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EventThirteen residents are gunned down in Mamelodi by South African police
… of detained people could not be disclosed. On 5 March 1986 Botha announced that he would lift the Emergency, and on …
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… Africa withdrew business from South Africa on 31 December 1986. The country was at the height of political conflict and …
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… Trade Unions (AZACTU), failed. Subsequently, on 5 October 1986 a merger between these two organisations gave birth to …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… to record the album Graceland, which was released in 1986. There remains some controversy around Simon’s breaking … One of the most successful concerts took…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… African Century for democracy peace and development’. 11-14 January, The ANC’s NEC holds its Lekgotla in Johannesburg. … elected to head the ANC’s 2004…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… book of poetry Inside , was published by Raven Press. 1986 Black Mamba Rising poems by Alfred Qabula was published … in Afrika (2001) and Stranger Shores:…
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… On 14 January 2002, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe assured members the 14-member Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) that …
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… in Zambia. [v] 1984 Exposes brutality in ANC camps. [vi] 1986 Is a member of an ANC delegation that included Oliver …
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… talks come to fruition in the form of the Lusaka Accord. 1986 Support for UNITA is heavily …
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… victim, alleged he was kicked and sjambokked by police. 1986 1 April Poshoko, Joel (29) CCAWUSA Pretoria Allegedly …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… 1987 - Year of Advance to People`s Power January 8th, 1986 - The Year of Umkhonto Wesizwe - the People's Army …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… and the Re-invention of North Ndebele Identity, 1957-1986 . Johannesburg: History Workshop, University of the …
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… catered for the needs of young people between the ages of 14 and 28. This provided the Party with its main source of … strike in 1922. Source: books.google…
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… Party (SACP). Mayekiso was first detained in February 1986 and was released on 7 March about the same year. This … International Defense and Aid Fund for…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… Bill. * One source mentions that the restriction was in 1986, but two sources confirm the year 1988. …
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… book was banned in South Africa in 1966. Modisane died in 1986 in Dortmund, West Germany and is rated as one of the …
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… LPM activists including LPM Gauteng chair, Maureen Mnisi. [14] This resulted in a split with the NLC who were … Staff Reporter, 2004) ↵ [13](Sapa Staff…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… a Russian commander began a large-scale attack on UNITA on 14 August 1987. SADF troops were rushed in to support UNITA. … Lomba River in November 1987,…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… character. Growth of the Early Gold Mining Industry On 14 September 1886, the first large mining company on the … Estates, Langlaagte, Robinson and Wolhouter…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… Out of nearly 3 000 hangings between 1959 and 1989, only 14 were women. Of the 14, most were executed for crimes not politically motivated. … |“Sandra Smith…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… The young Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League at the age of 14 and became active in student politics. After his schooling … president. Mbeki was elected…
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… the unbanning of the African National Congress on 5 June 1986. The UDF issued the call a few days after the …
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… Defence Force and riot police. Reference: Niekerk, P. (1986). "GM's neat exit gets messier and messier" Weekly Mail, …
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
… the explosive in a rubbish bin, was executed by hanging in 1986. In a submission to the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… life member of the Wits Medical Graduates Association in 1986. Ebrahim, who had dedicated his life to the upliftment …
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… He spent seven years in France writing his memoirs. In 1986, he returned to CAR and was arrested as soon as he …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 397 30,63 Ceylon 20 1,54 India 653 50,38 Indonesia 189 14,58 Malaysia 4 0,32 Indo-China 1 0,08 Japan 1 0,08 Cape of … Muslim and Muslim slave populations at…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… p. 162. MA Thesis, The University of the Western Cape, 1986. ↵ [ii] Ibid, p. 163. ↵ [iii] Superintendent-General of … p. 169. MA Thesis, The University of…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… opened by President Nelson Mandela on the morning of 14 February 1995. Mandela told the Court : "The last time I …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Act No 74 of 1983; the Fund Raising Number being 06 600177 000 5. The E M Paruk family in 1934 offered its … and the Institution purchased six acres at a…