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ArchiveRelations with Other Groups Committee report
… Union of South African Students, Durban, 29 Nov-3 Dec 1983. Included in report is the information that the National …
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… conducted in Johannesburg, with Alexander Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African …
EventFirst ANC Conference in SA in three decades
… and 1989; the launching of the United Democratic Front in 1983; and the release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990. …
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… dedicated to them on the SAHO site) Part 1 The Afrikaners: Birth of a people The emergence of an Afrikaner people, with … van Jaarsveld wrote that Preller…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… a range of documents, including a photograph, place of birth, employment records, tax payments and criminal records, … through its Youth League for the first…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… work stoppage because they did not know Dr Neil Aggett. In 1983, three Black trade unions were forced resign because of …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… of sermons and addresses: 1982 – Crying in the Wilderness. 1983 – Hope & Suffering: Sermons and Speeches. 1989 – The …
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 July 1983. The Confidence Reef was discovered by the Struben … a National Monument under old NMC…
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by the announcement by …
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… political consciousness. In addition, it also became the birth place of many of South Africa’s strongest trade unions. …
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… on several of important documents which include: your birth certificate; death certificate, school and marriage …
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
Queenstown was founded in 1853. It was intended to be a Military Outpost designed to protect the British subjects from attack during the time of the Frontier…
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
… Maxwele was joined by other students, resulting in the birth of #RhodesMustFall. …
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… renamed "Macassar", in honour of Sheikh Yusuf's place of birth. …
EventLiberia is established
… Liberia instead of being sent back to their countries of birth - these colonists formed an influential group in …
PlaceDe Beers Building, 88 St Georges Street, Simonstown
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 October 1983. …
EventSeparate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 1968 is enacted
… of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act No 110 of 1983. …
EventBophuthatswana drops squatting charges against Bosplaas residents
… were arrested for squatting under the Land Control Act of 1983, which made squatting illegal for people without …
EventEducationist Godfrey Nakene is born
… from University of Witwatersrand. He died in January 1983 on his farm Kameelrivier in Groblersdal district. The …
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… said, to make the African “a pariah in the land of his birth.” (1914: 1). Africans who had purchased land outside of … effects on communities and people…
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 September 1983. …
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
… he was advised to flee to Zambia. He stayed in Zambia from 1983 until 1986 and continued serving in the National …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt and his wife are sentenced to life imprisonment
… on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. On 26 January, 1983, the South African government announced at a special … O’Malley P. ‘1983’ , from Nelson…
Address at the opening of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban 12 November 1999
… and democratic South Africa to which you helped to give birth. Your struggle and ours, to which the late Mwalimu … as the man and woman in the street. The…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… country was robbed of the citizenship of the land of his birth - South Africa... He died whilst on a mission on behalf …
EventSouth African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born
… television series called Gcina and Friends on SABC. In 1983 Gcina was a leading actress in a play called Umongikazi …
EventMK operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung are executed
… On 9 June 1983, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry …
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. Donkin Street is a famous tourist street located in …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in South Africa since 1945, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1983. Interview with Frances Baard by South African Institute …