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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…
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…
Rebecca Lan
Rebecca Lan was born in 1933 in Cape Town and grew up in Oranjezicht and Athlone. Her parents were immigrants from Lithuania who arrived in South Africa in…
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
Jabulile Nyawose and her husband Petrus Nyawose worked long hours for Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU), focusing on delivery to members and paying attention…
BiographyThembi Shange Nobadula
A stalwart of the African National Congress (ANC) and the liberation movement, Thembi Shange Nobadula was born on 23 December 1927. She was a woman who…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
EventShaun Thomson*, world surfing title winner, is born in Durban
… title in Hawaii in 1977, and remained in the top 16 until 1989. During this time he relocated to California, where he …
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… as the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB). On 12 September 1989, Acheson allegedly gunned Lubowski down outside his …
EventBotha found Guilty
… era, as he chaired the State Security Council from 1978 to 1989. Botha had already been named in amnesty applications by …
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…
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 …
EventDiplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is bombed
A bomb exploded in the office of the African National Congress (ANC) on the third floor of a block of offices in Stockholm Sweden. The office was severely…