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1983, Volume 7 Dawn page 3 Article: Response to a Crisis
… TO A CRISIS JAMES MAKHAYA, A combatant of MK, discuss the November white referendum The history of the Nationalist Party is pock-marked with the continuous …
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to be appointed in 1923. He went on to teach the…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… 1 A Marvellous Life! Denis Goldberg, South Africa and the World Chapter 2 Denis Goldberg and the Modern Youth Society Chapter 3 The Life of a Freedom Fighter…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… Set in the Roodepoort Civic Centre on Christiaan de Wet Road, the Roodepoort Museum capably covers Roodepoort’s long and … in 2006 due to budgetary…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… is purported to have been deported from South Africa on the 31 March 1991, having being fingered as the triggerman in the assassination of Namibian lawyer…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… his son, Prince Nelisuzulu Benedict Buthelezi, died from the same disease on April 29. Buthelezi's openness about circumstances leading to the death of his…
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… A march organised by the Cape Town-based Muslim organisation, People against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), resulted in the killing of a highly suspected…
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… areas were proclaimed in accordance with provisions of the Group Areas Act of 1950. Following the proclamation, blacks were prohibited from entering these…
EventStander gang hits 3 banks
… On 19 January 1984, the Stander gang robs three banks in less than an hour in the Johannesburg city centre. The Stander gang was a group of three men led by…
ArchiveNUSAS 1982 Resumé
… Illustrated resumé of the activities of the National Union of South African Students during 1982. The theme for 1982, Campus action for democracy, is …
EventChris Heunis meets Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane
… The Citizen newspaper reported that Minister Chris Heunis, … and Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane discussed the government's position on the…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… General circular letter from the President of the National Union of Students, Neville Curtis, quoting from a letter from C.D.T. Sibisi informing him that the…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… semi-detached dwellings forms a unique terrace erected in the late 19th century, and survives largely unaltered to the present day. It was declared a…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, ……
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… Xhosa war hero and regent of the AmaNgqika (Gaika) Xhosa clan during the youth of Sandile, Maqoma (also spelled Makoma or Macoma), … died on Robben Island…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… was Kgosi (King) Khama III, (also known as Khama the Good) of the Bangwato people. Under his rule and with his approval, … Bechuanaland had been put under…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… to Natal, South Africa, to live with his older brother in the hope that the hot climate would improve his health. In South Africa, Rhodes became involved in…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… The potato boycott began in protest against slave-like labour … rations and slave wages. In articles in New Age the brutality of this system was exposed in…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in Silvertown on the Cape Flats. At school, Carolus was an active member of the South African Students' Organisation …
EventChris Hani is born
… Hani, Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, military arm of the African National Congress (ANC) and General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party …
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… P.W. Botha at Songo, in Tete province, Mozambique. The purpose of the meeting was to affirm the two countries' pledge to abide by the Nkomati Accord, …
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… mercenaries were arrested in Equatorial Guinea. Many of the suspects were South African, including the alleged leader of the advance party, Nick du Toit. The…
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… nuclear weapons in 1993, as it was initially claimed by the then State President F. W. de Klerk , and that the nuclear weapons programme had been far more…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… his government will assist in fighting against terrorism. The closure of the border came after an accusation by Rhodesian (now known … Minister Ian Smith…
PlaceAmbrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province
… Name employed in the 18th Century for the Coastal Area on the peninsula between Danger Point and Gansbaai. Dutch for …
ArchiveReport of NUSAS President
… Report of the President of the National Union of South African Students at the 58th Annual Congress, University of the Witwatersrand, …
ArchiveRecommendations of Consultative Conference
… Recommendations of the South African Communist Party Consultative Conference. Recommends transforming the party, that there should be internal democracy and…
PlaceLongkloof, Main Road, Hout Bay
… The building dates from the late 19th century when it served as the wine cellar on the farm Moddergat, then owned by the Boonzaaier family. …
PlaceBertram House, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town
… under old NMC legislation on 21 September 1962. A part of the Cape Town Campus of UCT- Hiddingh Hall. This was the original "home" of the University of Cape…