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… had been born a boy and growing up, Winnie took pains to fulfil the role of tomboy by playing with the other boys … family moved around within the former Transkei, due to her father’s work.  She attended primary school in Bizana … Trial Nelson was unexpectedly moved from Robben Island back to Pretoria barely a month after his initial transfer. …

… while playing with his father’s clubs, his father decided to buy him his own. When Muthiya was fifteen, he caught the … Frederick Chiluba. Chiluba arranged for the young golfer to play a junior tournament in the US. In 2005 Muthiya turned … he made history when he became the first black African to qualify to play in the U.S. Open. …

… The government of Bophuthatswana declared their state to be Christian. The main emphasis was that the Batswana were … people who were deeply Christian and thus the state was to become Christian as well. This was not separated from the … from God for them. Winterveld was used as a case study to show how the state was justifying its own actions to …

… Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states and organizations to assist families of persons persecuted by the government … the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) led a peaceful protest to Sharpeville police station, where they demanded to be …

… arrived in the Cape, they used fire arms and horses to win wars, raid cattle and subsequently reduce the Khoikhoi to servants. Thus, the story of the European encounter with … For example, when the settlers allowed their cattle to graze far afield, local members of the Khoikhoi or the San …

… in a bad light in most of the western world. This led to the expulsion of South Africa from membership of many … against the Apartheid government encouraged South Africa to want to maintain good relations with the UK. The 1960s were marked … with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa …

… (APO) and the Franchise Action Committee were invited to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign against … would commence in 1952 after an ultimatum was addressed to the Government to repeal all discriminating Legislation before or on 29 … The African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign …

… Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for troops to assist in World War 1 was not heavily impacted. On the … of his journey, published in Black Valour: “’I do not wish to imply,’ continued the Major, that your ship, also, will be sunk, but you ought to know what has happened. You knew, when you volunteered, …

… from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National Front for the Liberation of Angola … their FNLA allies were no match in material or training to the Soviet and Cuban soldiers and they were eventually … Three British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war …

… Notes of meeting to discuss Organisation of African Unity Liberation Committee … this matter thoroughly, a study group should be appointed to collect data and a delegation should be appointed by the NEC to communicate viewpoints. … Notes of meeting to discuss OAU Liberation Committee Resolution calling for a …

… elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to become the third chair of Liberia's ruling council. Perry, … government, thereby making her Africa's first woman to act as head of state. Perry was mandated to execute the daunting task of leading her country from a …

… Brick and Tile factory, outside Durban, came out on strike. Immediately thereafter, workers from small packaging, … labour, forced removals and the denial of the right to organise, the denial of basic human rights and racism that … time since the political “stay at home” of the 1950s – and to exercise the power of factory based mass action. The …

… of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis strike and boycott, Saldanha Bay fish factory strike and the … that organised mostly Black employees that aimed to be a national, non-racial umbrella organisation that could … trade unions and student bodies combine forces to challenge the government. Although these groups pursued …

… Party (DP), Theo Gerdener, expressed their agreement to form a new party on the basis of equal rights for all … During the same year, a group of UP members left the Party to form the Committee for a United Opposition, which then joined the Progressive Reformed Party (PRP) to form the Progressive Federal Party. It is not clear …

… of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to assist dissatisfied free burghers, or farmers who had been given land independent of the VOC, on how to better earn a living. However, the VOC had a monopoly over … whaling and free trade with passing ships, in order to boost the burgher economy. Nederburgh, who was a …

… at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918.  He graduated at the London School of Medicine in … for yellow fever. It was this achievement that led to him being awarded the Nobel Prize. He was the first ever South African to receive the prize. Theiler retired from the Rockefeller …

… Nkomo, National Organiser of the Black Peoples Convention to member "Brothers and Sisters" to attend the National Congress, 13-16 December 1974 … Nkomo, National Organiser of the Black Peoples Convention to Brothers and Sisters …

… A letter of invitation to the Soweto Student's Representative Council to attend the 9th General Students Council Meeting of the … Letter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto Students Representative Council …

… Kuzwayo made history when she became the first Black woman to receive  an honorary degree from the  University of the … in social work. As a social worker she led a campaign to force the Apartheid government to introduce a form of land ownership that would encourage …

… medium of education in Black schools. The students decided to establish the Soweto Students' Representative Council … committee made up of two representatives from each school to plan and coordinate the protest march. During the early … of Native Affairs. The key function of this department was to compile a curriculum that suited the "nature and …

… Josiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira became the first African to be elected president of the Lutheran World Federation. The … 1988 at the age of 63. In commemoration of his commitment to the cause of the ecumenical movement, the main building at … Josiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF …

… admitted that South African freedom fighters belonging to the African National Congress have been involved in these courageous battles, fighting their way to strike at the Boers themselves in South Africa. We wish to … the country as comrades-in-arms on a common route, each bound to its destination. It is the determination of these …

… talks in South Africa, including the setting of a date to finalise outstanding issues, but was delayed for two months. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) refused to attend the CODESA II in protest against what it perceived … session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene …

… Sir Alfred Milner, met at a conference in Bloemfontein to talk about the franchise question. Six days later, on 5 … a previous secret agreement between the two presidents, to assist the Transvaal in the event of a war with England. … Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question …

… Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left his family to seek his fortune in South Africa in the 1920s. In South … his primary school education in Dundee and then went to study for his matriculation examination in Durban in 1939, … the time he settled in Tanzania, his legal practice took a back seat, so to speak, as he had “thumbed his nose at the …

… Trade Unions, on 5 march 1955, and included as a preamble to its constitution …

… and grew up on the Klipfontein Mission Station (up to Std 4) and then moved to live with family in Gleemoor, a section of Athlone (a … gained first hand experience of the Cuban way of life. Back in France, September actively supported the Communist …

… Wathint'abafazi, wathint'imbokodo - Exhibition to salute the role of Women in the Freedom Struggle …

… Some pages of this article may be illegible due to the quality of the original. … Words of encouragement to workers from the Chief Minister of KwaZulu Legislative …

… Tribute to Oliver Tambo in Albert Road Recreation Ground & Play Area … A tribute to Oliver Tambo by members of the Anti Apertheid movement in …