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EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… trials. He joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983, which led to him being closely watched by the Apartheid …
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
… Democratic Front (UDF) conference held on 23 January, 1983 in Johannesburg Allen Boesak called for the formation of … A History of United Democratic Front in…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… Chief Subeditor. He died in Johannesburg on 4 May 1983. …
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… alleged to be part of a ZAPU-led coup attempt. On 5 March, 1983, six hundred members of ZAPU were arrested by Robert …
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…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… numerous Significant Buildings. His exact Town of birth, is disputed and even his Architectural Education is …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… and later other political activists, paved the way for the birth of a Democratic South Africa . …
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… Greenwood Press, London. Page 34. ↵ [lix] Thornton, John. 1983. The Kingdom of Kongo: Civil War and Transition, … 4 (1977), pp. 507-530. Page 520. ↵ [lxi] …
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… with mass politicisation of the oppressed peoples. The 1983 constitution was roundly criticised in opposition … Military Intelligence Headquarters in…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… non-racialism and internationalism. On 19 September 1983, Dadoo died while in exile in London. …
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… training in Odessa, Kishinev and Moscow. [iii] 1979 - 1983 Appointed chief representative of the ANC in Madagascar. …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… January 8th, 1984 - The Year of the Women January 8th, 1983 - The Year of United Action January 8th, 1982 - A …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… J. Dempster kitchen as the press room. The kitchen gave birth to the four-page tabloid that cost three pence, now …
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… government's strategy to eradicate the Freedom Charter at birth had failed. …
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr John Philip, paid a visit to the Eastern Cape. His aim was to…
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… he founded Skuzo, a printmaking studio in Johannesburg in 1983 and the Hammanskraal Art Project, north of Pretoria. …
EventAllan Boesak is born
… also a founding member of the United Democratic Front in 1983. In 1991 he was elected chairperson of African National …
EventUDF is launched
… Centre in Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town on 20 August 1983. Its inception was inspired by the union of … A History of the United Democratic Front in South…
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… of a Tricameral Parliament. The Act commenced on 1 August 1983 and was repealed by the Constitution of Republic of …
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… Prison and on Robben Island until his release in 1978.In 1983, during the launch of the United Democratic Front …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
… and Change, A.W. Oliphant. ESSAY: Serote's, To Every Birth Its Blood within Southern Africa's, Literature of …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.2 Jun 1980
… Contents and Contributors Stories: Orphaned Before Birth by John Gambanya, November ’76 by Paul Hotz, Home …
EventHumphrey Khoza, former chief executive officer of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd and director of several other companies, is born in Germiston
… he was banned from working outside of his place of birth until South Africa became a democratic nation. Among …
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… suffering a nervous breakdown in the Pretoria High Court. 08 October, The Boeremag treason trial is delayed in the …
EventMarsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born
… Cox was born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 13 January 1983. She is a South African hockey legend. Marsha is one of …
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… Democratic Front during the years of its ascendance, 1983-88. Often they lacked the political sophistication of …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… in camera. Gerhardt was arrested in 1982, sentenced in 1983 to life imprisonment for passing military secrets. While …
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983 had been tabled and approved by parliament and was due …
EventThe Conservative Party is formed
… party's first test at the ballot box came in the all-White 1983 referendum. Although voters could not vote for political …
EventIvorian Footballer, Arouna Kone, is born in Anyama, Ivory Coast
… Kone was born in Anyama, CÁ´te d'Ivoire on 11 November 1983. Kone began his football career as a player for his …