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BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… minister, was Acting and Intermediate Prime Minister. From 12 January 1960 to 30 April 1961 Swart was the ninth and last …
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… in the (second) Treaty of Aliwal North, concluded on 12 February 1869. Brand was allowed to keep territory on the …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… cannot teach African children”. In 1952, when Ela was 12 years old, her father started going to Defiance Campaign … 2013 [online], Available at http://www…
ArticleHostel Dwellers Association (HDA)
… West, Brackenfell and Paarl were included between 1984 and 1987. The association members were exclusively for men a …
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… protesting students ended up killing Hastings Ndlovu and 12-year old Hector Pieterson , turned him into an instant …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… had ended” and that many SACP leaders “took up new jobs”. [12] Jeremy Cronin was a speaker at the May Day rally, and … Party”, 1 May 1985, pp.2-3 (Also…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Army raids Matola in Maputo, Mozambique and assassinates 12 ANC members. This is confirmed by General Constand … He is succeeded by Joe Slovo who takes up…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… military from within. Conscript André Zaaiman addresses a 1987 press conference on behalf of a group of objectors … prompted a new and even more potent form…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… was charged again in the Rivonia Trial in October 1963. On 12 June 1964 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for … for underground work and armed struggle" …
References and links: Local History
… Journey through Pretoria’s Main Attractions” from ShowMe, 12 December [online], Available at … [Accessed: 12 January 2015]. ShowMe, (2008/8), “The 1956…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… of violence and unrest continued to occur throughout 1987-1989, killing thousands of people and destroying … and the ANC, but did not speak of his own…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA Telephone: +27 (0)12 - 323 5300 Fax: +27 (0)12 - 323 5287 Website: http://www.national.archives.gov.za … Church…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… were sons, Christian Madunjini and Sibusiso Edgar. [12] Many years later, Nokukhanya still maintained that she … A. Luthuli: Let my people go, an…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… 1984 - 9 meetings 1985 - 19 meetings 1986 - 27 meetings 1987 - 23 meetings 1988 - 32 meetings 1989 - 39 meetings 1990 … Nzo , Florence Mophosho , Gertrude…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… Campaign, which saw 8500 volunteers sent to prison. 12 August, Walter Sisulu and others are arrested on a charge … 1986 Albertina was acquitted of high…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… campaign June, National State of Emergency reimposed 12 June, SAPS carry out raids in townships across the … December, 'Christmas against the Emergency'…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… attorney, Judge EssaMoosa, https://mg.co.za/article/2017-03-02-obituary-the-peoples-attorney-judge-essa-moosa (2 March … attorney, Judge EssaMoosa, https:/…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… of the cold war. The prelude to the battle started in July 1987 when Angolan government forces (FAPLA) attempted to … commander began a large-scale attack on…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… a series of back-to-back states of emergency from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, a number of organisations including the United … instrumental in its formation. The…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… Gosai - Soothsayers or fortune tellers. www.hindu.com/2008/03/11/stories/2008031151970300.htm Gosain - Religious … of South India. www.mahendramedara.com…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… civil unrest. 1986 Coetzee returns to South Africa. 1987 Publishes Foe 1988 Publishes White Writing, his first …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… 1930 - 1939 1930 May 4-5, Gandhi: At 12.45 a.m., arrested at Karadi, a village near Dandi where … Prison). Self-purificatory fast for 21 days started at 12…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… of it were scattered about. It is alleged that at around 03:30 the driver of a golf was speeding and smashed into the …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… had begun to open up. By 1925, for example, about 12% of women of all racial groups had taken jobs in the … of the eastern Cape in the 1920s and 1930s …
EventLadybrand Four story told at the TRC
… Tax Sejaname’s affiliations or abduction. Early in January 1987, Mbulelo ‘Khaya Kasibe (KK)’ Ngono was involved in a … of the Ladybrand Four. Their TRC…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… The South African mining industry shed 20,000 jobs in the 12 months leading to June 2013, and that trend was set to … over four years to meet the R12 500…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… in 1951, eventually resulting in Nkrumah’s release on 12 February that year. As Nkrumah stepped into institutional … The London years, 1945–47, Immigrants &…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… an important one. Sekhukhune versus the British On April 12, 1877, Sir Theophilus Shepstone annexed the Transvaal on …
BiographyGuy Tillim
… and Sculpture Park, Massachusetts, USA 2007 Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany Children in Conflict, Wolverhampton Art …
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… for 88 days. They were charged in October 1963 and on 12 June 1964 the Rivonia Trialists were sentenced to life …