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… On 15 November 1920, the General Assembly of the League of the Nationsmet in Geneva, Switzerland for the first time. … The League was an international body founded as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I. … library.thinkquest.org (2002). ‘Treaty of Versailles’ from Oracle Think Quest [online Available at …

… amended the emergency regulations so that the Minister of Law and Order could restrict the activities of organisations or individuals. On the same day, 17 anti-apartheid organisations were restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act of 1953. Some of these …

… This photograph of two Ndebele leaders is entitled on its reverse: ‘Chiefs … & “Omjaam.” Babyan was answerable for the assassination of Alan Wilson’s party on the Shangani River.’ Since the … were transcribed by various British authors in a variety of ways. Perhaps the most accurate is that they were Babiyane …

… Hospital. On 18 August 1859, Sir George Gray, governor of the Cape, laid the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital in Green Point, Cape Town. The … was thought to be severely damaged and the construction of the New Somerset Hospital began in 1859. In May 2009, the …

… Africa in 1902 to preside over the transition to the Union of South Africa that became a reality in 1910. Milner arrived in South Africa soon after the South African War of 1899 to 1902 (also referred to as the Anglo- Boer War). … felt that they were not completely vanquished. The terms of surrender that they proposed envisaged their republics …

… Proceedings of the 7th National Conference of the Non-European Unity Movement, held in the Woodstock … address by Rev. Z R Mahabane, titled, "The policy of apartheid: a negation of the principles of democracy and … The Non-European Unity Movement: Report of the proceedings of the 7th National Conference …

… Notes of a meeting to discuss the dates for deployment of UNTAG in Namibia, the implementation of Resolution 435 and the issue of Namibian refugees … Summary notes of meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Special Representative of the …

… Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe, brother of President Lennox Sebe, was sentenced to twelve years' … Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned …

… appendix II. A note by the authors says that the list of names is a random selection culled from various sources. … name in brackets is taken from the relative source. Some of the names have been Angli¬cised by the author. (I have copied only the names of persons from India - and indicated the women by an …

… UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN‑WESTVILLE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT "VOICES OF RESISTANCE"   INTERVIEWEE: SUBBIAH MOODLEY INTERVIEWER: … VR:   Good afternoon. My name is Vino Reddy. On behalf of the Documentation Centre of the University of Durban, …

… 1955 are dates indelibly impressed on the minds and hearts of every Congress member who was active at the time. They are the dates of the Congress of the People which was held at Kliptown to discuss and … Congress of the People - I was there …

… and friends may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films also inform about the past. How do the writers of these books and the makers of the films find out about thousands or even millions of … Archaeology - A way of discovering the past …

… Prime Minister, Phakalitha Mosisili, Honourable Members of the Lesotho Parliament and all branches of government, Your Excellencies, Ministers, High … the kind of co-operation envisaged in the African Union's programme, the New Partnership for Africa's Development …

… Braamfontein - is now Constitution Hill , the home of South Africa's highest court. Constitution Hill represents … Johannesburg ’s most notorious historic prisons (all of them now museums) sit side by side with the home of the Constitutional Court, a symbol of South Africa’s …

… South Africa. I had accepted that whites, simply because of the colour of their skins, lived on a higher socio-economic scale. It was for the eradication of this utterly invalid privilege that I was now fighting. … Chapter XIV - End of an era …

… Situated in front of the Rustenburg Town Hall, the work depicts Kruger during the last days of his exile. It was made by a French sculptor; Archard. A figure symbolising the arrival of Christianity in the region, it is situated opposite the … Statue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria …

… On 18 May 1997, Laurent Kabila, at the head of a rebel army, overthrew the despotic regime of Mobutu Se se Seko. For the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this seemed like a … Rebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire …

… is the oldest existing dwelling in the immediate vicinity of Rustenburg. Designed in a neo-classical idiom, it was … farm Boschdal was used as a centre for the repatriation of displaced Dutch families. It was declared a National … on 27 December 1985.  The Schoch Family Papers consist of 219 items covering the period 1868 - 1940 and include …

… 19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist … Gavrilo Princip, was a Bosnian Serb teenager and member of the radical nationalist group Mlada Bosnia (Young Bosnia), …

… The League of Nations, an international organisation founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920, convened and met for the first … Kruger, D.W. (ed) (1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences … Muller, C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 405. …

… The trial of Reginald Sefatsa, Reid Mokoena, Moses Diniso, Theresa … "Sharpeville Six" opened on this date. They were accused of having killed the deputy major of Sharpeville, Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini. At the time of their … Murder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens …

… - the only document dealing directly with the origin of the city's name. Some controversy exists concerning the origin of the name Johannesburg, as several men bearing the name Johann(es) occupied positions of authority in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR or …

… Sam Kahn, leader of the Communist Party of South African (CPSA) and natives' representative in … announcement was made a few days before the Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 was approved in parliament … Disbanding of Communist Party is announced …

… The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states and organizations to assist families of persons persecuted by the government for their stance against the policies of apartheid. This came four years after the Pan Africanist …

… arrested for the last time on 18 August 1977 and Section 6 of the Terrorism Act. On 14 September, the Rand Daily Mail carried the report of his death: Mr. Steve Biko, the 30-year-old black leader, widely regarded as the founder of the black consciousness movement in South Africa, died …

… over territory was under Article 22 Covenant League of Nations. Africans South West Africa no share in Government … will gnash its teeth but the Africans will appreciate your action deeply." … Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946 …

… Mahatma Gandhi supported the resolution of the African People's Organisation (APO) to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in Cape Town as a day of mourning, in … Gandhi supports APO’s Day of Mourning …

… Side by Side by Helen Joseph After almost five years of house arrest, I was eagerly but anxiously looking forward … the house arrest might not be renewed. There was no way of predicting what would happen, as I had been the first … I even sang to myself when I drive to work, to the tune of "Around the World in Eighty Days" but with my own words: …

… The trial of 12 SASO and BPC leaders detained since September 1974. The charge sheet consisted of 81 pages. The 12 are accused of participating in terrorist activities in terms of various … The trial of SASO/BPC detainees …