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… of South Africa, the United States (US), Angola and Cuba met in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan war and independence for Namibia. These negotiations heralded the end of foreign intervention in the war in Angola and the ultimate independence of South West Africa/Namibia. …

… 123 White ministers and theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) … family issued a statement in which apartheid in church and politics was categorically rejected on Scriptural … convinced that the application of apartheid as a political and social system by which human dignity is adversely …

… leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and three associates would face terrorism charges. They have … which the authorities established belonged to the AWB, and in particular the four that the Attorney-General believed … were the masterminds behind the plot. Terre Blanche and co-accused Petrus Johannes Rudolph applied for and were …

… These papers are selected from a number of essay and address published from time to time and are here brought together after the necessary alterations … Segregation VERSUS The Cape Native Policy White Students and Black Students The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native …

… by the racial practices that prevailed in both the London and the Rhenish Mission Societies, the laws of the British and German Colonial administrations in southern Africa and, … elections in South Africa. In 1994, he was a volunteer worker at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assisting with the …

… at the Normal College in Cape Town, be became a teacher, and through private study he qualified as an N.G Kerk … missionary in 1896. He went on to minister in Hermanus, and later Cape Town, and because of his interest in church history, he was … Andries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies …

… Groote Schuur talks between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC) were held on 2, 3 and 4 May 1990.  These talks took place at the most delicate …  Violence in the townships was still widespread, and growing more brutal. In what became known as the Groote …

… to be a writer. He began writing at the age of eleven and at 17 he published his first article. At 21 he published … overtones, angered the conservative Muslim community and threats were made on his life. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988 and became the first Arab to be so honoured. The award saw …

… is concerned with the relationship between urban poverty and politics in general and with the way in which race intrudes on this relationship … resources in the form of mobilised manpower, leadership and articulated organization, with the fashion in which these …

… organised highly successful boycotts of the Coloured and Indian elections to parliament in 1984. The UDF was … exclusion of African people from the Tricameral parliament and saw this as a serious form of repression by the … UDF claimed a membership of more than 600 organizations and 3 million individuals and in that years mass action had …

… The republic of South Africa grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu . This move is in line with the government's internal control strategy of 'divide and rule'. These Bantustans were never given international … the international community. However, states like Israel and Taiwan gave them some measure of acknowledgment, falling …

… Rebecca Lan was born in 1933 in Cape Town and grew up in Oranjezicht and Athlone. Her parents were immigrants from Lithuania who … been involved in left-wing political groups in Lithuania, and Rebecca grew up hearing much political discussion at … South African Jewry: Negotiating a South African, Jewish, and Zionist Identity in the mid-20th Century”. Haverford     …

… Winnie Mandela was released from banning order and house arrest on this date. Surprisingly, for a brief … the women's struggle like Lilian Ngoyi, Florence Matomela and Frances Baard. After it was banned, along with the … to identify with their cause by attending their trials and to make fiery speeches. She warned that Black people were …

… Contents and Contributions Contents: Comment: AW Oliphant, Stories: … Rade Apani; Dairy of a Student Teacher, Isaac Zita; Rosa and the Pots, Cynthia Callard; The Scar, Taurai Hlekisane. … in a Time of Transition, Kelwyn Sole; David Goldblatt and the Iconography of Apartheid, David Wise.  Poetry: …

… Executive Committee on publicity information needs and tasks. Resolved that a massive propaganda and publicity campaign should be launched locally and internationally. … Resolution on publicity and information of the NEC meeting …

… (ZANU), which later became ZANU-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and was a strong supporter of then Prime Minister Robert … Mugabe . Tsvangirai later grew to oppose Mugabe’s policies and broke away from ZANU-PF to form his own party, the … In 2009, he formed a power-sharing government with Mugabe and became Prime Minister. In the 2013 elections, Tsvangirai …

… The construction of the railway line linking Durban and Pietermaritzburg was completed in 1880, the twentieth … as Natal had to hold its own in the advance of commerce and the general progress in South Africa. The legislative … of this railway, including sidelines to Isipingo and Verulam, in 1875. Sir Henry Bulwer, governor of Natal, …

… author Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner is born to Gottlob and Rebecca (Rebekah) Schreiner. During her youth she lived … in the Eastern Cape has converted a house into a museum and named it after her. Some of her works include: The Story … Ralph Iron. A Track to the Water's Edge. Dream Life and Real Life. The Letters of Olive Schreiner. From Man to …

… Press statement regarding the hanging of Meilies and Jantjies as United Democratic Front calls on all peace-loving South Africans and the international community to demand government to stop hangings of Wellington Mielies and Moses Jantjies. … Press statement on stop hanging of Meilies and Jantjies. …

… On 17 September 1998, demonstrators closed down businesses and government offices in Lesotho as protests against the … The protests were organized by opposition parties and candidates who cited electoral irregularities which they … High Court application to challenge the electoral process and demand access to electoral papers. When the court ruled …

… in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and recording the aims and activities of this movement. The focus of this issue is labour organisation and registration. … South African Labour Bulletin Volume 5 Number 6 and 7 March 1980 …

… Notice of a cheese and wine party at St. George's hall, High Street, on Friday … ECC to launch their "Know your rights in the SADF" booklet and Conscription Advice Bureau. Speaker Errol Moorcroft. Light blue and black poster. … The End Conscription Campaign is holding a cheese and wine …

… Light brown background with black and red lettering. Notice of a meeting at City Hall Cape Town, on Saturday, November 6th. Artwork of a hammer and sickel in a red star. Fundraiser for Medical Aid To Russia Fund. Speakers, orchestra, ballet and solo dances. …

… Chargé d’ Affaires in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, and a Consulate General with a Consul in Charge in the … after the needs of South African pilgrims performing Hajj and Umrah duties in the holy cities of Makkah al Mukarramah and Medina al Munawarra. The first South African Ambassador …

… 1988, Mr Obed Amon Mwanza, a Zimbabwean, was killed and six African National Congress (ANC) members were injured … paid Conjwayo Z$8000 for this operation, to get a vehicle and to find a driver. The driver was hired at the Bulawayo Employment Exchange and was paid Z$20.00 to drive the truck to the destination. …

… The HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire, steaming towards Colombo, were sunk on 5 … from the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Soryu, and Hiryu.  The HMS Cornwall was sunk within 12 minutes by … the 6 April 1942, the British light cruiser HMS Enterprise and the destroyers Paladin and Panther rescued 1 120 men from …

… during the 1950s; The Afrikaner Nationalist Alliance and Capital; The South African Bureau of Racial Affairs and Apartheid; The Dutch Reformed Church and Apartheid; Christian-Nationalist Ideology, 1941-1961. … Conformity and conflict: Afrikaner nationalist politics in South Africa …

… Makgato and Batlokwa Removals: Notes to be presented to Dr Piet Koornhof, Minister of Co-operation and Development, at an Interview on 22 February 1980 … Makgato and Batlokwa Removals: Notes to be presented to Dr Piet Koornhof, Minister of Co-operation and Development, at an Interview …

… Marius Swanepoel and Hendrik Du Preez were convicted by Judge Faan Hancke for murder on two soldiers, Michael Leisanyane and Gilmore van Wyk, in an apparent rightwing-inspired … that he had envisaged the soldiers' death. Leisanyane and Van Wyk were transporting ammunition in an army truck …

… on July 18, 1929. His father was a primary school teacher and his mother a housewife. After passing Standard 6 in 1942, … that would be free. The student body was Pan African and made up of people from Botswana, (then) Natal, the … against Unjust Laws. He served as an unofficial social worker, looking after the dependants of the people who were …