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Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… in their wages, often twice what they are earning. On 23 January 2014, almost 70 000 platinum mine workers went on … settled for a pay increase spread over…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… survive. The 1963 Publications and Entertainments Act No 23 had just been passed in South Africa which forbade … experience, but our national, African…
ArchiveSWAPO Solidarity Freedom Justice
… red green black on white; SWAPO flag; text: 19th April 1985 25th Anniversary SWAPO Solidary Freedom Justice South West African People's Organisation 1960…
Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… of Inkululeko-Freedom , which was re-named Umsebenzi in 1985, as a mouthpiece of the party was also important. As to … to have acted in breach of this…
ArchiveA theological rationale and a call to prayer for the end to unjust rule
… statement accepted for distribution by the SACC, April 6, 1985 regarding theological rationale and a call to prayer for … in Journal of Theology for South…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… out that their property contains payable gold deposits. 23 December, The Mining Commissioner is instructed to issue … J.W Sauer. 15 March, The first Hospital…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… catalogue. Exhibitions were mounted annually from 1983-1985, and again in 1988 for Staffrider’s 10th anniversary. … in Africa 7, no. 2 (September 1980): 28. …
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… was tabled for debate and voting the following day. On 23 September 2008, MPs voted overwhelmingly with 299 votes … rubber-stamps Mbeki resignation' from…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Africa (online PDF), available at: gcis.gov.za [Accessed 23 March 2010] Kohler, S (2004). Focus: 'Langa: ICASA … (online), 30 June, available at: polity.org…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… students there were, estimates range from 1 000 to 10 000. 09:00 The march was halted and some people helped Tietsi … and they retreated to await further…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… the front cover of National Geographic's February Issue. 1985 Magubane was shot 17 times below the waist at a …
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… of South Africa - UNCORS). The vote was 35 to 1, with 23 abstentions. 21 December, The General Assembly of the … on the Security Council resolution of 1…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… held in Johannesburg and are to be charged with sedition. 23 March, Robert Sobukwe, President of the PAC and Kitchener … of Foreign Financing of Political…
EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
… bombing [online] Available at: www.iol.co.za [Accessed 23 July 2010] Truth and Reconciliation Commission Amnesty … [online] Available at: www.justice.gov.za …
Rally to commemorate Joseph Sithole’s funeral
… On 23 September 1984 the apartheid regime banned the funeral of … were arrested at Evaton Cemetery, Sebokeng. On Tuesday, 23 September 2014, this event will…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… about the photographers and their work. In the spring of 1985, a second improved edition of the book was produced. … Gille de Vlieg, Jabulani Sikhakhane and…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… at the timeline. Fietas was officially renamed Pageview on 23 February 1943, in honour of Mr. J.J. Page, the Mayor of …
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… the Shades of Robben Island, (Realities, 2002. pp.22-23) …
EventThe Alabama, American raider of the Southern States during the American Civil War, arrives in Saldana Bay for provisions
… career [online] Available at: www.nytimes.com [Accessed 23 July 2010] Here comes the Alabama [online] Available at: www.jason-stevens.com [Accessed 23 July…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… while Kuzwayo was still in high school, aged 16 (Kuzwayo 1985, 84). The name Cholofelo was given to her by her birth … meaning “the one who arrives on a…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 12 April, Foundation stone laid for the new Town Hall. 23 May, Lord Selbourne arrives in Pretoria. Lady Selbourne … people attend an Afrikaner Volkswag rally…
EventAbout 130 people are reported drowned or missing when a Nigerian boat capsizes along the coast Cameroon
… way to Gabon capsized on the Atlantic coast of Cameroon on 23 March 2005. 130 passengers are said to have drowned and only 23 survived. The boat had departed…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… that they should focus more on black needs. In November 1985, at the Transvaal provincial congress, some Africanists …
ArchiveBoycott the Can
… and after a week hired 3 white workers; On the 22 October 1985 workers went on strike demanding the dismissal of the … be hired from the retrenched ones.; On…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… crew of 473 who reaches Delagoa Bay on foot, and one of 23 to be ultimately rescued. 1564 An account of the shipwreck …
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… houses were built by the state for Africans as well as 23 hostels (South African Institute for Race Relations, 1951: … areas (South African Institute for…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… member of the ANC and SACP, passes away at the age of 83. 23 July, ANC stalwart and member of the National Assembly, … Party (NNP), officially becomes a…
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… 2014, http://forums.ssrc.org/african-futures/2014/12/09/citizens-revolt-in-burkina-faso/ [5] Sidwaya , November …