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ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… conference held in Khartoum in January 1970. The Early 1970s, Nadir of the ANC The early 1970s saw the ANC ranks becoming depleted, and those who had … a…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… he travelled so extensively that from 1945 until the early 1970s he was probably the most well-known Afrikaans author …
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… such a political base, the review concluded that the main means should rather be political organisation by … potential had, arguably, been apparent since the…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… and cup matches, and huge crowds continued well in the 1970s. In 1971, the National Professional Soccer League came …
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… The relationship of the South African and Lesotho in the 1970s and early 1980s was fraught with friction. This was the …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… the armed struggle experience of the late 1960s to the 1970s, and on to arguably the golden era of the ANC’s armed … National Congress’s (ANC’s) armed…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… As a result, FEDSAW worked underground in the 1960s and 1970s in order to protect themselves from the vicious … core members were banned or imprisoned in the…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… plan put in place for the invasion of Zululand. The main objective was to occupy the Zulu royal kraal at Ulundi … Zulu tactic of attacking from three sides…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… of South Africa like Sweden and Norway. By the end of the 1970s the “brave little Boers” - who were so admired by … demanding that we dismount the tiger -…
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… During the first half of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s Britain maintained good relations with South Africa. …
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… African Pirates and the White Germiston Callies. In the 1970s soccer continued to grow as a sport and to change its …
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
… artistic context of Newtown. Social documentary was the main focus at first as it could provide the students with an …
Port Elizabeth an Overview
… Casalis, Smith and Livingstone. In time this became the main route to the Kimberley diamond fields. Port Elizabeth …
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… history and experience of Africa with South Africa as the main point of reference. The collective outcome of this …
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… in a web of royal lineage. Although lineage was the main determinant to leadership, this was kept in check by … number of conflicts are hard to gage, as well…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… Maintaining that human beings make themselves, Marx’s main focus was how people develop. Activists need to …
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… 1997 to 2002, Motlanthe adheres to the principle that his main responsibility was to maintain the unity of the …
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… . This Act divided the South African population into three main racial groups: Whites, Natives (Blacks), Indians and … several thousand people in Southern…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… Planning Council (made up of representatives from all the main anti-apartheid groups) is chaired by Moroka on the day … proposes the drawing up of the…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and magazines … in furnaces across South Africa from…
EventUnited Party disbands
… The United Party, main political opposition party in South Africa, was formally … and the ruling National Party (NP). Subsequently, the main group decided to…
The South African War
… town, which took place some 21km to its south before the main body of Republican forces retreated to Pretoria. To the …
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… W. Botha, as BOSS became increasingly powerful in the late 1970s. In certain respects, BOSS was even more powerful than …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… continued to rule Malawi with an iron fist throughout the 1970s and into the late 1980s. Several thousand people were …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… major changes that revolutionised world football in the 1970s and 80s. Inside South Africa, television sparked …
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… leaders were released almost a decade later in the mid-1970s, they continued to exert an influence in shaping the …
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… the State president on 31 March 2015. The Commission’s main findings and recommendations The report absolved the key …
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… the State president on 31 March 2015. The Commission’s main findings and recommendations The report absolved the key …
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… to the State president on 31 March 2015. The Commission’s main findings and recommendations The report absolved the key …
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… students on black campuses were politically active in the 1970s. We have included two documents that illustrate the … students forwarded against forming an…