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BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
Captain Lancelot Andrew Elsworth Ariba was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1891. He served in World War I with distinction and late studied architecture in Leeds…
BiographyElizabeth Drake
… (exh. and auc- tion for the SA Nat. Mayors' Fund), Dec. 1940: SASA 37th Annual Exh., AG, Burg St., 29 Jan- 10 Feb. …
BiographyRicardo Rangel
Ricardo Rangel was born on 15 February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his father was a…
BiographyMassabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa
Massabalala Yengwa, was the son of the Zulu labourer who had been jailed during the African National Congress (ANC) anti-pass campaign of 1919. Yengwa was born…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
… of music. His artist’s talents were first recognised in 1940 at Pinelands Junior School in Cape Town , but after the …
BiographyVera Ponnen
… a hub of anti-apartheid and trade union activity from 1940 to 1966. Her home was an accessible site as she lived in …
BiographyFrances Baard
Frances “MaBaard” Baard was born 1st of October in 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape. She was the fifth of seven children of a Bechuuanaland-born mine worker…
BiographySorabjee Rustomjee
Sorabji Rustomjee, son of Parsee Rustomjee, was born in Durban on 25 December 1895. He went to India to study and soon after returning to South Africa, crossed…
Internationally known Justice Richard J. Goldstone, from July 1994 to October 2003 Justice of the Constitutional Court of South
… July 1994 to October 2003 Justice of the Constitutional Court of South …
SA’s Constitutional Court orders President Mbeki to provide the antiretroviral drug Nevirapine to pregnant women in state hospi
… SA’s Constitutional Court orders President Mbeki to provide the antiretroviral …
Anglo-Boer War 2: British Gen. Carrington reaches Mafeking and narrowly avoids being court-martialled for his inexplicable flig
… Gen. Carrington reaches Mafeking and narrowly avoids being court-martialled for his inexplicable flig …
Ahomed Ebrahim Lambat, attorney, politician, community worker and sworn translator to the Supreme Court in Urdu and Gujarati, i
… community worker and sworn translator to the Supreme Court in Urdu and Gujarati, i …
An Egyptian appeals court acquits eleven men of debauchery for allegedly engaging in homosexual activity. President Hosni Mubar
… An Egyptian appeals court acquits eleven men of debauchery for allegedly engaging …
Fikile Charles Bam, advocate, president of Land Claims Court since 1996 and director of several companies, including Volkswagen
… Fikile Charles Bam, advocate, president of Land Claims Court since 1996 and director of several companies, including …
The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein sets aside Winnie Mandela’s sentence of five years’ imprisonment for kidnapping four youths. I
… The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein sets aside Winnie Mandela’s sentence of …
Egypt’s highest court clears democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim on charges of defaming Egypt and illegally accepting foreign
… Egypt’s highest court clears democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim on charges …
A motor bomb explodes outside the magistrate’s court in Krugersdorp, killing two army members and a civilian, and injuring twen
… A motor bomb explodes outside the magistrate’s court in Krugersdorp, killing two army members and a …
President Hosni Mubarak issues an order that 83 suspected Islamic militants stand trial in Egypt’s state security court.
… Islamic militants stand trial in Egypt’s state security court. …
In the Cape Town Supreme Court a British journalist, David Rabkin, his wife, Susan, and a university lecturer, Jeremy Cronin, a
… In the Cape Town Supreme Court a British journalist, David Rabkin, his wife, Susan, …
Riots continue, 4-5 September. The youth come out in the Coloured townships. Schools, libraries and a magistrate’s court are se
… Coloured townships. Schools, libraries and a magistrate’s court are se …
An Egyptian military court convicts seventy-two Islamic militants of subversion and sentences four of them to death.
… An Egyptian military court convicts seventy-two Islamic militants of subversion …
Following an international campaign for clemency, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court overrules the death sentence on James Mange and
… campaign for clemency, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court overrules the death sentence on James Mange and …
The International Court of Justice at The Hague rejects the government’s application that a plebiscite be organised in Namibia
… The International Court of Justice at The Hague rejects the government’s …
Fifty-four members of the Muslim Brotherhood are incarcerated by an Egyptian Military court during a pre-election purge.
… Brotherhood are incarcerated by an Egyptian Military court during a pre-election purge. …
Justice Kees van Dijkhorst of the Pretoria Supreme Court sentences the eleven "Delmas Treason Trialists" he had convi
… Justice Kees van Dijkhorst of the Pretoria Supreme Court sentences the eleven "Delmas Treason Trialists" he had …
Business Day reports that a devastating High Court application by the Financial Services Board (FSB) has exposed the "misa
… Business Day reports that a devastating High Court application by the Financial Services Board (FSB) has …
Judge Jacob de Villiers, judge of the Appeal Court in South Africa, dies in Somerset West, Western Cape.
… Judge Jacob de Villiers, judge of the Appeal Court in South Africa, dies in Somerset West, Western Cape. …
BiographyMagdalena Gertruide Sauer
… Quarter in the Cape. She also transformed the Old Supreme Court in Adderley Street into the South African Cultural …
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
… six months without visits from their families and lawyers before being charged and appearing in court. He was found guilty on 9 September 1984 and sentenced …
BiographyGladys Thomas
… prize in “The World” newspaper literary competition, just before it was banned in 1977. She also wrote a full-length play titled “Avalon Court” which won…