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Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Government in … hands in roadblocks to attack UDF and…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… Former South African president Nelson Mandela's 88th birthday celebrations … of the foundation's board. The photo exhibition by South African veterans Alf…
BiographyDali Tambo
… TV genre in South Africa. He later moved to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) where he would also … to visit the site in search for knowledge…
Stephen Marais
… act of civil disobedience was in 1983 when he joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground. That evening he … Trade Unions (COSATU) and NGOs for…
BiographyJohn James Issel
… the Black consciousness student movement, the South African Student Organisation (SASO) , and was elected its … within the Western Cape. After the…
PlaceAndalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border
… Second World War, it was the site of a concentration camp housing German men, regarded as potentially dangerous by the … New Dictionary of South African…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… accounted for over 10% of all deaths, an indication of urban terrorism of a special kind. One particular train … recorded the following casualties incurred…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… constitution. The moment which changed the path of South African history came after long and tension-ridden … negotiations held between 1991 and 1992. The…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… The significance of the area, in the life of the South African Indian community, can be gauged from the fact that up … settled by Indians, it was also home…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
… a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC).In 1921, his parents … unions , and in the same year became the…
BiographyTlou Theophilus Cholo
… Reef. In 1948, Cholo became active in trade unions and the African National Congress (ANC). Like his father he fought … Africa. Cholo was one of the founding…
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… Some African Americans, however, haven’t lost touch with this … from Africa, and we are from Europe.” Daniels found her family, the Burleys, in a record that…
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
… Black Backed Jackals, Caracal, the Bat-Eared Fox, and the African Wild Cat. …
EventBambata Rebellion: The Natal government offers a reward of £500 for the capture of Bambata
… Mpanza Valley. He was chief of the Amalondi, who occupied areas of Mvoti, New Hanover, Umgeni the Lions River … to arrest him. Bambatha fled to the Mpanza…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… a tradition that is still used in South Africa. Many South African cultures have storytellers who don’t only tell us … disagree. Gcina Mhlope, copyright…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… amid assassination threats. In his absence, the South African government installed his uncle, Prince Israel … as well as a historical role for a member of…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… so we behold today in the drama of the life of the South African Bantu a slow but sure metamorphosis from a primitive … In the case of the African boys and…
BiographyBilly Lesedi Masetlha
… Gauteng). He is a founder member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and participated in the formation of … in 1976. He was arrested for…
BiographySteven Eli Friedman
… the student movement, joining the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In 1973 Friedman helped establish … This led to two key books Building…
BiographySydney Sekwati Choma
… In February 1976, Choma went into exile to join the African National Congress ( ANC ) in Tanzania . He was also a member of the Pan African Congress ( PAC )…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… towards homosexuality and history of homosexuality within African society Most denominations of Christianity rejected … Six in Cape Town, and Sophia-town in…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… of the company. It included a mine manager's house, housing for senior officials, single quarters for men, and …
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… the Basotho occupied was mountainous and had few fertile areas. The most fertile part was the Caledon River Valley. … by the end of the 1830s, the Basotho…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… national President of the multi-racial Federation of South African Women. Born 70 years ago, in Cofimvaba in the Transkei,on October 21, 1918, eldest of an…
BiographySydney Sipho Sepamla
… and again with surprising imagery that depicts the South African situation. The satirical poem ‘To Whom It May …
BiographyEthel Edwards
… of Ethel Edwards in its supplement on "Famous South African Artists". In it she stands posed at her easel …
Jeannette Ndhlovu
… actively involved in the underground activities of the African National Congress (ANC) . She was responsible for …
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
… , which embraced the ideological principles of the African National Congress (ANC) and other liberation …
BiographyMavuso Walter Msimang
… He was later appointed executive director of the South African Tourism Board. From 1997, he was CEO of SA National …
BiographyDerek Andre Hanekom
… Crossroads squatter camp near Cape Town. In 1980 he joined African National Congress (ANC) underground, he used their … A member of the African National…