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PlaceRiverside
… who settled in Griqualand East in the 1860s and made his home at Riverside. A notorious miser whose mode of dress … extensive dealings in land. At one stage…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… violence. Gbagbo had refused to relinquish power following his defeat in the 2010 election, which he lost to Alassane … victimisation and human rights abuses…
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… that were and have been made over the years concerning his own personal conduct in Government.” He continued and … from the President”. Then, Mr Makhanya…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… martyr, who was being victimised by the "Sachs clique". His photograph, accomÂpanied by long stories of how he and his family had been deprived of a living,…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… Africa’s leading sociologists, as well as being a poet in his own right, a respected labour commentator and cultural … working class leadership of the…
New Generation Sculpture
… to the resolution of the base indicates a consciousness on his part of a fine art context. This can be contrasted to the … conceived to be displayed in…
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
… of peace the price of many lives. It was in the cause of his activities in the interest of peace that the late Dag HammarskjÁ¶ld lost his life. Of his work a…
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… camps. When grandfather returned after the war, he found his farmstead completely destroyed and his family living with relatives. When my father married, he …
ArchiveLetter to Jack Simons from Acting Principal Immigration Officer
… Letter to Jack Simons refusing his application for a passport. …
Address by President Jacob Zuma during the commissioning of the OR Tambo school of Leadership, 26 March 2010, Kaweweta, Uganda
… former President Mbeki, so aptly remarked during his address to the Parliament of Uganda in December 2005: … hero and icon Oliver Tambo, should not come as a…
ArchiveThe Original Chris Hani Memorandum
… with others and it is extremely doubtful that with his attention so divided he can do justice to the armed struggle in South Africa which should be his…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… William Tolbert was executed along with several members of his cabinet by firing squad. Life under Samuel Doe With the … to Charles Taylor (gaining 10% of…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… Durban Corporation for better wages 2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned 3. Charge of assault against an … 9. In search of better employment 10…
ArchiveA voice from the farms: Zwelakhes story
… The story of Zwelakhe Bongwana, about his life as a farm worker …
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… in November 1996. Rapid Decent into Dictatorship : When his efforts to justify his coup and subsequent questionable elections failed to … and legislative…
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… which were reprinted in a pamphlet and later included in his book The Unity of India (London, 1941). Nelson Mandela … in the Indian national movement. In…
ArchiveNelson Mandela: the struggle is my life
… poster. Photograph of Nelson Mandela. Title is title of his book. …
ArchiveDo Judges speak out?
… was delivered by Judge Richard Goldstone who describes his speech as …
ArchiveSave Robert McBride
… with black lettering. Photo of Robert McBride. Story of his life. …
ArchiveRelease Mandela Campaign 1986 Calendar
… black on yellow; photo Mandela with I must return across his eyes …
ArchiveNational detainees day 85: take forward thei
… holding a weapon, over a prisoner with chains around his hands. …
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… 15 September 1971 in Johannesburg.[i] Wayne Ferreira and his tennis partner, Pietie Norval won a silver medal in the … at the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… television presenter and a rap artist. ProVerb started his hip hop career in 1999, and has released four studio albums, namely his debut album The Book of…
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… was the son of Jacomina Hendrina van der Poel and his physician, anthropologist, geologist, and collector … Hugh Eksteen lived to the age of 91 and during…
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… no idea of what it contains but from the proceedings of his Industrial Committee of which he has probably sent your … no good in the Conference. I ventured a…
Event90-Days Act comences
… In a remarkable example of double-speak, Vorster outlined his motive for introducing the bill, saying it is "because … of security laws and Vorster justifies…
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… and Seals Act, 1934, I do hereby proclaim and declare that His Majesty's sovereignty of Marion Island and Prince Edward Island is henceforth to be exercised…
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… Mowena, led E.S.J. van Graan (farmer and prospector), his son and three others, to Greefswald farm on Mapungubwe … of Pretoria, Professor Leo Fouché. As a…
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… William Ledwaba (16) was killed during a bomb attack on his home in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. In evidence furnished … while Selepe lost a hand and suffered…
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
… on September 11th that year, MK Gandhi adopted his methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth) or non-violent protest for the first time. He called on…