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BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… of Indians in Natal awakened Bassa's interest in the history of Indian immigrants in South Africa and their …
BiographySir Ernest Oppenheimer
… as Northern Rhodesia, or Zambia today. To access a social history of diamond and gold mining in South Africa, taking a …
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… but to enroll for a degree in Swaziland, majoring in history and politics. Her studies were briefly interrupted …
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… educationist, politician, lawyer and author of the history of the squalid living conditions and struggles of the …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Army sent a captain in the South African Defence Force (SADF) to kill Mbeki. The plan was to put a bomb in his house … Deal One of the controversial issues…
ArchiveThe Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
… Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for …
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArchiveSo wheres the party.
… Title in white letters on black parachute. Red SADF Logo with number 75 on it. Candles lit on names of townships. 75 years of SADF. End Conscription Campaign…
Archive9. Know your rights
… Advertisement for ECC booklet "Know Your Rights in the SADF". Cartoon of a girl saying goodbye to a conscript at … Afrikaans. List of examples of pay and…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… their interests. During this period in South African history, the process of land dispossession was largely … which means continuous rain. Also see Albert…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… He became one of the youngest judges in South Africa's history when, at the age of 36, he was appointed to the Cape … It grieved Steyn to see that a decade…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… and researcher for the African Studies Institute’s Oral History Project, at the University of the Witwatersrand, and … Cultural Festival" - London, United…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
… of Satyagraha, and chairman of the Freedom Park Trust History Durban Committee. Seedat has the most extensive … Mota Varachha Trust and chairman of the…
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship … • Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …
BiographyDali Tambo
… in search for knowledge about South African leaders and history. Tambo is also the founder and executive officer of …
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… Party on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, to write a history of the Party. The outcome, his book, Fifty Fighting …
BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
… first black male to hold the position in South Africa’s history. A year later, Maimane was elected leader of the DA …
Janet Burnside Soga
… to be ordained to the Christian ministry. Scottish social history shows that, just prior to this period, many weavers …
BiographyJan van Eck
… obtaining a BA degree majoring in geography and history in 1964, a secondary teachers' diploma in 1965 and a …
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
… This led him to explore related issues such as the social history of tuberculosis and the social causes of …
BiographySimon Nkabinde
… He claimed that black Americans were unconscious of their history and needed to learn to appreciate their roots of …
BiographyCedric Nunn
… 1988. Children. Johannesburg. South Africa. Group. 1987. History Workshop. Wits University. Johannesburg. South …
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
… ↵ [7]Author Unknown, “Ben Turok”, South African History Online, (Uploaded: 15 October 2011), (Accessed: 19 … ↵ [8]Author Unknown, “Ben Turok”, South African…
BiographyFanele Mbali
… He graduated from Fort Hare with majors in English and History and in 1961, he obtained a teacher’s diploma … Sisulu University) where he taught Economics,…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… Thambi Naidoo as one of the most important figures in the history of the Satyagraha Campaign in South Africa. In 1912, … Naidoo must ever remain as one of…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… Army. It was renamed as the South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of the Defence Act (No. 44) of 1957. … exempt from conscription.Conscripts…
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… complicity of elements of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in violence in South Africa on 16 October 1992, they … which further provided information…
EventPolitical violence claims 100 lives in KZN
… than 3,000 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF) to enforce the state of emergency in the province. The willingness and ability of the SADF…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… became members of the South African Defense Force (SADF), or the South African Police (SAP). They were used to … was handed over to the South African Defense…
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… 27 years. South Africa entered the civil war by providing SADF troops to fight alongside UNITA. This was in an attempt … bases provided by the MPLA to launch…