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ArchiveResolution on the International Communist Movement
… serious problems facing the movement, such as US agression in Vietnam, attempts to re-colonise Africa, and the need for … international meeting. Expresses…
ArchiveWestern Cape Region - Regional Conference: Problems and challenges of the Western Cape
… 29 and 30 September, 1990. Covers history of the ANC in the Western Cape Region. Talks about entering a new period in which the primary challenge is building…
ArchiveThe boycott as weapon of struggle
… The most potent weapon in the armoury of a nation struggling for liberation and … attitudes of the leaders' and intellectuals' are outlined in relation to…
ArchiveBiography of Moses Mabokela Chikane
… Biography of Moses Mabokela Chikane who was born in 1948 August 14 in area of Groblersdaal first of the family of nine, he was …
PlaceJewish Pioneers Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth, Orthodox Hebrew Congregation was formed in 1903. It's members were mainly Eastern European Jews who … to South Africa , after severe pogroms…
PlaceSpringbok Park, Hatfield, Pretoria
… was formerly known as Grosvenor Square and was conceived in 1905 when the Suburb of Hatfield was laid out. Development only commenced in the 1930s and it has…
PlaceHorse Memorial, junction of Cape and Russell Roads, Port Elizabeth
… The memorial, designed by Joseph Whitehead and cast in bronze by the Thames Dillon Works, in Surrey, was unveiled on 11 February 1905 by the mayor of …
PlaceRheingold Building, Market Street, Polokwane
… The building was erected in about 1910 by H Moschke to house a number of commercial … architectural details and is the only building of its kind in the…
EventSibusiso Ndebele, The premier of Kwa-Zulu Natal province and a National Executive Committee member of the ANC, is born
… National Congress (ANC), Sibusiso Joel Ndebele, was born in Shiyana at Rorkes' Drift, near Dundee, Natal (now kwaZulu … wrested power away from the Inkatha…
EventDefence minister Mosioua Lekota born
… minister of defence, Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota is born in Kroonstad, Free State (the former Orange Free State). … the soccer field. Lekota joined anti…
EventWole Soyinka is born
… and poet, Wole Soyinka, was born at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. Soyinka became the first African to … Nobel Prize for Literature from the Nobel…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg
… head of the Anglican Church with a 1.6 million membership in South Africa. He used this position to intensify his opposition to the Apartheid system in the…
EventNew Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
… its provisions. It is assumed that this step was taken in an effort to ease restrictions on participation of South African sportsmen in international games. …
EventPFP stays its ground concerning president Vorster
… Progressive Federal Party (PFP), official opposition in parliament, refused to congratulate John Vorster on his … should not have been elevated to the…
EventBram Fischer dies
… died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul Fischer's house in Bloemfontein. After news of his illness became known, … result he was put under house arrest at his…
EventJoseph Lekganyane of the ZCC (Dove) dies
… Dove) with support spanning rural and urban areas, died in Warmberg, Pietersburg district. Upon the death of Engenas, … Edward and Joseph for church…
EventMandela is moved to Victor Verster prison
… Nelson Mandela from the Constantiaberg private clinic in Cape Town, where he had been recovering from tuberculosis, … Town, where he was given a large warder…
EventDon Mattera withdraws from public performances
… from public performances. Mattera is now deeply involved in improving the community of Eldorado Park, in which he lives. Source: This Day, August 2, 2004, p…
PlaceRiebeek Kasteel
… The village of Riebeek Kasteel was established in about 1861, and was located at the foot of the Mountain of the same name. The Area was first visited in…
ArchiveNUSAS and the future - critical appraisal of structure and direction
… the situation of the National Union on university campuses in South Africa and problems with lack of funds and the … of disaffiliation. It questions the role…
PlaceOnverwacht
… Onverwacht (a Dutch word for “unexpected”) originated in the granting of Bophuthatswana independence in December 1977. … [Accessed: 14 February 2013]| Forced…
Place'Angra das Vaccas', Mossel Bay
… Mossel Bay. Old name for Vleesbaai. It was given its name in Dutch form, 'Vleeschbaai', by Paulus van Caerden. … cows the Portuguese Mariners saw grazing…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
… Daizer Mqhaba; The Voortrekkers by Sheila Fugard; Silence in Jail! by Peter Horn; A Letter to Bandi by Kriben Pillay; … on Mzimhlophe by Landi Themba; Shaka…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… of the Opposition, House of Assembly, CAPE TOWN Sir, In one week's time, the Verwoerd Government intends to … satisfaction from this developing crisis. We,…
ArchiveWiehahn Commission: precis of speech
… not serve to give black workers effective participation in an industrial relations system in South Africa. …
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the Western Cape … of the largest archives of liberation…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt
… Under his leadership Egypt continued its participation in the Arab-Israeli conflicts. Nasser nationalised the Suez … ships from using the canal. This caused…
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… Messages such as "After all civil resistance had its birth in Asia" and "Jesus was an Asiatic; if he was reborn and went to South Africa today, he would have…
EventMoses Mabhida receives awards
… extensively and was highly respected around the globe, in particular by trade unionists and socialists. Mabhida, a generally self-educated man, was steeped…
EventCedric Mayson is charged with treason
… former Methodist Minister who was banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appeared before the … He was released on bail, fled the…