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… On 4 May 1978, the South African air force flew over Cassinga, allegedly a Namibian refugee camp in Southern Angola. It was the South African Defence Force’s (SADF) largest airborne … of Cassinga. The airborne troops bombed the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) refugee camp and …

… Former South African Prime Minister and State President, Balthazar … right wing, underground Afrikaner movement opposed to South Africa's participation in WWII. The Conservative section of … H. and Mbenga, B (eds) (2007),"New History of South Africa" (Cape Town), pp 298 to 301| Kane-Berman, J …

… the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and began … aspirant MK cadres at the time, he also planned to leave South Africa for military training abroad. During this period, he …

… nurseryman.  Burchell travelled nearly 7 000 km throughout South Africa between 1810 and 1815, collecting specimens of animals … in a book titled Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa.  His collection contains the most extensive examples … William J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies …

… She was elected to the executive of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) when it was formed in 1954. She … Buildings again to protest against the appointment of the South African Indian Council , a puppet body created by the … welcome. Shanthie, Indres and Ramnie returned to South Africa from exile in 1991, and for the first time since 1963, …

… offered himself as a volunteer for military training, left South Africa, and was killed in action in 1968 while serving with a …

… Free State judge.The Fischers were a sixth-generation South African family. Percy's father was Abram Fischer, a … (BA LLB degree) at Grey, then part of the University of South Africa. After completing his studies in South Africa he spent … anc.org.za [Accessed 31 March 2010] | Biographies: Special South Africans. Bram Fischer: Revolutionary 23 April 1908 - 8 …

… female role in Jim Comes to Joburg , one of the earliest South African films made for a primarily black audience. … Rathebe toured the country and the region extensively with South Africa’s top bands, including the Manhattan Stars and the …

… Rupert was born on 4 October 1916 in Graaff-Reinet in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of … Between 1958 and 1959, the Congress Alliance and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), called for … Rupert played a pivotal role in the development of South Africa's industrial and commercial sectors. Not only did he …

… Bloemfontein in 1961; his work was shown on the 1963 Art - South Africa - Today exhibition at the DAG. He was on the Organising Committee of the 1963 and 1965 Art - South Africa - Today Exhibitions. He exhibited in group shows …

… of the Central Western Jabavu Branch of the  Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) . In the late 1960s she was … very well, and in 1966 the ANC convinced her to leave South Africa and join her husband, Mark Shope , in exile. While in …

… in Cambridge, England, then later moved to Johannesburg, South Africa with his family where he spent his childhood and teen years. Being the son of South African composer and music director Stanley ‘Spike’ …

… The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa  The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our larger feature on the People … Indian South Africans …

… chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as … which later becomes the pan-African national anthem in South Africa during apartheid and, thereafter, part of the new South African national anthem. British conquest of Sudan 1900 …

… seven stanzas to  Nkosi Sikelel' I-Afrika  ("God Bless Africa") in 1927. It had been composed in 1927 by  Enoch … in the mid-1960s (until stopped by the authorities). The South African Outlook  devoted its issue of December 1975 to …

… the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam Nzima - of the … protests. June 16 has been observed as a public holiday in South Africa called ‘Youth Day’ since 1994. Earlier in the …

… recognised as one of the leading black politicians in South Africa. Amongst Africans, his status was second only to that … Jabavu . Thus, when Jabavu withheld his support from the South African Native Convention, which met in Bloemfontein in … al. (eds). (1971). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, NASOU: Cape Town.v. 3, p. 620.  …

… Union and shortly afterward was elected President of the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU). It was during … commission of inquiry into the level of alleged racism in South African rugby. While President Mandela argued that … and integrity of Afrikaners. The FA took part in South Africa’s first democratic election in 1999 but won no seats, …

… and working briefly as an architect,he emigrated to South Africa as a Methodist minister in 1953 and became a South African citizen.For 20 years he ministered to …

… Congress . He worked in the ANC underground inside South Africa until he and his fiancé (and later wife) Johanna … He did two degrees in theology through the University of South Africa and finished both Summa cum Laude . By 1991, the …

… [On the morning of January 30, 1981, South African troops attacked and killed a number of ANC … against the people of Mozambique and the people of South Africa, members of the ANC in this city has a lesson … Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981 …

… In 1883 he passed the Matriculation Examination of the South African University. In 1885 he married Elda Sakuba. … who later became chief justice of the Supreme Court of South Africa. Rose-Innes saw in Jabavu a future great man, and … Potgieter, D. J. (1972). Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa, Vol.6 , Nasou: Cape Town, p. 169.|Gail M. Gerhart, …

… university at the time, and her father, a member of the South African Communist Party eventually lost his position … Ensemble until the disruption of their activities by the  South African Defence Force  raid in 1985. She then left for … League  in 1990. In June 1990, Baleka returned to South Africa and at the first national conference of the ANC …

… diploma. He subsequently accompanied a German artist to South West Africa (now Namibia) where he studied painting at the … the following five years. The artist later returned to South Africa and settled in Sophiatown, where he started … Loots, A. (2001) “ The Early Pioneer Artists of South Africa - John Koenakeefe Mohl” [online] Available at: …

… military training in Ethiopia. On his way back to South Africa, he was captured in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and deported to South Africa.Upon arrival in South Africa he was imprisoned … Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of Politics in South Africa 1882-1964, Vol. 4 Political profiles 1882-1964, …

… on 1st June in 1926 in East London. Skotnes served in the South African Forces in Italy. Before returning to South Africa he studied drawing under Heinrich Steiner in Florence. …

… rubber company in Natal, he became national secretary for South African Young Men's Christian Associations in 1965,base … years later he encountered the emerging leadership of South Africa Students' Organisation (SASO),to whom he became an …

… in 1924, in Marabastad, Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he … and striving for a just and democratic society in South Africa”.  …

… could trace their ancestry back a few hundred years in South Africa and included people such as Uys Krige, a famous poet … . In the same year her mother died. In 1936 she went to South West Africa ( Namibia ) to initiate a domestic science …

… in the United States. In 1996, Heyns was part of Team South Africa in Atlanta. She made history by winning both the 100m … South African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at …