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EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… solution to their challenges was the unification of the main African political organisations into the All African …
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… Parliamentarian Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabs main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to …
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… of Kuruman. The Moffats returned to Britain in 1870. The main achievement of Moffat was translating the Bible into …
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… was an affiliate of America’s Exxon. It was one of the main producers of petroleum products. Esso was one of the …
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… of office as Governor he occupied this house, and that the main rooms were renovated for his tenure. The homestead was … https://www.artefacts.co.za/main…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. In the 1980s, Gwala developed a motor neuron disease which left him …
EventIvory Coast's new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… prosperous countries in French West Africa, but by the 1980s was crippled by world-wide recession and …
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… home of the left" during his time as rector there in the 1980s. It was also clear in his appropriation and subversion … work. Whether on the barricades…
Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
… against the communist party-led Afghan government in the 1980s. More fundamentally for global capitalism: who of us … within the sociology department UCT…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… Control Council (MCC) due to significant evidence that its main active ingredient- an industrial solvent- was extremely … HIV/AIDS was heavily politicized…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… During her nineteen years of involvement with the GWU, the main fight was always over wages. Mashinini was always at the … Commercial Catering and Allied…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… in Moyi’s killing appeared in court a few months after the main trial. Veyusile Sharps Qoba was convicted for his part … of the 1970s following the Soweto…
Afrikaner
… of a new era of modern, original Afrikaans music. In the 1980s, musicians protested against the government of the day. … began with the “Groot Trek”. Around…
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
… to and from Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Its main object was to fly mail to connect with mail-boats. …
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… time Hertzog was still a member of the National Party. His main attack was aimed at B.J. Vorster whom he claimed had …
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… a junior general in the army. Thereafter he was one of the main organisers of a military coup that overthrew the …
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… such proportions that some historians regard them as the main reason for the collapse of the Portuguese empire. …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… a major gain with the NNP being the main casualty after 23 of its 32 councillors crossed to the …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The MDC became the main opposition to Mugabe’s regime. In 2009, he formed a …
This doccie about a SA photographer is worth the watch by Garreth Van Niekerk (channel24), 28 May 2017
… “the dying mines of South Africa”, to the shutdown of his 1980s exhibition in London by angry ANC members, all the way …
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… in 1983 and 1988. As the Cold War wound down in the late 1980s, Western powers were no longer willing to prop up …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… particularly the Transkei and the Border regions. In the 1980s the Transkei, which shared a common border with … reservoir. On 13 February 1983, one of…
ArchiveThe African National Congress in exile: strategy and tactics 1960-1993
… Africa and centres around the strategy and tactics of the main lliberation organization, the African National Congress, …
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… violence'. The high level talks were aimed at finding the main cause of violence and how to go about maintaining peace. …
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… on the Witwatersrand. They also attacked Johannesburg's main post office and power station in a mass protest that, in …
PlaceSilikamva High School, Penzance Estate-Hout Bay
… to well-adjusted and responsible adulthood. The Schools main feeder School is the Secondary in The Settlement of …
PlaceClocktower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… the structure with a clock, imported from Edinburgh, as a main feature. The red walls are the same colour as they were …
PlaceAir Force Museum, Port Elizabeth
… with a fine collection of models and pictures in the main exhibition hall. Interested aviation enthusiasts will …
EventMac Maharaj is born
… an underground commander, and a negotiator. He was the main accuser of Bulelani Ngcuka of abuse of power as Director …
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from the main deck cargo hold, caused the crash of the jet. The board …