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BiographyEugène Ney Terre’Blanche
… 1989 as an "independent white man" but withdrew when a right-wing election front against the NP failed to …
BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
… while Magwaza was in prison. In 1986 he was granted the right to appeal his conviction and released on bail. He …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… killing 69 people and injuring close to 200 others in what became known as the Sharpeville Massacre . This event … The ANC leadership accepted Mbeki’s…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… his request was approved and the schoolyard was extended right up to Muller Street in 1956. [xlvi] The school was once … to attend the school the following…
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
… of the South African Army during the latter part of the 1966-1988 border war. Several hundred Plan cadres were killed … UN peacekeepers formally took over…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… rather resplendent more-famous Mosque in Cairo, Egypt but what it lacks in minarets, it makes up for with position, for the Mosque of Cape Town lies right in…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… inequity through the establishment of services based on what was deemed to be appropriate for each race group. … the Republic of South Africa (RSA) came into…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… his work a few notches above that of Roger Ballen. Shot in 1966/7, the series explores Goldblatt's key areas of … (only one) were marked sold. By contrast,…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… and the English-speaking person, in all respects had a right to live and work in South Africa. Naturally, this does … indignation towards the World Council…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… hand, is the freedom of expression and on the other, the right to dignity, [1] which includes reputation. While … online channels that draw high volumes of…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the … immediately after the event, outlining the…
BiographyRajes Pillay
… three years of schooling in Great Britain, from 1963 to 1966, after completing her A levels, the family returned to … of Natal (now University of KwaZulu…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… overcome with the independence of Zambia (1964), Botswana (1966), Lesotho (1966), Swaziland (1968), Mozambique and … base, in central Tanzania were becoming…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… soldiers to stage that terrible coup on 24 February 1966. It was a major setback, not only for Ghana but the … pioneer president, in a bloody coup d’état on…
BiographyFanele Mbali
… Mbali and other members of the group graduated in August 1966. Fanele returned to Dar es Salaam where he joined …
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… 1961-63; Prime Minister of Malawi 1963-66, President 1966-94, Life President 1971-94; died Johannesburg 25 … When he swept to power as the first President of…
EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… this period reflect his deep personal disappointment with what Nigeria became since independence. He subsequently … novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), partly…
EventWorld Teachers Day - “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”
… the Status of Teachers, which was signed on 5 October 1966. Brief message directed to the teachers: "On World … and tolerance for each girl and boy. We are…
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
… inhabited by the most despicable specimen of human being, what an alteration there would be in them if they were … Anglo-Saxon influence...if there be a God,…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… that that analysis is correct? AG Well if you look at what has emerged in the last few days it becomes quite clear … into prominence until about 1975…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… now goes far in guaranteeing workers' rights, such as the right to strike. Section 23 - Labour relations The rights … were unconstitutional. Two issues arose…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… Association (SCA). Mfenyana is seated on the extreme right. Naphtali began his primary education in 1915 but this … was to be the site of Sindiso’s first…
The Bill of Rights
… it is applicable, taking into account the nature of the right and the nature of any duty imposed by the right. 3. When applying a provision of the Bill of…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… the west and east African coasts, and one expedition went right around the continent. Nevertheless, the voyage of Dias …
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… to the Cape Bench. Almost immediately Steyn was drawn into what became the focus of his life. His interest in law was not for law's sake. Throughout his life…
BiographyNana Sita
… new measures to segregate the Indians and restrict their right to ownership of land - culminating in the Asiatic Land … he told the court overflowing with…
BiographyNongqawuse
… History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the … visions. [8] There is no account of Nongqawuse words; only what others…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… with our profession to pay more than passing attention to what happened elsewhere”. Despite their almost privileged and … and the Natal Indian Congress…
BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
… and the vehicles. It later turned out that they had been right as the police had found documents pertaining to the … the apartheid Group Areas Act for…