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PlaceNgoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay
"Community Engagement at the University of Zululand is rooted within the African philosophy of Ubuntu which is guided by the principles of reciprocity,…
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
On behalf of the Women`s Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, I wish to…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which encouraged a resurgent Zulu nationalism…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
Safety and security issues
… Women Abuse (WAWA) , which were established in 1979 and 1989 respectively, to educate and support female victims of …
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… minister and then president of South Africa from 1978 to 1989. He is commonly referred to as "Die Groot Krokodil" for … nature. Botha's political career…
BiographyMartha Helena Cillie
Martha Helena Cillié was born on 22 April 1866 in Wellington (SA). She was the daughter of Charl Daniel Cillié and his wife, Martha Helena Marais. She came…
BiographyTheo Mthembu
Theo Mthembu was born in Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal on 27 February 1927. Mthembu's boxing career started at the age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
Pauline Podbrey was born as Pauline Podbrez in Lithuania. She arrived with her family in Durban in 1933 at the age of eleven, although her father had come to…
BiographyBernard Lazarus Sigamoney
Reverend Bernard Lazarus Emmanuel Sigamoney was a political activist, Christian minister, sportsman and champion of non-racial sport, trade unionist and…
BiographyArthur David Bensusan
Dr Arthur David (Kin) Bensusan was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1921. The son of a physician, he schooled at St John's College,…
BiographyDonald James Woods
Donald James Woods was born in Elliotdale, Transkei on 15 December 1933. He was educated at Christian Brothers College in Kimberley. After completing his…
BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in Kilnerton. She later enrolled for a…
EventWorld Population Day
… Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was a result of the interest generated by the …
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… internationally, Budd returned to South Africa in 1989. She took part in the 1992 Olympic Games. Budd now lives …
EventSouth Africa is told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection
… eventually dismantled its nuclear weapons program in 1989, and signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in …
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. Though the Act’s stated purpose was to…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… South African Communist Party was held in Cuba in April 1989. When Jorge Risquet, one of Fidel Castro’s shrewdest and … 1990); Willem Steenkamp, South Africa…
EventThe first recognised AIDS cases are reported in the USA
On 5 June 1981, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) reported that 5 gay men in California were suffering from a rare pneumonia (Pneumocystis…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… his PhD thesis on Inkatha and the National Party, 1980-1989, documents important domestic policy shifts, influenced …
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
Introduction Winnie's banning order expired in September 1975 and thirteen years of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban…
Restrictions on the media
… independent weekly newspaper due on the streets in 1989. These were, without exception, established by …
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit separately. After the onset of apartheid Black South Africans…
Amos Ndwalane
Struggle veteran Amos Ndwalane, who escaped the noose by seven days due to the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1990, was allowed out of his…
Jacob Monakgotla
Mr Jacob Monnakgotla was detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act on 29 January 1969 with nine other Bakubung tribesmen on charges of assault with…
BiographyNomhle Nkonyeni
Nomhle Nkonyeni was born on 9 April 1942 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. She started her acting career at the age of 19 years. In 2002, she…
BiographyJoseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo
During the 1955-1956 Evaton bus boycott Kumalo was banished in terms of the 1927 Native Administration Act to Duiwelskloof. From there he was brought to stand…
Mashwabada Victor ''Castro'' Mayatula
Mayatula was born in 1921 in Willowvale in the Transkei,attended Lovedale and was a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in the late…