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January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
ACT IN UNITY! Compatriots, allies and democratic supporters of the heroic struggle of the people of South Africa, Comrades, The names of the founding…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew PROGRAMME 1.Chairman's Address Interval 2.Speech…
Gezina Kruger (70), wife of Pres. Paul Kruger, dies while he is in exile in Switzerland.
Sir Julius Jeppe (70), founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London.
Jan F.E. Cilliers (70), SA poet of “Die Vlakte” and other poems, dies in Harrismith, OFS.
BiographyWilliam Mosehle Sekhukhune
Over 70 years old, William Mosehle Sekhukhune’s banishment order described him as a half-brother of Paramount Chief Sekhukhune. It was alleged that his status…
BiographyMagnus Malan
Magnus Malan was born in Pretoria on 30 January 1930. His father, Avril Ire de Merindol, was a professor of biochemistry at the university of Pretoria, and…
Dr Jan Pickard (70), honorary life chairman of the Western Province Rugby Union, dies in Cape Town.
ArchiveTo Nelson Mandela: Statement of the South African Church leaders on the occasion of his 70th birthday
The Johannesburg chief magistrate refuses permission for a concert to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday. The date is g
The Johannesburg chief magistrate refuses permission for a concert to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday. Twenty-five tho
The World Health Organisation reports that without urgent action against tuberculosis, 1-billion people will be infected and 70
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion ofthe 70th Anniversary of the formation of the African National…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
Phyllis Naidoo was born in Estcourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on the 5 January 1928. She was the daughter of Simon David, a teacher and principal. His…
Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.
The Independent Development Trust allocates R70 million to provide pre-school facilities for 1.2m of the estimated 3.5m impover
The pro-government Afrikaans newspaper, Die Beeld, in an editorial coinciding with Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday, urges the go
The Rev. James Murray Louw (70), board member of the Abraham Kriel Children’s Home in Langlaagte, Johannesburg, dies in Boksbur
Gen. Johannes (Jan) Gerhardus Celliers (70), initiator of the method to fire in full pursuit during Anglo-Boer War 2, dies.
On the 70th anniversary of the formation of the ANC, MK attacks Koeberg nuclear power plant in Cape Town.
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
Comrade Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU, The delegation of the African National Congress shares the views of all the foreign delegations…
BiographyKewpie
Kewpie was a hairdresser and iconic queer figure from District Six. A gender fluid individual who identified by female pronouns, Kewpie was a seminal nightlife…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA…
An earthquake measuring 6.8 strikes Algeria’s northern coast, 70 km east of Algiers. At least 2 200 people are killed in the in
According to the headmaster of Pretoria Boys High School, 70% of the teachers and parents are in favour of opening the school t
BiographyClive Edward Butler Rice
Clive Rice was born on 23 July 1949 in Johannesburg. His education started at St. Johns College and from there to Damelin College in Johannesburg and later…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
Father Trevor Huddleston was born on 15 June 1913 in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England to Ernest Huddleston and his wife. Soon after, the family moved to Golders…