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BiographyMpush Makambi
Mpush Makambi was born in 1967 in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape. At school, Makambi was sporty but boxing was his first love. He turned professional in 1983 with a…
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… to put himself through the same paces as the players. In 1989 his ambition was realised when he debuted for the …
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog was born in Soetendal Wellington on the 6 th of April 1866. Hertzog was the eighth child of Johannes Albertus Munnik Hertzog,…
BiographyZimasile Ngqawana
Zimasile Ngqawana affectionately known as ‘Zim’was born in New Brighton a township in Port-Elizabeth on 25 December 1959. He was the youngest of five children,…
BiographyNzimeni Elliot Mfaxa
Nzimeni Elliot Mfaxa was born August 26, 1926 at KwaGusha Farm in Somerset West. He was orphaned at age 12,Mfaxa moved to the Eastern Cape to attend secondary…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
1971 Statement by OR Tambo to the People of South Africa on the 10th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe. 16 December 1971 1972 "Speech by Oliver…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1856-1979
Segregationist Legislation Timeline, 1856-1979 from the 1856 - 1910, Masters and Servants Acts to the Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act No 94 of 1979 which…
Bathandwa Ndondo
As a young child, Ndondo’s maternal grandmother raised himwhile his mother, Lulama Sidumo (nee Ndondo),worked. Following the death of his grandmother, his…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm …
Letters From Robben Island : A Selection of Ahmed Kathrada's Prison Correspondence, 1964- 1989 by Kathrada, A. M.; Vassen, Robert
… Selection of Ahmed Kathrada's Prison Correspondence, 1964- 1989 … Selection of Ahmed Kathrada's Prison Correspondence, 1964- 1989 by Kathrada, A. M.; Vassen,…
Speech by Oliver Tambo to the seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party, 1 April 1989
… Congress of the South African Communist Party, 1 April 1989 …
Winnie Mandela Losing Allies In Soweto by Jphn D. Battersby (The New York Times), 14 February 1989
… by Jphn D. Battersby (The New York Times), 14 February 1989 …
ArchiveMessage from the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) to the Workers` Summit held on 26 August 1989
… Movement (BCM) to the Workers` Summit held on 26 August 1989 …
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… (AAPSO). In 1982 he was reposted to New Delhi. In November 1989 he was deployed as the ANC representative to the World …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
During this period the ANC cooperated with other organisations such as the APO and the NIC to fight increasing segregation imposed by the white minority…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
1920 The Housing Act is passed. This Act made funds available for the government to house the poor. “The resultant estates were required to be racially…
BiographyAlex la Guma
Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his reportage and fiction writing depicting the oppressive measures of…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
Durant Basi Sihlali was born on 5 March 1935 in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
Verdict Protests The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests against the death penalty and particularly the death sentences of Johnson…
1980s: Women organise
ArticleSilverton Siege 1980
BiographyMichael Nkolo Maapola
… by police and others. He was imprisoned many times. In 1989, his Hammanskraal studio was burnt, his years of work in … 7 April 2015]| Nettleton, A. and…
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
… Mandela and others. He was released from Robben Island in 1989, after having served 26 years in prison. When the ANC …
BiographyRooha Variava
Rooha Variava was born in Pietersburg, South Africa on the 16 December 1958. She completed a BA degree in Philosophy and Arabic at the University of South…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo…
BiographyJohn Liebenberg
… from Namibia, for the ECC, East London, South Africa 1989 The Rainy season, The Market Gallery, Johannesburg, …
BiographyDali Tambo
Dali Tambo is the son of the late former ANC President Oliver Tambo and his wife Adelaide Tambo, He has two sisters, Nomathemba and Tselane Tambo. When…
BiographyRev. James Arthur Calata
James Arthur Calata was born into a poor farming family at Debe Nek near King Williamstown. His father James Calata was a Presbyterian and his mother Eliza, an…
ArchiveLaw for domestic and farm workers unlikely this year 1986 - 1989
… Law for domestic and farm workers unlikely this year 1986 - 1989 … Law for domestic and farm workers unlikely this year 1986 - 1989 …
ArchivePublic Sector Government Local Authority - Transvaal 1987 - 1989
… Public Sector Government Local Authority - Transvaal 1987 - 1989 … Public Sector Government Local Authority - Transvaal 1987 - 1989 …