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EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… He was the husband of Victoria Mxenge who, in December 1985, while preparing to defend the United Democratic Front …
EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
… both the musicians and delegates. Cosatu was formed in 1985 after unity talks to create a non-racial and non-sexiest …
PlaceVictorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens
… declared a National Monument under old NMC Legislation on 23 September 1988. …
PlaceBlue Lodge Hotel, 206-208 Long Street, Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1962. …
EventSouth African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo
… Mozambique's capital city, were bombed in retaliation on 23 May 1983. This action boosted the apartheid government's … African history This Day in African…
PlaceTokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 August 1985. The Tree hugging Hike of the Tokai Arboretum, a … nomination of Tokai Arboretum as a national…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… by Neville Alexander on the national question (December 1985), and another one with an article by Baruch Hirson … wrote some articles. It’s not known who…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
… Street and was declared a Provincial Heritage Site on the 23 March 1979. …
ArticleThe following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
… 25, from Duduza, East Rand Thandi Merrium Thabethe, 23, from Standerton, Mpumalanga Abel Tshabangu, 35, from … [Accessed: 12 April 2024] …
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. Now offered is a taste of the early Cape – this home …
EventSouth African Actor, Henry Cele , dies
… for his chilling portrayal of the Zulu King, Shaka in the 1985 mini-series, Shaka Zulu. Cele landed the role after he …
EventZimbabwe’s interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). Between 1982 and 1985 the military brutally crushed armed resistance in …
EventSouth African police close the investigation into the death of Steve Biko
… and was officially closed on 17 May 1978.It was only in 1985 that the real circumstances surrounding Biko’s death …
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… The first batch of Indian passive resisters, consisting of 12 men and 4 women (including Mrs. Kasturba Gandhi ) are … the Conference. The Conference appoints…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… a national membership drive, with membership fee of 12 rand a year. 2 May - 4 May, The Groote Schuur talks take … decided to hold a full discussion of the…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… du Toit, a South African officer captured in Angola in 1985. Major du Toit was captured at Cabinda, Angolawhile h e …
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… the right to marry the love of his life, Irene Khumalo. In 1985, the two were given permission to wed but she died of …
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… commends the late Alan Paton on his lecture delivered in 1985, as the 33rd in this series. Corbett wishes to express …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… job it is to manage and regulate the electricity market”. [12] By 2018, underinvestment in coal collieries contributed … “deeply linked to ESKOM’s…
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the …
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
… was expelled from many international sporting bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup - …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… Lindsay, Sir Kurma Reddi and G.S. Bajpai (Secretary). 12 January, The Second Round Table Conference between the … as representatives of the opposition South…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
… guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of being police informers. The …
PlaceRuimzicht House, 10 Milner Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. THE RUIMZICHT HOUSE, TAMBOERSKLOOF, CAPETOWN …
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
… Moloise was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985. Moloise was accused of murdering a black police … Executed Today.com 1985: Benjamin Moloise,…
EventUpington 14 are sentenced
… attacking his home with stones on 13 November 1985. The rest of the twenty-five accused, the largest group …
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… Uganda. He was tried in the United Democratic Front (UDF) 1985 Delmas treason trial, which also included former Premier …
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985, translated into six European languages) and other …
EventPolitical activist Mvulane Zacharia Bheki dies in detention
… activist was arrested with eight others in February 1985. When he failed to appear in court along with the others … Sheppard, N. Junior, (1985), Detainees`…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… of various labour unions, was established on 2 December 1985 in Durban. It is among the fastest growing labour …