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… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … the Black leader, Joseph Mdluli on 19 March 1976 and agree to pay damages …

… gather in strife-torn Katlehong township near Alberton to bury fourteen victims of the taxi war. The …

… widow of King George VI and mother of his successor to the throne, Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 101. …

… The SA government seals off all borders with Transkei to prevent any further cross-border attacks from Transkei by …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … Chief Patrick Mphephu, Chief Minister of Venda, is to hold talks with Prime Minister John Vorster on the issue …

… discovered the origin of the Nile and the first European to see Lake Victoria, is born …

… Kenyatta, the Kenyan African National Union (ZANU) agrees to take part in negotiations for go …

… Our call is theological: Address to the National Summit of the Historic Black Churches, Howard …

… the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party to the Government and People of the Democratic Republic of …

… matured in conditions which foster always and continuously to reckon in terms of race, colour and nationality, in terms … curtain of apartheid South Africa, where every day we have to bury hundreds of black infants, black juveniles, and black … murderous machine. This one born dead, that one starved to death, the other shot dead by a policeman or whipped and …

… As the Union Parliament prepares to assemble for its new session, the people of South Africa … rob them of their most cherished right – the right to strike – and to place them under the corroding influence of … land must rally and stand firmly united in order to turn back the tide of apartheid tyranny. One of the most important …

… a property-ownership qualification. Blacks saw the failure to grant the franchise to them, coming on the heels of … between 4 000 and 5 000 miners also downed their tools to strike with the Satyagrahi's . At the same time, … by the then Prime Minister, Lloyd George, they came back more disgruntled than ever as the British Premier told …

… a property-ownership qualification. Blacks saw the failure to grant the franchise to them, coming on the heels of … between 4 000 and 5 000 miners also downed their tools to strike with the Satyagrahi’s . At the same time, … by the then Prime Minister, Lloyd George, they came back more disgruntled than ever as the British Premier told …

… played a central role in the internal resistance that led to the liberation of South Africa, and then co-founded and … now seek economic empowerment. Our long-term goal is to roll back poverty, to generate jobs and to attain a standard of …

… witnessed the rise of the Nazi regime. He was subject to the Third Reich’s racial laws against Jews, notably, as a … being tipped off by friends in the police that he was to be arrested. Schwarz and his family arrived in Cape Town, … B.A. degree, yet only wrote the examinations when back in South Africa in 1945. In 1946 (graduation in 1947), …

… Memorandum to the Minister of Plural Relations from the Congress of the … Memorandum to the Minister of Plural Relations from the Congress of the …

… Hall in Johannesburg. At the protest, which was organised to commemorate and highlight the contributions of workers, … Indian Congress (SAIC) passed a resolution to hold a strike on 1 May 1950 to protest against the pass laws and … withdraw national government funding (something he went back on). This was followed by gunshots from disgruntled …

… who enjoy being cuddled. We are talking about men who want to be with their families, husbands who just want to work to … is behind the viewfinder. Violent phrases such as "hitting back with the camera" or "using our cameras continuously as … realizing the power of photography: "The bread strike, they now want photographs of the whole event, to put …

… students at the Kilnerton training centre went on a hunger strike 'for more food'... read on Cape Schools Join the Revolt The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't done much by way of teaching since the …

… 4pm a Union-Castle Royal Mail Ship would leave Southampton bound for Cape Town. At the same time, a Union-Castle Royal Mail Ship would leave Cape Town bound for Southampton. The voyage from Southampton took a mere 10 days, and continued on to Port Elizabeth East London, and Durban. Launched in 1959, …

… Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa  by Oliver Tambo I wish to express my deep gratitude for the privilege accorded to me to address this important body. It was with … ’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at …

… and the guarding of the Republic's borders continued to enjoy more specialised attention. Against this background … important speech in the House of Assembly. He referred to the economic and political stability in the Republic which … be considered unique in the world of today. In order to maintain and guarantee peace and prosperity in the …

… school teacher and probably influenced the young David to grew up with an aspiration to become a missionary. Since his family was poor, David … body and at the end they cut out his heart and gave back his body, arguing that his heart belonged to Africa. …

… Councillor Knight provided one explanation for the refusal to do something about it: “The more wretchedly the Indians … the attempts to forge a united front, but he refused to back down.  The President, one of the two Joint Secretaries … programme.  Around 400 workers, mostly Indian, went on strike to demand recognition of their union. Despite …

… Mattheus Uys Krige and his contribution to the Second World War  Mattheus Uys Krige (1910-1987) can … discusses his role in WWII and examines how he came to hold convictions so different from his contemporaries … equipped to interpret the subsequent multifaceted events. Back in South Africa, he eagerly followed the news and …

… African Advertiser, a bilingual newspaper and the first to publish news and advertisements, is published for the …

… in South Africa : The Dialectics of Ideological Resistance to White Supremacy SUNY Series in African Politics and …

… Opening address by Nelson R. Mandela, President of the ANC, to the Sub-Saharan Oil and Mineral Conference Cape Town, …

… Defiance Campaign, from Dr. J. S. Moroka and W. M. Sisulu to Prime Minister D. F. Malan, January 21, 1952 …

… from the ANC and Congress of Urban Advi­sory Boards to the Minister of Native Affairs, May 15-17,1939 …