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The Harms Commission, appointed in December 1989 by the F.W. de Klerk government to investigate into state involvement in polit
… The Harms Commission, appointed in December 1989 by the F.W. de Klerk government to investigate into …
In his second progress report on the implementation of the United Nations 1989 Declaration on Apartheid and Its Destructive Con
… report on the implementation of the United Nations 1989 Declaration on Apartheid and Its Destructive Con …
The Weekly Mail reports that allegedly twenty people have died in taxi feuds in 1989 and many more seriously injured.
… Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race … that allegedly twenty people have died in…
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ArchivePress statement issued by the National Union of Namibian Workers [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989
… [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989 …
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
Ronald Kasrils was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 15 November 1938. His grandparents were immigrants from Latvia and Lithuania, who had fled from the…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born on the 31st of December 1931 near Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Her mother, Leeya Basolise Nyembe was the daughter of…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their nine children. Her…
BiographyBheki Mlangeni
… Sun City (Diepkloof Prison, Johannesburg). On 17 November 1989, prompted by the death row confessions of a police …
BiographyNils Severin Andersen
Andersen came to SA when his mariner father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he studied engineering. Family pressures…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
Cornelius Judah Fazzie was born in 1924 Queenstown Eastern Cape,but grew up largely in Tsolo.His migrant father worked in the Western Cape.He began school at…
BiographyKate O’Regan
Kate O’Regan was born in Liverpool, England. She grew up in Cape Town. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Cape Town in 1978 and her LL.B. (cum laude)…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
< Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk was born in Vredendal, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and…
BiographyChristiaan Neethling Barnard
Professor Chris Barnard led the team which performed the first human-to-human heart transplantation operation at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. The son of…
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph)…
BiographySipho Gumede
Sipho Gumede was born in Cato Manor, a then mainly Indian area in Durban. From a young age he showed interest in music, playing on a homemade guitar. He was…
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
John Jacques William Aitchison was born to Harold Aitchison and Phyllis Jacques, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 2 June 1944. He was brought up by his…
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… to their sentence. Masemola was released on 15 October 1989. On the eve of his release, Nelson Mandela asked to have …
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
Neil Hudson Aggett was born in Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy Aggett. He began his schooling in Kenya, and when his…
Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege
This archive consists of Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege
Durban Mayors and other city officials
This list is listed in chronological order, listing mayors of Durban, starting from 1854 to date. George Cato (1854 - 56) Edward Snell and Savery Pinsent…
BiographyErnest Methuen Mancoba
Ernest Methuen Mancoba was born in Turffontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng) on 29 August 1904. From 1920 to 1924 Mancoba trained as a teacher at the…
BiographySimon Moroke Lekgetho
Simon Moroke Lekgetho was born in Schoemansville near Hartebeespoort Dam in 1929. He was self-taught, despite lessons in drawing taught at the occupational…
BiographyIsaac Bokala
Isaac Bokala was born in 1929 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Bokala qualified as a teacher at the Wilberforce Institute, and in 1950 he began working at Total, the…
BiographyChris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the six children of…
BiographyRicardo Rangel
Ricardo Rangel was born on 15 February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his father was a…
President PW Botha says the 1989 elections will be scrapped and strong measures will be taken against groups having talks with
… President PW Botha says the 1989 elections will be scrapped and strong measures will be …
The Auditor-General’s report for the financial year 1989/90 reveals multi-million rand frauds and irregularities in the film in
… The Auditor-General’s report for the financial year 1989/90 reveals multi-million rand frauds and irregularities …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
1910 - 1919 1910 January 1, Indian Opinion reduced in size for financial reasons. January 6, Rev. Charles Phillips and J C. Gibson had an interview with…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… Released from Robben Island on appeal in December 1989, Popo continued as part of the national leadership of …