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BiographyHyman Meir Basner
… of Califonia in Los Angeles in the United States before coming to Johannesburg.He was a lawyer in Johannesburg … conservative Rheinalt Jones .He often…
BiographyWilliam Henry Beaumont
… He left the army in 1875 and briefly went to Ireland before returning to Natal to take up a position as the clerk … in 1890. That same year he sat on the…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… was born Gillian Ruth Hemson in Plymouth , England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing … Hill, Johannesburg, opened by former…
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
… Former State President P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation … The former South African State President…
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
… to the effect that all Coolies or Indians on entering the court should uncover their heads and take off their boots. … castes have been either made to…
BiographyAaron Sipho Madondo
… months while he was interrogated. He was brought to court for trial in March 1978 on three charges under the Terrorism Act. According to the court charge…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as a teacher, a miner, and a full-time…
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… became first black judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa. At the time of his appointment the … suspension and stressed the need for…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2014 (before National Elections)
… country that is far better compared to the one we lived in before 1994.) Compatriots, We are still going through a … can cope with this period of turbulence…
BiographyReginald Dudley Forde
… Reginald Dudley Forde was born in Johannesburg on 20 April 1940. He completed his schooling at Clifton School in … Rector of the prestigious Michael House…
BiographyRoseberry Tandwefika Bokwe
Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father,John Knox Bokwe, in Ugie…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
… 1921 took over Imvo Zabantsundu, which he edited until 1940. In about 1925 he joined the Industrial and Commercial … continued as its editor,based in King…
BiographyYvonne Mokgoro
… Justice Yvonne Mokgoro was a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from its inception in 1994 until the … as a nursing assistant and later as a…
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… home in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. In evidence furnished before the Amnesty Commission of the Truth and Reconciliation … Cronje had suffered a serious heart…
BiographyColine Williams
… release from prison, her sister, Selina, in her testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) , … Kriel Detachment. The evening of the 22…
BiographyPaul Ramotsoane Mosaka
… his studies he began his career as a teacher at Healdtown before moving to Thaba Nchu in the Free State. After a while … Moroka's businesses. He married…
BiographyRobert Hodgins
… to South Africa, and joined the Union Defense Force in 1940. In the Second World War, he served in Kenya until 1941, … then you begin to build on the content…
BiographyDolly Rathebe
… player in the cultural renaissance which flowered briefly before it was terminated by Apartheid. She contributed hugely …
BiographyEdward 'Eddie' John Daniels
… white South Africans - the regime released the others before they had served their full sentences. Eddie received …
BiographyLewis Baker
… later the National Party under Dr. D. F. Malan . In 1961 before South Africa became a Republic under the Verwoerd … against people proved to the satisfaction…
BiographyNgoako Abel Ramatlhodi
… second expulsion in 1979, Ramatlhodi hauled the University before the court for unlawful expulsion. After the court case, which dragged from April to August,…
BiographyAndrew Mokete Mlangeni
… and sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. Before the court passed judgment on him, Mlangeni told the court that: Though leaders of many countries…
APDUSA Views - Issue No 46: The Boipatong Massacre -Before and After, August 1992
… APDUSA Views - Issue No 46: The Boipatong Massacre -Before and After, August 1992 …
ArchiveTestimony before the house foreign affairs subcommittees on African Affairs and International Economic Policy and Trade
… Testimony made by Chester A. Crocker before the house foreign affairs subcommittees on African … Testimony before the house foreign affairs subcommittees on…
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
… and Oliver Tambo and asked them to represent him in court, which they did and won. Besides being recognised for …
ArchiveTransvaal Branch Court Monitoring Report 1989 presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Transvaal Branch Court Monitoring Report 1989: report Presented at the Black … Transvaal Branch Court Monitoring Report 1989 presented at the Black Sash …
Jan F.E. Celliers (Johannes Francois Elias, S.A. poet, writer and dramatist, is born. He died on 1 June 1940.
… poet, writer and dramatist, is born. He died on 1 June 1940. …
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… into the rioting. The incident happened a few weeks before the Sharpeville massacre , where 69 people were killed … are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban,…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… of those who might be considering this road to turn back before it is too late. I have a deep understanding for the … awake on 29 April we will be freer than…
BiographyLex Mpati
… Grade 8, walking 5km a day to get to and from school. Before and after school, Mpati herded the small herd of … 1968, and he was given the option to pay a…