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BiographyBusisiwe Victoria Mhlongo
… at the prestigious African Music Festival in Delft in 1989. Mhlongo's debut album, Barbentu , was reissued …
BiographyJonty Driver
… in Hong Kong. He was Master at Wellington College from 1989-2000. In 2007 he became an honorary senior lecturer at …
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black artists were not allowed to further their education and attend formal learning facilities such…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba was born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg, during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, was imprisoned for six months…
BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef was born on 13 August 1886 in Pretoria from Dutch parents. Pierneef started his high school career at the Staatsmodelschool in…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
Pik Botha was born on 27 April 1932 in Rustenburg, Transvaal.His father was a school principal. Pik as he is affectionately known attended the Hoer Volkskool,…
BiographyDan Sleigh
South African novelist and historian Daniel (Dan) Sleigh was born on 3 November 1938, on a farm, Geelbeksfontein, near Langebaan in the Western Cape. He was…
BiographyDr Hersheela Narsee
Hersheela Narsee was born in Durban on the 23 of March 1956. Narsee grew up in a family of eight children. She attended the Gandhi Desai High School from 1967…
BiographyFlorence Mkhize
Florence Grace Mkhize, widely known as 'Mam Flo', was born in 1932 in Natal. At a young age she decided she wanted to fight against apartheid and the…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… the ANC's highest possible award, the Isitwalandwe Award. 1989 15 October, Kathrada is released from prison at the age …
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
This article was written by Carly Spagnola and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Since the beginning of the…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the position and future role of the UDF…
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
… titled, A Far Cry: The Making of a South African (1989) in which she recounted how her early racial prejudices …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
1859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is…
ArchiveForeign Trade Balance of Payments 1986 - 1989
… Foreign Trade Balance of Payments 1986 - 1989 … Foreign Trade Balance of Payments 1986 - 1989 …
ArchiveManufacturing Non-Metal Products 1984 - 1989
… Manufacturing Non-Metal Products 1984 - 1989 … Manufacturing Non-Metal Products 1984 - 1989 …
ArchivePublic Sector Government Police 1988 - 1989 B
… Public Sector Government Police 1988 - 1989 B … Public Sector Government Police 1988 - 1989 B …
ArchivePublic Sector Government General 1988 - 1989
… Public Sector Government General 1988 - 1989 … Public Sector Government General 1988 - 1989 …
ArchivePublic Sector Government Prisons 1988 - 1989
… Public Sector Government Prisons 1988 - 1989 … Public Sector Government Prisons 1988 - 1989 …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial pieces of Apartheid legislation. It prohibited adultery, attempted…
Communist Part members reinstated. Article in Arise Vukani, pg. 10. September, 1989
… reinstated. Article in Arise Vukani, pg. 10. September, 1989 …
APDUSA Views - Issue No 25: Five Years of Tricam Rottenness, August 1989
… - Issue No 25: Five Years of Tricam Rottenness, August 1989 …
APDUSA Views Issue No 28: The Truth about Tiananmen Square, October 1989
… Issue No 28: The Truth about Tiananmen Square, October 1989 …
ArchivePrevention of Illegal Squatting Amendment Act: Punitive Squatting Act signed: 9 February 1989
… Amendment Act: Punitive Squatting Act signed: 9 February 1989 …
ArchiveYouth Women Organise by National Youth Working Committee (SPEAK), July 1989, Johannesburg
… Organise by National Youth Working Committee (SPEAK), July 1989, Johannesburg …
ArchiveThe Giant Grows: COSATU’s Resolutions On Women by SPEAK, 1989 – 1992, Johannesburg
… The Giant Grows: COSATU’s Resolutions On Women by SPEAK, 1989 – 1992, Johannesburg …
ArchiveInternational Day Of Action For Women’s Health by SPEAK, 1989 – 1993, Johannesburg
… International Day Of Action For Women’s Health by SPEAK, 1989 – 1993, Johannesburg …
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
Ellen Hellmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from…
BiographyRaymond Mhlaba
… prison in 1986, where he stayed until his release in 1989 to join the ANC Special Executive Committee that …
BiographyZindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
… Mandela (1980), Zondwa Mandela (1985), Bambatha Mandela (1989), and Zwelabo Mandela-Hlongwane (1992). In 2013 she …