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EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… was fraught with friction. This was the case particularly under government of Basutoland National party (BNP) led by …
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… Though the date on which the São Bento was shipwrecked is under dispute (some sources claim the ship was wrecked on the …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… the police reported that the King's driver was under the influence of alcohol and that caused him to lose …
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… were an urbanised group living in the Waaihoek Location under the control of the town council of Bloemfontein. The …
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… Zululand. For the Natal authorities this was untenable. Under the command of Colonel Duncan Mckenzie, a large militia …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… British garrisons in the Cape, Mafikeng and Natal had come under siege and subsequent attempts to relieve them ended …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… to Aristid due to the poor human rights record of Haiti under his presidency. Read more on : The Haiti Archives …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… needed. He was looking at my greying hair and the creases under my eyes, and said quietly, “It’s been a long journey!” …
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… conflict, which lasted until March 2011. Gbagbo was placed under house arrest in the tiny village of Korhogo, located …
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… and Craft Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. There, under the mentorship of Azaria Mbatha, he developed his …
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… the British Resident in Bloemfontein, Henry Warden, came under threat of a Dutch commando headed by Andries Pretorius. …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign, 11 June 1988, Wembley Stadium, London
… them beyond the pale, wild animals that had to be kept under lock and key and under the watchful and untiring eyes of armed prison guards …
Statement at the Launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign by O. R. Tambo, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988
… them beyond the pale, wild animals that had to be kept under lock and key and under the watchful and untiring eyes of armed prison guards …
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… a series of increasingly bizarre tweets. “The situation is under control, there is no coup in Burundi,” read one. While … it is clear that the situation is…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… imprisoned on Robben Island. On his release he was placed under house arrest; in 1964 he was forced into exile on an … in Britain. He worked hard to…
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… destroys the right to strike, places the African workers under the Native Affairs Department, and extends the … threat to place the Coloured workers and…
EventThe People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… parliamentary opposition People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress …
EventSwaziland welcomes SA's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
… adjacent to Swaziland. The Kwazulu homeland government under the leadership of Chief Gatsha Buthelezi objected and …
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… privilege. It arrested or detained more than 11,000 people under emergency regulations. The ANC’s 48 years of … The territories bordering on South Africa,…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… programmes for the bantustans and to be placed under the direct control of the Department of Native Affairs. … from the control of Natal University and to…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… powers during the transition and won this agreement. Under the previous system, the president would have been able … to as “winner take all” in the national…
ArticleKey sites
… at times reaching up to 60 000. Nevertheless, it came under increasing pressure from the municipality, which under the pretext of health and safety measures…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… natives of Latvia and Poland. Only thirteen per cent were under 21 years of age at the time of their arrival; 32 per … was primarily because of the appalling…
New tactics in the revolt
… Azikhwelwa Madoda! The call to stay-at-home was slipped under the doors of houses in Soweto by the students. The leaflet was brought out under the name of…
Cape Town Book Sale 2017
… in Cape Town, when the biggest bookstores in the city meet under one roof in the name of bargain reads. Now this is a …
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… might of Pretoria`s tyranny. In spite of fierce repression under the state of emergency, torture, detention and rule by …
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… might of Pretoria's tyranny. In spite of fierce repression under the state of emergency, torture, detention and rule by …
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… for ANC activities. Upon his release Seretse was placed under house arrest, though he continued to work in the …
SABC CEO Jimi Matthews quits: ‘What’s happening at the SABC is wrong' (Tmg Digital), 27 June 2016
… “For many months I have compromised the values I hold dear under the mistaken belief that I could be more effective …
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
… Conventions. The Act criminalises a number of offenses under the category of war crimes; and obligates authorities …