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ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… and Maria Leviens aboard le Cappel on route to Mauritius. 25 May 1646 : His father, Adrian van der Stel dies in the …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Interview with Frances Baard by T. Lodge, 18 February 1981. Karis and Carter, Documents on African Politics, …
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… steadily to win the Comrades eight years in succession (1981-1988) and again in 1990. No other runner has achieved …
EventSouth African poet Vincent Oliphant is born
… vloei in stilte (Blood flows in silence), was published in 1981, and comprised personal poems. In 1995 he received the …
EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… at African Music and Drama Association. In 1980 and 1981 he was instructor at FUBA. Between 1966 and 1987 he …
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… of the South African Council of Churches. On 16 April 1981, Tutu was arrested by the South African government and … Devries, H., (1981), S. African police…
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… and UDF activist Griffiths Mxenge. Mxenge was murdered in 1981 and his mutilated body was found near Umlazi Stadium …
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 20 February 1981. It appears that some time during Sir George Grey's term …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… not adhering to the UN mandated boycott. For example in 1981, Frank Sinatra was paid 1.79 million US dollars for nine … majority of South Africans during…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… was shot to death on June 30 in the Alexandra Township. 25 July, Senior ANC member, Sathyandranath ‘Mac’ Maharaj and … following fifteen months the SACP…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… men, women and children were killed and about 200 wounded. 25 March, Representativesof 29 African and Asian members … any meaningful discussion of the future…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… 150 strikers, about 100 decided to continue the strike. By 25 January the company agreed to raise wages by R3,00 a week … the first wage offer 250 workers…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… 8th, 1982 - A year of Unity in Action January 8th, 1981 - The Year of the Youth January 8th, 1980 - The Year …
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… Hector Peterson’s tombstone was unveiled on 16 December 1981. Hector Peterson’s tombstone was also a dedication to …
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 July 1981. …
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… Egyptian Prime Minister Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981. …
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… in Fine Arts at UNISA at the age of 35. On 24 October 1981, the Walter Battiss Art Gallery at Somerset East was …
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January 1981, where more than 14 uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) cadres were … O’Malley, P. ‘1981’ , from Nelson…
PlaceSenegal
… Senghor retired from politics and handed power in 1981 to his successor Abdou Diouf. Diouf was president from 1981-2000. In the presidential election of 2000…
EventSA joins World War II
… Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 512. Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd …
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… officially signed and workers started to return to work on 25 June 2014. It was expected that a return to full …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… statue and pays tribute to her at memorial meeting. March 25, Wires High Commissioner objecting to rigorous enforcement … to leave on account of children's…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… On 25 May, 1963, the first African organisation after … , [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 25 April 2012] …
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… representing all the people of South Africa. 1961 25-26 March, The All-in African Conference is held in … Accord is signed. This is the first multi-party…
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… and Mvula Nduna. The casualties were buried on 14 February 1981. …
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
… studying at Rorke's Drift and completed the course in 1981. Davis has contributed to literary magazines, books on …
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
… about labour and Wiehahn commission. Related: References: (1981).' Unions to defy laws', in Grassroots, Vol 2. No 6. …
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… this lull in cross border violations was short lived. By 1981, destabilisation activities commenced. Shops, fuel … installations etc were targets. In…
Learning about history through writing
… Africa hosted and won Rugby World Cup which took place 25 May-24 June 1995, and was the first major sporting event …
ArchiveUne aube nouvelle jaillet
… 25th Anniversary of the ANC. 1955-1980. Artwork of numbers 25 with photographs of various scenes inside the numbers. …