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ArchiveUDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
… United Democratic Front was launched in Cape Town in Agust 1983 to unite a broad range of organisations against the new …
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… National Party (NP) in parliament. Source: Gastrow .S. (1983). Who's Who in South African Politics: Vol 2, …
EventP.W. Botha is born
… from 1978 until 1984. Botha became president after 1983 constitutional amendments, which made provision for the …
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 …
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… did not prevent her from working towards change, and in 1983 she helped found the United Democratic Front (UDF). [36] … Lamontville experienced significant…
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. …
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …