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President Nelson Mandela delivers his last major address to parliament.
… President Nelson Mandela delivers his last major address to parliament. …
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… He was imprisoned at Pretoria Central Prison where he met his old friend and political opponent Robert Sobukwe, the … Nelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island…
BiographyDr. Leander Starr Jameson
… son of Robert William Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his parents moved to London, he went to school at Goldolphin … University College Hospital. After…
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
… up in the copper belt mines of Northern Rhodesia where his father was a miner. His family later immigrated to South Africa, where David … of a park, which…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
… the Brick and Tile Workers Union, offered her work in his office. In this way she began to learn about trade … which the couple moved to Soweto . Her husband…
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… to the liberation of all mankind, most passionately in his homeland. He spent virtually his entire adult life working full-time for the Communist … Review…
BiographySamora Machel
… He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. Machel parents were forced to grow … than food such as corn which they could eat. In…
BiographyVusamazulu Credo Mutwa
… on 21 July 1921 in Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). His father’s first wife with whom he had three children died … of influenza. Mutwa’s parents met in…
BiographyPhila Portia Ndwandwe
… as they felt that the informers were responsible for her death. Her funeral was highly publicized as it was broadcast … an opportunity for her nine-year-old…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… place at Protestant mission schools in central Angola. His secondary school studies began in Angola. In 1958, he was … to attend university in Lisbon,…
BiographyErnest Mamashila
… 16 November 1976 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act.His wife was told that he was being held at the Brakpan … a successful coal merchant and owned a…
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… Matshikiza. They were a family of renowned musicians; his mother was a noted soprano, and his father played the organ in the Anglican Church. … to produce a…
BiographyCassim Mahomed Lakhi
… Mahomed Lakhi was the youngest son of Mahomed Lakhi and his wife, Hawa Bibi, who were both born in India. They … but had to return to South Africa around…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… We meet here today to commemorate the death of an outstanding young South African patriot, Stephen … of the 19th Century US poet, Walt Whitman, expressed in…
BiographyCaleb Mayekiso
… 6(1) of the Terrorism Acton 14 May 1969 immediately after his release from Robben Island. He was held for 14 days and … Elizabeth police station cells.The…
BiographyBertram Buxton Xiniwe
… Representative Council in 1937 and remained a member until his death in 1949. He was educated at Lovedale was a law agent by …
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… War with two army buddies . Raymond Ackerman re-invented his father's industry around a philosophy of consumer … the sack, and Pick 'n Pay, which he founded…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… of the greatest sons of our nation, Stephen Bantu Biko. His hope in life, and his life of hope, are captured by his resounding words: "In … to bring to life…
BiographyMahomed Dawood Barmania
… some fifteen years, Dawood Barmania returned to India with his family. The young Mahomed Barmania attended City College, … after graduating he returned to…
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… 2), General De La Rey released General Lord Methuen after his wounds were treated. After only travelling 29 kilometres … once again taken - De La Rey had…
BiographyZolile Malindi
… village ,a 14 miles from Tsomo in the former Transkei. His mother, Makhesa, raised him after the death of his father, Mbulawa Malindi, an elder in the Bantu …
Statement on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… Statement on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto …
Magistrate L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza
… L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza …
Official estimates put the death toll at 503 people killed during the ten previous days of violence.
… Official estimates put the death toll at 503 people killed during the ten previous days …
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,
… in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, …
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,
… in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, …
A military court in Cairo sentences seven of forty-nine Islamic militants to death for attacks against tourists.
… Cairo sentences seven of forty-nine Islamic militants to death for attacks against tourists. …
Barend Strydom receives eight death sentences as the result of racial murders in Pretoria the previous year.
… Barend Strydom receives eight death sentences as the result of racial murders in Pretoria …
Twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the Lari massacre.
… Twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the Lari massacre. …
Mozambique’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, succeeds Samora Machel as president following Machel’s death in an
… succeeds Samora Machel as president following Machel’s death in an …