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BiographyBisho Jarsa
… Neville Alexander used to visit his maternal grandmother Bisho Jarsa as a boy, he never suspected the extraordinary … Ethiopia to the South African city of…
Mzimasi Bisho
… Mzimasi Bisho …
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… General Jan Christiaan Smuts was born near Riebeeck West in … himself as a military strategist and became a general in the Republican Forces. He attended the…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… killed in the Boipatong Massacre of 17 June 1992, the Bisho Massacre added to the bleak political situation in … Africa. The massacre took place on 7…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… threatened. It is probable that at this point their architecture began to adopt increasingly the forms, textures, … umsamo, a residual feature from the…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… from the University of Pretoria, conducted a survey of its architecture. Their subsequent home at KwaMsiza proved to be … the village of KwaMsiza is an…
BiographyAndries (General China) Chamile
… Andries (General China) Chamile …
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… As many as 80,000 protesters gathered outside of Bisho, the capital city of Ciskei, and demanded an end to the … leaders, including South African Communist…
ArchiveArchitecture in West Africa
… Architecture in West Africa …
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… Richard Goldstone, started the investigation into the Bisho massacre. In its report the commission condemned Oupa … action be taken against Gqozo and those…
Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa
… Number 14 December 2005 General Editor: Antonia Malan … Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa …
PlaceBisho, Capital of the Eastern Cape
… East London . It is part of Buffalo City Municipality . Bisho which was previously spelt 'Bisho' means 'Buffalo in the Xhosa , Language. (This is … ' Mass…
BiographyOupa Joshua Gqozo
… 4 March 1990 Brigadier Gqozo addressed two rallies, one in Bisho and the other one at Mdantsane near East London . … about 80 000 people led by South…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… Town, to pay their respects to the victims of the Bisho Massacre, who were shot to death by the Ciskei Defence … for the massacre, as there was nothing…
Bisho Massacre in 1992
… Bisho Massacre in 1992 …
ArchiveTolerance grows from Bisho to Bloemfontein
… Tolerance grows from Bisho to Bloemfontein …
BiographyAlan Robert Lipman
… African Air Force during World War II, Lipman studied Architecture at the University of Witwatersand. Here, Lipman … as Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. He…
ArchiveThe beast of Bisho : Gqozo must go!
… The beast of Bisho : Gqozo must go! …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… Gumede. The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General and Journalist attend the Pan-Africanist Congress … He urges the convocation to coordinate…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… and racial discrimination. It requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the South African Government, … unstable. 19 April, First interim report…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… 364 669 South Africans were registered to vote in the 2014 general elections. 7 February 2014, the President of the … 2014, South Africans who registered to…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s press statement on the Bisho Massacre King William’s Town - 8 September 1992
… The tragic events in Bisho are yet another grim reminder of the profound illness … us to heal. Each one of the people who lost their lives at Bisho yesterday…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… 1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu … Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and the Indian Agent…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… to South Africa,after which she is elected Secretary General at first national conference of ANC Women's League. … to demand that President de Klerk release…
ArticleThe South African General Elections: 2019
… General elections will be held in South Africa on the 8th of … The South African General Elections: 2019 …
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… NUSAS students set up the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) in 1972. They … Insurance Fund (UIF) and Workmen’s Compensation. The General Factory…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… National Congress. Afrikaaner Nationalist Party formed by General Hertzog - pledged to achieve republican independence … 14 October, Gopal Krishna Gokhale…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… other British colonies. The South African Prime Minister, General J.C. Smuts, opposes Sastris resolution that calls for … Bondelswarts rebellion in South…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… National Assembly (Parliament) that the second non-racial general elections would be held on 2 June 1999. According to … his plan to retire after the 1999…
ArticleTransport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
… The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) was founded in 1973. It … Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) …