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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…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… for the event, was sung. In 1994, this iconic day in history was deemed to become National Woman’s Day. However, … frontline of this significant occasion in…
EventTwo limpet mines explode in Hillbrow
… limpet mines explode at the South African Defence Force (SADF) Transvaal Medical Command, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. The limpet mines were seen by a member of…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… Ebersohn and Eamon Ryan, who profiled the group and its history in 1998, record that Ackerman was sent to … In the event Cape Town lost its bid two years…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… the Voortrekker youth movement and the National Cultural History Museum in Pretoria . Six schools were named after … private papers are kept in the Institute…
EventBus drivers strike because of lack of protection
… drivers. Arranged police and South African Defence Force (SADF) protection proved to be inadequate. The SADF provided protection for only three days, while…
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… The life of Maggie Bopalamo tracks the history of the Rustenburg area in a remarkable fashion. …
BiographyZweledinga Pallo Jordan
… Umkhonto we Sizwe , employing his academic background in history to compile a syllabus for political training.In 1979, …
BiographyMandla Langa
… the Foundation for Global Dialogue and South African History Online. He married June Josephs, owner of Xarra Books …
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… Swaziland, where his strong attachment to Zulu culture and history is said to have earned him the affection of the aged …
BiographyGovin Reddy
… leaders. Reddy was a bright student graduating in history and continued to excel at sports. With growing … and at the time subversive, version of South…
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… Thami Mnyele was shot dead by South African Defence Force (SADF) soldiers outside his home in Gaborone. He was due to … works that were packed into a…
EventThe participants at the multi-party forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence force
… regulated by parliament. The South African Defence Force (SADF) would also be phased out and replaced by the National Defence Force, which would comprise the…
BiographyMhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship . … Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …
BiographyPixie Benjamin
… “List of people banned under Apartheid”, South African History Online, (Accessed 5 February 2020), … 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August”, South African…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… of the police and the South African Defence Force (SADF) was to be put in place. The South African Police (SAP) … homelands, would replace the South African…
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
… new theatre forms that drew on the country’s cultural history, the onus fell on independent initiatives. Some rural … to stage struggle plays (drama about…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… 1992 Into this sketchy collage which is Lesotho, the SADF came with enormous firepower to kill "ANC terrorists" … How do you tell a Mosotho from a South…
EventNon military national service for objectors
… non-combatant service in the South African Defence Force (SADF), for the same time period as normal military service; non-combatant service in the SADF in…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… personal with [him].” [xvii] He began a masters in African history, but was a few months into this degree when the … be called up to serve in the South…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… campaign at Wits University in 1974, and planning the ‘History of opposition’ campaign in the same year, which aimed …
BiographyArchie Mafeje
… in his life at the time was Livingstone Mqotsi , a history teacher. After completing high school, Archie …
BiographyMimi Coertse
… a successful career. She became the youngest singer in the history of the State Opera to be appointed to the permanent …
BiographyNöel Robb
… as honorary life Vice President, in tribute to her long history of leadership and service to the organization. In …
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… the longest period of banning (33 years) in South African history and endured the longest house arrest (18 years),he … T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… forces in KwaZulu-Natal attacked bus drivers, the SAP and SADF just stood by and did nothing to assists the victims. At … was one of the bloodiest and most…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… African Police (SAP) and the South African Defence Force (SADF) to adopt tight security measures. Nothing was done to … hostel, known to be an ANC stronghold…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… hit-squads. On 11 February 1990, the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to the existence of a secret unit called the … Magnus Malan, were demoted in July. The…
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
… former commander of the South African Defence Force (SADF), denied accusations on two mass graves brought against … just before UN peacekeepers formally took…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… as the terrorist threat. The South African Defence Force (SADF) engaged in a number of military incursions and …