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Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… 1915 in Houtboschdorp (Makotopong) near Polokwane. His parents, Levi and Jeritta Bopape, were farm workers. His father fought against Germany during World…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… F.W. de Klerk was stabbed from behind and strangled to death. Her death shocked the nation and the world. Luyanda Mboniswa, a …
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… entered under threat of intimidation, violence and death. This strongly polarized provincial Black politics, … 1995 Tim McNally, Attorney General of Natal,…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism
… Mbeki's AIDS denialism has become synonymous with his presidency and in 2008 it was determined that his influence on policy resulted in thousands of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo accepting the Simon Bolivar award on behalf of Nelson Mandela, 24 July 1983, Caracas, Venezuela
… time came to this continent when Simon Bolivar mortgaged his life to the vision of freedom, independence and equality … to the people of an entire continent…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… arguments against miscegenation, as well as a poem. [7] His published poems include “Paul Kruger’s Dream”, “Tshaka’s Death”, “Amagunyana's Soliloquy”, “A…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… film 'Under Investigation' has been made exploring the death of Johannes Witbooi Spogter in police custody in … Mzwandile Miggels was shot dead during the…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… the height of anti-apartheid campaigns. At the time of her death, First was a lecturer at the Eduardo Mondlane … Williamson and Roger Raven, two men…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… while leading a protest march (one of many) against the death sentence of the 'Sharpeville Six'. Tutu was freed a few … outcry, because they were convicted…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… The death of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, South Africa’s … from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his life. The general tone of the…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… a grenade launcher.The ensuing bloodshed resulted in the death of 28 marchers and one soldier. Over 200 activists were …
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s most stirring speeches
… eye and suffers the suffering of a simple peasant folk, death, concentration camps, destroyed homesteads, a dream in … annul the injunction that God created…
Who Shot My Dad? by Jann Turner
… blown the lid on a place called Vlakplaas, South Africa's Death Squad HQ. Horror unfolded in the forms of Almond … brought me closer to my father, but never…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… career. In her first singing gig she joined her cousin and his friends in their group, the Cuban Brothers. They … became very close to the President Ahmed…
Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 01 September 1983, London
… struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the service of his people, a communist of world prominence; a dedicated and … Congress cannot…
Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
… struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the service of his people, a communist of world prominence; a dedicated and … Congress cannot…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… humans. Berry studied and measured people’s heads to prove his theory that white, educated people were the smartest, … dislocation that led to alcoholism,…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… Indies. An illustration depicting a slave fighting back at his owner as a form of resistance. Image source The colonial … plantations. Spreading terror…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… Musa’s leadership will be highlighted by concentrating on his pilgrimage to Mecca and the construction of the Great … Hazards such as excessive heat,…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… in SouthAfrica and a world-wide anti-apartheid movement. His contribution was recognised by the national Indian … and restricted him on numerous occasions…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… at the age of 32. The sources differ about the year of his death, ranging from 1897 to 1904. It has since been … (Gold) was bestowed on Enoch Sontonga…
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
… in 1793 the slave Cesar van Madagascar was reprimanded by his owner for getting up late. He replied, “I was awake early … than the respectful u expected of a…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… custom in which a groom gives cattle to the parents of his prospective wife. See Adam Kuper, Wives for Cattle: … in Parliament approved it. Prime Minister…
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Fatima Meer
… our first date on March 10 1956, Madiba spoke to me about his classmates from Wits University, Fatima and Ismail Meer. … he said he wanted to see Fatima to…
EventAhmed Timol born on the 3rd Nov 1941
… jumping from the 10th floor. After many years of struggle, his family managed to get the inquest re-opened, the initial … 3 of the security police being…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
… establish the rate of infantile mortality. Winnie spent his life trying to build a better South Africa. She will be …
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… extremes. Fifty years have passed since Josiah Gumede's death in November 1946. Who was Josiah Gumede? It is no … to an inquiry into Gumede's political…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… branch and the Prisons Department, the man acting as if his authority was greater than the commanding officer of the … known to the special branch for at…
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… homes of local Black councillors. They blamed them for the death of one of the councillors who was hacked to death. Black militants denied the allegation but…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… In 2003, an Islamic court of law sentenced her to death by stoning. The following year, in the Bauchi state of … Hajara Ibrahim was sentenced to a public…