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PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. The original portion of Queen’s Tavern, …
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… of the Orange Free State. The convention was signed on 23 February 1854 at the Green Lodge in Bloemfontein. The …
PlaceCradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg
The Cradle of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Gauteng…
PlaceKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
… Championship were hosted at the circuit between 1967 and 1985 with the annual 9 Hour and 1000 km endurances races … World Championship also visited Kyalami…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… Austin, Lincoln, and Northwestern. The following year in 1985, Nwapa attended an international conference at Michigan … her lectures. The “female literary…
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… of Black Arts (FUBA) in 1976; the Thupelo Art Project in 1985; and the Alexandra Art Centre in 1986, where he gave …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… his role in organising resistance among school students in 1985. As result of this, he had spent a year in detention at …
EventWits attains full university status
… increased rapidly to 6 275 in 1963, 10 600 in 1975 and by 1985 there were 16 400 students. …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… backgrounds all over South Africa Mohl died on 28 January 1985. …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Tanzania, while a 50-member team infiltrates South Africa. 23 March, Dorothy Nyembe is released from jail and becomes an active member of the Natal…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… South Africa and the Jewish community. [xxxiv] Only in 1985 did the Jewish Board of Deputies change its course and … African Jewish Activists (London: Viking…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe's government in Liberia
… coup attempt since Samuel Doe took power in 1980. The 1985 coup came a month after the fraudulent first elections …
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Naicker during this trip was the All-Asia Conference from 23 March to 2 April 1947. This conference was attended by 190 … returning, Dadoo was met by another…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… 22 Rainbow at the Cape - for a new South Africa Chapter 23 Community H.E.A.R.T. - a better life for all Chapter 24 …
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born
… 1969 after the Morogoro Conference. In the early hours of 23 April 1993, Tambo suffered a massive and fatal stroke. He …
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… of the ridge. The Garden was then officially opened on 23 October 1958. It now contains one of the most important …
“India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… world peace. From: Passive Resister , Johannesburg, July 23, 1948 …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
… submitted its final report in September 2006. On 23 August 2009, leaked versions of the commission report were …
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… On 23 April 1997, Eugene TerreBlanche, leader of the Afrikaner …
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… exert considerable influence in the movement. He died on 23 May 1951 aged 90, the same year, Nelson Mandela’s son from …
EventGerrie Coetzee becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title
… On 23 September 1983, Gerrie Coetzee, went up against American …
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… the obligatory carrying of passbooks by Black people on 23 July 1986. The pass system was, however, not abandoned …
PlaceChad
… of the northern rule over the whole of Chad, and by 1985 Gukuni Wedei seemed to have all but lost the war. … of the contested Aouzou Strip in the north…
EventKaunda announces nationalisation of Copper mines
… (IMF) to maintain lower prices of basic foodstuffs. In 1985, the IMF put pressure on the Zambian government to …
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… patients in Malawi, Namibia and Mozambique. On 4 November 1985, Susanna Kok passed away. Her pioneering work has led to …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye Centre The Turning Points in History project … overview of the dynamics of that…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… accusations of fraud. Factionalism led to an army coup in 1985 in which he was ousted a second time and exiled to …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… a massive meeting of the ANC in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. 23 July, Sisulu is served two notifications, in terms of … conference in the congress offices in…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… on Harbour Board property. A Plague Board is formed on 23 April and the first victim in town is Sergeant Pegg, who … at the City Hall to decide on an…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… Local Authorities, the 1984 Vaal Triangle uprising and the 1985 school boycotts. This was interspersed with local …