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… Government at a meeting with Dr Crocker and Dr van Heerden in New York in July 1988 … of the Cuban Government, during a plenary session of the SA/Angolan talks in New York on 11 July 1988 …

… Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa Mvusi (known as Selby) was born in Richmond, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 18 June 1929, to … at Fort Hare, which was the only university opened to Black, Indian and Coloured South Africans as well as students … was the only teacher training art course available to Black South Africans at the time. In 1954 Selby married Nisa …

… daughter of a shoemaker and a domestic worker, she grew up in Sophiatown at the heart of black urban culture and resistance politics, discovering her … you're dirty… you must be strong." The attack on a young Black woman artist in apartheid Sophiatown went …

… rather on the changing South African landscape. But in Goldblatt – the first feature-length documentary of his … the camera with new eyes, and it’s quite remarkable. “In the end, the photograph is always going to be about you, … says William Kentridge, Goldblatt’s contemporary, in an interview for the film. Kentridge captures the …

… wide depression of the 1930s, which at its worst saw one in three people unemployed in the United States In South Africa, the Great Depression had socio-economic as … Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending …

… A teacher training college in South Africa opened on 26 January 1896, in Wellington, in the Western Cape, South Africa. It was a settlement of the … A teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington …

… movements was needed. Deploying the armed forces in a policing capacity was however not a new approach by the Apartheid government, as most of the policemen serving in Natal had been deployed to Rhodesia to help prop up the … feared that they might inspire and support similar efforts in South Africa. In deploying the armed forces, South Africa …

… In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution, … of the country. This proclamation, which was published in the Government Gazette, also provided for the adoption of … Sikelel' iAfrika are songs which are both deeply rooted in the history of South Africa. Die Stem was sung on official …

… of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted in 451 deaths. 3 907 people were injured. The police were … in Afrikaans appears in Soweto schools. 4 March, The Black People's Convention, the South African Students … died in detention that year. 19 October, Major black consciousness and other organisations were banned. Fourty-two …

… The context in which the first issue of Work In Progress appeared was one in which the embryonic trade union movement had not yet … Work In Progress …

… Wilfrid Edward Cooper was born on 22 May 1926 in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape Province (now … caused.” [2] 1976       Mapetla Mohapi  a leader of the Black Consciousness Movement was arrested under the Terrorism Act …

… Welcome Mandla Koboka was born in Johannesburg in 1941. At age twenty he studied art under … several group exhibitions as well as solo shows. The 1981 ‘Black Art Today Exhibition’, held in Soweto, included his … In the 1990s Koboka taught art at the Federated Union of Black Artists and in Orlando, Soweto . …

… South Africa's greatest exports at the time were in the agricultural and mineral sectors, but as world trade … rose dramatically, which compensated for the loss of trade in other sectors such as agriculture. At first, this seemed … same while large amount of gold left the country resulted in higher prices for local goods. South Africans therefore …

… From:  Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos … Makers' Union in London in an effort to ensure that no "black legs" would be transported to Cape Town. 31 The … circumstances surrounding their social existence and consciousness (absence of an industrial working class, and …

… specific one. The latest earthquake to hit the country was in 2012, while the most devastating ever recorded was in 1716 .It measured 7.5 on the Richter Scale and claimed 20 … Algeria is one of the few earthquake prone countries in Africa.  … Anon,  List of important earthquakes in Algeria between 1365 and 1990,   [online] Available at  …

… When the First World War broke out in August 1914, the British Government called upon the … bywoners developed. The latter was also being displaced by Black sharecroppers who were often preferred by wealthy … only over the state, but over poor farmers, bywoners and Black sharecroppers. The modernising Union state eroded the …

… Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel) was born in 1944* in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng) to … growing up, she had had very little to no interaction with Black people, therefore, her opinions on Black people were largely based on what she had been taught. …

… and unequal positions regarding the position of women in a customary marriage. This however, does not imply that … despite its aim to do so. What is a Customary Marriage? In South Africa a customary marriage is understood as being … position in terms of section 11(3) of the Repeal of the Black Administration Act (BAA), section , and the Natal Code …

… to prevent mass protest demonstration by pupils. However, Black pupils were boycotting schools in many parts of the country in protest against the apartheid … the students was the inferior standards of education for Black children in South Africa. The boycotting students were …

… Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states …

… Leaders of Port Elizabeth's Black secondary school children decided to end a four month … until the demands of the students were met. Port Elizabeth in 1980 was rife with unrest, as a strike at the Ford plant … when an estimated 80 percent of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) aligned labour force downed …

… of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families … of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families …

… SA Air Force operation, City blast victims buried, Pretoria …

… SA Air Force operation, Blast: Good clues found, Pretoria …

… Public Launch of 'Factory and Family - The Divided Lives of SA's Women Workers' and 'Towards Understanding Iran Today' …

… would allow for a role for both Indian and Coloured people in parliament but which still excluded direct political … SA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that …

… Democracy in action, published by the Institute for a Democratic … between diverse and often politically opposing groups in order to break down barriers, encourage dialogue and bring about meaningful change in South Africa. It also documents the Institute's efforts to …

… the Indian government document put to the United Nations in 1948 (Document 2 - Letter dated 12 July 1948 from the … the Secretary-General concerning the treatment of Indians in South Africa. - A/577, 16 July 1948) , read document.   … 2013]| General Assembly resolution:  Treatment of Indians  in the Union of South Africa. …

… Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting of the Black Peoples Convention held at the St. Anscars LP studios … Black Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 4th National Council …