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EventSouth African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo
… Mozambique's capital city, were bombed in retaliation on 23 May 1983. This action boosted the apartheid government's … African history This Day in African…
EventPrime Minister of Transkei George Matanzima is born
… Major-General Bantu Holomisa. References: Gastrow, S. (1985). Who's Who in South African Politics, Johannesburg: …
EventBeverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal
… A 23-year-old Pretoria girl, Beverly Mashinini, won a bronze …
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Rev. Ambrose Reeves is secretly deported
… of the formal procedures. According to The Star newspaper, 23 passengers were listed on DC7B flight for London with a …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
… Street and was declared a Provincial Heritage Site on the 23 March 1979. …
ArchiveThe failure of the Coloured Persons Represen
… in the inauguration of the Tricameral Parliament in early 1985. …
EventRuben Xulu is born
… and Mariannhill Art Centre, Natal. He passed away in 1985. Source: Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, …
EventFormer commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned
… on destabilising the Ciskei government. On 26 September 1985, a group of White men raided the Maximum Security Prison …
EventRuben Xulu, SA artist, dies in Marian Hill
… several mission stations in Natal. He died on 15 December 1985 at Mariannhill, where he worked under Sister Johanna Sen. …
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… by Neville Alexander on the national question (December 1985), and another one with an article by Baruch Hirson … wrote some articles. It’s not known who…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… for the first time since 1956. The years from 1973 to 1985 saw a surge of unionism unprecedented in South African … of the Congress of South African Trade…
ArticleThe following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
… 25, from Duduza, East Rand Thandi Merrium Thabethe, 23, from Standerton, Mpumalanga Abel Tshabangu, 35, from …
PlaceWandel and Barnet Streets, Gardens
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. …
PlaceAbraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. …
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… He was the husband of Victoria Mxenge who, in December 1985, while preparing to defend the United Democratic Front …
EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
… both the musicians and delegates. Cosatu was formed in 1985 after unity talks to create a non-racial and non-sexiest …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1922 23 July: Xuma attends a dinner in honour of Sol Plaatje in … is elected Chairman of the Johannesburg…
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. Now offered is a taste of the early Cape – this home …
EventSouth African Actor, Henry Cele , dies
… for his chilling portrayal of the Zulu King, Shaka in the 1985 mini-series, Shaka Zulu. Cele landed the role after he …
EventZimbabwe’s interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). Between 1982 and 1985 the military brutally crushed armed resistance in …
EventSouth African police close the investigation into the death of Steve Biko
… and was officially closed on 17 May 1978.It was only in 1985 that the real circumstances surrounding Biko’s death …
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the …
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
… was expelled from many international sporting bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup - …
EventDefence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF
… group. He maintained that the percentage was about 22% or 23%. Lekota was responding to a question from Democratic …
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha to The Honourable Alexander H Haig Jr, Secretary of State, United States of America
… withdrawal of troops from Angola. Incudes the response of 23 September 1981, of the South African Government to the …
Chapter 1: Introduction
… and political violence in that region in the period 1985-1994. Another important aspect is why this period was so … most important historical events that…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… are reproduced the minutes of an informal meeting held on 23 April 1947, at which the decision was taken to establish … of representatives of the Indians…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… du Toit, a South African officer captured in Angola in 1985. Major du Toit was captured at Cabinda, Angolawhile h e …
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… the right to marry the love of his life, Irene Khumalo. In 1985, the two were given permission to wed but she died of …
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… commends the late Alan Paton on his lecture delivered in 1985, as the 33rd in this series. Corbett wishes to express …