker News by Victor Gwande and Nicole Ulrich
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference This …
“Dockers and solidarity activism: from the Durban Strikes to choke points in today’s global economy” by Peter Cole
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The … for the enormous strike wave that began in January 1973 and which…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract: … day, the only book-length study of the mass strikes of 1973…
PlaceCape Agulhas, Western Cape
… Hope. The lighthouse was declared a National Monument in 1973 and is open to the public! The lighthouse at Cape …
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… faced severe repression from the apartheid state. During 1973, all office-bearers except one were served with banning …
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… apartheid, was approved a visa to visit South Africa in 1973. This was after a number of refusals. He became the …
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… 7 volumes (Cambridge [Eng.]: At the University Press, 1966-1973). Jean van der Poel, The Jameson Raid (Cape Town : New …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… Civil War and wrote a novel based on his experiences. In 1973, after having served as the Regional Commissioner for …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… Wopko. Sing for our Execution . Johannesburg, Ravan, 1973. Marks, Shula. Natal, the Zulu Royal Family and the …
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… in the new national monetary coin series in 1961. In 1973 Letty illustrated and published Bothalia. She also …
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
… post. For the rest of his life until his banning in 1973 (and – truth be told – afterwards) Turner became a … at the then University of Natal until his…
Trade unions and Popular Resistance in the 1980s and New Alliances and the Different Unions Traditions by Kaizer Thibedi
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference THE … to time there is seismic epoch-like moments similar to the 1973…
Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988
… in the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 to 1976, as United Nations Commissioner, he …