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ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… as the Sharpeville massacre , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era ended in … tragedy. Available at: https:/…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… venues in a number of centres in South Africa. In October 1985, the American photographer Alex Harris and his partner …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… inside their house and burnt to death. Nguiji Chicola, 23, and Mario Gomez Inacio, 25, were in their house when it … in the neck and died within 15 minutes…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… which reported their findings to the government on 23 August 1884. Their report is published in the Government … February, Nelspruit gets its first telephone…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… from Langa, on 26 September 1962. Nqulwana was executed on 23 November 1967. Poqo activities were not limited to Cape … family members. Scores of activists…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… was to have returned to Natal had been commandeered. [23] Annual Meeting [24] At both the Annual and Special … [19] Ibid, p8 [20] Ibid, p9 [21] Ibid, p9 [22]…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… and bought new tractors preparing for good conditions. [23] By 1982, a massive drought hit South Africa and many … Papers Research Archive, Interview with…
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
… (23 January 2014). ↵ … (23 January 2014).|SA disappoint in Vancouver, …
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… history search archive The Liquor Act, which was passed on 23 June 1927, prohibited Africans and Indians from serving …
EventThe Korean War ends
… 243 officers and 545 men of the S.A. Air Force and 23 officers and 15 men of the S.A. Defence Force saw service …
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… Automobile Club of SA, based in Cape Town, was founded on 23 October 1901. After that several other bodies began to …
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… [online] Available at www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 23 June 2011] South African History Online, ‘The …
EventThe first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC
The now iconic series struggled to find an audience at first, and was cancelled after just 3 seasons. However, its cult-like popularity blossomed in…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… Jill Chisholm. News of Thorpe's dismissal came on May 23 after a disciplinary hearing following his questioning of …
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 September 1988. Subject to fairly recent refurbishment and …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… to Botswana and remained there from June 1979 until June 1985. There, Klug prepared to take over the South African … His brother soon came to join him in…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa calls for national lockdown for 21 days in South Africa
… On 23 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… Committee (TASC) at a conference in Johannesburg on 23 January 1983, but this part of his speech was unplanned- …
5th Jozi Book Fair
… in SA and there are many lessons to gain. Run up Events: 23 October Workshop with GÁ¶teborg Book Fair: Topic: Book … Publishing Industry; Experiences from GÁ…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… on 4 April 1984, with Unit 2 following suit on 25 July 1985. It is situated at Duynefontein, 27km North of Cape Town … on 4 April 1984, with Unit 2 following…
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… by Black and church groups in November 1984. Early in 1985 it became a mass movement by mobilising many thousands …
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… President P. W. Botha declared a state of emergency in mid-1985. The next year, he sanctioned the raids on the …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… was murdered in police custody continued to abound. In 1985 Dr. Benjamin Tucker who examined Biko before his death …
EventIFP proposes a truce with ANC
… when the United Democratic Front was formed in 1985 and began to expand into the IFP stronghold, …
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… what would be their first cultural showcase on May Day, 1985, using the Gale Street offices as their headquarters. … the group rehearsed regularly. When the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… He is sentenced to 15 years and sent to Robben Island. 23 August, A paper on apartheid is presented on behalf of the … Human Rights (UNHR) Seminar on…
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… to sing, even on Sunday mornings, as Middleton recalled. [23] The worse the prison became, the more Nyembe fought for … released from her fifteen-year…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… Sono signals growing Black power in South African soccer. 1985 Unity talks between the Federation and Football Council … fail to qualify for major…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… the Medu Gaborone Arts Ensemble” [11] . Unfortunately, in 1985, a raid arose by the South African Defence Force (SADF) … in Evolution." Los Angeles Times 1-2…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… (one of the 8 homelands) for 24 years, until his death on 23 March 1993. Ntsan’wisi, who had the blood cancer, …