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ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… is no accurate figure, some sources say that at least 10 000 Black men accompanied the Boer Commandos and, as a … 000 Blacks were employed by the British…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… refused leave to appeal, and was executed on 9 September 1986 . The last person to be hanged for a political offence … other accused received lengthy…
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… the unbanning of the African National Congress on 5 June 1986. The UDF issued the call a few days after the …
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… Defence Force and riot police. Reference: Niekerk, P. (1986). "GM's neat exit gets messier and messier" Weekly Mail, …
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
… the explosive in a rubbish bin, was executed by hanging in 1986. In a submission to the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… life member of the Wits Medical Graduates Association in 1986. Ebrahim, who had dedicated his life to the upliftment …
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… He spent seven years in France writing his memoirs. In 1986, he returned to CAR and was arrested as soon as he …
First Matabele War
… guns and the Ndebele were forced to retreat. Fewer than 10 members of Jameson's column were killed or wounded. The … been promised 6,000 acres of land. By…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… 7.Leigh Ann Mathys 8.Pabane Moteka 9.Hlayiseka Chawane 10.Sipho Mbatha 11.Kenny Kunene 12.Mandisa Makesini … Mathys 7.Pabane Moteka 8.Hlayiseka Chawane 9…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… with the object of discontinuing the annual grant of £10 000 for the transportation of Indian immigrants, was … However desperate poverty made most of them…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… empires in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. [10] The Zionists - People who believe in the development and … international cooperation. It was…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at lunch hosted by the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, 13 July 1987, Caracas
… Many hundreds of these are children - some as young as 10 years old. Some are released, only to be re-detained. The … in the United States Comprehensive Anti…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… compare myself to somebody like Mandela. In the past 10 days, two towering figures in the history of South African … only. The zenith of their defiance,…
The New Generation
… Centre, Soweto 1983 Community Arts Workshop (CAW), Durban 1986 Alexandra Arts Centre, Alexandra Along with the many … Thupelo workshops, for example, which…
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… On 21 October 1986 Jacob Thabo Lengane, the father of Jefferson Lengane …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… collaborated with Paul Simon on his album Graceland in 1986. The album went on to win three Grammy awards. The …
EventNovelist and historian Bessie Head is born
… in various schools in South Africa. Her untimely death in 1986 cut her career short. Some of her material was published …
EventThe existing ban on marriages between White and Black people (Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) is extended to White and Coloured people
… P W Botha removed the Act from the statutes book in 1986. …
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… that were firsts for Black South Africans. He died in 1986 and survived by his wife and two children. …
EventBarry Hough, SA literary critic and successful author of mainly teenage books is found dead
… for Newspapers. Hough’s debut novel was published in 1986, titled My kat word herfs. The book was targeted at the … Focus [online] Available at: www.nb.co.za…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… Chiliboy Ralepelle was born in Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria and attended Pretoria Boys …
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… white women were enfranchised) this percentage dropped to 10, 9% (Walker 1991, 23). …
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… 2013 9 and 10 November 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… assisted by Lesotho police arrested an estimated 10 000 suspected PAC supporters and members throughout the … National Union (ZANU) and the newly established…
Covert operations
… the threat of the 'people's power' uprising from 1984 to 1986 have led the state to adopt a new set of more … of the masses (WHAM), which has been put into…
ArchiveA critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… highly politicised events such as the 1976 Uprising, 1985-1986 Mass Mobilisation, 1989-1990 Defiance Campaign, inter …
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… Ball Publishers, pp 484.O’Malley P., (2011) ‘Chronologies: 1986’from Nelson Mandela Foundation [online]. Available at …
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… for the necklace murder of M. Mpapne that took place in 1986. The state argued its case on the alleged evidence that …
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… government introduced wider press restrictions under the 1986 state of emergency. The state of emergency gave the …
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… On 27 August 1986 a crowd of more than 500 marched to council offices in …