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Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… in the form of sabotage in Durban, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. In Durban Billy Nair, Bruno Mtolo, Eric Mtshali … and Zinakele Mkhaba, carried out the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… much better. In 1956 six new trade unions were set up in Port Elizabeth in the sweet, milling, stevedoring, biscuit, cement … The railway and harbour worker…
Stay-away!
… The next year there was a stay-away on Freedom Day. In Port Elizabeth we didn't have this influx control law saying who … now, at this time, they wanted to…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Henrique Cardoso of Brazil Pretoria, 26 November 1996
… I had been at school with Ariah, but now she lived in Port Elizabeth. Bloemfontein was not such a good place to live in. … were very rude. Ariah used to…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… was working in the school grounds at my dad’s school in Port Elizabeth on a Saturday morning. I wandered over and struck … A year later we left Australia to…
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… Molly Blackburn, widely respected by Blacks, was born in Port Elizabeth. In 1981 she started her political career by winning the Provincial Council seat of…
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… portion of the former Zulu kingdom in 1883. He was met at Port Durnford in January by Shepstone who arranged the …
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… dignity of the State President. The trial took place in Port St Johns in September 1979 to prevent massive support …
BiographyWalter Ernest Stanford
… negotiations the Chief agreed to open up the road from Port St Johns to Kokstad and to allow construction, repairs, …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… demonstration resulting in the burning of passes in Port Elizabeth. Nelson Mandela succeeds Ashely Peter Mda as … June, Walter Sisulu addresses a meeting at…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… the police. In the Eastern Cape towns of East London and Port Elizabeth unrest broke out sporadically and acted as prelude … in the PWV area, the Eastern…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… be followed. At the ANC National General Council (NGC) in Port Elizabeth, 2000, he criticised lack of consultation and …
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… and proposed rent increases resulted in the revival of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organization (PEBCO) and resulted in the formation of the Port…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… bomb blasts against government structures in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban. For instance in the Eastern Cape, an … of these being in the Eastern…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… trained persons” in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth and Durban. The second stage focused on increasing … James Lowell Zwelinzima…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… May, The African National Congress (ANC) executive mets in Port Elizabeth and announced a new campaign, the Defiance of … of Communism Act. 31 May, The ANC’s…
EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… several political activists in the Eastern Cape, died in Port Elizabeth after a battle with cancer. In 1982, two student … the 1985 murder of three anti…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… was poet Arthur Nortje, a Coloured man who grew up in Port Elizabeth. Finding the oppression and conflict in South … his work. Nortje was born on 16 December…
’Asinamali’
… write something about this pound a day on everything! In Port Elizabeth we first called the meetings in the halls and … for one pound a day. I worked on that…
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
… (Pty). On this date the first flight between Maitland and Port Elizabeth left with five bags of mail. The company, with headquarters in Port Elizabeth, flew…
EventANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban
… Similar occurrences were also reported in Durban and Port Elizabeth. In Port Elizabeth, a dustbin filled with ANC revolutionary …
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… Mission (AZM) in Natal on 22 February 1871 to James and Elizabeth Dube. ‘Langalibalele’, his middle name, means … Source, Ohlange Interpretation Centre. Dube…
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… an appointment as minister of religion in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1939. As result of his tireless efforts to … and general living conditions, he…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… Natal, and Rhodes); and two bilingual universities (Port Elizabeth and the University of South Africa). The University … African townships around…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… conference in Johannesburg, and branches sprang up in Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Pietermaritzburg, Stellenbosch and … 20 months. Janet Cherry , who set up…
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… premier (1994): Raymond Mhlaba In the Coega River near Port Elizabeth , there is a new deepwater port or Harbour. It is a big port through which ships bring …
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Womens League (ANCWL) was a leading figure, while in Port Elizabeth Florence Matomela (the provincial president of the … Florence Matomela was among 35…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… who at the time was a member of the ANC executive in Port Elizabeth . The letter contained instructions for reporting …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… demonstration resulting in the burning of passes in Port Elizabeth. Nelson Mandela succeeds Peter Mda as the new … June, Walter Sisulu addresses a meeting at…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… and became the party’s provincial councilor0f Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Blackburn returned to black Sash in 1982, and … Eastern Cape while driving back from…