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The most publicised court case since apartheid ends. Mr Justice Willem van der Merwe pronounces former vice-president of SA, Mr
… The most publicised court case since apartheid ends. Mr Justice Willem van der …
A former theology student, Carl Niehaus, is sentenced to fifteen years in prison for high treason in the Rand Supreme Court. Hi
… years in prison for high treason in the Rand Supreme Court. Hi …
President Nelson Mandela and Steve Tshwete are given leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the verdict on the SAR
… Tshwete are given leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the verdict on the SAR …
Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and dis
… under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and dis …
Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata is arrested for drunk driving after he drove into a wall north of Johannesburg. He resis
… Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata is arrested for drunk driving after …
BiographySir George Grey
… at the sack of Badajoz in the Peninsula War, eight days before he was born in Lisbon. He was educated at the Royal … a monthly salary was offered to them for…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… Adams College in Natal, where he qualified as a teacher in 1940. He completed his matric, studying by correspondence …
BiographyPeter Hain
… assassination attempt in 1972 and was acquitted in London court in 1976 after the South African Bureau of State …
BiographyStephen Bernard Lee
… conductor in London. He was tried in the Cape Town Supreme Court from 7 – 15 June 1978 and was charged with helping to …
BiographyAnton Edward Rupert
Anton Edward Rupert was born on 4 October 1916 in Graaff-Reinet in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a medical degree,…
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
… reforms. He remained in the post for 13 years. During the 1940’s he travelled to Sweden, Norway and North America to …
BiographyMatlakana Philemon Tefu
… Philemon Matlakana Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. …
BiographyHilda Bernstein
… of the South African Labour Party League of Youth until 1940. After her stint in the Labour Party. In 1937 she became …
BiographyBaruch Hirson
… in 1939, he joined Zionist Youth Clubs and groups. In 1940 he became a member of the left-wing Hashomer …
BiographyShaka Zulu
… unhappy and ended in the chieftain driving Nandi from his court. Nandi and her son sought sanctuary in the Mhlathuze … regiments where he found a…
BiographySheila Weinberg
… but although the Transvaal Division of the Supreme Court reduced the sentence, it upheld the conviction. In … visits and attacks on her home. In 1996, she…
BiographySedick Isaacs
… sleep deprivation. Following his appearance in the Supreme Court in Cape Town, he was found guilty of sabotage and … solitary confinement was 21 days,…
BiographyJoel Mabi Lengisi
… Barberton.’ In 1955, Lengisi challenged his banishment in court on the grounds that theGovernor-General could only … and void.’His appeal was unsuccessful,…
BiographyIqbal Shaik Mohammed
… operation being the attack on the Krugersdorp Magistrates' Court. Shaik participated in all the operations, which were … Ismail. After the bombing at the…
BiographyMaggie Oewies-Shongwe
… Maggie Oewies-Shongwe was born in 1940 in Namaqualand, Cape Province (now Northern Cape …
Ebrahim Badsha
Ebrahim Badsha was born on 13 March 1931, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). Badsha was one of the pioneer Black artists in Natal. He grew up in a large…
BiographyJacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi
… involved with crime. During the trial, Agliotti told the court that he had paid Selebi over R1.2 million in bribes … on 3 August 2010. On 2 December 2011, …
BiographyKuben Naidoo
… Kuben Naidoo, holding up a banner outside the magistrate’s court in Johannesburg calling for the release of all …
BiographyMceleli Bongwefile Buthelezi
Especially interesting in the light of the role that Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi came to play in Bantustan and national politics was the banishment of Mceleli…
BiographyHarold Wolpe
… figures in the 1950s and 1960s in political cases in court and helped plan anti-government actions by the SACP and … Scholar at the London School of…
Judge M.T. (Theunie) Steyn, judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa, is born on the farm Onze
… Judge M.T. (Theunie) Steyn, judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa, is born …
Winnie Mandela is given a six-month suspended sentence for defying a banning order. She is to appear in court on 16 November 19
… sentence for defying a banning order. She is to appear in court on 16 November 19 …
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
… precedent-setting judgment, a full Bench of the Cape High Court rules in favour of the SABC’s request to televise Mark …
The application of three anti-abortion groups in SA to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminat
… three anti-abortion groups in SA to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminat …
The Supreme Court of Appeal refuses to allow the Western Cape education MEC to compel an Afrikaans-medium school, Mikro, in Kui
… The Supreme Court of Appeal refuses to allow the Western Cape education …