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PlacePeelton
(prior to 1910) Umxelo was established in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Society. At that stage it was popularly…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… declared a series of back-to-back states of emergency from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, a number of organisations including … non-active patrons. Trade Unions in…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… (DISA) In contrast to the Emergency declared in 1960, the 1985 and 1986 crackdown resulted in more arrests than ever before. On 20 July 1985, President PW…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… a mass scale. Partial SOEs have been declared in 1960 and 1985 and National SOEs declared in 1986,1987,1988 and 1989 … under emergency regulations was first…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in 1985. South African History Online (SAHO) is marking this …
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… battles on 13 January and 14 and 15 February followed. On 23 March 1988 the SADF launched its last major attack on … It is argued that the actions of the…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… in 1989. This was in response to a clarion call by the 1985 inaugural congress of the trade union federation COSATU …
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… views. The WCCA was aligned to the UDF, but in July 1985 Ngxobongwana broke ties with the UDF. In 1986 the WCCA …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… Mission Station in the Letaba District of Limpopo. 23 October, African demonstrators shot in Port Elizabeth . … is born in Kasai, in the Northern Province of…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… this percentage dropped to 10, 9% (Walker 1991, 23). …
Lerato Maduna
… Lerato Maduna was born in Soweto in 1985. Studied various courses in photography at The Market …
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… cars or walk to the venue. The programme will start at 09:00 with musical performances and the formal programme will …
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… 8,082.54 ZAR with exchange rate 18.6234 for today-2023/09/06) …
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
This Building has since been given over to the National Cultural History Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 September…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… for their cause, urging other mineworkers to join them. 23 August, The Marikana Commission of Inquiry is appointed by … of the tragic incidents at the Lonmin…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… escaped the country into Botswana then went to London. In 1985, Mugabe dismissed an Amnesty International report on …
PlaceComrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
… Steyn broke Elena Nurgalieva's 2006 up-run record of 6:09:24 with a spellbinding time of 5:58:53. The down-run … https://themarathon.co/2017/09/13/comrades…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… n/a 5,279 Mar-08 79,696 82 18 330 74,747 n/a n/a 4,949 Mar-09 79,696 82 18 545 75,400 108 n/a 4,296 Mar-10 79,696 82 18 …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… was released after spending less than a year in jail. In 1985 South Africa accused Botswana of allowing ANC guerrillas … to pursue ‘terrorists’ into Botswana…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… leaving the Zulu Column determined to march to Luanda. On 23 October 1975 FNLA troops attacked Morro de Cal and pushed … used strategies to stop the South…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… political parties, she decided to return. During the 1985 elections Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf campaigned against Doe, … new president was postponed, pending an…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee member of TUCSA. …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… On 31 January 1985 State President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela , … to this effect at a rally in Soweto on 10 February 1985. He states that the ANC's…
PlacePietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
On 3 March 1874, the Pietermaritzburg Botanical Garden was founded. It was run by the newly formed Pietermaritzburg Botanical Society until 1969, when it was…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… of the Feetham Commission are accepted. 1943 23 February, The area is officially named Pageview in honour … but left with few options Mr. Saheb and his…
Liberation organisations
… Leave) or failed to turn up for their basic training. By 1985, the number of conscripts who failed to report for … to pay rent or service fees to the…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… ↵ [viii]Rand Daily Mail, 7 November 1975; in Platzky, L. 1985.The surplus people: forced removals in South Africa. … url number does not link me to the site …
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… of the ANC. 1976 Moroka retires as a medical practitioner. 1985 10 November, Moroka dies at Thaba Nchu. 1993 6 February, …
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… of the United Nations in charge of the Centre. 1985 February Mr Reddy retires from the United Nations but …