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ArchiveThis violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019
… streets, more or less peacefully. But not that January, 70 years ago. Then, those parts of the personality most … began more than a decade ago. But not that…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… Presidents, was elected President of NUSAS for the 1969-70 terms. Together with Horst Kleinschmidt , Paula Ensor and … and clothes, employing about 50 people…
EventAllan Boesak is born
… of Reformed Churches, which claimed to represent about 70 million Protestants worldwide. He was also a founding …
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
… fought the Italians in North and East Africa, along with 70 000 black and coloured labourers. These soldiers were …
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… a leading AIDS combination therapy, will drop from $1.70 to 90 cents a day. Epivir, also called 3TC, will drop from …
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… The test, code named Gerboise Bleue, had a yield of 60-70 kilotons. This test put France in the same atomic league …
EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… unrest; with a violence that erupted and claimed more than 70 lives. …
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
The Zimbabwean political activist and writer Diana Mitchell, who has died aged 83, was an active opponent of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and later used her…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… Prime Minister after winning the August 1960 elections by 70 seats out of 71 in the Tanganyika Assembly. The United …
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… aging Boeing 727 was impounded. On 27 July, all but 3 of 70 suspected mercenaries, accused of plotting a coup in …
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… hyenas. Mason’s career spans over four decades. In the 70’s and 80’s she often represented South Africa in …
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
Bridge across the Second Creek, East London, West of Buffalo Harbour. Named in honour of Balthazar John Vorster, 1915-1983. Former Prime Minister of the…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… Beda Hall. After three years, Tambo graduated with a B.Sc. degree in mathematics and physics from Fort Hare. He … was organised at Orlando Stadium, attended…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… August 11, Dadoo delivers a speech at the funeral of J. B. Marks at Novodovichy cemetery in Moscow. November, Following the death of J.B. Marks, Dadoo is…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… in Lithuania. They are defeated by the Germans, suffering 70 000 casualties. 9 April The beginning of the third German …
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
'States of Emergence' is Johannesburg gallerist Warren Siebrits' coming of age. A former curator at the influential Everard Read Contemporary, circa State of…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… More than 70 000 angry mourners gathered at King William's Town, to pay …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… at £1,685,350. Coloureds and Africans will lose over 70 acres of land and 133 dwellings valued at £25,940'. This …
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… eight copies of the show which was now edited down to 70 images and formed the basis of the Book with text by …
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… [46] The vocabulary of Fanakalo comprises approximately 70 percent Nguni, 24 percent English and 6 percent Afrikaans. … of social allegiance within a…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… that which proceeded in the Western Areas (Kane-Berman, 70). This initiative took place in full throttle after 1948 … of the local ANC chapter””Simon Tyeku,…
PlaceSt. Francis Church, Simonstown
… and a new Church was built in 1837, and secondly when 70% of the Congregation of Simon's Town due to the …
PlaceGanyesa
… people, of which the vast majority speaks Tswana. It is 70 kilometres from Vryburg and 450 kilometres from the urban …
The ANC launch the Luthuli Volunteer Corps in Magareng Sub Region, Warrenton, Frances Baard Region, 19 September 2013
… Africa. We have set ourselves a realistic target of a 70% elections victory as we march towards 2014 general …
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… in the North West province of South Africa. It is located 70 kilometres North-West of Vryburg and about 170 kilometres …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… 57 children participating 1914 January 5, Harbat Singh, a 70-year-old passive resister, dies of pneumonia in Volksrust …
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… they feared his influence upon them. His cell was 70 square feet, the floor was covered with pitch, at night … our aspirations for peace and reconciliation…
PlaceGovan Mbeki Municipality
… 310,000 (2022), with key stats showing ~25% under 15, ~70% working age, and a ~43% dependency ratio, facing …
Performance, Violence and the Collapse of a Cultural Movement by Ari Sitas
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The paper discusses how by 1995 the cultural movement that had its…
PlaceSannieshof, North West Province
Sannieshof is a small train stop and farming town in the middle of the North West Province’s maize farming belt, it lies surrounded by the four towns of…