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BiographyZindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
… Mandela was born on 23 December 1960 in Soweto to South African struggle icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie … (1992). In 2013 she remarried, this time to former…
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…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… Richemont (a Swiss based luxury goods group). The Rupert family continues to be a dominant force in the South African business world. The Rembrandt Group was…
BiographySamuel Makama Martin Masabalala
… He worked for some years in Rhodesia and served in an African unit in the Boer War. Thereafter he worked at various … Union (ICU). In 1919 he became an…
A new total strategy emerges July 1990 -June 1991
… forces By security forces we refer primarily to the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Defence Force … and 'self-governing' varieties) and the…
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…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… legislation such as the Pass laws 3 October, 12 African leaders issue A Call for African Unity 1949 December, New leadership elected to … boycotts, strikes…
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter won his first South African powerboat racing title, as well as set a world record … Sports Award on three occasions. He…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… The African National Congress, South Africans and the world at … and Reflection today. From tomorrow, 9 December 2013, the African National Congress shall…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… Mrs Motlana and family, The President of the Republic of South Africa, Cde … the fact that Dr Nthatho Motlana is no ordinary South African. We are bidding…
PlaceOttery
… policy ensured that Schools and Hospitals in 'white' areas mixed rapidly. But fear of a fall in 'standards' … Some poorer whites moved into traditional …
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… a unique blend of Islamic religious beliefs and practices, African cultural norms and French influence, resulting in the … are completely dependent upon…
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… mentor Wolfie Kodesh, was a butchery owned by the Yutar family whose offspring was Percy Yutar the prosecutor at the … period just after the abolition of…
ANC statement on the passing of Epainette Mbeki, 7 June 2014
… Mrs Mbeki has for decades been a pillar of the Mbeki family and her community. During the absence of our stalwart … mother, our stalwart and heroin. To the…
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette Schoon, … He was banned in South Africa and had initially taken his family into…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… two mass migrations played a very important role in South African history. There are very few written accounts of the … centralised kingdoms and states that…
2002 Introduction By Jordi Martorell
… which the document analyses is the character of the South African revolution and the role of the Communist Party and … handful of white-owned monopolies that…
BiographyErnst Heinrich Daniël Arndt
… 1951 he was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, a position from which he retired in … to 1954 he was a member of the…
BiographyThemba Thomas Mazibuko
… Orlando West High School and became a member of the South African Student Movement (SASM). In 1974 as a member of SASM … comrade Sol Ndlovu. It was here that…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island: A South African Love Story This remarkable love story spanning more … of separation, harassment and brutal…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… Cape. These ‘Cape’ Khoikhoi would be the first African population to bear the brunt of White settlement. … or ‘clicks’, belonged to a totally different…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Issues - An Islamic Perspective by Dr A F M Ebrahim. 5. Family Planning and Abortion - An Islamic Viewpoint by … in Kuwait and operates in over 35 countries…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… the concept of racial segregation or laws like the Group Areas Act that forced different race groups to live in … the central control of the white minority…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… for women. An introductory background on South African customary law will be presented by way of tracing the … of segregation, and after democratization. The…
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
… Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road), was a Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), … whom many had considered to be the greatest…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
… crossbreed of Dutch, German, English, French in the South African white settler population produced a bluntness that … to a petition; an issue that comes…
PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
… to differentiate it from Somerset East, another South African town in the Eastern Cape. Somerset West lies within … blanket and torch and celebrate the joy…
Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil, 14 December 2000
… strategically for our own development. This is what the African Renaissance seeks to achieve. We think we are recording progress in key and fundamental areas…
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…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of … born on 27 August 1928 in Mahlabatini into…