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EventThe Korean War ends
… 243 officers and 545 men of the S.A. Air Force and 23 officers and 15 men of the S.A. Defence Force saw service …
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… Automobile Club of SA, based in Cape Town, was founded on 23 October 1901. After that several other bodies began to …
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… [online] Available at www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 23 June 2011] South African History Online, ‘The …
EventThe first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC
The now iconic series struggled to find an audience at first, and was cancelled after just 3 seasons. However, its cult-like popularity blossomed in…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… Jill Chisholm. News of Thorpe's dismissal came on May 23 after a disciplinary hearing following his questioning of …
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 September 1988. Subject to fairly recent refurbishment and …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… to Botswana and remained there from June 1979 until June 1985. There, Klug prepared to take over the South African … His brother soon came to join him in…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… South African Government imposed banning orders, including 12-hour-a-day house arrest, on Mr. George Singh of the … African journalist wrote in the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… (Blacks). African-Americans comprise some 12% (33 million) of the total population of the USA . The … of the Natal Branch of the African National Congress -…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
As part of realising ANC stalwart Comrade Nelson Mandela`s dream and that of his organisation - taken as far back as 1942 - to grow the ANC membership to one…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa calls for national lockdown for 21 days in South Africa
… On 23 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national …
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… on 4 April 1984, with Unit 2 following suit on 25 July 1985. It is situated at Duynefontein, 27km North of Cape Town … on 4 April 1984, with Unit 2 following…
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… by Black and church groups in November 1984. Early in 1985 it became a mass movement by mobilising many thousands …
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… President P. W. Botha declared a state of emergency in mid-1985. The next year, he sanctioned the raids on the …
5th Jozi Book Fair
… in SA and there are many lessons to gain. Run up Events: 23 October Workshop with GÁ¶teborg Book Fair: Topic: Book … Publishing Industry; Experiences from GÁ…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… Committee (TASC) at a conference in Johannesburg on 23 January 1983, but this part of his speech was unplanned- …
EventIFP proposes a truce with ANC
… when the United Democratic Front was formed in 1985 and began to expand into the IFP stronghold, …
Durban an Overview
… Durban was quite sizeable, and until 1932 comprised some 12 square miles, a number of suburbs developed about its …
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… the number of pupils at secondary schools increased from 12,656 to 34,656. One in five Soweto children were attending …
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… what would be their first cultural showcase on May Day, 1985, using the Gale Street offices as their headquarters. … the group rehearsed regularly. When the…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… clashes between SANSCO members and BC supporters (SAIRR, 1985: 698; 1986: 405). In July 1983, BC students eventually … quoting AZASM publication, Awake Black…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… readmission intensified during the State of Emergency of 1985-1986. About 100 students were refused readmission at … police and various confrontations…
The strangulation of activity
… Students Organisation (AZASO) were banned in the Transkei. 1985 In August 1985, soon after the declaration of the 1985 State of … areas of operation and the…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… Sono signals growing Black power in South African soccer. 1985 Unity talks between the Federation and Football Council … fail to qualify for major…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… Conference. PUBLIC BROADCASTER AND SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION 12. The Commission noted that alongside the commercial and … impact of advertising on children. 2010…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Peace and Stability, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… perform their functions adequately. Therefore resolves: 12. All necessary steps must be taken to speed up the … role in promoting peace and stability in…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… the Executive Committee of the Republic, resolved on 12 November 1896 to build a fort on Hospital Hill, … to take an oath of secrecy. Building was completed…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… Lindsay, Sir Kurma Reddi and G.S. Bajpai (Secretary). 12 January, The Second Round-table Conference between the … as representatives of the opposition South…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… to complete and present its report. Conference resumed at 12 Noon. 5. REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE Mr. G. I. M. … Conference as follows: ....101 names are…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… (one of the 8 homelands) for 24 years, until his death on 23 March 1993. Ntsan’wisi, who had the blood cancer, …