* 1987 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.

Born and raised in Mbewuleni, what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, Mbeki is one of four children of Epainette and Govan Mbeki.

Govan Mbeki had come to the rural Eastern Cape as a political activist after earning two university degrees ; he urged his family to make the ANC their family, and of his children, Thabo Mbeki is the one who most clearly followed that instruction, joining the party at age 14 and devoting his life to it thereafter.

" A news article pointed out that this was an expression of pride, explaining, " For Govan Mbeki, a son was a mere biological appendage ; to be called a comrade, on the other hand, was the highest honour.

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# Govan Mbeki

Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa Mbeki ( 9 July 1910 – 30 August 2001 ) was a South African politician, and father of the former South African president Thabo Mbeki and political economist Moeletsi Mbeki.

On 26 June 1980 the Secretary General of the African National Congress, Alfred Nzo, announced the conferring of the Isitwalandwe Medal, the ANC's highest honour, on Govan Mbeki.

The Govan Mbeki Health Building was inaugurated in 2001 at a ceremony featuring his son Thabo.

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This region is the birthplace of many prominent South African politicians, such as Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Chris Hani, Thabo Mbeki, Steve Biko and Charles Coghlan.

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Archaeological evidence suggests that Dumbarton Rock was largely abandoned and that Govan replaced it as the chief place of the kingdom of Strathclyde, as Alt Clut was later known.

He moved to the docklands of Govan, near Ibrox, home of Rangers football club, when he was 15, and he grew up supporting Rangers.

British Shipbuilders was a combination of the major shipbuilding companies including Cammell Laird, Govan Shipbuilders, Swan Hunter, and Yarrow Shipbuilders ; the nationalisation of the coal mines in 1947 created a coal board charged with running the coal industry commercially so as to be able to meet the interest payable on the bonds which the former mine owners ' shares had been converted into.

Born to Alexander Beaton Ferguson, a plater's helper in the shipbuilding industry, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Hardie, Alex Ferguson was born at his grandmother's home on Shieldhall Road, Govan, on 31 December 1941, but grew up in a tenement at 667 Govan Road ( which has since been demolished ) where he lived with his parents as well as his younger brother Martin.

He was named in honour of Edward Govan, a Scottish missionary who founded Lovedale College, the school that he attended in the Eastern Cape.

In 1988 Sillars was chosen as the SNP candidate for the Glasgow Govan by-election.

Govan was a Labour seat ( although Sillars ' wife Margo MacDonald had won it for the SNP in a by-election previously, in 1973 ), but Sillars won a dramatic victory.

During the Middle Ages, Govan was the site of a ferry which linked the area with Partick for seasonal cattle drovers.

In 1864, Govan gained burgh status, and was Scotland's fifth largest burgh.

According to John of Fordun, Constantine, a 7th-century king of Strathclyde, founded a monastery at Govan, where he died and was buried.

In 1136, when Glasgow Cathedral was formally consecrated, King David I ( 1124 – 53 ) gave to the See the lands of Partick and also of the church at Govan ( on opposite sides of the River Clyde ), which became a prebend of Glasgow.

The Govan Old Parish Church was rebuilt in 1762, 1826, and again 1884-1888.

There is an oddity whereby part of eighteenth-century parish of Govan ( which was in Lanarkshire ) is counted as being within Renfrewshire.

By the early part of the 19th century, Govan was rapidly losing its rural appearance and assuming the character of a town with the development of new industries and factories, including Reid's Dye Works and Pollok's Silk Mill.

In 1901 Govan was the 7th largest town in Scotland.

A prominent feature of the Govan landscape was the Doomster or Moot Hill, which stood near the river, north of the present Govan Cross.

A live album Extended Versions by Asia Featuring John Payne, was released in fall 2007, drawn from a December 2005 live show in Sweden with Downes, Schellen, Payne and Govan.

In 2009, an EP entitled " Military Man " was released with re-recordings of Payne-era ASIA tracks " Military Man " and " Long Way from Home " and an Erik Norlander solo composition " Neurosaur ", performed by Govan, Payne, Norlander and Schellen.

The group toured Europe extensively and released a live recording, however, in 2006, Downes left the line up for a reunion of the original founding members Asia quartet: Schellen and the other two Asia band members, singer John Payne and guitarist Guthrie Govan, formed a new band, GPS.

Her subsequent instructions from the " voice " directed her to take on Sheena Govan has her spiritual teacher, and became a spiritual teacher and new age author, best known as one of the founders of the Findhorn Foundation community.

After the sack of Dumbarton Rock by a Viking army from Dublin in 870, the name Strathclyde comes into use, perhaps reflecting a move of the centre of the kingdom to Govan.

His fellow shareholders included William Dixon of Govan who wished to export coal from his Govan colliery.

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Partick (, ) is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan.

However, the people of Govan often proclaim to be Govanites first and Glaswegians second and when asked " are you from Glesga?

", still reply with " na, Acumfaegovan " ( No, I come from Govan ).

Govan is believed to have then been part of a kingdom ruled from Dumbarton Rock, known as Alt Clut, the rock on the Clyde.

The small town of Glasgow is on the north bank of the Clyde, across from Litle Gouan (" Little Govan ").

During the late 19th century, the population of Govan increased more than tenfold: from 9, 000 in 1864 to 95, 000 by 1907.

Although technically part of Govan, residents of these areas have maintained a distinct identity separate from the area.

YSL withdrew from UCS in 1971 and Govan was sold off in 1973 as Govan Shipbuilders.

who once hailed from the Helen Street district of Govan but who are now based further to the west at Cardonald.

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Govan received his primary education from private tutoring and then attended South Carolina College ( modern day University of South Carolina ) graduating in 1848.

Govan led a brigade in the Reserve Corps of the Army of Tennessee from August to November.

During the Battle of Missionary Ridge Govan played a prominent role in the Battle of Ringgold Gap, receiving high praise from his commander, Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne.

The Company was formed in February 1968 from the amalgamation of five major Upper Clyde Shipbuilding firms: Fairfield in Govan ( Govan Division ), Alexander Stephen and Sons in Linthouse ( Linthouse Division ), Charles Connell and Company in Scotstoun ( Scotstoun Division ) and John Brown and Company at Clydebank ( Clydebank Division ), as well as an associate subsidiary, Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, in which UCS held a controlling stake of 51 %.

In February 1972 Heath's government relented and restructured the yards around two new companies: Govan Shipbuilders was established ( formerly Fairfields ) along with its subsidiary Scotstoun Marine Ltd ( formerly Connells ), Yarrow Shipbuilders had already withdrawn from UCS in April 1970 and regained its status as an independent company ( until 1977, when it was nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders, along with Govan Shipbuilders ).