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EventMarais Steyn dies
… the United Kingdom and later Transkei before he retired in 1986. …
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… an attempt to release Charles Sebe from a Ciskeian jail in 1986. Geldenhuys was also an accomplice in the murders of …
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… were demanding a minimum wage of R30 a week. A day later 10 January 1973 another strike broke out at A.J. Keeler … in New Germany and Jacobs, south of Durban…
ArchiveFrom the margins to the mainstream: the anti-apartheid movement and the politics of agenda-setting in the United States
… States policy relations with South Africa between 1960 and 1986. The research is based upon an analysis of an original …
PlaceValkenburg Hospital, Observatory
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 June 1986. Valkenberg Hospital is a psychiatric Hospital in the …
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… and released after 251 days. Five years later, on 27 June 1986, when he was the editor of the New Nation, Sisulu was … International Defence and Aid Fund for…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… its president in 1983. Gumede and his party were banned in 1986. Over the following years he continued his law practice. …
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… non-elected chiefs. He later appointed his cabinet. In 1986, he was forced to retire by the South African …
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… On 19 October 1986, the Mozambique President, Samora Machel and …
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… On 7 September 1986, former Secretary-General of the South African Council …
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… was rejected. Sources: Cameron, T. & Spies S.B. (eds)(1986). An illustrated history of South Africa, Johannesburg: …
EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
… homelands (Bantustans). The removals occurred on 25 May 1986 and June of the same year. Allegedly a notorious group …
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 March 1986. …
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… The Freshford House Museum was opened to the public in 1986. A Late Victorian Period garden was laid out on the …
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… I saw also a rebel. From then on, I just played free” [10] . Moholo’s vulnerable interview is the closest we can get … recorded two studio albums, Zila…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… 1976, arrived in Lesotho in droves. By 1977 it was around 10-15 persons arriving daily. They were mainly the youth, some as young as 10 years. They were…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… father’s support, however, she managed to get to standard 10—the end of high school. She attended Wynberg High School … where she coordinated prisoner…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… and thereby formed the African Theatres Trust Ltd on 10 April 1913. He also formed African Films Trust, a film … release of Katrina (produced by Emil Nofal,…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… non-racial Cape Constitution of 1853.” (Lodge (ed),1986: p144.) The white minority state recognized realized …
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… 10.09.2016 ↵ [v] ibid ↵ [vi]ibid ↵ [vii] Cotzee HM, 2002 Zulu …
EventOne of the most infamous murders in South Africa takes place
… 20 and 15 years respectively. Lehnberg received parole in 1986. [iii] The case generated enormous local and national …
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… Mozambique's first President until his death on 20 October 1986. In 1981, 13 exiled members of the African National …
EventSA artist, Bongiwe Dhlomo, is born
… prize for graphics at the UZ African Arts Festival and in 1986 an award for visual arts from the Woza Afrika …
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… He returned there in the years 1973 to 1975 and 1985 to 1986. Msimang's work particularly from the late 1960s is …
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… the result of the countrywide unrest that marked much of 1986, leading to the declaration of yet another state of …
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… and role during the struggle against apartheid in 1986. Tutu was honoured for being deeply personally committed …
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… started to get involved in the Trade Union Movement. In 1986, he was dismissed at Anglo-Alpha for his political …
Glossary: Local History
… age or who are living at the same time. Hectare An area of 10 000 square metres. Hominid Humans and human-like …
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… Council of Provinces (NCOP). The NCOP has 90 members, 10 from each province. This council is supposed to make sure …
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… member of the Blavatsky Lodge for six months. June 10, Called to the Bar. June 11, Enrolled in the High Court. … of Natal were disfranchised. July 17,…