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… Gwala was a significant South African writer, who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. A prominent activist of that era, he … James Matthews and Mandla Langa. In 1973, he edited the Black Review, and his short stories, essays and poems have … newspapers, that Steve was regarded as the father of black consciousness. Yes, in a way he was. Granted that black …

… are deeply moved and humbled by your magnanimous gesture in inviting us to address this joint session of the two … that an exception to the standing rules had to be made in order to allow a retired old pensioner, who is neither a … our people. Nkosi sikelel’iAfrika. Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso. God seen Suid-Afrika. God bless South Africa. …

… Letter to SRC Presidents, I Write What I Like, 1978. "Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, … is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth. These are concepts which the Black …

… Organisation (AZAPO) was formed at an inaugural conference in Roodepoort, near Johannesburg. The organisation was based on the philosophy of Black Consciousness advocated by Steven Biko. It was open to …

… sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo. Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho, O se boloke, O se … united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land. Sheet Music Please note that the sheet music is in .pdf format (245 KB). History A proclamation issued by the …

… that the all-girls choir of Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria won first place and gold in the folklore w …

… In reaction to further deaths of people in police detention, ten policemen have been suspended from …

… of Home Affairs of KwaNdebele, Piet Ntuli, is killed in a car bomb explosion in the homeland. The date of this e …

… The Africa Union (AU) summit opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and agrees to send 300 AU troops to protect ceasefire monitors in …

… President Samora Machel of Mozambique is killed in an air crash in eastern South Africa shortly after 21:00. Thirty-four …

… discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin …

… Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer is assaulted at home in Johannesburg by three men who lock her in a store room and …

… In a precedent-setting judgment, a full Bench of the Cape High Court rules in favour of the SABC’s request to televise Mark Tha …

… Pretoria News, 24 October 2003. Today in History. … At least twenty-five people are reported to have died in violence between members of the United Democratic Party and Inkatha in …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir George White, who arrived in Cape Town on 3 October and in Durban on 7 October, proceeds to Ladysmith, wh …

… former president of the OFS and now Secretary of State in the ZAR, hands the ultimatum, which result in …

… RM du Plooy, serving with the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action …

… The House of Assembly in Cape Town passes a preliminary resolution in favour of the union of the four provinces of South Africa …

… Twenty-four people die in Sebokeng after attacks by armed impis leaving an Inkatha rally in the township. Coleman gives the num …

… Human & Rousseau | Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Handbook, London: Cassell. | … Kenyatta (born Kamau Johnstone on 20 October 1891) dies in office in Mombasa. He is succeeded by his vice …

… Pretoria News, Friday August 22, 2003. Today in History | https://www.andibradley.com/ … The British settlement in Sierra Leone is founded. Britain says it is to provide a home in Africa for freed slaves and homeless …

… artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda dies in h …

… The father of Rosalind Ballingall, who got lost in the Knysna forest, arrives from Johannesburg to assist in the search for his …

… Food distribution to 350 000 Rwandan refugees in camps in Congo is suspended because of riots and thefts by …

… In his presidential address to the South African Institute of Race Relations, Rev. Dr Stanley Mogoba said that in spite of abho …

… Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a …

… years of bloody civil war the first multi-party elections in forty years takes place in the Democratic Republic of Congo …

… Maryanne Serrano (21) is killed in a bomb explosion in the Wimpy Bar at the Benoni Plaza, Benoni. Fifty-six …

… A Korean Air DC-10 crashes in heavy fog while attempting to land at Tripoli airport in Libya, killing eighty-two people, four o …

… and Hendrik Du Preez guilty of the murders on two soldiers in an apparent rightwing-in …