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… court finds Sherif al-Filali, an Egyptian engineer, guilty of spying on behalf of Israel, and sentences …

… Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) The 3-months siege of British soldiers in the Old Fort in Potchefstroom ends a …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 200. … After failed discussions between President J. N. Boshof of the Republic of the Orange Free State and Chief Moshesh and his sons …

… Publication of declaration for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African Political …

… The Sand River Convention, recognising the independence of emigrant farmers north of the Vaal River, is ratified by the Volksra …

… Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg, editor of De Volksstem and founding member of the Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (Academy for Sci …

… Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan …

… Sir Gilbraith Lowry Cole, governor of the Cape, is born. Sir Lowry’s Pass was built during his time of office. …

… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000).  Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. … Dumisani Dludla, trade unionist and General Secretary of the United Workers’ Union of SA (UWUSA), is born in Melmoth, Natal. …

… Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world’s largest producer of AIDS drugs, announces it will reduce the price of its popular AI …

… Thirteen leading officials of the ousted government in Liberia are publicly executed on the orders of the new military regime. …

… F.W. de Klerk, Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs, is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal National Party. …

… Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) (1999). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. … Wauchope, author and activist, is ordained as pastor of the Congregational Native Church of Fort Beaufort and Bl …

… Group Areas Board: investigation in terms of the Group Areas Act, 1950 (Act No. 41 of 1950) as amended: Grahamstown …

… Press statement issued by the National Union of Namibian Workers [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989 …

… Speech of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania at the Euro-Arab Youth Conference (Tripoli-Libya) …

… the South African Communist Party to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union …

… Participants at the tenth and Final Conference of the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern … African National Congress and indeed for all the peoples of southern Africa. It is both a duty and a privilege to pay … of the Defiance Campaign when Canon Collins and Christian Action pledged to raise funds for the volunteers who were …

… Present stage of the Struggle Against Apartheid In South Africa Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa, steeped in the … of the United Nations. What remains to be considered is action which must be taken to induce these countries to …

… From the book:  The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Treaty or no Treaty, the control was in the hands of the military and at this stage of conquest it could not be … of the ever-increasing labour force were being put into action. The chiefs put up a strong and united resistance, but …

… On behalf of the African National Congress, its National Executive … Committee and the entire oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, I am honoured to express our gratitude to … the apartheid regime, who are to be charged for any armed action that has taken place in the country regardless of …

… Drew IN his opening address at the Annual Conference of the Party in December last The Acting-Chairman, Comrade … which has proved successful throughout the world -that is, of destroying this system of capitalism and imperialism. … and groups, with a. view to securing * a united political action". As you will remember, the Labour Party Conference …

… Gallery (17 August - 6 September). An unprecedented number of works (for an exhibition in South Africa) referred … prevailing in the country at the time, and several of these won prizes. Omar Badsha, Jochen Berger, Clifford … or persecuted for presenting dissident views. When action was taken in the Seventies against Badsha, Mnyele and …

… . Founded in 1959, it was under the leadership of Jo Thorpe for the first 30 years of its existence, and … Initiated in 1994, Velobala, is the centre’s outreach programme, which began as an occasional Saturday art class  but has hence developed into a fuller programme, where students have the opportunity to learn Fine …

… Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris The struggle of tobacco workers in South Africa is a topic much neglected … as 1901 and played prominent roles in the radicalisation of worker action in these two cities. In Cape Town the Tobacco Workers' … Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. …

… representatives, Today, we, black and white, peoples of many nationalities and continents, representatives of different social systems, are met here as one. For us, … rule. The task of planning and directing United Nations action against this apartheid regime and its international …

… Aid Fund (IDAF) was established by Canon L John Collins of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1956. Its mission was to work … Collins, who headed the organisation called Christian Action, assured Reeves that he would raise money for the … three programmes into which all its activities fell: Programme 1 would focus on political trials and secure …

… From the book:  Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Royal Visit … Act A fairly large crowd assembled under the banner of the Maritzburg branch of the NIC at the VDS Hall last … National Anthem and Die Stem. During the afternoon, a full programme of events was staged. These included songs and folk …

… Prime Minister, Madame Gro Brundtland, Ministers, Members of Parliament and Ambassadors, Esteemed Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Fellow Laureate, Mr. F.W. … Norwegian Nobel Committee for elevating us to the status of a Nobel Peace Prize winner. I would also like to take this …