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BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… Alan Keith Brooks was born on 18 May 1940 in Bristol, United Kingdom. His father was a …
BiographyBongani Mnguni
Bongani Mnguni was a South African photographer and photojournalist who dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the apartheid system. Mnguni was…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… to his brother in India 11. A Brahman seeks work in Natal 12. The pickled money-order receipt 13. Wife lays bigamy … 17. Latief insists on his right to…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… They are the youngest members to sit on the committee. 12 February, Boy Mvemve (operating under the name John Dube) … and nine other ANC members starts in…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… 1890 - 1899 1890 January 13-18, Gandhi took Matriculation examination. January 23-30, … Gandhi's mother died. News withheld from him. January 12, Passed the…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… go on strike against the use of Afrikaans in education. 12 May, A female teacher is attacked by two robbers on her … Helicopters fly overhead. Workers refuse…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… publishers established in the post-war publishing boom. [12] The book was written while the author was in an … and played them for the Fourth Committee at…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… suffered severe head and brain injuries. 1977 September 12 Biko dies in detention in Pretoria Central Prison. 1977 … addresses the NUSAS National…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… had already suffered severe head and brain injuries. 1977 12 September, Biko dies in detention in Pretoria Central … addresses the NUSAS National Congress…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… put out a publication Le Rona Re Batho: An Account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre . In 1990, she returned to South Africa …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… 1912 18 May, Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu is born in Engcobo District … the ANC and South African Indian Congress in Johannesburg. 12 August, Sisulu and others…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on 18 March 1936. de Klerk grew up in a political family. He … Planning (1979-1980); Mineral and Energy…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… allowed polygamy. This denoted all Muslim and Hindu women. 12 April, The third Immigration Bill is passed which … and Indian immigration is halted…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… and seven sisters. He is the 10th child in a family of 12. Until he was baptised, he did not know the date of his …
BiographyFrances Rix Ames
… Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , died in detention on 12 September 1977 after being severely assaulted by security …
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government’s announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… cancelled the South African government's announcement of 18 June 1982 concerning the repossession of the Ingwavuma region, … Ingwavuma under government…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… detailed description and draws a map of the coast. 1580 18 June, An English admiral, Francis Drake, rounds the Cape … 1679 A Slave Lodge is built to house…
ArchiveWorks Committee Information Bulletin, No 1
… , No 18, November 1982 of the Works Committee of the Mazimbu …
ArticlePoqo
… two Whites: Frans Richard (22) and Rencia Vermeulen (18). They followed this attack with the violent murder of a … remarkably under the leadership of Nyathi…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Jean and Visser, Pippa. (1999). In Search of History Grade 12. Oxford: Oxford University Press Southern Africa The … Grade 12 Classroom Lesson. …
BiographyBilly Nair
… –sought refuge in the British Consulate in Durban until 12 December 1984. All those at the consulate except Nair were …
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… the UDF civic with setting up street committees, and on 12 June 1986 she began making night time house calls. The …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… for the Treason Trial Defense Fund, which raises 12,000 pounds by April. It was supported by the Trade Unions … the rupture between Inkatha and the ANC…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… months until the campaign petered out. 1941 At the age of 12, Kathrada joins the Young Communist League of South … 34, he arrives on Robben Island where he…
BiographyMadi Gray
… Bulletin, as a member of the Stockholm Africa Group until 1982. She was on the Africa Bulletin for seven years, and …
Article50 Facts on Africa
… chose to take her own life, committing suicide on 12 August 30 BC. After Cleopatra's death Egypt fell into the … She started the Arab Women’s Solidarity…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… racial politics, under-funded and developed by the state. 18 August: An estimated 1,2 million public sector workers … wage increase the following two years…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. 18 April, Zimbabwe gains its independence. 2 August, … Army raids Matola in Maputo, Mozambique and…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… up by registration. The death of Neil Agget in February 1982 saw 100,000 workers observe a work stoppage for 30 … that Cosatu would meet with the UDF, and…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… to enter into negotiations with the ANC. In March 1982, Mandela together with senior members of the ANC was … from Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison after…