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Three draft Bills revising and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re
… and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re …
Adam Faith suspends his concert tour of South Africa, because the government prohibits him to perform before mixed audiences.
… Africa, because the government prohibits him to perform before mixed audiences. …
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… Gandhi soon after he arrived in South Africa in 1893, long before he came to know the Africans. These statements, … Zulus roused his soul against violence as…
BiographyElijah Thomas Zondi
… supplemented his income with wedding photography. In July 1940, he married Anah Nkosi but they divorced in March 1969. …
BiographyJames “Sofasonke” Mpanza
James "Sofasonke" Mpanza was born in 1889. Mpanza was founder and leader from the mid-1940s of the Sofasonke Party of Orlando township, Johannesburg, and a…
BiographyKesval “Kay” Moonsamy
Kesval “Kay” Moonsamy was born on 5 July 1926. He was active in the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from the mid-1940s onward. In the early 1950s he served as…
ArchiveJudgement in the Supreme Court of South Africa: the State versus Nelson Mandela and others
… Judgement in the Supreme Court of South Africa: the State versus Nelson Mandela and …
Robey Leibbrandt and six other appear in the supreme court on a charge of high treason.
… Robey Leibbrandt and six other appear in the supreme court on a charge of high treason. …
Herman Arnold Ameshoff, judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
… Herman Arnold Ameshoff, judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. …
The Supreme Court orders the Potgietersrus Primary School in Northern Province to admit Black pupils.
… The Supreme Court orders the Potgietersrus Primary School in Northern …
Extract of Court transcript from the Sentencing of Members of ARM by Judge BFJ Banks
… Extract of Court transcript from the Sentencing of Members of ARM by …
The Constitutional Court rules that President Nelson Mandela exceeded his power by decreasing electoral boundaries.
… The Constitutional Court rules that President Nelson Mandela exceeded his power …
The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid.
… The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of …
John Stephen Curlewis, chief judge of the appeal court (1936-1938), is born in Paarl.
… John Stephen Curlewis, chief judge of the appeal court (1936-1938), is born in Paarl. …
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court …
BiographyDeputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke
… to the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court. In November 2001 Moseneke was appointed a Judge of the High Court in Pretoria. On 29 November 2002…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
Blance la Guma (nee Blanche Herman) was born on 30 November 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively…
BiographyRichard Goldstone
… country as Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in 1989 and Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from July 1994. He has also…
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
Peter Moonsammy was born on 25 March 1928 in Market St, Johannesburg. Moonsamy was the elder brother of Paul and Dasu Joseph who were Transvaal Indian…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… the political situation in South Africa in the NEF during 1940. At the time the leading organisations among the … with incitement of public violence. They…
BiographyJulius Louis Saks
… Julius Saks completed his primary schooling in Pietersburg before obtaining a scholarship that enable him to matriculate … this honour. His successful…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her … run from the authorities, providing them a place…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
… Cornelius ultimately became a National Party Senator. In 1940, Ray married Michael Harmel, then District Secretary of … dress shop in which black women…
BiographyLeslie Massina
Leslie Massina was born in 1921 in Pimville, Johannesburg, Massina left school to become a factory worker. He was the son of Luke Masssina,a police detective…
BiographyErnest Methuen Mancoba
… work in watercolour and only did his first oil painting in 1940. In 1952, he stopped producing sculptures and …
BiographyBarend Jacobus Du Plessis
… Barend Jacobus du Plessis was born on 19 January 1940 in Johannesburg to Martie and Jan Hendrik du Plessis. He …
BiographyBonakele Milner Ntsangani
Bonakele Milner Ntsangani was born in 1923 in Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a twin brother. He attended school at Welsh…
Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli
Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli was born on 18th of Septenber 1928 in Steynsrus,near Kroonstad in the Orange Free State,where his father had a brick…
BiographyOscar Mpetha
Oscar Mpetha was born at Mount Fletcher in the Transkei in 1909 and in 1934 sought work in Cape Town, where he was employed as a dock worker, waiter, hospital…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… on police stations in Kliptown and Orlando Magistrate Court. These attacks on police stations elicited a response … to deathon 6 August, 1982 . On 7 June…