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ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.1 1989
… STORIES: The Prophets, Bheki Maseko; Happiness is a Punch in the Eye, Lawrence Maimane; A Day in the Life, Steve Jacobs; Unrest Report, Peter Rule; The ……
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… cost £46 500. French and Italian mechanics were involved in the building of this fort, namely Carlos Prina, Petro … F. Townsend. This hexagonal fort was much…
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
… Treurnicht and Langley to resign from the seats they held in Waterberg and Waterkloof respectively, after which he would relinquish his seat in Soutpansberg…
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… called for talks between himself and Nelson Mandela in his capacity as the leader of IFP to find ways and means … with their supporters, and ensure that…
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… a police informer, a charge that carried a death penalty in terms of township mob justice. Winnie Mandela denied any involvement in the death of Stompie…
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… a council meeting. A separate hearing was held for Prince in the same year regarding his involvement in soliciting underage prostitutes, which was caught on…
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… that on 20 December 1961 it destroyed power lines in Johannesburg. The National Committee for Liberation has … of the records at the Bantu Administration Tax…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… League of Nations. Africans South West Africa no share in Government therefore take no part in incorporation negotiations. South Africa itself denies ……
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… the Northern Cape Province. Before 1994 a pro ANC faction in the homeland, led by Malebane Metsing, unsuccessfully … was imminent. A group of Afrikaner…
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… Treason Trial accused were missing when the trial resumed in Pretoria. The defence team lawyer, Bram Fischer told the … when about 156 anti-apartheid…
PlaceBeestekraal, North West
… and Post Office, North of Brits. It was given the name in 1837 by the Voortrekkers under Andries Potgieter because … Station, whilst maintaining it…
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… Executive Committee on 25 November 1992. Covers shifts in the balance of forces, negotiations, phases in the democratic revolution, goals of the National …
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…
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…
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…