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… On 19 and 20 August 1981, in response to the National Party (NP) government’s attempts … into puppet state institutions, a mass meeting was called in Lenasia, an Indian suburb south of Johannesburg. The … the envisaged creation of the Tricameral Parliament in which the South African Indian Council (SAIC), an …

… After a 22-year civil war in which 2. 5 million southerners died, South Sudanese calls … region on or before January 1, 1956, traceable ancestry in the South Sudanese indigenous population on or before January 1, 1956, and permanent residents in the area with no traceable ancestry after January 1, 1956. …

… The transition in South Africa from Apartheid regime to democratic … South African government became the primary role players in the deliberation process. The ANC and IFP leaders, Nelson … respectively, led delegations from their organisations in discussing their constitutional differences. At this time …

… Brandfort literally means: 'burning bean river', in Afrikaans . (This plant grows here naturally!)  Brandfort is a small Town, located in the Lejweleputswa Region of the Free State Province in South Africa. It was founded in 1866 when a Voortrekker …

… Society presents a memorandum on poor housing conditions in Pageview, Johannesburg, and the need for housing schemes … was popularly known, was one of the oldest communities in Johannesburg and was one of the first 'locations' … areas) established under the government of Paul Kruger in 1893. In its heyday between 1945 and 1960, Fietas was an …

… and Kgotoki Nhlapo-Lewis entitled "Towards a mixed economy in South African agriculture" prepared for a meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe in April-May 1989. Discusses the political economy and … Towards a mixed economy in South African agriculture …

… but lacked the courage and vision to resist reaction. In 1950, when C. R. Swart, Nationalist Minister of Justice, … with hard labour. The definition of "communism" in the Act was so wide and so vague that to demand for any change in the social structure of the country whatsoever became a …

… its first nuclear bomb test at Reganne, Algeria , in the Sahara desert. At the time, Algeria was under French … Bleue, had a yield of 60-70 kilotons. This test put France in the same atomic league with the United States, the USSR … states, France continued its nuclear tests for years. In the 1990’s France was still conducting nuclear tests in …

… Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in CÁ´te d'Ivoire. He went to live and attend school in Mali before leaving for France. When CÁ´te d'Ivoire gained … Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France …

… of the most important leaders of anti-Apartheid resistance in South Africa. It was with Walter that she attended the … League where Albertina Sisulu was the only women present. In 1948 she joined the ANC Women’s League and in the 1950s she began to assume a leadership role – both in …

… Paper by Jack Simons on the history of capitalism in South Africa. Covers the advent of capitalism globally, early societies in South Africa, primitive Communalism, Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British and the advent of capitalism … The advent of capitalism in South Africa …

… Eleven people were killed in the township of eSikhawini in northern Natal by unknown killers armed with pump action … against Kwa-Zulu Police behaviour. The killers, dressed in similar clothing and wearing balaclavas, carried out raids … Eleven people are killed in eSikhawini township …

… and Premier of the Cape Colony dies aged 48. He arrived in South Africa in 1870 and invested his inheritance from his grandmother in the diamond diggings in Kimberley. He helped launch the De … Cecil John Rhodes (48) dies in Muizenberg …

… secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), arrived in the Congo to try to end the civil war. Hammerskjöld became involved in attempts to solve the civil war in the Congo after an appeal to the UN by Prime … UN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo …

… 1994, Abdul Shariff a freelance photographer was shot in the back and killed while covering an African National … who were part of the visiting delegation. Shariff was born in Verulam, Natal and began fighting against apartheid from an early age. He was involved in the student political movement at high school where he …

… Lucas Sithole, renowned South African sculptor, was born in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to a Zulu … and a Swazi mother. He created more than 800 sculptures in wood, stone liquid steel and bronze. Sithole often used to … best known sculptors internationally, about 200 works are in collections in the Americas and Europe. …

… Mohammed Valli Moosa, born in Johannesburg on 9 February 1957, was a political activist … served as Minister of Environmental and Tourism Affairs in South Africa. He became actively involved in politics while studying at the University of … Mohammed Valli Moosa is born in Johannesburg …

… Sugar farming grew rapidly in the late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” … from India. The first group of Indian workers arrived in Durban harbour on 16 November 1860 aboard the ship … Shamim Marie. Divide and profit: Indian workers in Natal. Workers resistance and culture publications (1986) …

… On this day in South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President Thabo Mbeki’s … the first country on the continent and the fifth country in the world to legalize same sex marriages.[1] End Notes [1] …

… to George Mukhari (formerly Ga-Rankuwa) hospital in Ga-Rankuwa township. The fifth victim died later in hospital while the other two remained in a critical condition. The incident took place in … Four men die instantly in car races …

… India Company (VOC) ship the Amersfoort, dropped anchor in Table Bay. In her hold she had a human cargo: 174 slaves. This was the first shipment of slaves to arrive in South Africa, and marked the beginning of almost 200 years … Armstrong, James. (1986). ‘The Slaves, 1652-1795’, in Richard Elphick and Hermann Gilliomee,  The Shaping of …

… Police Colonel Eugene de Kock began with his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks' campaign. Pleading in mitigation over a two-week period, his testimony … Col Eugene de Kock testifies in Court …

… dead as a result of the political violence that continued in KwaZulu-Natal. The political violence rages on in spite of the deployment of more than 3,000 members of the … Defence Force (SADF) to enforce the state of emergency in the province. The willingness and ability of the SADF …

… Emjindini secondary School and got his Junior Certificate in 1957. He went on to obtain a Primary Teacher’s Certificate at the Evangelical Teacher’s Training College in Vryheid. He later completed his matric in 1964 and … of Education in 1972, to become one of the youngest Black educationists in his country. He became a one of the …

… States Army. It is said to have been the largest pipe bomb in American history- which killed 2 people and injured 111. … however, proceeded with his with terrorist attacks in 1997, targeting an Atlanta lesbian nightclub and an abortion clinic. As for South Africa's participation in the 1996 Olympic Games, swimmer Penny Heyns won two gold …

… 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the … machine at Kitty Hawk, 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. Orville piloted the first flight, lasting …

… Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered Company was hoisted in Bulawayo, the Matabele capital, after the Company's … consisted of a Union Jack emblazoned with the BSAC badge in the centre. A mining concession had been obtained from Chief Lobengula in 1888 and the BSAC, under Cecil John Rhodes, succeeded in …

… Diego Suarez naval base off Madagascar. This attack was in support of the beleaguered Vichy French Forces that were … feared that Japan would overrun all the allied colonies in the Indian Ocean, and use these colonies as bases to … Australia and the United States Navy. Had they persisted in their course in the Indian  Ocean, the outcome of the …

… The South African National Archive has repositories in: Cape Town; Pretoria ; The Free State , in Bloemfontein . The Old Cape Archives, a National Monument and most prominent architectural landmark in Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town , has now been fully … South African National Archive in Cape Town …