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ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… her own life is addressed in her novel So Long a Letter (1981). A new generation of African writers is taking the … resources compared to the global average…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… custody at the Palace of Justice, in Pretoria, is foiled. 01 June, The Boeremag treason trial’s oldest accused, Vis … they realised that there were informers…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… 1971 16 December, MK celebrates its 10th Anniversary. 1975 25 June, Mozambique receives its independence from Portugal … remaining six are sentenced to…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
Born in 1956, Mofokeng grew up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in Orlando East. Mofokeng’s initial experiences with…
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… as the Sharpeville Massacre . An order was issued on 25 March 1960 for the banishment of Sobukwe to the …
BiographySimon van der Stel
… describes the departure from the Cape to Namaqualand on 25 August and lists the number of people in the party and …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… 1980 – Prix d'Athene prize, Onassis Foundation, Greece. 1981 – Honorary Doctorate of Theology, Ruhr University, Bochum, West Germany. 1981 – Honorary…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 25; Muller, C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… expelled from the PAC. Vusumuzi Make became chairman until 1981 when John Pokela was released from Robben Island. In … of better leadership, however the PAC…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… his direction. Following the coup d'état in Portugal, on 25 April 1974, UNITA was the first to sign a ceasefire with …
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… his close friend, Mdudzi “Manqoba” Guma, during a raid in 1981. Gilder sings, “why don’t you sing something about … [ONLINE] Available at: http://mg.co.za/. …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… in Love Letters . Johannesburg: JR Ivy. FRESCURA, Franco . 1981. Rural Shelter in Southern Africa . Johannesburg: Ravan Press. 1981. Kwa-Mapoch - An Ndebele…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
Michael Leonard Roberts was born on 17 May 1954 in Cape Town.[i] Roberts was one of South Africa’s most renowned jockeys.[ii] Roberts was nicknamed “Muis” …
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… 24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884 25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders 26. … 83. South African Indian Council…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… African and Angolan forces fought their first battle in 1981. Two Angolan brigades including their Russian advisors … of revolt and warfare, 1966 – 1990,…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… to a funeral of COSAS member in KwaMashu, KwaZulu Natala, 1981. Photographer: Omar Badsha A year before the renaming to SANSCO, on 25 July 1985, President PW…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… to five years imprisonment, all of it was suspended. From 1981 until the un-banning of the ANC, he worked in an …
BiographyCecyl Esau
… recently in Parliament together with his enemies. During 1981 Esau decided to work for a community work agency called …
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… that his colleague, Sean Summers, a Pick 'n Pay veteran of 25 years, had the drive, endurance and passionate enthusiasm …
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… was a delegate to the Congress of the People held on the 25-26 June 1955 in Kliptown where the Freedom Charter …
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
… when the declaration was made in the Government Gazette on 25 February 1977. The status of National Monument was … War – Gymnasium, Central Junior High and…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 12 September, Steve Biko dies in a Pretoria prison. 1980 25 January, three ANC men take 25 hostages in the Pretoria suburb of Silverton, demanding … three…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… that the Gerhardts had been arrested, was also arrested on 25 January when he travelled to Zurich under the alias …
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
… responses to community emergencies and safety threats. Her 25-year involvement with community safety initiatives made …
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
… Mqotsi died at the Frere Hospital in East London, on 25 September 2009 at the age of 88. He is survived by his …
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… the Vice-President of the AAM, a position he holds until 1981. 1968 Huddleston becomes Bishop of Stepney – a suffragan … of the Church of the Province of the…
ArticleRock Art
… with the spiritual world possible (Lewis-Williams, D. 1981). Ethnology and oral history has been used to obtain … Lewis-William suggests in 'Believing and…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… African seeks death penalty in US,’from The Citizen, 01 May, [online] Available at www.citizen.co.za [Accessed: …
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… extent, it gained new force in the Cape Peninsula. On 25 March Phillip Kgosana, branch organiser of the PAC, led a … Van Schaik Academic, pp 390-396. Muller,…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… The ideological thrust of AZAPO was expressed at the 1981 AZAPO conference when a paper was read outlining that … Consciousness as a Driving Force', Ikwezi,…