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EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… South Africans, it became known as the ANC in 1923, and it main aim was to seek the political, social and economic …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… - nobody was silent." The Johannesburg Declaration was the main outcome of the Summit. Critics dismissed it as lacking …
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… Municipal boundaries. The area took its name from the main street, named after Sir George Grey, the British …
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… of the South African Republic, W. Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to other major mining towns on …
“Dockers and solidarity activism: from the Durban Strikes to choke points in today’s global economy” by Peter Cole
… to unload cargo from South Africa from 1962 through the 1980s. Similarly, Durban dockers used this same tactic to …
PlaceKings Park Stadium, Durban
… similar reasons. It was renovated two times, once in the 1980s and once before the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The soccer …
PlaceBlaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand
… family and friends. The BBNR has been a concept since the 1980s. In 1996, conservation Area status was conferred on …
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… Other bands believed that the healing came from the main god. … painting shows a San figure gaining great power from his main god. The San were said to use…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Subsequently Johannesburg and Cape Town were to become the main FSAW centres. An energetic, skilled organiser who had … intimidation, and the banning of…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… the events and tactics employed in the resistance of the 1980s had their roots in the Soweto uprising. The first shot … with the ANC, which had gained much…
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… Ferreira founded a the Wayne Ferreira Trust Fund, with the main aim of financially supporting young South African tennis …
PlaceAmatikulu, a Nature Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… River. The 4 x 4 trail in the Amatikulu is probably the main attraction and even sedans can manage the initial part …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… Darro that ultimately caused the sinking of the Mendi. The main witnesses in the investigation were the masters of the …
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… decided to establish a fire brigade for the town, with its main station next to Greenmarket Square. A vacant lot facing …
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… along the edge of the lawns on the Seaside Walkway. The main reason for staying in the pretty Bay of the City is the …
PlaceElim
… which dominates the village, lie on the axis of the main road! …
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… in Natal and the Cape. Subsequent to discovery of the main gold reef on the Rand in 1886 the matter gained even …
PlaceLoftus Versveld Stadium, Hatfield
… that it needed to be for this prestigious event. The main areas that needed upgrades were the floodlights, the …
PlaceAlbert Jackson School, Port Elizabeth
… surroundings! The first pupils were welcomed into the main three-storey Building on 11 July, 1973, and every year, …
PlaceGod’s Window
… reserves which have made the area one of South Africa's main wildlife destinations. God's Window is a small part of a …
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… imposing Neo-Dutch Renaissance gable situated above the main entrance and forming part of the street facade. The … https://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… Natal (1873-75). At the heart of the town and just off the main road lies the Pinetown Library complex housing both the …
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
… Newspaper proprietors and editors of all the main South African newspapers, both English and Afrikaans, … L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… Transkei, a Black 'homeland'. The dissidents attacked the main army camp in Umtata, capital of the Transkei . The coup …
EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… abolition of slavery has been historically treated as the main cause of the Great Trek, there were other equally …
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… five orange trees (although the orange trees are in the main courtyard, not in front of the building). By the end of …
PlaceHazyview
… post due to its location that met in the middle of six main roads connecting the Province. Before the Town was …
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… to protest curbs on student activities. During the early 1980s struggles around SRCs were mainly confined to the universities and technikons. From the mid…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… the other liberation groupings. In Botswana in the early 1980s, exile political activity declined, both in frequency … was not until the outbreak of popular…
PlaceSouth African College High School
… 186 year-old record of growth and excellence, SACS in the 1980s and early 90s, led the Open Schools’ Movement, making …