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Chapter 5: The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… 5.1 The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence It would be an oversight … violence in KwaZulu-Natal without paying attention to the…
Archive2009 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009 (After National Elections)
… State of the Nation Address by His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, Joint Sitting of Parliament, … 2009 - President Zuma, State…
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today 20-23 September 2011 The 100th anniversary of the African National Congress…
Oration at the Funeral of Moses Kotane by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, 26 May 1978
… My first contact with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove…
Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… The formulation and declaration by the United Nations Organisation of human rights and the fundamental freedoms was a great … when organised world opinion…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Political leader, Walter Ulyate Sisulu was born in the Engcobo area in the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu worked as a miner, … treasurer, and thereafter…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… On 15 February 1962, B.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice announced extensive measures to "ensure the safety of the state to the absolute maximum" in view of…
Message by Albert Luthuli on the eve of Multi-Racial Conference, 1 November 1957
… Much has been said and written about the forthcoming multi-racial conference to be held in … on December 3-5, 1957. Very little, if anything at all of what…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… by South Africa and Mozambique. Reporting about the tiny country usually focuses on its beautiful landscapes … ”” highly favoured by South African tourists ”…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… Paul Sanford Methuen (b. 1845 d.1932) was the 3rd Baron Methuen and a soldier all his life. Before arriving in South Africa in 1899, he had served in the…
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… 16 December is a day of great significance in South Africa due to two historical events that took place. The first of these was in 1838, when the Battle of…
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
… The crisis began after gunmen took control of the passenger jet ten minutes after take off from Athens … [Accessed:26 November 2013] | Image : The hijackers…
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… On 28 May 1976, the South African Student Movement (SASM) held a conference in Roodepoort. During the conference Aubrey Mokoena, a member of the Black People…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… where he attended Parktown High School and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). After marrying Diana Malkin in … Jack Penn, sculptor and…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… On 20 September 1915 a new battalion consisting of Cape Coloured men, called the Cape Corps was established with the view of being dispatched to East Africa…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… born on 1 March 1914 in Pietermaritzburg. He studied at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare), but dropped out after two years. He…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… Sibeko began his political career as a journalist for the South African magazine Drum. Sibeko joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the state of…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed his royal throne in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… Botha was born on the farm Telegraaf in the Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State , the son of Afrikaner parents. He … He found himself handicapped by…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, was the eldest child of Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, (descendent of Jan Smit and Adriana … van der Merwe and Elsie Cloete) all progenitors…
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… The National Assembly voted in favour of the separation of the people of South Africa into four distinct races … South African History Online, ‘The…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… as Zimbabwe, became a British colony in 1890. A number of civil unrests occurred during this time. By the 1960's, nationalist sentiment had become strong and…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… this morning we come to pay our last respects to a member of our generation of freedom fighters and patriots. Over … with our hearts heavy in mourning as we…
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… his high school studies, he registered for a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the University of the North (now University of Limpopo). However, he went into … …
ArchiveIn the Supreme Court of South Africa (Transvaal Provincial Division) - In the matter between the State and Sathasivan Cooper and Others
… At the conclusion of the case for the prosecution the Court held that there was a case to meet, … In the Supreme Court of South Africa (Transvaal Provincial…
ArchiveTalk by Alex Harris at the Symposium held in New York as part of the exhibition South African The Cordoned Heart
… Talk by Alex Harris at the Symposium held in New York as part of the exhibition South African The Cordoned Heart …
ArchiveSermon delivered on the 16th June 1986, South African Youth Day at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Lusaka, Zambia
… Christian Institute of Southern Africa … Sermon delivered on the 16th June 1986, South African Youth Day at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Lusaka, Zambia …
Angolan government forces take the oil-producing town of Soyo from the rebel group Unita, which captured it the year before.
… Angolan government forces take the oil-producing town of Soyo from the rebel group Unita, which captured it the year before. …
Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political pa
… Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for October 1994, p. 42596. … Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria,…