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Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
… was lecturer in Sociology, University of Cape Town, from 1981 until his retirement in 2013 and currently serves as an … at UCT in 1970 and completed his PhD…
PlaceBergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 October 1982. 'The Bergvliet farm house is not readily …
EventSA trade unionist Raymond Budd dies
… internationally, died in Tonbridge, London, England. On 25 May 1933, Budd joined the Cape Town branch of the …
EventCOSATU leads an anti-VAT strike
The Congress Of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called a two-day nation-wide strike to demonstrate their opposition to the government's intention to impose…
EventMandela asks for commitment to fight AIDS
… awareness about AIDS, especially in Africa where about 25 million of the World's 38 million HIV infected people …
EventMining agreement on wages and working conditions is signed
… around 9 per cent. NUM had originally demanded an average 25 per cent increase, but accepted less after the Chamber of …
EventThe Great Comet of 1901
… in colour and remained visible for the next month (until 25 May). The comet was first spotted by astronomers at the …
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… in the ANC’s Department of Intelligence and Security. On 25 May 2014, Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu became the Minister of …
EventNigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born
… travelling in crashed into a lagoon in a mangrove jungle 25 miles northeast of Lagos. There were no survivors. Ake’s …
PlaceElandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
… Our farm, Elandsfontein, is about 18 km (25 min drive) from Pretoria, about 25 km (45 min drive) from Johannesburg; and about 25 min drive from Jan Smuts…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… campuses boycotted classes between April 1980 and January 1981. In Cape Town schools such as Mountview and Crystal …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… University of the Witwatersrand Press. Mason, R.J. 1981. Early Iron Age settlement at Broederstroom 24/73, …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… from the Orange Free State without compensation. Act 25 of 1891 - The proviso that indentured Indian labourers … against illegal Asiatic entries. 5)…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… Act, Act No. 11 of 1924, provides for job reservation. 21-25 April, The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) convenes … White employment by earmarking…
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… On 25 October 1993, South Africa was invited to rejoin the …
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
National Housing Department Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, introduced a new housing plan to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and entailed the…
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines for more than 25 and 27 years respectively. Apart from business …
EventIdi Amin Dada releases the Americans held hostage in Uganda
… Dada releases the Americans held hostage in Uganda since 25 February and suggests they leave the country. Almost three … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African…
EventThirteen residents are gunned down in Mamelodi by South African police
… This followed the declaration of a State of emergency on 25 July 1985 by President PW Botha in 36 of South Africa’s …
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
… Minister Jimmy Kruger. Still hundreds flocked to the 25-September-1974 rally, leading to the arrest of most Black …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… openly criticises the ANC’s policy of political alliances. 25 August, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for a National … a brain injury sustained during…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… the instructions of the NIC to attain complete freedom. 25 February 1946 The Durban City Council (DCC) resolves, … with the Second Reading of the Bill…
Chapter 7 - SANSCO:The Ideology and Politics of Non-Racialism, the Freedom Charter and National Liberation
… was formalised by SANSCO's first national congress in July 1981. Finally, I describe and analyse the themes, beliefs, … it amalgamated with NUSAS. Ideology…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… release an article entitled ‘ There are no ANC Camps ’ 25 June, Nelson Mandela meets with Queen Elizabeth II at … 82 at the time, as she has him round for an…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… they were each sentenced to a term of imprisonment and 25 lashes. On 20 January a white farmer from Camperdown was …
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… guerrilla campaign to overthrow Portuguese colonial rule. 25 April 1974 Portuguese colonial rule ends after a coup …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… economy. At the height of the Depression in 1933, nearly 25% of the Nation's total work force, 12,830,000 people, were …
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… at 9:30pm. South African artillery alone fired 62 000 25-ponder shells. The battle lasted from 23 October to 4 …
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
At its Special Congress in May, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) called for three days of national protest against the Labour Relations…
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… trialists were taken to Robben Island, where he spent 25 years before being released in 1989. … , [online], Available at www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed:…