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PlaceParliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town
… on a series of limited reforms in the early 1980's. In 1983, the Constitution was reformed to allow the Coloured and …
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… Duly convened in December 1968 this conference gave birth to an exclusively black higher education formation, the …
PlaceMohodi
… is available to help people apply for identity documents, birth certificates and social grants. We provide home-based …
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… in his head as he drove around on a fork-lift truck. In 1983 he joined the Metal and Workers Union, helping …
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… along with his fiancÁƒÂƒ©e Johanna (Jansie) Lourens in 1983. Both were convicted of treason, and on 24 November, …
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. …
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
What is Gender-Based-Violence and who does it affect? Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) is any violent act or action directed at a person on the basis of their…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… name it "Terra do Natal", which is Portuguese for "Land of Birth" (Christmas). 1498 Da Gama reaches the mouth of the …
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… to BPC, which was banned in 1977. But BPC inspired the birth of other political formations focusing on specific …
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… insurrectionary climate made them die long before their birth. The so-called the Great Indaba was nothing more than … or a demon in the eyes of white South…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… assassination attempts.Deployed to Maputo, Mozambique. 1983-1984 Plays a key role in suppressing the mutiny in MK camps in Angola. 1983 Hani is appointed…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… attacked 12 ANC 'terrorist targets' within Lesotho. 1983 20 May, 19 South African Defence Force (SADF) and South … Following the African National Congress ’s…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
When Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be observed that the…
Conflict among civic organisations
… in the breaking away of 40 organisations from the DBAC in 1983 who renamed their new organisation the Cape Action …
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983. And it was the influence of these NEUM members in …
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… and sponsored by government in most of its activities. In 1983 NUSAS forged an alliance with the newly formed United …
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… almost as she was when I last saw her in London. 31 March 1983 Had it not been for your visits, wonderful letters and … a collection of sacred words, but God…
PlaceNewlands
… buildings and land have a colourful history, being the birth place of Ohlssons Brewery and Continental China. …
Cable to the United Nations, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, November 25, 1948
… to be considered equal partners in the land of their birth. If this could not be achieved then total apartheid …
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… (The People’s Theatre Group), also known as Janam (Birth), has created original plays for the past 40 years; …
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… the last several years away from the limelight. With the birth of his son Sean in 1975, Lennon put his career on hold …
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… every 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. Nightingale made a significant contribution to nursing …
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… soil was Bartholomew (or Bartolomeu) Dias. Details of his birth and ancestry are unknown, and the first mention of his …
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… 26 June 1999, the moment of the Anti-Apartheid Movement's birth was celebrated in a symposium and exhibition recording …
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… the squalid conditions of the Number Four prison cells. In 1983, the Prison was shut down. However, this has now been …
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… site and built with face brick in 1955, was replaced in 1983 with a new church hall located to the back of the …
PlaceHankey
… during which she was cajoled into leaving her place of birth to be exhibited as a ‘freak’ in the UK and Europe. … during which she was cajoled into leaving…
PlaceColigny, North West Province
… of the first locomotive blew over the area, signalling the birth of a Town. Even though it was built on the Farm …
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
… is significant as the birthplace of the UDF. On 20 August 1983, over 4000 people gathered inside the hall where various …
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
… here because you have to start again. The accident of your birth should have condemned you to a village. Circumstances … us and occupied this theatre of…