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… Tshifhiwa 17/09 12/11 60 28 Engcobo, Transkei Venda ? 2 1982 53. Aggett, Neil (Dr) 54. Dipale, Ernest 05/02 08/08 28 …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… Harold Macmillan gave his famous 'winds of change' speech here in South Africa. By 1962 the British Government …
PlaceGanyesa
… of Johannesburg and its International Airport, OR Tambo . Ganyesa is the administrative hub of the North-West …
EventANC calls on International community to save lives
… to intervene to save the three condemned men. On 2 June 1982 President Marais Viljoen commuted the death sentences on …
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… Walus, a Polish immigrant who came to South Africa in 1982, was arrested in connection with the murder. He was …
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… where he found a job at the Anglo-Alpha cement company. In 1982, he led a strike, and started to get involved in the …
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 October 1982. DO NOT WALK ON THE PAVED AREA, it's a National …
EventDeath in detention of Ahmed Timol
… and trained as a teacher. In 1964 he attended the funeral of Suliman 'Babla' Saloogee who had died in …
PlaceCullinan
… as she lay in state at Westminster Hall, awaiting her funeral on September 19, 2022. The Town of Cullinan offers … frica-8154423/#:~:text=The%20317%2Dcarat…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… 1946: Winston Churchill delivers his ‘ Iron Curtain’ speech 1947: Marshall Plan is announced 1948 : February, …
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… of 10 May 1897. It effectively summarises the introductory speech given by R. H. Whale (qv.).* The primary argument for …
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… the walled-in people of both West and East Berlin. His speech contained the memorable phrase, " Ich bin ein Berliner …
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… met the former President of the ANC, His Excellency Oliver Tambo, who always reminded his cadres that the strength of … in the Burundi peace process. Both…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… Faso. The country was ruled first by Saye Zerbo (1980-1982), then Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo(1982-1983), and finally Thomas Sankara (1983-1984) - all of …
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… by members of Junction Ave Theatre Company, from 1976-1982. The main singers include Ramolao Makhene, Siphiwe … one of the plays which was widely discussed…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech to hundreds of thousands at the March on Washington, … was the final speaker and gave his…
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
… and founded Afrapix, an independent photo agency, in 1982. The collective took photographs for use by the … to you and say: ‘Comrade, comrade so-and-so died…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… way’. Its first headline was a quote from a Tom Mboya speech at a political meeting in Kaloleni: ‘When shall we see … Moi launches a plan for the protection…
Liberation organisations
… rent or service fees to the municipality. In 1985, Oliver Tambo, leader of the ANC in exile, said: 'In this coming … AZASO and COSAS were therefore part of…
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… expected to attend the event. The president will use his speech to thank the millions of South Africans - the huge …
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… of one million people came to see and listen to the Pope's speech. References: Malunga, M. (1988). "Smiles for the …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… release from prison, Nelson Mandela made his first public speech after his release from the balcony of Cape Town City …
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… of Delegates (Indian representatives). In his closing speech at the conference, Dr. Allan Boesak, who was at the …
PlaceChris Hani Municipal Region, Eastern Cape
… stretch between the Ukhahlamba district in the north, OR Tambo district in the east, Amathole in the south, Cacadu in …
PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
… Sisulu , Thabo Mbeki , Steve Biko , Chris Hani and Oliver Tambo - making this Area’s claim to be the ‘Real Africa’ an …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… a student at Fort Hare University after he met Oliver Tambo, who became his life-long friend. In 2009, the United …
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… a house and established the Johannesburg Art Foundation in 1982, where gardeners alongside women of leisure, and …
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… official biographer quotes ANC leaders, among them O. R. Tambo, as follows: "Lutuli”¦on difficult questions on which … the democratic struggle to the middle…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… to collect subscriptions from workers and to administer funeral benefits, which is enthusiastically accepted by the …
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… with police killing about 20 people on their way to a funeral on 21 March. This resulted in more riots, the killing …