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… Willem Botha was the prime minister and then president of South Africa from 1978 to 1989. He is commonly referred to as "Die Groot Krokodil" for his strong advocacy of the apartheid system. Botha's political career began when … Botha with the eventual unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), as it was during his term of office that …

… The Johannesburg Bar declared that if the Suppression of Communism Bill was passed, the freedom of people in South Africa would be in jeopardy. The Bar made … C.R. Swart, wherein he stated that the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) would be outlawed should the Bill be …

… Multicoloured Department of Labour poster. History and photographs of early mineworkers. Artwork of new South African flag. … Builders of the nation: 2: working in the mines …

… The municipality of Pretoria announced that several autonomous city councils were going to merge to form the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM). The following … The Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Council The City Council of Pretoria The Town Council of Centurion The Northern …

… Reggie Vandeyar Portrait of a Revolutionary by Ismail Vadi is part of the South African History Online Lives of Courage Series  … Reggie Vandeyar: Portrait of a Revolutionary by Ismail Vadi …

… Photograph showing a group of men sitting in one of the men's hostels common room, part of Cape Town's housing scheme. … Single mens hostels, part of the Cape Town h …

… Copy of the Freedom Charter. Yellow poster with black lettering and large group of people across the top of the poster. … COSATU salutes 32 years of the Freedom Charter …

… Multicoloured poster. Issued by the Department of Labour. Black and white photographs of service workers. Artwork of new South African Flag. … Builders of the nation : Poster number 9 : Service workers …

… A1 poster full colour litho photos of different types of identity documents; text: With one of these documents you can vote 27, 28 April 1994 … With one of these documents you can vote …

… The lengthy trial of nine student leaders from the Black People's Convention … guilty under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to periods of imprisonment, three for six years and six for five years. … they were driven from Pretoria to Cape Town in the back of a police van, and from there taken to Robben Island. The …

… Born Alhaji Omar Bongo Ondimba, he was president of Gabon for 41 years, making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In … his 41 years in office, he was implicated in a number of corruption scandals including embezzling state funds for …

… Multicoloured poster produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photographs and history of early black unions. Artwork of new South African flag. … Builders of the nation: 7: the early black unions …

… Minutes of the SASO Meeting including the Agenda, Members of the Executive Committee for 1970/1971, Resolutions and elected members of the Executive Committee for 1971/1972. … Minutes of the 2nd General Students Council …

… Message on the occasion of the Swedish people's parliament against apartheid, February 21 by Dr Davidson Nicol, President of the World Federation of the United Nations Association (WFUNA). … Message on the occasion of the Swedish people …

… Paper delivered by Dr G H Gool, Chairman of the Anti-CAD and Vice-President of the Non-European Unity Movement, at the conference of the All-African Convention in Queenstown, 1953. … The Ten Point Programme: a review of ten years …

… became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m Himalayan peak, one of the world's highest.  Vilane, with dual South African and … to my knees and thanked the Lord for taking me to the top of the mountain. Then I wept. Then I stood up and smiled ... …

… in hostilities, which culminated in the break out of World War I in 1914. The outbreak of this war presented South Africa with long sought … its ambitions to incorporate the German protectorate of South West Africa, now Namibia, into South Africa. With … South Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa …

… Summary by Jack Simons of the memorandum submitted to the National Working Committee of the ANC by the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group, regarding the position of the South African government on dismantling apartheid. … Memorandum submitted to the NWC of the ANC …

… Letter from Moses Mabhida to the Communist Party of the United States of America rejecting the announcement that sanctions against … Secretary, SACP, to the Central Committee, Communist Party of the United States of America …

… Yellow, black and green poster. 75th Anniversary of the ANC. 8th January 1912 - 8th January 1987. Photos of Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. History of the ANC and its 75 year logo. … 75 years of the ANC: unban the ANC …

… Statement approved by the Continuation Committee of the Preliminary Unity Conference of Delegates from the AAC and the National Anti-C.A.D., … document highlights and describes the Ten Point Programme of the Unity Movement. … Declaration of Unity and the Ten Point Programme …

… to make further provision as to the purchase and leasing of land by Natives and other persons in several parts of the Union and for other purposes in connection with ownership and occupation of Land by Natives and other persons … Natives Land Act, Act No 27 of 1913 …

… to the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the Northern Cape, for a population survey of the Xhosa people residing in the Northern Cape … Letter from J L J van Vuuren, Chief Director of the Northern Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of …

… Report of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … position; The factors underlying apartheid; Some aspects of culture and apartheid; Economics of separate development; Modernization and apartheid … SPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 1: Anatomy of apartheid …

… Contents Preface Chapter 1 - The Necessity of Utopian Thinking Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity … 4 - Participatory Democracy Chapter 5 - The Politics of Socialism Chapter 6 - Education for Freedom Chapter 7 - … Democracy for South Africa Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present …

… The lengthy and expensive trial of Laurence Gandar and Benjamin Pogrund, of the Rand Daily Mail, on charges under the Prisons Act, … but receiving light sentences. They had been accused of publishing untrue information about prisons. The press won … Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, …

… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1963 and includes … activities; Political refugees and absentees; Control of publications; The Population of South Africa, and measures to deter intermingling; The … A Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1963 …

… from Britain. In 1964 he became the first President of the Republic of Kenya. A few years earlier, Kenyatta had been sentenced to … following his arrest in 1952 related to allegations of his complicity in the Mau Mau rebellion. He was released … F.E. & Bobb S.F. (2010), Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Congo , (Scarecrow Press), p.475 …

… George Mzimvube Matanzima, younger brother of Kaiser Matanzima and prime minister of the Transkei in 1979 and 1987, was born in Qamata, Transkei. The government of the Transkei homeland was toppled by its military forces … Prime Minister of Transkei George Matanzima is born …

… The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was first proclaimed a United Nations’ Day of observance in 1966. The day was inspired by events that … The theme for The International Day for The Elimination of Racial Discrimination is “Racism and Sport” …