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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 …
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
South Africa's Constitution is the first in the world to prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. It thereby guarantees equality…
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…
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 …
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… of apartheid, which had already been in progress since 1989. The referendum was a gamble for both De Klerk and the …
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
St Wendolins was situated about 14 km from Central Pinetown, on land owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of Mariannhill and individual African Plot Holders…
EventUDF members challenge the government to arrest them on charges of high treason
Boesak and his colleagues were addressing a protest meeting on the night of 27 February 1985. The meeting was attended by more than 5000 people at the Durban…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
Newspapers or publications by African people played a critical role in giving them an alternative space to articulate their views. The emergence of a number of…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
In this chapter I now interpret the character, role and significance of SASO. To this end, I draw on the analysis of the previous two chapters, the chapter…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Customary Law in South Africa: …
EventTutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
… On 13 September 1989 Desmond Tutu led an anti-apartheid march with thirty …
EventFurther chaos in Liberian civil war
… read more about the devastating civil war in Liberia from 1989-1996. … Global Security, ' Liberia - First Civil War - 1989-1996 ', from Global Security…
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… in chains from his home. They were convicted in January 1989 despite testimony by the ANC's office in London that the …
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
… by public pressure and declared a National Monument. In 1989 the building was redeveloped by the Small Business …
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
Walter Battiss is born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most important abstract painters. He…
Chapter 5: The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… linked to two dozen attacks. In August 1988 and early 1989, discussions between Buthelezi and a senior Durban …
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa The Mineral…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… of Namibia. SWAPO won the first independent election in 1989 and Sam Nujoma became the first president of Namibia. …
EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… English speaking Whites, were attracted as followers. In 1989 the PFP and New Democratic Movement (NDM) merged with …
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… (COSATU), held its third annual congress from 12-16 July 1989. The congress, attended by 1858 delegates representing a …
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
On 17 December 1920, South Africa undertook the administration of Namibia (then known as South West Africa). The reason for this was that South West Africa had…
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
In a shocking move a major European company, Barclays Bank, announced that it was selling its remaining 40 per cent holding in its South African associate,…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… for Change in Mozambique’, Earthscan Publications Ltd, 1989, p. 95. ↵ [8] Ibid, p. 95. ↵ [9] Ibid, p. 96. ↵ [10] See …
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
Leaders of Port Elizabeth's Black secondary school children decided to end a four month boycott of classes. This followed after negotiations took place between…
BiographyPule Mabe
Puleng Peter Mabe (Pule Mabe) was born on 19 March 1980 in Namakgale, Phalaborwa, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). He was raised by a single…
BiographyBoy Mvemve
Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at the time, operating under the nom de guerre John Dube (or…
BiographyMabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a mine inspector, and…
BiographyElizabeth Komikie Gumede
Recorded as one of the most tortured women political prisoners under the apartheid regime, Elizabeth Komikie Gumede was born in 1921. Gumede served as an…