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… Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: … Monument, South Africa” from National Geographic, 10 March [online]…
OR Tambo lecture by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
… tomorrow. The details of the lecture are as follows: Date: 01 October 2015 Time: 16:00 Venue: Walter Sisulu Great Hall, …
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
Founder and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (54), passed away in the Kimberley General Hospital between midnight…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… food and transport industries. NACTU was founded in 1986 and the current general-secretary is Cunningham Ngcukan. … (SACOTU). History NACTU was founded on…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi was born on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and seven sisters…
BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… named Ruby with Joni McDougall. Brooks died in London on 10 May 2008. …
BiographyAshley La Grange
… became full time and the swimming school grew about 10-fold from about 60 pupils. At its peak he would work every …
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… with her son in Serowe until her death from hepatitis in 1986. Five forgotten, unpublished poems were rediscovered in …
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… on the 20 August 1983 in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town. In 1986, Vandeyar was able to pay a three month visit to his …
EventSiyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &
… Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 & 00/01 awards, was born on 2 December 1977 in KwaMashu, …
History of Muslims in South Africa: Bibliography by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 1974. 8. The Mosques of Bo-Kaap, p 40. 9. ibid, p 39. 10. Boeseken, A J, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape … Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal, 7:1,…
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
… known since 240 and the last sighting of this comet was in 1986. The earliest sightings have been mentioned in Chinese … (online), available at: http://www…
EventPolitical activist Mohammed Shaik is born
Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, political activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the Special Operations Unit, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was born in Vrededorp,…
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
On this date the nuclear reactor Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa entered the nuclear age. The US firm Allis…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… A few days later, the CPSA organised a rally in which 10,000 people gathered for a rejection rally of the … Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill into…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… at Paterson High School, Port Elizabeth, was detained on 10 December under Section 22 of the General Laws Amendment … and the burning of a delivery vehicle…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
Harold Strachan, former South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the…
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… In August 1976, Ramphele was detained under section 10 of the Terrorism Act , one of the first persons to be …
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
Percy John ‘Jack’ Hodgson born on 17 August 1910 in Roodepoort, was the eldest son of three children born to Jessy (nee Turner) and Percy John Hodgson. An…
BiographyJames Kantor
… a Thursday and Kantor was able to make it to the hospital, 10 minutes before she was born. Not long after his release …
BiographyVuyisile Mini
… of the Eastern Cape High Command. Mini was arrested on 10 May 1963 together with two other prominent ANC members, …
ArchiveWorld day of prayer and fasting for South Africa
… with white lettering. Notice of day of prayer on 16th June 1986. Soweto. 10th Anniversary. Photo of black man holding …
ArchiveThe war against Soviet colonialism: Unitas f
… black and pink poster. Notice of a meeting on 19th March 1986 at SS10. SMA presents a Unita Officer, freedom fighter …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
The Springbok rugby team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national team of South Africa under mentorship of Nick Mallett, registered an important victory over the…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Because they can't feel. They have lost their humanity." [10] For "coloureds" (people of mixed race), resistance … the Cordoned Heart (New York: Gallery…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… and ‘Narratives of a residence in South Africa’. [10] Anders Stockenstrӧm left an account, written many years … night before the battle. On the day of the…
ArchivePeoples education for peoples power!
… at bottom of poster. Dark green and black background. 10 fighting years 1976 - 1986. Photo of youth wearing yellow T-shirt with image of …
ArchiveUnban the ANC Mass Meeting
… black lettering. UDF Logo. Press release, dated 7th June 1986, from the Star newspaper, regarding the lifting of the …
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… team, the Proteas, continue to break world records. On 01 February, 2013, Proteas captain Graeme Smith made history …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… African Teachers' Federation Magazine ) A. P. Mda, 1986 (Luyanda ka Msumza) A. M. Lembede, mid-I94os ( llanga … graduation ceremony, July 1947 (Lembede…