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EventFirst democratic election results for SA
… gained 62.60% while the National Party (NP) gained 20.40% of the votes. …
ArchiveClothing Workers Union: we demand jobs and a living wage for all
… words from the Bible: "Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit His kingdom? …
PlaceTrevean House, 258 Wakesleigh Road, Bellair, Durban
… 1898. The building is probably the best surviving example of a late Colonial Victorian building in Natal. It was …
PlaceApryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg
… for a freed slave or a cheeky insolent person or a person of mixed blood, could also be referring to these San People! … New Dictionary of South African…
ArchiveTransport and General Workers Union
… A2 red, yellow, black, blue silkscreen; graphic of workers with flag (TGWU logo); text: We fight for Good …
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 20, December 1988
… a letter sent to comrade Meir Vilner, General Secretary of the Communist Party in Israel on his birthday, a letter …
EventSA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”
… du Plooy said that his policy on Africans was one of “leniency and extreme tolerance.” … The Star (24 August 1960), ‘How Natives should be addressed’ …
EventBeeld is published for the first time
… and KwaZulu-Natal. Peet Kruger is the current editor of Beeld and the paper is owned by Media24. …
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… a Pretoria businessman. It was here that the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging was signed on Saturday 31 May 1902, …
EventChris Heunis is appointed acting president
… Chris Heunis, Minister of Constitutional Development and Planning, was appointed …
EventAZAPO’s first contest in SA democratic elections
… in the 1999 elections, managing to secure only 0,2 % of the vote which gave them one seat in the National …
ArchiveLetter from T. Nkobi, African National Congress Treasurer-General, to Dear Comrades
… Project Officials, and African National Congress of South Africa Missions regarding loans to members, …
PlaceChurch Square, Dickson street, Woodstock
… rise to Apartment blocks, for much needed accomodation of Doctors and Nurses, aswell as students! Being so close to …
PlaceApiesrivier, a River Which Flows Through Pretoria
… Said to have been named after the large population of Vervet monkeys that lived in trees on its banks, between … New Dictionary of South African Place Names…
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
… small River in the Netherlands. The first 'free burghers' of the Dutch East India Company were granted permission to … New Dictionary of South African Place…
Students and action in society
… Approach to student power; Economics and race; The power of contemporary radical thought; African socialism; Black …
Students and action in society
… Approach to student power; Economics and race; The power of contemporary radical thought; African socialism; Black …
ArchiveTowards a mixed economy in South African agriculture
… and national liberation in South Africa, the perspective of the ANC, the de Janvrian Model, the agrarian question in …
PlaceLongkloof, Main Road, Hout Bay
… was subdivided in 1946 the building was used for a number of years as a farm stall. It was declared a National Monument …
PlaceGoudini Health Spa
… medicinal springs, fruit and grapes. The name is probably of Hottentot origin and means 'bitter honey valley'. Governor …
PlaceOld Crown Mines Headquarters, 5 Press Lane, Selby, Johannesburg
… was designed by Herbert Baker after the amalgamation of eight mining companies in April 1909, when Crown Mines Ltd …
EventSA Sculptor Thomas Lehupela is born in Thaba ‘Nchu
… Father Frans Claerhout, who introduced him to the medium of wood. He is primarily self-taught, but gives credit to the … Rankin, E. (1989). mages of wood…
EventThere is an assassination attempt on Verwoerd at the Rand Easter Show in Johannesburg
… The first assassination attempt was made on the life of Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd at the Rand Easter Show in … Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred…
EventThe United Party is formed
… a merger between the National Party, under the leadership of General J.B.M. Hertzog, and the South African Party under … Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five…
EventDieter and Ruth Gerhard are detained
… They were jailed in December 1983 after being convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. … (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key…
EventUS ambassador Andrew Young visits SA
… paid a two day visit to South Africa at the invitation of mining magnate Harry Oppenheimer. On his visit, Young met … Southern African Political History: a…
EventF.W. de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
… Willemse on this date. The couple met at the University of Potchefstroom where they were both students and where De …
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the ‘homelands’
… cancelled, by actively encouraging economic exploitation of them, based on their race and their need for work while …
EventHelen Joseph dies
… activist, Helen Beatrice May Joseph , died at the age of 87 in Johannesburg , South Africa. She came to SA in 1931 … Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of…
EventBeverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal
… won a bronze medal in Athens, Greece. She was a member of the South African Paralympic team Amakrokokroko, which …