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… who first issued a proclamation launching the first South African Public Library. Somerset stipulated that a wine tax … only medieval incunabula, but also early texts written in African languages, and correspondences between himself and prominent African leaders of his day.  …

… apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches, first Black Archbishop of the … across the globe, it was never celebrated by the South African government. This award pressured President P. W. … 's regime by its recognition of a visionary in the South African liberation struggle. Instead, Botha called Tutu a …

… were also charged with endorsing the ideas of the banned African National Congress (ANC). They were: Mewalal Ramgobin, … Isaac Ngcobo. The last four were all members of the South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU), while Mokoena, Nkondo, … at www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 23 June 2011] South African History Online, ‘The Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, …

… Army (APLA) was the underground military wing of the Pan African Congress (PAC). APLA was formed in the 1960s, after … of the PAC and other political organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). APLA supported the PAC …

… The African National Congress (ANC) released a report by an … and torture to extract confessions from alleged South African spies and other detainees. The worst abuses had been … of whether or not they had been agents of the South African government. On behalf of the ANC, Nelson Mandela …

… of " uMkhonto we Sizwe" (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Azanian People's … wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) into the South African National Defence Force, took a twist when an … leave. Click here to read about the creation of the South African National Defence Force . …

… being the premier trading partner of many countries on the African continent. Coupled with this is an undertaking by the … terms of export markets. This has led to a situation where African countries mostly export raw materials to China, and … the low cost of Chinese products, and the fact that most African countries import more goods from China than they …

… Richard Turner was a central figure in the white South African student movement and key in its radicalization. … is being returned to print at a critical moment in South African history, when many have turned their attention once … and emergent calls for the re-radicalization of South African politics, Turner’s work is newly relevant. …

… UN Security Council passed a resolution urging the South African government to end the Rivonia Trial in progress and … in which it would have to react to an unsatisfactory African draft putting the question of apartheid in the … was keen on getting the US involved in the South African question was that they did not want to find …

… DR. G.M. NAICKER OF THE NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS, 1949 The African National Congress and the Natal Indian Congress appeal to the African and Indian people of Durban to do everything in their … prevalent to the detriment of large numbers of innocent African and Indian people. We strongly condemn the violence …

… On 7 June 1990, former South African President, F W de Klerk, announced the end of South … of Nelson Mandela from prison and the unbanning of the African National Congress and the promise to end apartheid … four years. The state of emergency restrictions gave South African security forces authority to detain people for …

… massacre  happened during negotiations between the South African government, the African National Congress (ANC), the South Africa Communist … (Accessed: 24 May 2012) Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day In African History’, from About Africa History, [online], …

… of what is today Namibia. Over the next hundred years, African peoples living in Southwest Africa, inland from the … continued until 1907. When World War I broke out, South African forces occupied German South West Africa in 1915.  Southwest Africa remained under South African control until 1990. …

… years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the ANC's …

… The South African government announced at a special press conference that a senior South African naval officer, Commodore Dieter Gerhardt and his … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …

… as a protest against apartheid. Ghana was one of the first African states to call on South African government to abolish its apartheid policy. The …

… 19 July 1990. On negotiations, the armed struggle and the African National Congress. Covers the African National Congress approach to negotiations and the …

… The United South African National Party, also known as the United Party, was … the leadership of General J.B.M. Hertzog, and the South African Party under General J.C. Smuts. In 1933 the two …

… A pamphlet issued by the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) at the start of their campaign to … students supported NUSAS representatives meeting with the African National Congress (ANC). The NUSAS Executive at an …

… South African statesman and the last prime minister of the Cape … Land Act introduced in 1913, which drastically limited African ownership of land. … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970).  Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7.  …

… has since been sanctified by the ZCC, the largest of the African Independent Churches. Sources: Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. …

… some of the main events that the National Union of South African Students initiated or was involved in during 1981, in … at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 28 …

… in Johannesburg in 1907 with, and for, the wealthy South African Indian merchants whom he had so long represented.’ … 15000 workers in spontaneous fashion. Workers at South African Refineries, Hulett's Refinery, Chemical Works, Wright's Cement and Pottery Works, and African Boating, among others, joined the strike. Many …

… the disillusionment of educated Africans, the poverty of African life, crime and a host of other things ’ (Ndebele … and literary pieces which projected a new Black South African image. At a point when cultural hegemony was probably …

… This book tells the story of Frances Baard, a black South African woman who was a trade unionist, political activist … portion of the book. It deals with her involvement in the African Food and Canning Workers Union (AFCWU) and the federation of trade unions, the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU); with her …

… This book tells the story of Frances Baard, a black South African woman who was a trade unionist, political activist … portion of the book. It deals with her involvement in the African Food and Canning Workers Union (AFCWU) and the federation of trade unions, the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU); with her …

… for ever. It is generally agreed that under the South African policy of segregation, especially its more virulent … The same disunity is being deliberately promoted among African tribes and already as a result we are witnessing … noble antecedents. It is the child of the united voice of African leaders who, at a widely-representative all-African …

… of your brothers and sisters in the vast expanse of the African continent. All of them, without exception, are with … state in the Americas and the Caribbean. Indeed, all African people, wherever they may be, on the continent or in … of poverty! For too long have the unbroken cries of the African child failed to sooth the pangs of hunger! For too …

… became the Day of the Covenant or the Day of the Vow . African nationalists and the socialist liberation movement's …

… Prime Minister B.J. Vorster officially opened the South African Navy's R15m Maritime Operational and Communications … forces was exercised, was constructed by the South African Defence Force with the help of several West German … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key …