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ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… history since its inception, this article will focus on MK's more recent past - the years from 1984 to 1994. Other … other infrastructure. Such acts…
PlaceCabo Verde
… Verde as the nation now prefers to be called) is located on an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the West … point of Portugal's colonial Empire…
Document 89 “People’s Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa”, The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
… A "broad" League against fascism and war was duly formed -on paper, of course; and, when the Italo-Abyssinian War broke … the hard-earned democratic rights ,…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Bar. Having no means, I found odd jobs to support myself. On the 31st March 1927, I was appointed part-time secretary … Act. I was also appointed secretary…
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… Situated on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. … the Montagu Pass ). The Montagu Pass was officially opened on the 19th January 1848…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… probation, discipline and standards of conduct, report on a visit to the Soviet Union, a meeting with the CPSU … with members of the editorial board of…
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… The earliest structure known to have been erected on this property was a 'Hartbeeshuisie', belonging to farmer: … was declared a National Monument under old…
PlaceErica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth
… W White-Cooper, and was built by HJ Beckett. It was opened on 4 November 1903 by Dr Thomas Muir, then … was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
EventThe SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
… International Communication. The move resulted in changes on leadership level, with Dr E. Rhoodie retiring from public service on 1 July 1978, to be replaced…
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
… the Kimberley General Hospital between midnight and 01h00 on February 27, 1978. Sobukwe died of lung complications … requested that he should be granted…
The Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the Soweto uprisings, holds its first public hearing
… Cillié Commission of Inquiry into the uprisings in Soweto on 16 June, 1976, held its first public hearing in Johannesburg. Evidence was taken on the extent…
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for the referendum on South African reform process, which was set in motion by him back on 2 February 1990. The…
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… On 29 January 1991 a summit meeting was held in Durban … their commitment to political tolerance and called on the security forces to play an effective peace…
EventSipho Ngomane of South Africa wins the 80th Comrades Marathon in Durban.
… running at the age of 16 after playing soccer initially. On 16 June 2005, Ngomane won the 80th Comrades Marathon race, … the second youngest to win the race…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… National Congress. He was born in Wynberg in Cape Town on the 13th June 1923, the son of Florence, a housewife, and … was formed by his teachers who…
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… Sekano Ntoane, was born in Hebron, Pretoria. Ntoane served on what was then the Education Advice Council and on the Council of the University of the North…
EventFirst aeroplane flight takes place
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright … piloted the first flight, lasting only twelve seconds. On the fourth and final flight of the…
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… Letter from Neville Curtis, President of NUSAS, reporting on the reason for opposition to the sale of "instruments of … Students Organisation and a…
EventGeorge Walker, co-discoverer with George Harrison of the gold reef of the Witwatersrand, dies in poverty in Krugersdorp.
… It is widely accepted that the gold reef on the Witwatersrand was discovered by George Harrison. What … version of events was supported by evidence. Walker…
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… were designed by Frank Taylor, and were officially opened on 19 December 1907 by the then Governor of the Orange River … was declared a National Monument…
PlaceWagon Museum
… This Museum is situated on the same premises as the First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein … area. In 2009, a new display was included which focused on the various…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… [Last year, I wrote to a comrade to engage him on an article he had written in one of the local newspapers to engage him on one of the issues he raised, i.e…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… since the day Sibongile “Promise” Khumalo placed a note on her mother’s old gramophone. “By the time you read this, I … Genesis, by the government. The…
Harry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
… Harry Beltsazer Hart was born in Harrismith, Free State on 2 September 1905. [i] He attended the University of the … vault. [iv] Hart was selected to…
The Clanwilliam Arts Project / Lantern Festival 2017
… Arts Project/ Lantern Festival . The project starts on the 24th of September and the facilitators and learners … are enacted for the community. The…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… William “Willie” Alexander Smith was born in Johannesburg on 4 July 1904.[i] Smith’s boxing debut took place on 20 June 1925.[ii] Willie Smith was South…
PlaceRehoboth
… Rehoboth is a Town in Central Namibia and lies on a high elevated plateau with several hot springs. Khoikhoi … means 'smoke' from the steam seen, at the hot…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
… a leopard joining your siesta in the shade of a Withaak on the slopes of Abjaterskop Mountain. But that’s all changed … – and bigger cats too – for the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.2 1992
… Contents: Comment, A. W. Oliphant. Stories: An Owl on the Rooftop, Linda Colleen Saunders; Makoti, Makhanda … Changes, Mohamed Patel; By Strandfontein,…
PlaceMagwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
… only a fifty minute drive from Port St Johns , (43,0 km) on the R61. "The Magwa Waterfall is pretty impressive!" It is one of few Waterfalls on the rugged…