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A former member of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s entourage testifies before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… member of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s entourage testifies before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission …
Testimony of the Delegation of the South African Native National Congress, Ermelo, before the Eastern Transvaal Land Committee,January 8, 1918
… apart from the white people. We want to live among them. Before you white people came, there was a great deal of … of all to put certain questions to the…
BiographyZephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng
… his co-accused, refused to enter a plea arguing that the court was illegitimate and it did not have a mandate from the … was held in solitary confinement for…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… became more attached to the ANC and its leaders than ever before, and Nelson Mandela has become the most honoured … a summary of the judgment of the…
BiographyVivienne Ncakeni
Vivienne Ncakeni was born in Brakpan, she was educated in the Transvaal and Natal and trained as a teacher. She returned to Brakpan to teach in the late 1930s…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… 260 000 hi of wine and 60 000 hi of brandy more than ever before were produced. Huge surpluses resulted and wine prices … circumstances to accept whatever…
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… An application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate … 1998 South Africa's liberal abortion law was challenged in…
BiographyWycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi
President of the All African Convention (AAC) from 1948 to 1959. Born in the Transkei, he graduated from Port Hare in 1935 and first taught school, then later…
BiographyDebi Singh
He was born in 1913 and became a teacher and later a farmer near Durban. As secretary of the Anti-Segregation Council in the mid-1940s he was instrumental in…
ArchiveIn the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the matter between the State and Sathasivan Cooper and Others
… This is a trial proceeding held in the supreme court of South Africa about matters between the state and … In the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the…
BiographyGodfrey Sekhukhune
Mogaramedi Godfrey Sekhukhune was one of the ‘most important’ of the Sekhukhune revolt leaders. He ‘was from the royal family at Mohlaletse and in the 1940s…
BiographyYvonne Bryceland
… on 18 November 1925. She worked as a newspaper librarian before her theatre debut in Stage Door in 1947. Her talents … Africa for the first time in Boesman…
BiographyKenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
… But he was arrested and tried by a Nigerian military court all the same along with eight other people. The … procedure, he was executed by hanging on 10…
EventGovernment tables the third Constitution of the Republic of South Africa before the House of Assembly
… the third Constitution of the Republic of South Africa before the House of Assembly …
BiographyJanub Gool
Janub Gool, also known as 'Jane', was a founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) and an active figure in the All African Convention and the…
ArchiveAfrikaans and the university language debate: Exploring the Constitutional Court judgements - Part 1 - 2
… university language debate: Exploring the Constitutional Court judgements from Daily Maverick, Available at … the-university-language-debate-exploring-the…
Aaron Khoza
… cell with a jacket and two shoe laces. Photographs taken before the body was removed from the cell showed a glass window inside the bars.When the court…
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… I knew what happened to other political prisoners. The day before my arrest I was at court where Abdulhia Jassat, Reggie Vandeyar, Indris Naidoo, … them in…
Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, is born in Riversdale, CP. His poems were translated into E
BiographyMadie Hall-Xuma
… subsequently studied social work at Atlanta University. In 1940 she married Xuma and came to South Africa, where she was …
BiographySir Sydney Kentridge
… Apartheid government. He served as a judge of the Appeal Court in Botswana. In his 50s, Kentridge went to London where … In England, Kentridge has…
BiographyArchibald Campbell Jordan
… poetry was published in the Imvo Zabantsundu newspaper. In 1940, he started working on his only novel, Ingqumbo … was to become a landmark in Xhosa…
Nelson Mandela’s Speech From The Dock Of The Court - South Africa June 1964
… Nelson Mandela’s Speech From The Dock Of The Court - South Africa June 1964 …
Hand written court docket, listing the 10 Rivonia Trial accused. 30 December 1963
… Hand written court docket, listing the 10 Rivonia Trial accused. 30 …
Simon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean court to attempting to possess dangerous weapons.
… Simon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean court to attempting to possess dangerous weapons. …
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… Simon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons …
Arthur Chaskalson, former SA president of the Constitutional Court, is born in Johannesburg.
… Chaskalson, former SA president of the Constitutional Court, is born in Johannesburg. …
The Constitutional Court (CC) approves the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
… The Constitutional Court (CC) approves the Constitution of the Republic of South …
ArchiveThey`re back! B & S workers return to work after an out-of-court settlement
… They`re back! B & S workers return to work after an out-of-court settlement …
BiographyDaniel Cornelis Boonzaier
… in Cape Town, where he remained as cartoonist from 1915 to 1940. Boonzaier played a key role in the careers of many …