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EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola on 28 June 1984. Anti-apartheid activist Marius Schoon (Jeannette's … Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p…
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 16 October 1984 for his untiring efforts in calling for an end to … July 2011]| Nobelprize.org, 2011. ‘The Nobel…
EventScientists find the virus that may cause Aids.
… On 23 April 1984 the discovery of a virus that may cause Acquired Immune … BBC, 1984:Scientist finds Aids virus , from BBC News , 23 April, … [online],…
EventThe Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that dissolved KaNgwane Legislative Assembly
… The homeland was recreated and renamed Kangwane in 1984 and was re-incorporated into the Republic of South …
PlaceSebokeng Township, Johannesburg
… during apartheid and witnessed major rent boycotts in 1984. This saw radical fighting which only ended in 1994. … during apartheid and witnessed major rent…
PlaceKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
… Championship were hosted at Kyalami in 1974, 1983 and 1984 and the 500cc Motorcycle World Championship also visited … in 1976 and 1977 taking a further…
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… Endnotes [i] Mendelsohn & Shain, (2008:215) ↵ [ii] Arkin, (1984:3) ↵ [iii] ibid. ↵ [iv] ibid. ↵ [v] Shain & Mendelsohn, …
ArchiveUDF Campaign Manual - Section B: "How We Are Struggling - The Methods"
… organizing manual, specifically targeting the August 22, 1984 elections for the new Tricameral Parliament ("Coloured" … organizing manual, specifically…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… government against Mozambique. Three years later (March 1984), the Nkomati Accord, was signed. In this agreement both …
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… Affairs (1982-1985); and National Education and Planning (1984-1989). In 1982 he became the Transvaal leader of the …
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… However, the official death toll was given on 7 November 1984 as 23. The boycott in Black townships impacted heavily … Fraser, R. (1984). Keesing's Records…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… of South Africa in 1978 and later its President from 1984-89, made his comments in a written statement issued …
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… older sister Jenny and they would often run together. In 1984,at the age of 17, Budd made history when she twice broke …
EventNine members of the ANC are officially banned in Dakawa, Tanzania
… to take office in the ANC structures; and (c) a group of 1984 mutineers who had been imprisoned by the ANC and …
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 3 August 1984. …
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… question is becoming daily more serious"' (Odendaal, 1984:36). The Afrikaners were mistaken, however, for at least … in African newspapers (Izwi labantu,…
ArchiveSecret Histories | South African Photographer David Goldblatt Reveals the Effects of Apartheid on His Native Land by Miss Rosen, 29 September 2016
… Transported of KwaNdebele: A South African Odyssey, 1983-1984 and Ex-Offenders at the Scene of Crime, 2008-2015, now … Transported of KwaNdebele: A South…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… paying Tenants were 47 families who arrived in November 1984. In an interview conducted by the Association for Rural … near Weenen were transported to…
EventPolitical activists seek refuge in the British Consulate in Durban
… did not hesitate to resort to harsh measures. In October 1984 Ramgobin, Sewpersadh and Naidoo decided to leave the …
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… pact, on the border between the two countries. On 16 March 1984, South Africa and Mozambique entered into a …
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… The "Moroka Three" were executed on the 9 June 1984. …
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… this attack, President Michel signed the Nkomati Accord of 1984 with South Africa, which pledged to end Mozambican …
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of African National Congress (ANC) … ‘A Miscarriage of Democracy: The ANC Security Dept. in the 1984 Mutiny of…
EventGerrie Coetzee becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title
… as he lost his title in his first defence to Greg Page in 1984. Coetzee had been plagued by arm injuries, and had …
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… business groupings particularly in the 1980s. From late 1984 onwards, a series of meetings between the exiled ANC and … them have not yet emerged in the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Affairs becoming the 42nd attack by ANC saboteurs in 1983. 1984 8 January, Oliver Tambo called on South Africans to … and explosions have occurred between…
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 11 May 1984. …
Imijondolo
… activist and community organizer between 1980 and 1984. Both Desmond Tutu's (then Bishop of Johannesburg) …
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… heels for organising a boycott of elections in August 1984 of the new Indian and Coloured chambers of Parliament …
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… beaten and burnt to death by an angry mob on 3 September 1984. They faced execution once convicted. Before the murder …