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It is announced that the referendum will be held on 2 November 1983, with the Whites being asked whether they are in favour of
The UN Security Council votes to lift sanctions against Libya that had been in place for eleven years as a response to the 1988
Pule Herbert Isak Makgoe, ANC politician and member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born. He was arrested in 1986 and sentenced to fiv
Zola Budd, noted SA athlete who emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announces that she
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South …
Two Libyan men plead not guilty to charges that they were involved in the Lockerbie bombing of Panama flight 103 in 1988. The c
Libya hands over to two former UN government agents to stand trial for the bombing of a Pan Am aircraft over Lockerbie in 1988.
Message from the President of South Africa to the AAM Archives Committee Symposium held at South Africa House, London, 25-26 June 1999
Thamsanqwa (Thami) ka Mnyele, SA artist who went into exile in Botswana in 1979 and became an active member of Umkhonto we Sizw
The SA government and the ANC agree to a plan which will lead to Black majority rule by 1999. In 1994 a parliament of 400 m
Percy Qoboza, who had resigned as editor of the Post papers on 13 January 1981 and left immediately for the United States, says
PlaceJohannesburg Art Gallery
… These exhibitions are namely 'Images of Wood' (1989), 'A decade of Collecting': The Anglo American …
ArchiveVerbatim transcript of comments made by Mr Carlos Aldana Escalante, a member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Government, during a plenary session of the SA/Angolan talks in New York on 11 July 1988
Verbatim transcript of comments made by a representative of the Cuban Government at a meeting with Dr Crocker and Dr van Heerden in New York in July 1988
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
… in most campuses including colleges and technickons. In 1989 questions about the justification for separate racially …
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… Namibia. About 30 000 exiles returned to Namibia during 1989 and after several hiccups were overcome the necessary … of Race Relations. (1990). Race…
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… the magisterial district of Port Elizabeth until November 1989. In February 1990, when the ANC and other liberation …
Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari
PART I: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES TO THE AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906 The 1907 Presidential…
BiographyJ. Congress M. Mbata
J. Congress M. Mbata was born in Johannesburg in 1919 and studied at St. Peter's Secondary School, at Fort Hare, and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In…
BiographyNell Kaye
Nell Kaye was born in Johannesburg, 1912. Nell Kaye's reputation rests on her work within a single genre with specific challenges and limitations - the bronze…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu was born in 1889 in King William's Town, he was the second son of John Tengo Jabavu. After studying at Lovedale, he taught briefly,…
BiographyMoritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein
Manu Herbstein was born in 1936 in Muizenburg in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From 1959…
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a Catholic primary…
BiographyElliot Tonjeni
Elliot Tonjeni was born in 1895 in the Transkei and later went to Cape Town, where he joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and was active in the…
BiographyClive Zamani Xaba
Clive Zamani Xaba was born in 1980, Durban. Xaba attended the Saturday morning art classes run by Pat Khoza at the Durban Art Gallery from 1995. In 2001 he…
BiographyAbednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo
Born in Natal in 1931, he studied at Adams College and Ohlange Institute, where he matriculated in 1950. After working some time in a Durban textile plant,…
BiographyH. A. Naidoo
H. A. Naidoo was born in Durban in 1915 and was recruited into the Communist Party in the mid-1930s by Edward Roux. He became an active trade unionist, and…
BiographyKhotso Seatlholo
Khotso Seatlholo was born on 5 November 1958. He was a student at Naledi High School in Soweto when the 1976 Student riots ensued. Seatlholo, together with…
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… Western countries. It is a measure of our success that by 1989, the ANC had more representatives abroad than the South … in the adoption of the Harare…
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
As we meet here today, an important conference is taking place in Addis Ababa. This is the Extraordinary Summit Meeting of OAU Heads of State and Government…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, 20 May 1983, Unsettling whites objective of MK bombing campaign: TRC told, SAPA, 13 May 1998
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
Elizabeth Maria was born into a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With her…