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… Zuleikha Mayat was born in 1926 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West … area that could accommodate her due to the segregationist apartheid laws (the only available school was for White … with her husband, often interacted with and housed anti-apartheid activists who were on the run from the authorities. …

… attending the African National Congress (ANC) conference in the Tanzanian city of Arusha. Significantly, Arusha is the … rule in South Africa and encouraged the struggle against apartheid to continue. In his speech he stated that: … Nyerere played an important role in the struggle against apartheid by condemning the apartheid government in various …

… Jan Carel Juta was a South African business man born in Holland in 1824. He sailed to the Cape in South Africa in 1853 where he soon established the company … Jan Carel Juta (52), father of the publishing industry in SA, dies in Chiswick, London …

… Dorothy Adams was born in 1928 in Wellington , 72 kilometres north-east of Cape Town … Adams became disassociated from the church, notably as the apartheid government introduced the Group Areas Act through … was disappointed by the failure of her church to reject apartheid segregation in the church. She then turned to …

… In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, … Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg, Orange Free State , caved in. About 1,000 miners were in the mine at the time and 435 … More than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa …

… National Congress (ANC) and its allies staged marches in major cities across the country in protest at the delays in the release of political prisoners. These mass … ANC stage marches in major cities …

… The eighth address in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Herbert Frankel in which he reflects on civilisation and society in Africa and his belief is that, one of the marks of … Some reflections of civilisation in Africa …

… President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania to attend an emergency summit on the political crisis in Burundi. The President has been invited to the emergency … Africa Community as a special guest. His invitation was in recognition of the pivotal role South Africa had played in …

… his general Secretary, the name of E. Sachs still lives in people's minds with the Garment Workers' Union of South … must go the credit for building the only trade union in the history of South Africa whose members enjoy a 40-hour week. Emil Solomon Sachs spent his childhood in a small town in Russia under the Tsarist regime. Racial …

… African National Congress paper on foreign African labour in South Africa. Covers control of foreign labour, recruitment of foreign labour in the mining industry from 1889-1960, foreign labour and recent developments in the gold mining industry, the present situation of foreign …

… United Democratic Front and the African National Congress in Harare, December 1-3, 1988. Met to discuss the enemy … advance by democratic forces, the broad coalition of anti-apartheid forces, the Natal situation. … Meeting between Cosatu/UDF and ANC held in Harare on December 1 - 3, 1988 …

… and Bridglal Pachai A provisional settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. … the campaign was being resumed. The visit by G.I Gokhale in October and November 1912 had failed to secure a … 50. The campaign resumed in 1913 …

… One of the many issues confronting post – apartheid South Africa is that the cultural expression of its … severely limited by the policies of the previous regime. In building a new, democratic nation, many social, political … of the nationhood can develop.This volume is a fist step in rewriting the cultural history of the country, towards a …

… The Star newspaper appeared for the first time in Johannesburg as The Eastern Star. It was founded in Grahamstown under that title on January 6, 1871, and was … later by its owners, brothers Thomas and George Sheffield. In 1889, the name Eastern Star was changed to the one …

… Though gold was discovered near Krugersdorp in July 1852 and mining activities started successively in various places on the Witwatersrand (meaning Ridge of … gold from the Main Reef on the Witwatersrand was obtained in 1885, after which Johannesburg was laid out in 1886. …

… Offset litho; black and red; A woman's place... ... is in the struggle ... and in negotiations ... and in parliament ... and in government! : ANC Women's League … A womans place... ... is in the struggle ... …

… Mary-Anne D'Oliveira Netto Serrano (21) was killed in a bomb explosion in the Wimpy Bar at the Benoni Plaza, Benoni on the … Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for the bombing in Benoni and an ambush outside Lindela Hostel in Katlehong … Bomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary …

… Allemansfontein is a farm in Blue Crane Route Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman … who was the Commander of the Garrison at the Cape . In honour of Professor J Allemand, of the University of Leiden (the oldest University in the Netherlands.) Who was one of the authors of the: …

… Aberfeldy in the region of Free State is located in South Africa - some 284 km South of Pretoria, the … by Agricultural Land and Game Farms. The Farm 'Aberfeldy', in the Orange Free State had a Post Office known as … Aberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate …

… This is the story of an inter-racial venture in South Africa. Many hundreds of white people and Africans in the Union’s four largest cities worked selflessly together … for Africans to make their first major break-through in the world of entertainment. In ten weeks of playing time …

… which would allow South African players to participate in test matches by the end of 1991. South Africa had ceased … a member of the ICC after leaving the British Commonwealth in May 1961. The country had been suspended from all cricket activities in 1970, to be re-instituted as a member after the formation …

… Washington J. Okumu urged Chief Buthelezi to participate in the forthcoming general election. Inkatha Freedom Party … , Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi to participate in the elections. Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini called on his subjects to take part in the election. The details of the meeting were not made …

… Karel Tip was born and raised in Durban. Tip attended a comparatively multi-racial primary … He began studying engineering at the University of Natal in Durban. However, Tip soon drifted into studying Political … Turner . It was during this time that Tip’s opposition to apartheid developed and he became very involved in student …

… Robert McBride, at the time a high-ranking official in the South African Department of Foreign Affairs, was arrested by the Mozambican police in Ressano Garcia. It was alleged that McBride was on a … South African political parties regarding his involvement in gun running. They called for a commission of inquiry to …

… John Kgwana Nkadimeng was born in Sekhukhuniland in the rural eastern Transvaal in 1925 and after completing … award upon  Nkadimeng for his role in fighting  apartheid. Prior to this, in 2013, the Government of South …

… defence minister, and nineteen co-accused started in the Durban Supreme Court. They pleaded not guilty to … The charges related to a  massacre of thirteen people in KwaMakhuta township south of Durban in 1987. All the accused were acquitted in October 1996. … , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.|Martin, D.,  Magnus Malan, Apartheid Defender, Dies at 81 , from The New York Times , …

… a looming crisis. The government response was to rushed in a large force of policemen into Soweto. About 1 500 police … The South African Defence Force army was also on standby in case the student and community reaction became too great … students, heighten the all ready volatile situation in and around Soweto. The events in Soweto was televised on …

… Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four … to a standstill. The University, in cahoots with the apartheid state, retaliated by harassing those students who … that South Africa required radical transformation from an apartheid state into a non-racial South Africa. Due to the …

… From the book:  Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede We first met each other in 1984 at A. P. Mda's law office in Mafeteng, Lesotho, and we began a running conversation on … Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements …

… Article by Michael Harmel in "New Age" - 'Collective Leadership in the Soviet Union'. Discusses Stalin's role in the Soviet Union … Collective Leadership in the Soviet Union …