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… bombing of headquarters of the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, ANC bases in a suburb of Maputo, Mozambique's capital city, were bombed in retaliation on 23 May 1983. This action boosted the … African history This Day in African History: 23 May [online] Available at: …

… with Bob Hewitt and Wimbledon tennis champion, was born in Springs. On his own, McMillan also won two pro single … partner Betty Stove he took the mixed Wimbledon title in 1978 and 1981, and the US Open title in 1977 and 1978. … Tennis champion Frew Mcmillan is born in Springs …

… between the ANC and big business on the role of business in South Africa's future. Includes summary of presentations … between business and the apartheid state, inequalities in business, socialism, how business can participate in change. … The role of business in South Africas future …

… P. W. Botha delivered the infamous "Rubicon" Speech in Durban. Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time, Pik … allies by refusing to consider immediate and major reforms in the country's apartheid system. This meant the abolishing of the apartheid system. In a speech that had been preceded by hints that sweeping …

… M. Maduna for discussion at the African National Congress in-house seminar on Constitutional Guidelines for a future democratic South Africa, 1-4 March 1988 in Lusaka. Examines local government for Africans, Indian, … and practical implications of the changes envisaged in the Freedom Charter. …

… The United States (US) shut down its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a terrorist threat. Following the … East Africa, especially to Kenya. A new embassy building in Nairobi had been opened on March 3 2002, after a bomb had … killing 219 people and injuring more than 5,000 others in August 1998. …

… High Aswan Dam, which was also known as Saad el Aali in Arabic was started in Egypt. The Dam contained 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The Dam is 11, 811 feet long, … Construction on the Aswan Dam starts in Egypt …

… Horne on guard duty, was shot dead and another injured in an attack by gunmen at Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital … to free a prisoner, apparently a member of a group of cash-in-transit heist robbers that was allegedly led by Given Raymond Peete. The men sped to Woodstock in a silver grey Toyota Corolla after which they dumped the …

… of Zululand by White farmers, caused sporadic uprisings in the Umvoti County of Zululand. These uprisings culminated in the Bhambada (also called Bambatha, Bambata) rebellion in June 1906. … Two policemen are killed in poll tax resistance …

… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1973 and includes chapters on: Political and … and trials under security laws; Guerrillas and movements-in-exile; Foreign affairs; Group areas and hoiusing; Urban … A Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1973 …

… In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party … In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party …

… and the Sammy Marks Clinic to the FF Ribeiro Clinic in ceremonies at the Sammy Marks Square. Prof. Ezekiel … after Dr Fabian and Ms Florence Ribeiro, who were killed in a joint Security Branch and SADF Special Forces operation in December 1986. … Library and clinic names are changed in Pretoria …

… from Angola. This was a subsequent to increasing tensions in Angola, with Cuban forces fighting on behalf of the … the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) set up a rival government in the mountainous region of Huambo, inland from Benguela. … organisations enlisted the support of South African forces in neighbouring Namibia to oust the Marxist MPLA which was …

… Robert Stuart Hendricks was born in Caledon on 7 February 1936. He was a renowned South … his own band, the Bobby Hendricks Sound. Hendricks died in Cape Town from kidney failure on 7 March 1999. Though he … who attended his funeral, one of the biggest ever held in Overberg, Western Cape Province. …

… Kok III, founder and chief of Griqualand East, was killed in an accident when he fell from his buggy. The Cape Colonial government unilaterally annexed Griqualand East in 1874 as result of disturbances in that region; they relieved Kok of his duties as chief and …

… (also referred to as Shaba I) broke out on 8 March 1977 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when Angola-based … Nationale de Congo (FLNC) took the border town of Dilolo, in the western Shaba region, en route to the mining centre of … May 1977. A year later, the FLNC captured the mining town in what became known as Shaba II. The Shaba wars emerged …

… TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new … claim on the land of KwaZulu-Natal portend for land reform in South Africa? 29 September 2014, Wits Club Land reform is … land claim ever, which is said to cover all of the land in the province of KwaZulu-Natal that does not already belong …

… Umkhonto we Sizwe's (MK) Luthuli Detachment in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Zimbabwean African People's Union (ZAPU) guerrillas engaged Rhodesian forces in Wankie (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near the border of … Botswana security forces. A few guerrillas found refuge in Zambia or in Swaziland and at least one MK guerrilla …

… Cream poster with brown image of worker in factory. Title in two African languages. Health Information Centre. … Does dust in the factory make you sick …

… the Front de Libération Nationale launched armed struggle in November 1954, the PCA maintained its organisational … FLN pressure. Many Algerian communists participated fully in the national liberation war, facing the French state’s … was shattered when it was banned by the one-party state in November 1962. …

… the organisations of the coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war effort. They shared the same … Abduraghman’s African l Peoples Organisation (APO), formed in 1902, and the recently formed Teachers League of  South Africa (TLSA).  The TLSA was formed in June 1913, with Dr Abduraghman as an important driving …

… students to support the principle of one person, one vote in a unitary South Africa, in an upcoming poll. … One person one vote in a unitary South Africa …

… delivered by Auret van Heerden, to both the NUSAS Congress in Durban and to a joint sitting of the AZASO General Students Council and COSAS National Council in Durban, November - December 1982 … Democratic opposition: the progressive movement in South Africa …

… Buthelezi at South African Leadership Conference held in July 20, 1979, about violence and the cross in South Africa. Note that the text is barely legible. … Violence and the cross in South Africa today …

… The Oosthuizen family lived in a mining village called Blyvooruitzicht in Carltonville. Because of the area’s extensive underground … Oosthuizen family disappears down a massive sinkhole in Carletonville …

… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1963 and includes chapters on: Policies and attitudes; New … A Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1963 …

… Company, crashed shortly after takeoff from Jamba Airport in Angola. A total of 141 passengers and crew members … the crash. It was, however,  speculated that movement in the cargo may have been the cause of the crash. It was … CCN World News, (1996),  250 feared killed in Zaire crash , from CNN World News, 08 January  [online], …

… President, having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by the announcement by the future president in 1980 that all South African races would take part in a … representation amongst members of South Africa's majority Black population, who were instead entitled to a sham form of …

… escape on foot as they burned the car they were travelling in. Mob justice is a common occurrence in the Diepsloot area. Often, innocent people lose their … [Accessed on 8 August 2013]| SABC Breakthrough in Diepsloot mob justice incident [online] Available at: …

… Offset litho; black; Stop killing our people : Steve Biko : Died in detention 12 September 1977 … Stop killing our people: ANC Steve Biko died in detention 12 September 1977 …