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… One of the most gruesome attacks on township residents was … out by armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg. In what has become known as the Boipatong … in their homes by armed hostel dwellers in the middle of the night. Forty-six people including women and children …

… Andries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom after moving away from Natal and heading … the Graaff Reinet district in the Cape Colony on the 19th of December 1792. He was the second child of Petronella Margaretha and Hermanus Potgieter. He fought in …

… The Population registration Act (Act No 30 of 1950 ) was repealed by the South African parliament. The Act was a pillar of the Apartheid system. It required people to register from birth as belonging to one of four different racial groups, White, Black, Coloured and …

… Working notes from the National Union of South African Students Labour Directive, July workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, 2-4 July 1982. Discusses the formation of the wages commissions as a student activity researching … History of Wages Commissions: formation, aims and structure …

… Coloured Board agreed, in principle, to the establishment of an Art Centre for Coloured children in Cape Town. The … it was agreed that the centre would be under the care of the Cape Coloured Board. Prior to this, the Department of Education had written a letter stating that the existing …

… The heart of a lioness has ceased to beat. Mama Nokukhanya Luthuli is … Comrade Nokukhanya Luthuli, 92 years old, was the wife of the late ANC President, Chief Albert Luthuli. She passed … heroine and Titan. She may rest in peace for the seeds of her struggle and that of her organisation, the ANC, are …

… between Mali and South Africa. He also thanked the people of Mali for their support during the years of Apartheid as well as praising them for their commitment to … and stability to the continent. This visit was part of a strategy by the Mandela led ANC government to normalise …

… pre-colonial history is synonymous with the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, after which the country is now named. … (what is was called previously) was developed on the basis of its mineral and agricultural resources. The White-led … Robert Mugabe as Prime Minister, Zimbabwe became a member of the UN on 25 August 1980. After independence, Zimbabwe's …

… Hasting Kamuzu Banda was the leader of Nyasaland which became Malawi in in 1964, with him as its … became a political icon. He was appointed Prime Minister of Nyasaland in 1963. A year later he proclaimed the country … made him its president for life. Banda was stripped of the presidency in 1993 when a referendum ended his reign. …

… discovered a vaccine successful in the prevention of the animal disease, rinderpest. Robert Koch was brought to … a cattle plague, which broke out during the last decade of the 19th century. The epidemic affected most of southern African, but it hit the Transvaal and Northern …

… The town of Bethlehem was founded in 1864 (other sources claim 1869). … the Maluti Mountains in the Free State Province and is one of the towns that grew rapidly after it was founded. The … Harrismith and Bloemfontein by rail. The town’s name is of Hebrew origin and means “house of bread”. It is so named …

… Redvers Buller launched a frontal attack in the Battle of Colenso with the intention to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith. This purpose was not realised and as a result … 1,100 men, including Lieutenant Freddy Roberts, only son of Field-Marshal Lord Frederick Roberts. Eight Boers died and …

… The Johannesburg Bar declared that if the Suppression of Communism Bill was passed, the freedom of people in South Africa would be in jeopardy. The Bar made … C.R. Swart, wherein he stated that the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) would be outlawed should the Bill be …

… terms the hijacking last night (Tuesday, 24 November 2009) of one of its spokespersons Ishmael Mnisi. Comrade Mnisi who is … guns and were ready to fire at me. They ordered me out of the car at gunpoint, one pointing a gun on my head. They … ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009 …

… King William's Town, to pay their respects to the victims of the Bisho Massacre, who were shot to death by the Ciskei … as Walter Sisulu, Chris Hani and other leading members of these two organisations. Sisulu told mourners that no part of South Africa should be a no-go area and this included the …

… Multicoloured Department of Labour poster. History and photographs of early mineworkers. Artwork of new South African flag. … Builders of the nation: 2: working in the mines …

… The municipality of Pretoria announced that several autonomous city councils were going to merge to form the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM). The following … The Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Council The City Council of Pretoria The Town Council of Centurion The Northern …

… African National Congress (ANC) refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa's threat of a blockade against that country. A year before they were … vested in the king. Maj-Gen Metsing Lekhanya became head of a military head of state. … 2012]| O’Malley, P. ‘1986’ , from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog , [online], Available at …

… From the book:  Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Support … Africa must Bt submits to the latest racial legislation of the Union of South Africa. They have well nigh exhausted … to stop this hooliganism of the whites. They can take action against the passive resisters according to law. What …

… Reggie Vandeyar Portrait of a Revolutionary by Ismail Vadi is part of the South African History Online Lives of Courage Series  … Reggie Vandeyar: Portrait of a Revolutionary by Ismail Vadi …

… Photograph showing a group of men sitting in one of the men's hostels common room, part of Cape Town's housing scheme. … Single mens hostels, part of the Cape Town h …

… Copy of the Freedom Charter. Yellow poster with black lettering and large group of people across the top of the poster. … COSATU salutes 32 years of the Freedom Charter …

… Multicoloured poster. Issued by the Department of Labour. Black and white photographs of service workers. Artwork of new South African Flag. … Builders of the nation : Poster number 9 : Service workers …

… President's address to the 53rd Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 30 January - 4 February 1976. … Presidents address to the 53rd Congress [of …

… A1 poster full colour litho photos of different types of identity documents; text: With one of these documents you can vote 27, 28 April 1994 … With one of these documents you can vote …

… The lengthy trial of nine student leaders from the Black People's Convention … guilty under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to periods of imprisonment, three for six years and six for five years. … they were driven from Pretoria to Cape Town in the back of a police van, and from there taken to Robben Island. The …

… Born Alhaji Omar Bongo Ondimba, he was president of Gabon for 41 years, making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In … his 41 years in office, he was implicated in a number of corruption scandals including embezzling state funds for …

… Multicoloured poster produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photographs and history of early black unions. Artwork of new South African flag. … Builders of the nation: 7: the early black unions …

… Minutes of the SASO Meeting including the Agenda, Members of the Executive Committee for 1970/1971, Resolutions and elected members of the Executive Committee for 1971/1972. … Minutes of the 2nd General Students Council …

… Message on the occasion of the Swedish people's parliament against apartheid, February 21 by Dr Davidson Nicol, President of the World Federation of the United Nations Association (WFUNA). … Message on the occasion of the Swedish people …