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EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… The first Comrades Marathon was run by Vic Clapham, ex World … Clapham wanted to remember those who had fallen in the war by ultimate testing of body and…
So truth be in the field
… A study of the history of South Africa, from an anthropologists point. With emphasis on the moral elements of social action including the injustice … So…
ArchiveSo truth be in the field
… A study of the history of South Africa, from an anthropologists point. With emphasis on the moral elements of social action including the injustice … So…
EventSA is readmitted to the IOC
… One month prior to the establishment of the democratic dispensation, South Africa was readmitted to … Keesing's Record of World Events , news Digest for…
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
… Lawyers representing the government announced on 14 August 1998 that they were suing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president, Nelson…
EventPirates win the African Champions Cup
… Orlando Pirates won the Second Leg of the 1995 African Champions Cup (ACC) Final against ASEC … Pirates win the African Champions Cup …
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… languages. In 1968, he became an assistant professor of English at New York State University. A year later he … won Britain's Booker Prize, Coetzee taught…
ArchiveThe road to Oslo and beyond
… Albert Lutuli's Nobel Peace Prize award with extracts from the speech by Mr Gunnar Jahn, President of the Nobel Institute on the occasion of the presentation…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in … The…
EventAllan Boesak resigns from the church
… The Presbytery of South Africa announced that Dr Allan Boesak, reverend of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) … Reporter. (1990)…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… Francis Mokhesi and Reid Mokoena, better known as the "Sharpeville Six", narrowly escaped their scheduled hangings by fifteen hours. A huge sigh of relief…
ArchiveArchbishop Burnett puts the record straight
… Archbishop Burnett from the Church of the Province of Southern Africa detailing three attacks on … Archbishop Burnett puts the record straight …
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… The Port Elizabeth City Hall, which is located in Market Square, was built between 1858 and 1862. The attractive clock tower was only added in 1883. The City…
EventThe Herstigte Nasionale Party is established
… The Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP) (Reconstituted National … Party) was established as a right wing splinter group of the South African National Party (NP)…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… The Uganda railway line in Kenya was seen as a very ambitious infrastructure at its inception with the cost of the project causing most of the controversy…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… providing living space and can also be seen as a sign of wealth and success. Minerals are also extracted from the earth and land that is rich in gold or…
ArchiveThe Black Conciousness Movement, Black People
… One of the major decisions taken by the BPC was the establishment of an external office .This became necessary because of the … The Black Conciousness…
Springbok rugby coach Jake White selects a record six players of colour in his starting line-up ¬ and nine in his squad of twe
… rugby coach Jake White selects a record six players of colour in his starting line-up ¬ and nine in his squad of twe …
Allan Boesak appears in a Cape Town court to face nine charges of fraud and twenty-one charges of theft involving more than $80
… Boesak appears in a Cape Town court to face nine charges of fraud and twenty-one charges of theft involving more than $80 …
Mzi Khumalo, since 2000 non-executive chair of Mawenzi Resources Ltd and Board member of Mintek, is born in Durban. He was dire
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. … Mzi Khumalo, since 2000 non-executive chair of Mawenzi Resources…
ArchiveNational Anti-CAD Committee report of proceedings: Second National Anti-CAD Conference
… Report of the proceedings of the Second National Anti-CAD Conference held at Cape Town, … National Anti-CAD Committee report of proceedings: Second National…
PlaceAberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate
… Aberfeldy in the region of Free State is located in South Africa - some 284 km South of Pretoria, the Country's Capital. Aberfeldy is a small Settlement near…
EventThe TRC report points out culprits
… The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report, which accused prominent leaders from across the political spectrum of human rights violations, was…
ArchiveResolution on the International Communist Movement
… all communists should urgently come together to evaluate the serious problems facing the movement, such as US agression in Vietnam, attempts to … Africa, and…
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 14 April 1980
… Minutes from a State Security Council Meeting in which the situation in Namibia, and other issues were discussed. … Extract from Minutes of State Security…
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 18 February 1980
… Minutes from a State Security Council Meeting in which the situation in Zimbabwe, and other issues were discussed. … Extract from Minutes of State Security…
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 24 March 1980
… Minutes from a State Security Council Meeting in which the situation in Zimbabwe, Lesotho and other issues were … Extract from Minutes of State Security…
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 25 February 1980
… Minutes from a State Security Council Meeting in which the situation in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and other issues were … Extract from Minutes of State Security…
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 23 June 1980
… Security Council Meeting in which operations in Angola, the situation in Zimbabwe and other items were discussed. … Extract from Minutes of State Security…
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 10 March 1980
… Minutes from a State Security Council Meeting in which the situation in Zimbabwe, Operation Frikkadel", Mozambique … Extract from Minutes of State Security…