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EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… financial support for the party throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Oppenheimer was chairman of Anglo American Corporation …
PlaceMohodi
… continued to arrive in the area from Mphakane up to the 1980s. Mphakane was a village about 50km north of Pietersburg …
PlaceAlbertville, Johannesburg
… of the Population, of the Suburb. Whilst English, is the main Language spoken followed closely by Afrikaans, this is …
EventThe Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris
… Committee against Apartheid was established in 1963. Its main objective was to promote active United Nations …
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
… his rivals’ disputing the April election’s results. His main rivals were MuhammadBuhari of the All Nigeria People's …
Twenty-four people are killed in Operation Beanbag in Maputo, Mozambique.
… is "mistakenly identified" as Joe Slovo, one of the raid's main targets, by the South African forces and is shot at a …
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… the ANC relocated its headquarters to Morogoro, but its main military camp was at Kongwa. The watershed Morogoro … outlined the purpose of BOSS was passed…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… president of the newly formed ANC Youth League, were the main speakers. Lembede warned Albertina that she was marrying … contact with the ANC leadership in…
PlaceAbraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
… River Colony, Abraham Fischer . The men's hostel and the main building were the first to be erected on the site of the …
EventZanzibar and Kenya are admitted to the United Nations.
… organisation was founded in 1945 after World War II. Its main objective is to prevent war between countries and to …
PlaceGrey College Complex, Bloemfontein
… The main Grey College Building was designed by Architect WH …
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… the provisions of the Restitution of Land Rights Act. Its main objective is to make provision for the restitution of … 2011citing lack of funds amongst other…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… AmaNdebele, most notably by Hendrick Potgieter from his main laager at Vegkop. The Battle of Vegkop, while signalling … a "Manifesto" the reasons for the…
PlaceOld General Post Office, Grand Central, Cape Town
… The exterior displays some interesting carvings and the main hall has six outstanding panels around the walls …
EventThe Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… of violence and were not politically motivated. During the 1980s APLA came up with the provocative slogan of "One …
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs' (CAD)
… battle to have their political rights recognized. By the 1980s, a Tricameral Parliament was created, in which …
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… and national history. The well-maintained homestead and main dwelling were built in 1780 in the Cape vernacular … farmyard in South Africa. The farm’s…
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… The Port Elizabeth Opera House and Barn Theatre is the main venue for dramatic productions and shows in the Eastern … at night. There are two theatres in…
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… and eventually resulted in the discovery of the Main gold reef in 1886. The first payable gold on the Rand … and eventually resulted in the discovery of the…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… were for religious or pacifist reasons. Then in the early 1980s came the first overtly "political" objectors - Billy …
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… period of mass opposition politics during the 1970s and 1980s, SASO and SANSCO didn't need to formulate concrete …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… increased both in intensity and frequency throughout the 1980s and 1990s. 1994 and beyond COSATU is a strategic …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… that Whites graduates got jobs. In the mid-1970s and 1980s, new ethnic universities were built for homelands such …
PlaceBoulders Beach, Simons Town
… the seaside Village of: ' Simons Town ', turn left off main road to Boulders Visitor Centre to visit the famous …
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… in his family until; 1903. During this time an impressive main homestead, built in a Georgian style, as well as two …
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was the main target of the commission. …
EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
… Ambassador to South Africa, Sir John Nicholls, made three main recommendations. They were: the British government …
Disbanding, 1990-1991
… and unitary South Africa. The UDF had indeed won its main demands. 1991. Poster SAHA collection On 2 February, …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… that there were several trade unions in Luderitz. The main union was the Universal Negro Improvement Association …
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… the Afrikaner Broederbond (AB). The organisation had one main aim: to further Afrikaner nationalism in South Africa - …