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ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… the US, UNITA was also supported by South Africa. On May 12, 1980, the SADF launched an attack on Cunene Province and … Cuban allies, resulting in a…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… Boitekong in 1992, after they were removed from farms in 1988 and were accommodated near the St Joseph's Mission. Five … Mangope and his cabinet and security…
EventJuan de Jongh, the South African rugby player is born
… Leon de Jongh was born in Paarl, Western Cape on 15 April 1988.[i] Juan is a professional South African rugby …
EventLalla Hirayama, the Japanese-born South African television personality is born
… Lalla Hirayama was born in Hiratsuka, Japan on 10 February 1988. At the age of six, her family immigrated to South …
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 December 1988. …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… was elected president of the PAC in 1986. In November 1988, Mr. Mothopeng was released early from his 15-year …
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… in Durban. In 1982, she obtained a Master of Law and in 1988 a Doctorate of Juridical Science from Harvard …
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… the Ossewabrandwag, (UNISA Press), p.212 Alan T. Davies, (1988), Infected Christianity: a study of modern racism, …
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… the 1980s. From the spectacular 1980 Sasol bombings to the 1988 attack at the Witbank security police offices, Special …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko …
ArticleSilverton Siege
… Six Hour Siege Sequence of events as reported by the media 12.00 – 1:15: The armed Trio enter the Volkskas Bank; …
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… the names of detained people could not be disclosed. On 12 June 1986, the Government again declared a SOE …
ANC President Jacob Zuma to speak at the Imvuselelo one Million Membership Countdown Launch, 16 July 2011
As part of the African National Congress (ANC) drive towards the one million membership, ANC President Jacob Zuma, National Chairperson Baleka Mbete,…
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820 in Florence, Italy. From an early age, she felt … Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every 12 May, the…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement on the update of Conference Proceedings,28 June 2012
… on time this morning and will complete their sessions at 12:30. The closed session of plenary will resume at 14:00 … at the Progressive Business Forum lounge…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
ANC Deputy President, Secretary General and Treasurer General will on Tuesday lead the movement`s election campaign in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… hours of argument are: 10am to 11:15am; 11:30am to 12:45pm; and 2:15pm to 4pm. It is during these periods that … The main categories Urgent applications In…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… Games of 1900. Of the 1 318 athletes who participated, 12 were women. South Africa’s first Olympians The third … sports festival. Tennis made a re-entry into…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… subsidies to politically active Universities. In February 1988, government banned a wide range of organizations …
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… was discontinued. Prison outstations were closed down in 1988 and there was a decline in the use of prison labour and …
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… school in Alice in the Eastern Cape, which was held on 12 May 1972. The students resolved to call on black students … Athletic Park in Cape Town on 8 July,…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… African” – “this is dynamite, so why don’t we see it?” [12] Perhaps this reservation pointed to the complex … African Arts Spring 1997, Vol 30 no. 2, page…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… crisis” according to LPM spokesperson Mangaliso Kubheka. [12] Kubheka further explained that “We have pleaded with the … 2004, pp. 19-20) ↵ [11](Mngxitama,…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… low wages that we were getting on the farm for the whole 12 months. If the farmer would pay us more, we would gladly … told us if we were unwilling to work…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… require knowledge and application of sona geometry. [12] It is a step towards not only the decolonisation of … accessed 30 June 2018. ↵ [11] “Ibid” ↵ [12]…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… ask for British assistance. Basutoland was then annexed on 12 March 1868, after Governor Wodehouse received instructions … the recognition of the Basotho as…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
As part of realising ANC stalwart Comrade Nelson Mandela`s dream and that of his organisation - taken as far back as 1942 - to grow the ANC membership to one…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… its peak strength it had around 23 000 members. More than 12 000 South African servicemen fought in World War One, and … Cape Corps faced Turkish forces…
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… Services Council, to Accommodate Hout Bay’s Squatters. In 1988/89. Hout Bay experienced invasions of State and …
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
… the mill to get it operating again, which was achieved by 1988. Josephine Mill's is a little slice of history in the …