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BiographyLennox Sebe
Lennox Sebe was born on 26 June 1926. He completed his matric at the Lovedale College. Upon his completion he went to attend a teachers college. Sebe had a…
Message to the Soweto Rally to Welcome Released Leaders by O. R. Tambo, 29 October 1989
… Maatla! All power to the people! London, October 28, 1989 1 From: Sechaba, December 1989 2 Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed (Kathy) Kathrada, … to Welcome…
BiographyKing Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
… support the organisation and warning those who did not. In 1989 he attacked the ANC leadership for not inviting himself …
BiographyJean Powell
… Crafts, London (now the Central School, St. Martin’s). In 1989 she was awarded a Higher Diploma in Textile Design, …
BiographyBuzwe Stanley Mabizela
… ANC Department of International Affairs. On 24 December 1989, sent by the ANC, Mabizela and Chris Hani addressed ANC … (2007), ‘ The Crushing of elections in…
ArchiveRecent developments in South Africa: 1981-1983
Compilation of press reports on South Africa for the period 1981 to 1983 compiled by the African National Congress Departments of International Affairs and the…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
Several hundred artists and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign nationals, were hosted by the Botswana…
Message to the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party by O. R. Tambo, April 1989
… people's hero Solomon Mahlangu is martyred; on April 1st, 1989, the seven months countdown to the end of seventy years … Might it be Comrades, that the month…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg …
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… Africa, Johannesburg, Poert Mzwakhe Mbuli, UDF concert 1989 The State of Emergency's continued bannings and … structures and organising small, discrete…
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 17 November 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel…
BiographyDawid Kruiper
… was well known for his acting role as a tracker in the 1989 movie, The Gods Must Be Crazy II. Regopstaan initiated a …
BiographyLefifi Tladi
The thinker, poet, and painter, Lefifi Tladi, was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
1899Herman Tobiansky purchases land from the Johannesburg Municipality to develop as a residential area.1912Sophiatown has the first of its inhabitants. These…
BiographyMolly Blackburn
Molly Blackburn was born in 1930. She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP) in Port Elizabeth …
BiographyDorothy Joan Wright
Dorothy Joan Wright was born in Pretoria in 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied under Francis Pickford-Marriott at the Port Elizabeth…
Political executions
… (reason for execution) Boesman, Mangena Jeffrey, 35 1989/09/29 Death of informer school teacher in Sterkstroom, … Poqo members. Killings in Paarl. Dyakala,…
BiographySolly Mokoetle
… Solly left for tertiary studies in Canada in 1989 and came back to South Africa armed with a Master's …
BiographyNorman Levy
… He attended the seventh Congress of the SACP in Cuba in 1989 and took part in a conference held jointly by the SACP …
BiographyPandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe
Pandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe was born on 2 February 1947 in Folovhodwe village in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). Nefolovhodwe then went to the…
BiographyAchmad Cassiem
Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the Pan Africanist…
ArchiveDelmas Treason Trial : 1985 - 1988
UDF poster. Yellow poster with black border top and bottom and black lettering. Information about the trial. Imges of leaders across bottom of poster. Issued…
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
Izwi lase Township was published by Ditshwantsho tsa Rona. It offered notes and views about current and past events. Though mainly concerned with Alexandra,…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…
BiographySimon Nkabinde
… group contributed to the Art of Noise song Yebo!, in 1989. Throughout the 1990s, the band toured the United …
BiographyMildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area for African…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… 1988 – Chancellor of the University of Western Cape. 1989 – Joint recipient Third World Prize. 1996 – Archbishop … Service (Gold) from State President,…
BiographyKenneth Kaunda
Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia. He was born on 28 April 1924 at Lubwa Mission in Chinsali. (In what was then Northern Rhodesia.) He was the…
BiographySushila Gandhi
… in South Africa', Natalia, Issue No. 19, December 1989 . …
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South Africa. Following an upsurge of violent and non-violent…