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… Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen It is by no … disabilities that have been placed upon our fellow kinsmen in the Transvaal and O.R.C.; to protest against the curtailment of their liberties as civilised subjects in the British Empire. What other sensations but those of …

… (Stephanus Johannes Paulus) was born on 10 October 1825 in the Steynsburg district. When the Great Trek started in 1836, he joined the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter, and … later settled on a farm at the foot of the Magaliesberg in 1841. After the death of his first wife and child, he …

… Chief Lutuli intended to address a meeting in Johannesburg on July 11, 1954, in protest against the Western Areas Removal Scheme--the forcible removal of Africans from their homes in Johannesburg to segregated locations. However, a banning … Resist Apartheid Campaign Message to Meeting in Johannesburg, 11 July 1954 …

… has a remarkably rich history of culture and politics. In the 1950s, the area had become a political hotbed, with … Africans and Indians on their doorstep. Subsequently in 1959 the area was declared a white zone under the Group … of people according to their race. Families that had lived in Cato Manor for a number of years had to move out of their …

… On 7 March 1960, a photograph of a 13 year-old Native boy in a torn vest was published in the front page of the London Labour paper, the Daily … to reports the boy was a miner at Clydesdale Colliery in Coalbrook, Orange Free State. The boy's wage was less than …

… For the first time in the history of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), the World Cup was staged in Africa. Five African nations vied for the right to host … Cup 2010 when South Africa defeated Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. The 19th FIFA World Cup …

… of the United Democratic Front. One of the first steps in creating the front was to establish regional committees to consult with organizations in that region. On 21 May 1983 the Natal UDF region was launched, followed by the Transvaal in June and the Western Cape in July. The national UDF was …

… Hudson William Edison Ntsan’wisi was born in Shiluvane Mission Station in Tzaneen on 11 July 1920. He was the eldest of three … proceeding to study Linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington DC and at Hartford Seminary also in the US. In … Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg …

… Frost is a South African golfer who turned professional in 1981. In 1983, he had his first professional win. He has won … Golf  Challenge (1989) and his first South African Open in 1986. Most of his victories were at the Gary Player … David Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch …

… From the book:  History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida This book, History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first of its kind … be published, covers almost the entire history of Muslims in South Africa - from 1652 onwards - since the time of their …

… National Congress (ANC) propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town and in Johannesburg.  Similar occurrences were also reported in Durban and Port Elizabeth. In Port Elizabeth, a dustbin … The Cape Times, (14 August, 1970), ‘Pamphlet bombs in City, Rand and Durban’ [Available at the National Library …

… Gerhardt on charges of spying for the Soviet Union began in the Cape Town High Court. The Judge President granted an application by the state that the proceedings be held in camera. Gerhardt was arrested in 1982, sentenced in 1983 to life imprisonment for passing …

… Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, East Africa. His parents were Parsis from Bombay … (now Mumbai), India. Mercury was sent to boarding school in India and grew up there. At the age of seventeen he and his family left Zanzibar and settled in Britain. In 1970, he formed the band Queen with guitarist …

… Gonçalo da Silveira was a Jesuit Priest born and educated in Portugal. He was a missionary in India, acting as provincial superior for the Jesuits, before he began his work in southern Africa. He first arrived at Sofala (Mozambique) … The first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered …

… which for over a century has played a major role in the life of the country. The Afrikaners have a remarkable history, rich in suffering and sorrow, courage and heroism, triumph and … Various fascist organisations, such as the Grey Shirts, Black Shirts, Ossewa Brandwag and others, came into being, …

… In June 1947, Theoria : a journal of studies of the Arts … Later, the title changed to, Theoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Theoria aimed at covering all the disciplines in the Faculty of Arts. The issues included articles on a …

… to end the Rwandan Civil War, the Arusha Accord was signed in Arusha, Tanzania between the Rwandan government and Tutsi … Accord followed a ceasefire agreement which was reached in July 1992. The Rwandan Civil War began in October 1990 when the RPF invaded Rwanda from Uganda in an …

… Selaelo Charles "Dan" Ramusi was born 14 November 1954 in Dube Village, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the … the North (Turfloop) (now Limpopo University). He grew up in Dube Village, Soweto, Seshego (Limpopo), Vryburg, Mahikeng … at the University of the North in 1974. The Hamanskraal “Black Renaissance Convention” meeting was another session …

… Regarded as the father of free press in South Africa, John Fairbairn left England and arrived in the Cape in1823. Soon after his arrival he founded a … approved by authorities. Fairbairn’s efforts paid off when in April 1829 the Cape Colonial government gave an …

… African National Congress (ANC) was circulated at Dakawa in Tanzania. The nine members were from different ANC communities in Dakawa. The decision to ban these members followed the … unconditionally. This group was allowed to take part in and occupy positions in the ANC structures; (b) enemy …

… of every race. These political prisoners represent, in the words of our late President-General Chief Luthuli, "the highest in morality and ethics in the South African political … persons of European descent only. The vestigial rights of black South African to participate in elections to Parliament …

… declared an illegal organisation, was approved on 26 June in parliament and came into force on 17 July 1950. Dates concerning the approval vary slightly in different sources, i.e. it is given as 24 June in Illustrated History of South Africa, but 26 June seems to …

… From the book:  History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida References: 1. … 'The First Recorded Settler was a Poitical Prisoner' in Post Natal, Durban, July 14-18, 1982. 3. Davids, Achmat, … of Tana Baru, 1985, pp 48-52. 14. Da Costa, Yusuf, Islam in Greater Cape Town: A Study in the Geo­graphy of Religion, …

… In 1999, Sergio Motsoeneng ran the first 45 minutes of the … before he exchanged vests and shoes with his twin brother in a mobile toilet along the route. They again swapped later in the race to allow Motsoeneng to complete. Motsoeneng … African athlete, Sergio Motsoeneng, admits to cheating in Comrades Marathon …

… African Communist Party to the First Congress of MPLA in Luanda in December 1977, discusses liberation of and building of socialism in Angola … African Communist Party to the First Congress of MPLA in Luanda in December 1977 …

… On 12 July 1984, a car bomb exploded in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people. This car … the African National Congress (ANC) and a senior officer in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). According to Lalla, in his amnesty request, this bomb was intended to sabotage … A car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people …

… old Marlene Lehnberg hired Marthinus Choegoe to assist in the brutal murder of 48-year-old Susanna Magdalena van der … Lehnberg and Marthinus Choegoe were convicted of murder in the Cape High Court in 1975, with their sentences later being reduced to 20 and … Wynberg: Don Nelson Publishers.  |“Marlene Lehnberg in hof op klag van meubeldiefstal” Volksblad, 15 May 1999, p. …

… against plans to have a Union Jack (the British flag) in the centre of the national flag. The controversy followed … to provide a national flag for the Union of South Africa in 1925 by D.F. Malan. The introduction of the bill came 15 … fresh wounds from the defeat by British settlers in the South African War 1899-1902. Discussions about a new …

… rules by leaving school premises without authorization in dedication to the civil rights lawyer, Victoria … previous year.  Victoria Mxenge was shot dead by four men in her driveway in Durban. At that time she was one of fifteen United … Saldru clippings collection, ‘Pupils mourn Mxenge murder, Black Politics 1986e | South African History Online, Victoria …

… the Government declared a State of Emergency (SOE), in 83 magisterial districts – the first state of emergency … and sentenced to long goal terms. The Government banned 18 Black Consciousness (BC) organisations and two newspapers with a …