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EventLansana Conte’ leads a coup that deposes Guinea’s interim government
… president of Guinea. On 3 April 1984, a week after the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré, Conte’ who was a … of Guinea. Conte’ was president of Guinea up…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… was an executive committee member of TUCSA. Following the death of her husband Jimmy Bolton, Secretary of the furniture …
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… of the accession to power of the Nationalist government in 1948 right up to the dying days of the eighties, a period of … been executed by hanging and…
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… government, led to international demonstrations. After his death, local and international pressure forced the government to launch an inquest into his death…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… or five riot deaths buried at once. We heard about another death today. This Miss Gobile who teaches at Nomsa's school. … him. (What happens is that they put…
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
… yellowwood tree planted by the Resident Magistrate in 1948. One of the most popular exhibits at the museum with a …
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… World War. At the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli War in 1948, Britain attempted to remove its presence from the …
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… by Naicker before a NIC conference in June 1947. In a 1948 speech before the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council …
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… and Malan deputising him. This party went on to win the 1948 South African elections and would eventually be known as …
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… the system of apartheid was implemented in South Africa in 1948, certain laws had to be put in place to maintain white …
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… up in 1951, 1954, and yearly from 1962 to 1968. Between 1948 and 1991, the apartheid government banned more than …
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… security. This meeting therefore directs its constituent bodies particularly the African National Congress (Natal) and …
Document 46. “Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders” [For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949
… security. This meeting therefore directs its constituent bodies particularly the African National Congress (Natal) and …
PlaceRosemount
… to the Tylomnqa River in the South West. Between these two bodies of water lies well over 3 000 hectares of conservation …
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… other political parties and movement and other relevant bodies. The proceedings of the working group will be …
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… From 1971 to 1995 Farouk Asvat received numerous death threats from both the Security Police of the apartheid …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… and discrimination. He spent six years at Wits, from 1943 -1948, but, owing to the dire circumstances under which he … on to the Transvaal Provincial…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… in the Transvaal. 12 September, On the anniversary of the death of Steve Biko , unrest breaks out in Soweto. When … station where they were interrogated and…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… would later be replaced with the policy of apartheid in 1948. The 1913 Land Act set aside 7.5% of the land in South …
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… as well as during the Apartheid period which begun in 1948. Race is defined as a social concept referring to a …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… that he was not, in fact, a card-carrying member. 1948 The Path of Thunder is published in both England and the …
PlaceBurundi
… . Similar violence broke out in 1988 ending with the death of about 3.000 Tutsi and around 20.000 Hutu people … displaced up to 1 million people [lxxvii] …
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… is what you came to do... Brothers, we are drilling the death drill. I, a Xhosa, say you are my brothers, Swazis, … our assegais in the kraal, our voices are…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… scenery, changing weather conditions. On 26th October, 1948, Godfrey Edmonds (an ex Royal Air Force , Spitfire …
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… John Vorster’s 10th floor or off its roof, leading to his death. He said there was a prima facie case of murder against … who interrogated Timol on the day…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… The instant outpouring of grief that followed Lennon's death was on a level with that of the sudden death of a world figure such as John or Robert Kennedy, ……
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… government provided him with political asylum until his death in 1981. [viii] As illustrated through almost half a … racism, particularly with the advent of…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… Voters Association (CAVA), and the Transkei Organised Bodies. Its supporters abroad, at one stage, included such … elements, including the main architects of…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… the 1950s and into the 1960s due to bannings, exile and death. Since all Black resistance and action was under …