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BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
Mmusi Aloysias Maimane was born in Krugersdorp, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 6 June 1980 to Ethel and Simon Maimane but grew up in Dobsonville, Soweto, Transvaal…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
Former South African High Commissioner in London, political activist and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in…
ArchiveAmaqhawe Esizwe
… poster giving notice of a memorial service on 15th March 1989 at GTH. List of names. Words Hambani Kahle at top. Black …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
On 13 October 1998, the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) rejoined the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) after the general synod renounced apartheid. This…
ArticleThe Homelands
The Bantustans or homelands, established by the Apartheid Government, were areas to which the majority of the Blacks population was moved to prevent them from…
ArchiveReligion and oppression: the misuse of religion for social, political, and economic subjugation
… Africa,which took place in Edisesa, Harare, in 1-3 August 1989. The theme of the conference was religion and …
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
… changed its name to the Progressive Teachers' Committee in 1989. … South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89,…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
The old village of Wynberg was developed during the mid-19th Century when it became the preferred place of retirement for British civil servants returning from…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
By the beginning of the twentieth century a number of political organisations initiated by Coloureds existed, most of which dealt with the question of the…
ArchiveThe Freedom run
… Notice of a 10km and 3km fun run on Sunday, 11th June, 1989, at Brockwell Park, London. Prizes to be won. Guest …
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South …
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
Two White men, Schalk Burger and George Scheepers, were sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February…
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was first appointed to one of the African seats in Kenya's Legislative Council in 1955. Moi then won an elected seat on the council…
ArchiveTowards a mixed economy in South African agriculture
… prepared for a meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe in April-May 1989. Discusses the political economy and national liberation …
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
1984 saw P.W. Botha elected to the position of President, having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by the…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. The Township of Olivedale - part of … guide. This Windmill was declared a National Monument…
ArchiveRace or Class? Community and Conflict amongst Indian Municipal Employees in Durban, 1914 - 1949 by Goolam Vahed
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, MK Special Operations Combatant Marion Sparg is Arrested, 7 March 2023
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, City blast victims buried, Pretoria News, 26 May 1983
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Blast: Good clues found, Pretoria News, 23 May 1983
ArchiveBlasts in E Tvl hit pipeline, substation, by Johan Buys, Rand Daily Mail, 23 October 1981
ArchiveMK unit slept in police station before Sasol attack: TRC hears, SAPA, 8 May 1998
ArchiveJo'burg shell-shocked, by Cas St Leger and Mark Suzman, Sunday Times, 2 August 1987
ArchiveBomb Havoc, 2 dead, 42 hurt, by Tony Stirling and Andre Mouton, The Citizen, 25 October 1988
ArchiveSouth Africa: Two die as Huge Car Bomb Devastates Shopping Centre, Reuters, 8 November 1988
Memorandum by Ben Turok before the ANC`s Morogoro Conference and a "Reply"by Joe Matthews, 5 April 1969, Morogoro
ArchiveThe Responsibilities of Restitution Research: The Case of Ridgeview Quarry (Cato Manor) by Glen L. Thompson, 27 October 1999
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of 'apartheid’…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Gertrude Fester Biography Abstract …
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… for more than 500 incidents of violence between 1977 and 1989. …