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"Weeping" is an anti-apartheid protest song written by Dan Heymann in the mid-1980s, and first recorded by Heymann and the South African group Bright Blue in 1987. [1] The song was a pointed response to the 1985 State of Emergency declared by President P.W. Botha , which resulted in killings of violent demonstrators against racial ...
December 1987 in South Africa (1 P) This page was last edited on 6 February 2025, at 17:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
"Wild Horses" became a chart hit, reaching number one in South Africa, peaking at number seven in Canada, and entering the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In the United States, the song received plentiful airplay in Minneapolis–Saint Paul , [ 1 ] and it eventually peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid-era South Africa.The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods.
Steven Van Zandt was interested in writing a song about the Sun City resort, in the North West Province of South Africa, to make parallels with the plight of Native Americans. Danny Schechter , at the time a journalist with ABC News ' 20/20 , suggested that the song should be a different kind of " We Are the World ", or as Schechter explained ...
The musical was conceived and directed by Mbongeni Ngema, who also wrote the book. He wrote the music and lyrics alongside Hugh Masekela. The play was first presented at The Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa, in June 1987. The cast included Leleti Khumalo as Sarafina.
December 1987 events in South Africa (1 P) This page was last edited on 24 October 2024, at 02:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
10 – Ciskei, South Africa and Transkei sign a security pact in Cape Town, prohibiting cross-border violence between the three states. 14 – The home of a police officer in Chesterfield, Durban, comes under grenade attack with no injuries. 15 – A special branch police officer is killed by a sniper and another injured south of Durban in ...