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ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.1 Apr-May 1981
… the Music Is by Hugh Masekela; Writers News, Some Points to Ponder by Mtutuzeli Matshoba; Gallery and Profile, …
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… beating the opposition with the score of 8-5. According to Mark Alexander, President of the South African Rugby …
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… most vital aspects of the bridge is its close proximity to Fort Glamorgan Prison. Known as kwa Nongqongqo in Xhosa, …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… Xasa acknowledged Masinga as one among the first players to play in a major league. He was also labeled as the …
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… struggle and the Second World War, the PCA remained close to the French Communist Party. But as the national liberation …
PlaceValkenburg Hospital, Observatory
… House, Outbuildings and Cemetery, were transferred to the State in 1985 and were then restored. It was declared …
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… NMC legislation on 31 December 1981. The Cemetery is next to and controlled by the St Saviours Anglican Church, which …
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… Swart drives. Allegedly, he drove away from the scene only to drive straight into a wall in Kowie Street. The Gauteng …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… It consists of five dwellings in Donkin Street, facing on to the Donkin Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two …
PlaceCity Hall, Port Elizabeth
… of the Diaz Cross, donated by the Portuguese Government to commemorate the arrival of Bartholomew Diaz in Algoa Bay …
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… Johannesburg,by four armed White men who wore balaclavas to conceal their identities. It later emerged that Sisulu had …
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… He later appointed his cabinet. In 1986, he was forced to retire by the South African government. He died in 2003. …
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… 369. Karis, T. & Carter, G.M. (eds.)(1973). From Protest to Challenge: a documentary history of African politics in …
EventThe SABS is established
… Africa's interests are advanced and protected. In addition to its role as a standardiser, the SABS runs a product …
EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
… ancestry, the congress reiterated the rights of Africans to land, suffrage, and education, and also put forward a new …
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. …
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… that set the Bechuanaland Protectorate on its road to independence as a Republic of Botswana. Source: Verwey, …
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… had taken place in 1994, relative calm had been restored to areas of conflict. …
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… members of the South African security establishment wished to destabilise and totally disrupt the negotiations between …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… involving South Africa was also made. Click here to read a chronology on the UN and Apartheid Source: …
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
… declared themselves as ANC members, applied for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for the …
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… Margo Commission, set up by the South African government to probe the mysterious death of Mozambican president Samora … a chronology of key political events…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… others believing that the South African authorities were to blame. A day before Machel’s death, Carlos Cardosa, … 2011]|South African History Online (2011). …
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… of land on the north shore of the Sierra Leone Peninsula to the Sierra Leone Company for the "free community of …
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… League of Nations handed over its properties and assets to the UN, the Palais des Nations being one of its jewels. … unog.ch (2011). ‘ History: from the…
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
… A Grades in all her Matriculation subjects and went on to study at Stellendbosch University, where she earned a BA …
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… with the Herero, Witbooi led his faction of the Nama group to the north of the country, which became known as South West …
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… Africa. He demanded the termination of the war and refused to budget for its continuation. Bebel called the resistance …
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… taught for a while at Kuilsrivier and Ritchie. From 1930 to 1931 he wrote poems for the magazine Huisgenoot and …
PlaceFort Beaufort
… with well-wooded hills and deep ravines, which were used to great advantage by the amaXhosa during the frontier wars …