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1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 1 and 2 Article: Editorial comment - Victory is Calling
… Comment VICTORY IS CALLING This December 16, 1983, marks the twentyaecond Anniversary of the founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe: Though the past twenty-two ……
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name derived for the bushes they used, to make digging apparatus. …
EventPeter Clarence van Riet Lowe, archaeologist and civil engineer who built 109 bridges in SA, is born in Aliwal North, CC.
… Lowe was born on 4 November 1894 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape. A civil engineer by profession, Clarence was in charge … of over a hundred bridges in South…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… of Slave Trade and Colonisation on Indigenous Societies at the Cape Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 … had a huge impact on the…
PlaceRichmond
… The Village of Richmond was established in 1844 on a portion … father-in-law of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape Colony from 1844 to 1847. The…
EventGwen Lister is born
… in East London on 5 December 1953. After graduating at the University of Cape Town, Lister left for Namibia and joined the Windhoek Advertiser as a political…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… The Republic of Congo, also known as Middle Congo, … Congo-Brazzaville, and Congo (but not to be confused with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… In the mid-80s a strange pop phenomenon swept through the … was convinced that Oom Hansie was a coloured oke from the Cape Flats or Eersterust in Pretoria…
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… clergyman, James Arthur Calata, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He joined the ANC in 1930 and rose to become its secretary-general. In this capacity, Calata…
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal), he was 41 years old. The Great Trek in South Africa started in 1835 when over a three year period more then 12,000 Boers …
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… without permit, but charges were subsequently dropped. In the same month, he also planned a march to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, to demand the release of…
EventElize Botha dies
… P.W. Botha, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 75 in the Wilderness, Western Cape. About three hundred people, including former cabinet …
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… years there was no native trade unionism in South Africa. The first trade unions in the country were white unions of … unions admit native and coloured…
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… I welcome most heartily the convening of the Afro-Asian Conference and congratulate all those … for organising this historic meeting. I deeply cherish the…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… was found murdered at her luxury beachfront apartment in Cape Town. The ex-wife of former South African president F.W. de Klerk … from behind and strangled…
ArchiveDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
… football ambassador – Steven Madi Mokone. Steve Mokone got the nickname ‘Kalamazoo’ from a timeless classic by Glen Miller. It is perhaps fitting that the…
EventSouth African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated
… Air services were inaugurated in South Africa with the amalgamation of a London-based company, the South African Aerial Navigation Company and the SA-based ……
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The system of management committees, or local…
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest award of the International Red Cross Society, was born…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
… Mr. Peter Nanyemba, Chief Representative, said the only way to end apartheid in Namibia was to expel South … Africa from Namibia. South Africa was making…
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… The Tamil Benefit Society presents a memorandum on poor housing conditions in Pageview, Johannesburg, and the need for housing schemes for poorer Indians to…
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The League of Nations was established after World War I, during the Treaty of Versailles. The intention of this organization … (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventSA footballer, Steven Pienaar is born in Johannesburg
… Pienaar began his professional career with Ajax Cape Town in 1999. In 2009 he joined the Dutch mother team Ajax and quickly became one of its best … Bafana…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.4 1991
… Enoch A. Monkwe; Till We Meet, Mavis Smallberg; In the Shacks of Inanda, Gladman Mvukuzane Ngubo. Essays: The … Natal: Ari Sitas, Pearl Jean Gorrie, Jabu…
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… The lengthy trial of nine student leaders from the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the South African … five years. The next day they were driven from…
EventSA artist Helen Martins is born
… Martins , artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, was born in Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern Cape . She…
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
… On 18 August 1994, the first democratically elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, delivered a speech to the joint sitting of…
Zindzi Mandela is born
… was born in a year of turmoil, during which the ANC was banned and Umkhonto we Sizwe formed. Her parents were always on the run from the police. In 1977…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho) people are concentrated in the Free State, Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces, with small groups in Namibia and Zambia. … It…
ArchivePreface by Denis Goldberg
… to write about myself despite being asked to write down the stories I tell when I am given the least excuse to do so. I have always wanted to speak ……