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Griffiths Mxenge, Umlazi, Durban, civil rights attorney, is found stabbed after being abducted by a Security Branch hit squad.
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee … Durban, civil rights attorney, is found…
Units of the SADF are now being equipped with a rifle made completely in South Africa. It is the R1-7.62 mm rifle, developed fr
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Units of the SADF are now being equipped with a…
BiographyMary Agnes Stainbank
… Anne's DSG at Hilton. Stainbank was an artist way ahead of her time. Though credited with introducing a modern … In spite of such difficulties, she went on…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… Dr. John M. Rudley, President of Texas Southern University, Faculty Members, Members of the Alumni, Convocation, Chairperson of the Jacob Zuma … We are…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… off the land. Mabhida could not pursue his studies because of the financial constraints experienced by his family. His … Machel, said: “We shall be the…
BiographyZanele Muholi
… in South Africa. “This is a time for a visual state of emergence,” she says. “The preservation and mapping of our … the centuries-long project to commodity…
BiographyThomas Patrick Murray
… Thomas Patrick Murray was the eldest of the three sons of Patrick Murray, a boiler-maker and trade … Conciliation Bill in 1954. Murray served TUCSA…
EventAfter being allowed into the racially exclusive SA Amateur Athletics Union, Matthews Motshwarateu, breaks the national 5,000m record
… 5 000m record in Stellenbosch, so entering the annals of South African athletics. … After being allowed into the racially exclusive SA Amateur …
BiographyPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
… School in Inanda and enrolled with the National University of Lesotho for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science … of the African National Congress (ANC…
BiographyJoseph Masobila Mdluli
… the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, the year of the Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws , inspired by … broken ribs and numerous bruises and…
Ex-Police Commissioner General Johan van der Merwe implicates Deputy President F.W. de Klerk in being informed about a ‘dirty t
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … van der Merwe implicates Deputy President F.W. de…
6 000 teachers from Soweto and Alexandra begin a strike because their grievances are not being addressed. The strike spread to
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 848 ……
Telkom South Africa Limited officially comes into being and is incorporated as a company with the State as sole shareholder.
… Telkom South Africa Limited officially comes into being and is incorporated as a company with the State as sole …
Aliens Control Act No 96, replacing all previous legislation regarding foreigners entering, leaving or being resident in the co
… legislation regarding foreigners entering, leaving or being resident in the co …
William Oliphant, unionist, is found dead on a farm near Koster, Western Transvaal, after being abducted two weeks earlier in w
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … found dead on a farm near Koster, Western…
CNN reports that a 62-year-old South African man is being treated at a Pretoria hospital as a "probable SARS" case, a
… CNN reports that a 62-year-old South African man is being treated at a Pretoria hospital as a "probable SARS" …
Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, rebel commando leader during the 1914 Rebellion, is executed by a firing squad after being found
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, vv. 5, p. 24 | Wallis, … the 1914 Rebellion, is executed by…
The government confirms that guerrillas are being trained for operations in South Africa from bases in Botswana and Mozambique.
… The government confirms that guerrillas are being trained for operations in South Africa from bases in …
David Mofokeng disappears from police custody. The police claim he escaped from custody after being arrested for a robbery in A
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee. … custody. The police claim he escaped from…
The Nelson Mandela Museum is opened. It is being developed as a single component comprising three elements, namely a museum in
… The Nelson Mandela Museum is opened. It is being developed as a single component comprising three …
Paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police.
… mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police. …
Three draft Bills revising and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re
… security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re …
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… she became fascinated and involved in the trade union work of her uncle Rev. Marawu. She attended school first in Elsies … We saw many graves. About 300 kids…
Aaron Khoza
… was detained on 9 December 1976 in Krugersdorp in terms of section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act. He was transferred to … supplied by the police.There were no…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… Soweto student uprisings have also inspired the production of plays including Sarafina which went on to play on … West, Soweto, close to where the shooting…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… was born on 11 August 1925 in India. He was the eighth of nine children of Mohammed Bassa, a businessman, and his … In doing so, Bassa was often subjected to…
BiographyDirk Johannes Coetzee
… Dirk Johannes Coetzee was born in 1945. The son of a postmaster, he grew up in the Northern Cape. Coetzee and … then handed over to Coetzee who had him shot…
BiographyManonmoney "Ama" Naidoo
… fruit and vegetables to hotels. Mononmony was the fifth of nine children and the only daughter. Mononmony married … appointment of the South African Indian…
Andrew Harold Makope disappears in Mamelodi after being taken into a light blue combi a short distance from his home by armed m
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … Andrew Harold Makope disappears in…
Johannes van der Walt, SA wrestler who was known as the ‘Gemaskerde Wonder’ (Masked Wonder), dies in Johannesburg after being w
… Wonder’ (Masked Wonder), dies in Johannesburg after being w …