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PlaceLittle Chelsea, 18 Windermere Road, Durban
… for L Evans, for use as a shop, dining room and kitchen on the ground floor. From CBD take Filed Street north, becomes … left into Argyle Rd and left again…
Isisebenzi
… Produced by the "Wages Commission", Isisebenzi was a newspaper for … workers, especially with their struggle for just wages and the right to organise…
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… One Day International cricket matches for South Africa in the 1990s. Hudson was a right-handed batsman and was most … his calm demeanour under pressure. Up…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… Natal. Ngubane occupied many high political positions in the IFP and other spheres of government. He was minister of … in 1999. In 2006 he ended his long…
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…
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
… in May 1970, President Hastings Banda of Malawi became the first head of an independent Black African state to visit … Africa (16-20 August). During his…
EventCaribbean countries refuse to send troops to Haiti
… Angered by the manner in which Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was allegedly forced to flee his country, the fifteen-nation Caribbean Community said…
EventTsafendas, murderer of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies
… Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, died at the age of 81 at the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital on the West Rand. Dimitri Tsafendas, parliamentary…
EventMcBride is conditionally released from prison
… and espionage, was conditionally released from prison. In the meantime investigation by the Mozambican authorities and their South African … he had been…
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… Karoo. He was second in line of four brothers, the youngest of which was the poet W.E.G. Louw. N.P. van Wyk Louw received various … heritage of language and…
Commemorative Walk
… trip from Durban Central railway station to Charlestown on the 30 November. Leaving Durban at 1.45 a.m. and returning at … and Volksrust where there will be…
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… He was a renowned South African saxophone player known as the "King of 'Langarm' music" (straight arm music),a dance … could not read or write music, he…
Pietie Norval was born on this day
… 7 April 1970 in Belleville. [i] He began playing tennis at the age of 7 years old, and turned professional at 18. [ii] … player. [iii] On 29 January 1989,…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.4 Dec-Jan 1980
… Contents and Contributors The Cane is Singing by Narain Aiyer, A Normal Day by Kenny T. … My Dear Madam by Nokugcina Sigwili, Poor Business for the Artist by…
Transkei independence
… The book contain a series of essays on the issue of the Transkei independence. …
Negotiations
… Article looking at the question of negotiation and the approach of the democratic movement. …
Visit of Graca Machel, 9 October 1991
… Oliver Tambo - comprising in total 118 people - will visit the scene of the late President Machel`s plane crash on Friday, 11 October … Cape Chairperson…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.1 1984
… STAFFRIDER, VOL. 6 NO. 1, 1984 CONTENTS, Stories: The Tenants by Mpumie Cilibe; A Dirty Story by Yashar Kemal; The Incest of Poverty by Achmat Dangor;…
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… tourist street located in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. The street is lined with the Donkin Street Row Houses - stunning Victorian style … consists of five…
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… admitted to Mediclinic heart hospital in Pretoria on the 8th of June 2013 for a recurring lung infection. His … health professionals including a large…
EventPolitical activist Mohammed Shaik is born
… Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, political activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the Special Operations Unit, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was born … or security force…
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
… Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, died in Pretoria at the age of 72. He came to South Africa as Sir Alfred Milner's … by…
EventANC and government to surge ahead with reforms
… In spite of Inkatha's rejection of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), the African National Congress (ANC) and government decided to go…
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… as she was lovingly called, became involved in politics at the age of 10 after her grandfather was beaten by police. By 18, she was a branch chairman of the…
EventMarks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto
… football for 17 years and was awarded footballer of the year three times. He played for Kaizer chiefs from 1981 … and also played for Orlando Pirates, Wits…
EventSixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho
… pact with South Africa. Subsequently, on 1 January 1986 the South African Government closed its borders with Lesotho, … led by Maj-Gen Metsing Lekhanya who…
EventSA actress, Ashley Callie dies
… Callie, most famous for her portrayal of Leonie Haines in the soap opera Isidingo, died on 15 February 2008. Callie was … car. She suffered head injuries and…
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… towards desegregation. Lubbe and his peers, inspired by the father ofAapartheid, H.F. Verwoed, advocated for a White … that which is their own. He also felt…
ArchiveKey to student strength is to organise and consolidate
… Organising and consolidating the student movement is the main task facing Azaso in the coming year …
Constitution of Zoutpansberg Students Organisation
… The constitution of the Zoutpansberg Students Organisation of Azania, based in the Northern Transvaal, South Africa …