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EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
Bulelani Ngcuka, born in Middledrift, Eastern Cape on 2 May 1954, is a former African National Congress political activist and a lawyer. In 1998 he became…
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
South African artist Sydney Alex Khumalo (also documented as Kumalo), was born in Johannesburg. He began studying at Polly Street Art Centre in 1952 and worked…
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) activist Thozamile Botha broke his banning order and escaped to Lesotho. PEBCO was an affiliate of the banned…
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Methodist minister and theologian, Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana was selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe. He…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
"The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to locate the primary document presented here ”” Nelson Mandela’s statement from…
EventSA Policeman Wins 90km Comrades Marathon
… sec, the first SA Black man to win since Sam Tshabalala in 1989. …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… below the poverty line: African Coloured Indian White 1989 51% 29% 6% 3% 1993 50% 26% 8% 3% 1996 57% 22% 9% 3% 1997 …
PlaceErica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 March 1989. …
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… a means to achieve the pledge he made to the Whites during 1989 general elections to seek their approval for …
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker On 19 September 1937 a violent collision rocked Vereeniging's Top…
EventZola Budd returns to SA
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… In the document you gave to F W De Klerk on 12 December 1989, referring to removing obstacles to negotiations, you … during the historic releases of 8…
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
… and later as tenor. He first appeared on stage in 1989 as Max in Der Freischutz in Roodepoort. He travels …
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
Introduction Documents In Volume 2 Document 1 Letter from Negro Bureau to Eastern Secretariat, 1931 Document 2 Letter from J. Gumede to International…
EventAmerican President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions
During the late 1970 and early 1980s the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations had tried to influence South African governments by working with them…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in South Africa Conditions in Rustenburg point to deprivation throughout the segregation and…
Archive'Winnie hired me to kill Dr Asvat' (Mail & Guardian), 05 September 1997
… of Dr Abu Baker Asvat at his Soweto surgery on January 27 1989 described this week how they were contracted by Winnie … in Asvat’s murder in a statement to…
EventThe New English Bible is published.
… 1961. The new English version was revised yet again in 1989 and was published as The Revised English Bible. …
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) on 15 October 1989, a rally was organised by the ANC to commemorate their … Powell, I. (1989). "A time warp spirits…
EventFirst World Haemophilia Day
… World Haemophilia Day was first celebrated in 1989 to increase awareness of haemophilia and to bring the …
EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… time in his career on home soil since he turned pro in 1989. The Million Dollar Tournament was played at the Gary …
BiographyRaymond Arthur Dart
Raymond Dart was born on 4 February 1893 in Toowong, Brisbane, Australia. He attended university in Queensland and Sydney. In 1920, Dart pursued further study…
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
Born in Cape Town on September 25, 1949, Percival Sonn, universally known as Percy, dedicated much of his life to the development of the game of cricket in the…
BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
James Randolph Vigne was born in 1928 in Kimberley and grew up in Port-Elizabeth. He went to school at St Andrew’s College in Grahamstown where he enjoyed a…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
Pessel Podbrez (name given at birth, later changed to Pauline) was born in Kovna, Lithuania in 1922, the eldest of two children. In 1933, the family immigrated…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the Witwatersrand…
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… www.nactu.org.za (Accessed: 13 September 2013)| Bendix S. (1989) ‘The South African Trade Unions and Employer’s …
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 …
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
The Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) was established in April 1973 in with the assistance of the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF). It was…
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino was a journalist and public intellectual who, in the early 1900s, challenged notions of Black racial inferiority in the…