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… Black, grey, red and white poster. Photograph of police and protestors. One man lying dead. Notice of a seminar in London on 2 - 4th November 1979. … Seminar on the Role of Transnational Corporations in South Africa …

… muralist and graphic artist, was born on 1 June 1926 in East London, Eastern Cape. In 1946 he studied drawing under Henrich Steiner in Florence, … and woodcuts. He was a great inspiration to young Black artists, who he trained. The most successful series he … Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape …

… for united action. We have called on our people in the various organisational formations, in different … Africa as a whole, not by a white minority, not even by a black majority but by a majority of the people of South … process some innocent people were killed, some white some black. What we have seen in the Eastern Cape and places like …

… Victor Mhleli Ntoni was born in Langa in 1947, Western Province (now Western Cape) learning music … Dave Brubeck toured South Africa in 1976 and his Black bassist was denied entry to the country, Ntoni was …

… the Asiatic Land Tenure Act, or Ghetto Act takes place in Durban. The Asiatic Bill was one of the many anti-Indian … demonstrators. During the gathering, representatives of Black African and mixed race communities declared their support for the Indian people in their struggle. …

… Long distance runner Priscah Jeptoo is ranked third in the world in long distance running. She only began competing in top competitions in 2008 but has achieved so much in such … Priscah Jeptoo is born in Nandi Kenya …

… Green section at top of poster contains title in white letters. Black artwork on white centre of poster of African people … OASSSA 4th National Conference: Social Services in a changing South Africa …

… The Proteas, is one of the most successful national teams in the country and the world. Their record in test cricket is quite outstanding for such a young team. They are currently ranked number one in the world in both ODI and Test cricket. In 2009 they made …

… In 1907, four years prior to flying on his aeroplane in Kimberley, John Weston embarked on the construction of his own aeroplane in Brandfort, in the Orange Free State (now known as Free … [Accessed: 15 June 2011]|Anon,(n.d.), ‘Early Flying in South Africa’ from The Aero Club of South Africa [online] …

… Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in Kimberley on 28 October 1908 to Ernest Oppenheimer and … Lina Pollock. Oppenheimer completed his primary education in Johannesburg and proceeded to study at Charterhouse in England. After that, he enrolled at Christ Church in …

… Pheto, son of activist and poet Molefe Pheto , was born in Soweto 1966. At The age of 12, his parents were exiled and … his brother Gibo Pheto were raised. Having been brought up in a musical family, Pule quickly took an interest in playing … been part of  a number of collaborations including Viva La Black with Louis Moholo, a South African drummer . He also …

… Comments and Personal Observations written in December 1991 as part of group reports at the end of our … and the detailed five year plans. Power resides in the office of the Prime Minister. His department has 5 … basis for positive discrimination, or affirmative action in favour of the Malay people has resulted in that ethnic …

… The 35th lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Chief Justice M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee year. In his introduction, … Guaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa …

… Fifty-three churchmen were arrested while demonstrating in central Johannesburg against the detention of a fellow … under the Riotous Assemblies Act and  warned to appear in court on 1 July 1980. On 27 May the school boycotts spread … rural areas and the homelands. Police were on high alert in Durban and Port Elizabeth as the school boycotts gained …

…  A labour shortage at the gold mines on the Rand resulted in the importation of Chinese labour in 1904. This situation, in part, was the result of the Anglo-Boer War (South African … [Accessed: 14 June 2010]|TCF, About the Chinese in South Africa , from The Chinese Forum , [online], …

… The government imposed a state of emergency in 27 townships in the Vaal Reef area and banned the carrying of all weapons. … Meetings could be banned and the townships sealed off in the event of new disturbances. Three days later, almost … London: Longman, p. 37642.| Human Rights Watch, " Violence in the Transvaal " from Human Rights Watch [Online]. …

… 27 April commemorates the day in 1994 when the first democratic election was held in South Africa. Today, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day … domination (apartheid). Apartheid 'officially' began in South Africa in 1948, but colonialism and oppression of …

… On 6 September 1945, Bhekisani Manyoni was born in Greytown, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He later moved with … Junior Secondary School, but returned to Rorke's Drift in Standard 7 (Grade 9) to complete his education, and … a Belgian-born artist. At the centre, he also took classes in fine arts, in particular ceramics and weaving. Here …

… ‘civilised Africans'. William Philip Schreiner was born in 30 October 1857. He was the tenth child of Gottlob and … , but was forced to resign after the failed  Jameson Raid  in 1896. He returned to Parliament in 1898 and became Prime … integration and equality of all civilised men, educated Black people included. William P Schreiner died on 28 June …

… Twelve ANC supporters are killed in an IFP attack on houses and hostels in eSikhawini. The political rivalry between the African … (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rose alarmingly in the Esikhaweni location in KwaZulu Natal in 1992. On 16 … Twelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini …

… Siamese twins have successfully been separated in the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town. The operation, which was conducted by surgeon Syd Cywes, was the first of its kind in the medical history of South Africa. Since that first … Siamese twins are separated in Cape Town …

… Reformed Church of South Africa, and was probably founded in about 1860. The 1875 census indicated that the village had … on the map, but it's virtually a nothing doing village in the midst of some of the most beautiful countryside in KwaZulu Natal. Drive along the R602 between Pyne's Farm …

… political theorist and philosopher, Friedrich Engels died in London on 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat … help manage his father's cotton factory. Upon his arrival in Manchester Engels was stunned by the high levels of … wrote an account entitled Conditions of the Working Class in England. On his return to Germany in 1844, he met Karl …

… Walter Battiss is born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most … important abstract painters. He first became interested in archaeology and primitive art as a young boy after moving … Walter Battiss is born in Somerset East …

… This is a statue of Jock of the Bushveld. It is located in Barberton in front of the Town Hall. Jock of the Bushveld was born in 1885 along the Voortrekker Road which runs South East of … Jock of the Bushveld, Monument in Barberton …

… on 18 March 1950. The institution began as a small college in what was then the Orange River Colony, called the Grey College School in 1904. By 1907, the college had 29 students and ten … when a video made by four white students, depicting black workers at the university being forced to take part in …

… the lining of the cells and coagulating the blood in the human body.. This virus is named after the Ebola River … which was near the site of the first outbreak of the virus in 1976. It is thought that bats harbour the disease, and … Transmission between humans occurs when people come in contact with bodily fluids of persons infected with the …

… Farm, (known locally as kwaHlathikhulu) is located in the uMzinyathi District in kwaZulu-Natal. The Farm was previously owned by the … of his people and their struggle to find land security in an interview conducted by the Association for Rural … (2004), ‘ Beating about the Boschhoek – Inkosi Kunene ’, in AFRA News No.57, May, [online], Available at …

… For the first time in the South African criminal history a man was hanged with … accused of criminally assaulting his six-year-old daughter in 1959. He was sentenced in the Queenstown Circuit Court on 11 February 1960. His name … ”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria …