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ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… election in 1994, South Africa joined the OAU on 23 May 1994. Another significant development connected to …
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… OF ARMED STRUGGLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Conference Date: 23-25 November 2016 Venue: University of the Witwatersrand …
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 …
PlaceRailway Station, Sannaspos, Bloemfontein
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 30 May 1985. …
PlaceStasiegebou, Sannaspos
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 30 May 1985. …
Devout domesticity?
… in Retreat: Cabalism, the ANC Underground and Gandhi, 1985-1989 8. Indian Resistance Politics in Transition, …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
South Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships from Europe to travel to the East with ease. Before the canal was opened European ships had…
Learning about history through writing
… South Africa wins the tournament, defeating New Zealand 15-12. Following South Africa's victory, Nelson Mandela, the …
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… two and injuring many more. The two students killed were 12-year old Hector Pieterson and Hastings Ndlovu, aged 15. … uprising. The official death toll in…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba's mutilated body is found
… husband was abducted from his place of work on 19 August 1985. He was fatally stabbed and mutilated in Eshowe on 20 August 1985. She said that she had…
EventScores of soccer fans die in a friendly match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates
… and Orlando Pirates met in a pre-season friendly at the 23,000 seater Oppenheimer Stadium, near Orkney, Western …
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… where they remained until Leabua fell from power in 1985. At the outbreak of the Soweto Revolt in June 1976, … Defence Force, which toppled Jonathan's…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… Annual Survey and Documents , Volume 16. London, Africana, 1985. Lodge, Tom. Black Politics in South Africa since 1945 . … The Life of Kas Maine, a South…
PlaceWelcome Cottage, Glencairn- Simonstown
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. …
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Union Street, Gardens
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 March 1985. …
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 February 1985.The old municipal offices and Roodepoort Town Hall, both …
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… of his arrest and subsequent detention from 1982 to 1985, he completed his LLB through the University of South …
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… Programme), West Germany in 1979 and the USA again in 1985. He exhibited numerously from 1958-1988, won several …
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Act, and was taken to Pretoria for interrogation. In March 1985 Dr. Boesak was arrested along with Archbishop Desmond …
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
… Trade Unions (COSATU) which was launched on 1 December 1985, when popular unrest had spread across South Africa. …
EventWalter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground
… in the Rand Daily Mail (a newspaper banned in March 1985) that he fled to Bechuanaland (now known as Botswana). …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, …
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… . According to official figures, 279 Swapo combatants and 23 security force members were killed . On April 10 1989, …