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… Mangosuthu Buthelezi described the state of emergency as humiliating and an invasion in Natal, which was likely to … He referred to the failure of constitutional procedures as the main reason for the declaration of the emergency. …

… In what was widely regarded as move to prepare the ground for the country's first … a former Minister of Defence who was demoted in 1991 as result of the Inkathagate scandal. Jac Rabie and Abe …

… thereby avoiding the utilisation of one public broadcaster as a means to disseminate propaganda, as the Apartheid government had done.   References: Burger, …

… adamant that military discipline should not be undermined as this would set a bad precedent in the future. The ANC … points, particularly the Wallmannsthal assembly area, as a matter of urgency. Soldiers who did not return to their …

… of political issues associated with the policy such as the May-June 1986 destruction of the Crossroads squatter … of the so-called "oil-spots" in African townships as a way of promoting the top-down Black Local Authorities …

… Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe to use his country as a launch pad for the struggle against white minority rule. For instance, the ANC considered Zambia as its Western Front among others. The presence of the ANC …

… proposed flag for the new union would have been the same as the first UAR flag, but with three stars symbolising the … never realised, however, Iraq retained the proposed flag as its national flag. The official explanation of the three …

… (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were called off as a result of the ANC's ultimatum sent to State President … injured. The informal settlement, known unofficially as Joe Slovo, was considered to be one of the ANC’s …

… was an Egyptian Pharoah who ruled in the period known as the 18th Dynasty, the years between 1332 and 1323 BC. … could not be carried to term because of congenital defects as they were a product of incest. Tutakhamun died at the …

… could not be tamed and the settlers began to view them as pests. They were hunted for their meat and their skin which was used as leather. …

… 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana, North West Province. As a result, 78 people were left wounded while more than 250 … President Zuma appointed retired Judge Ian Farlam, as Chairman of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry. His …

… or rights Eurocentric - regarding European culture as superior and more important than others globalisation - … - a Zulu fighting regiment institutionalise - to establish as normal in an organisation or culture lobola - a …

… time writer. At the turn of the century Wallace worked as a correspondent, first for Reuters and later the Daily … a new level and broadened his readership. He became known as the writer who could write a novel in three days -- which …

… Club of SA received a royal charter and became known as the Royal Automobile Club of South Africa. This club was … In January 1930 the FAC was liquidated and reconstituted as the Automobile Association of SA. With the adoption of …

… Corps of Military Police (established on 1 November 1938 as a unit of the Permanent Force) to that of Military Police … establishment of examining piquet's at vital centres such as Defence Headquarters; institution of day and night …

… Congress of the People in 1955, considered by the state as a conspiracy to establish a Communist Republic. During his … in Port Elizabeth on 20 November 1955. Fani quoted Ndimba as saying 'Today Africans must show we mean to get freedom. …

… in 1926, the aging steam ship was pressed into service as a troop transport by the Royal Navy and had already … had tail fins that were controlled from the mother plane as the bomb dropped. Similar technology guided Germany's …

… carry an obligatory identity document card commonly known as the 'pass'. Gandhi was released in February after … adopted his approach to non-violent protest commonly known as satyagraha (loyalty to the truth) for the first time. He …

… intensified the subjugation of the indigenous inhabitants as well as the conflicts between the Dutch and the British. The …

… sought to assert their independence from British rule. As the British considered traditional rulers as subject to their laws, they also felt justified in …

… got about the fate of the poetic and what I hear around me as what is appropriate for our times and what was … of absent-mindedness he had left it all in a bag in a taxi as he was going to get them copied in town. What remained …

… and our friends abroad, Comrades, I should like to be as brief in what I have to say as is my visit to Tanzania and to this district, in … the first instance, has been terrorising southern Africa, as you all know very well. And he has registered a …

… and our friends abroad, Comrades, I should like to be as brief in what I have to say as is my visit to Tanzania and to this district, in … the first instance, has been terrorising southern Africa, as you all know very well. And he has registered a …

… situation; all must be aware of a deepgoing malaise such as we have never known before. . . . Theoretical. . . . one … it is obvious that those actions could only be regarded as one of the steps necessary. If the great majority of our … it is necessary to take such concrete remedial action as will ease off the tension. The most helpful way this could …

… who are prepared to state the brutal facts, unpleasant as they may be. Thus would the national catharsis be real, … started to steer back to the true facts. And simply as they may be, it is necessary to repeat them: That more … speed and integrity. Madame Speaker; Our historic task as leaders requires that we work together to remove the …

… hard work has made this conference possible. Today we meet as the leadership of government and the domestic investor … economic and social infrastructure. This is no easy task, as this funds we are discussing include major company assets, … also mindful of the crucial decisions facing the country as a whole; decisions which are necessary if we are to meet …

… the following passage: "The Party should put forward as its immediate political slogan in the fight against … domination an independent Native South African Republic, as a stage towards a Workers and Peasants Republic, with full … of the population, leading to a weakening of imperialism as a result of the separation of the colony from the "mother" …

… Simply put, we are staring down a crisis – some of it as a result of global factors but a major slice as a result of domestic policy own-goals and a broader … required. So, when a Finance Minister – already regarded as a choice imposed on President Zuma from outside – attempts …

… State sanctioned book burnings were common as authoritarianism accompanied a growing Afrikanerisation of South African society as the dominant, ruling Afrikaner elite started to impose its … ideology. This sometimes involved the burning of books as a symbol of purification. One of the more worrying aspects …

… in which it was passed in the face of public opposition as “the very antithesis” of the spirit of the national … refusal to accept Nigeria’s second highest honour as a protest against that country notorious cronyism and … – earlier this year he described himself to The Guardian as a “self-proclaimed, unlicensed social critic”. More often, …