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Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC)
NAPAC was founded on 25 July 1963 under Chris Lombard as the first director. The first office premises were two small offices in Acutt Street, Durban. They…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… of which eight fellow-prisoners were freed on 15 October 1989, and for advising me of the fact in advance. The release … for doing so are available. As…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… by a South African agent named 'TEX' on 15 April 1989 at 9:15 pm. The loss of your child is an immeasurable …
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
1497 - 1699 1497 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern…
PlaceGreatmore Studios
Greatmore Studios was established in 1988 but only registered as an NPO in 2007. It is an artist residency and centre with studios and exhibition space in…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… theory and contemporary South Africa, in Transformation 8, 1989. Julius Lewin is reputed to have described himself as …
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
Abstract: Many South African Jews such as Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in the country’s anti-apartheid movement and faced exile as a result; other Jews…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
Mother Teresa was born in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years old, she left home and joined…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
A political activist and Chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo died on 19 September, 1983, after having lapsed into a…
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
The Reverend Theo Kotze was born at the Heads in Knysna, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 19 May 1920.Kotze came from Afrikaaner stock. His father, a lawyer…
BiographyMolly Fischer
Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton, near Pretoria. Her father, P.S. ‘Tottie’…
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
Dr Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (more popularly known as Dr Monty Naicker) was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do businessman, and his…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 March 1989. The Old Roodepoort Town School, consisting of the main …
EventHarms releases his report
… David Webster and Anton Lubowski in May and September 1989. Although this report found the Minister of Defence Gen …
EventMayor of Welkom, in the Free State, is tarred and feathered
… the main cause of the events that transpired on the 13 May 1989 in Welkom, a small town in the then province of the … [Accessed: 30 April 2010]|The Victoria…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… to the end of 1996. Part A covers the period of 1948 to 1989 during which 'total strategy' was conceived, born and …
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… In another pairing a black-and-white picture from 1989 shows a rural shack with laundry hanging on a curved …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… 1950-1960, Staffrider, Volume 8, Numbers 3 and 4, 1989, p.9. Marabiwas a generic term that “came close to …
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1924-1946 by ESSOP PAHAD D. Phil Thesis, University of Sussex, July 1972 GO TO…
Community histories of Rustenburg
Afrikaans Community (1838-1899) The First White Inhabitants It is documented that the first pioneers from the Eastern Cape undertook a hunting expedition…
Imvaba Arts Association
Established in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, in 1986, Imvaba Arts Association worked closely with artists in New Brighton, Kwazakhele and Motherwell townships…
African Art Centre
The African Art Centre is a non-profit organisation based in KwaZulu-Natal. Founded in 1959, it was under the leadership of Jo Thorpe for the first 30 years of…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and traditional healer, and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, a seasonal…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
Together with the Rand Daily Mail, the Daily Dispatch was one of the loudest mouthpieces for mainstream liberal critique of the Apartheid government and its…
BiographyJacob Koti Dikobo
Jacob Koti Dikobo was born on 22 April 1962 in the village of Bataung (Makgophong) in Zebediela, Limpopo, where he also grew up. He went to Khureng Primary…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
Thaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte, is a military base (or military area) in Pretoria, South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called:…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
Following almost 400 years of Portuguese presence, Mozambique became an independent state in 1975. A civil war broke out between two factions FRELIMO, backed…
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
Beyers Naudé was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of Afrikaner nationalism. His father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed…
PlaceNamibia
Namibia, a former German colony, is situated towards the north west of South Africa. It is predominately covered by the Namib Desert. The Orange River marks…