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EventUN Tribunal on Rwanda sentences Jean Kambanda
… all counts of genocide pressed against him in May. Despite his cooperativeness, Kambanda's Defence Counsel Oliver …
EventMinister of Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer set to resign
… Development Minister Roelf Meyer would resign his Cabinet post on 1 March 1996 to become Secretary-General …
EventBafana Bafana wins against Algeria
… FNB Stadium, Johannesburg. The defender, Mark Fish, scored his first goal in international soccer, while John "Shoes" …
EventViolence escalates in German South West Africa during Herero Revolt
… were killed. Samuel Maharero allowed missionary Eich with his small party of German women and children safe passage …
Lord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… administrator for the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. His other responsibility was to negotiate a peace treaty that …
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
… of bullets he helped him into the saddle and he covered his retreat, dismounting several times to shoot at pursuers. …
EventFormer ANC president, Z.R. Mahabane, is born
… Kroonstad (OFS), where he had lived and worked for most of his life, in September 1971. …
EventChurch bombing kills 15 people in Nigeria.
… On 3 June 2012, a suicide bomber forced his car, filled with explosives, through a checkpoint and …
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after his escape from Pretoria the night before. The manager, John …
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… built by Chris Kristapper Reddy, and probably represents his major contribution to the temple architecture of this …
Statement by Oliver Tambo, on behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the closing session of the seventh summit meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states, 02 December 1988, Arusha
… of Namibia and South Africa. We wish firstly to convey to His Excellency Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United … Eastern, Central and Southern Africa…
Statement, on Behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the Closing Session of the Seventh Summit Meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States, Arusha by O. R. Tambo, 1 - 2 December 1988
… of Namibia and South Africa. We wish firstly to convey to His Excellency Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United … Eastern, Central and Southern Africa…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… of John Tengo and, for decades afterwards, that of his son Don Davidson Tengo Jabavu, or Jili, as he was affectionately known to his peers and his students…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Hertzogian Segregation VERSUS The Cape Native Policy
… He became the Prime Minister in 1924 and introduced his segregation scheme in the shape of the Civilized Labour Policy; the Colour Bar Act of 1926, and his…
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… however, compelled every mineworker to be a member of his union. The Reformers denounced the closed shop principle … Harris, secretary of the Mineworkers'…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… her community and nation from her teenage years until her death and worked tirelessly to organize protests and push … with 622 other women after protesting…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… make the Natives a more contented and devoted people under His Majesty's gracious rule. . . . Any scheme for the Closer … He would stand out of Union rather…
PlaceGrydo Pass
… the same time as Michells Pass by Andrew Geddes Bain and his team of convict labourers in, 1848. This important pass …
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… property was purchased by President Kruger and remained in his family until; 1903. During this time an impressive main …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the …
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… Botha made some changes in the allocation of portfolios in his cabinet. He retained the post of minister of defence. …
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
… lung complications after having been hospitalised in 1977. His medical doctors requested that he should be granted …
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… poetry. Born in Transkei, Jolobe was best known for his collection of poems, Umyezo (1936). He also played a …
EventThe Conservative Party decides on talks with National Party and expel a member
… within a unitary state. The party disapproved of his attack on its leader Dr Andries Treurnicht. …
EventThe Supreme Court of Zambia ruled that former Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba should stand trial for corruption
… brought a case against the Zambian parliament for lifting his immunity from prosecution. A year earlier, Frederick …
EventNP serves legal papers on TRC
… never have been appointed as a commissioner and is abusing his position to continue pursuing old political battles. …
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… under President Thabo Mbeki. When Mbeki was ousted from his position as President in 2008, she was one of the ten …
Jeremy Cronin and British couple are sentenced in the Cape Town Supreme Court
… Town Supreme Court a British journalist, David Rabkin, his wife and a South African lecturer, Jeremy Cronin, were …
George Walker, co-discoverer with George Harrison of the gold reef of the Witwatersrand, dies in poverty in Krugersdorp.
… Walker died on 18 September 1924 in Krugersdorp. With his claims disputed, he was never recognized as the …
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
… Minister furthermore considered it necessary to state his African policy again and pointed out that we were of … do things look ahead? In this regard…