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State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… elections held in the Union of South Africa in 1924. Their main opposition was the South African Party (SAP) , led by … freedom, including a prohibition on…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… movements and white business groupings particularly in the 1980s. From late 1984 onwards, a series of meetings between … protests and economic and other…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… they considered to be their own territory. "Hy was die main ou of the outfit." Don Mattera was die main ou of the outfit, the bozza - the leader of the gang …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… without the racial civil war that most commentators in the 1980s believed was inevitable. The April 1994 election was an … After centuries of ethnic and…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… offers an excellent place to relax after a long Hike. The main attraction at Ai-Ais is the Spa Complex. The thermal … outdoor Pool. Visitors at Ai-Ais can…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… it tapered off in the late 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s. THE EIGHTIES The second major wave of recruits to MK … 1985, seven land mines were detonated…
PlaceTunisia
… However, the economy fell into crisis in the early 1980s, the result of an overreliance on oil revenues, foreign aid, and labour remittances. In the mid…
EventAnti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies
… active member of the United Democratic Front. In the late 1980s, Sister Ncube was one of the founding members of the …
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In the early 1980s the Nationalist Party government was determined to … Martin, K., (1997), 'Chronology of some…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal area where battles between …
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… dismantle apartheid, and township protests erupted in the 1980s, the Nationalist Party government was forced to …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… with an iron fist throughout the 1970s and into the late 1980s. Several thousand people were imprisoned for political …
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… in August 1963 and Vuyisile Mini in October 1964. In the 1980s MK became increasingly active in the country launching …
EventTshifiwa Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police custody
… from victims of police brutality in Vendaland in the 1980s. Phaswana and Phosiwa described to the TRC how they … L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… students across the country are similar. However, the main demand has been more financial support from National …
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… the Zulu warriors could not be seen through the smoke. The main shortcoming of the Voortrekkers weapons was the lengthy …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… to read fantasy novels on my spare time, and play soccer. Main interest of study relate to the interactions of ethnic …
Durban an Overview
… the port of Durban took over from Port Elizabeth as the main access point for trade goods destined for the southern …
The Court’s position in the justice system
… Coast Local Division and South-eastern Cape Division. The main task of the Constitutional Court Section 167(3) of the …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… British imperialism. 1878 9th Xhosa war ends and the two main Xhosa tribes are forced across the Kei River. 1884 …
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… relations (the 'big picture') towards the end of the 1980s. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, world politics was dominated by the rivalry between … bring…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… (p.156) This book is a treasure-trove of writings from the 1980s by Ari Sitas – one of South Africa’s leading … of the ‘labour poets’ that emerged in the…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… 128 Main Street, … Transvaal Agricultural Union in Pretoria on August 17. The main points contained in the proposals as reported in the …
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… is dedicated to fields of vegetables! The one-Restaurant main Road of Warden is seldom overly busy other than over … restored in anticipation of the Town's…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… not a divo (male diva) who was acting out on a whim. The 1980s were riddled with occasions of angry outbursts by … war as violence broke out in many…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… bestseller in its day (and filmed several times up to the 1980s). Like subsequent novels such as Allan Quartermain and … and external pressure on the…
PlacePlumstead
… Plumstead, just South of Wynberg, divided into two by the Main Road and the Railway Line, could easily be mistaken for … household items rendered unnecessary…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… City, and the resort opens its doors on 7 December 1979. 1980s Implats at first mines the Merensky Reef, and in the early 1980s it begins to mine the UG2…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… house’ for a number of anti-apartheid activists in the 1980s (User, S). Through her work as a teacher and as a … of the apartheid government (Spink). For…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… mine to AJ Knuckly for about 1000 pounds. This mine is the main producer of gold and silver. The Fairview Gold Mine , … Indians (523), Coloureds (841) and…