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BiographyMabel Palmer
… . Dr Palmer was later appointed lecturer in Economic History at the then Natal University College – NUC (now the …
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
… as "one of the most painful times in our province's history, when child deaths across the Western Cape shook us … understood within the broader context of…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… , a basic introduction on Marxist materialist view of history and class struggle, played a huge role in Motlanthe’s … 9 August 1987, NUM embarked on the…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… (SADF) was to be put in place. The South African Police (SAP) was to be replaced by the South African Police Service …
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… The commission found the IFP and the South African Police (SAP) responsible for gross human rights violations. …
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… by the arrest of 100 people by the South African Police (SAP) at a meeting of parents, teachers and pupils, aimed at …
BiographyErnst Heinrich Daniël Arndt
… Africa, 1652-1927’, became a standard work on the early history of finance and banking in South Africa. Arndt was …
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… in the first democratic elections of South Africa’s history. She was appointed as Deputy Justice Minister in the … written by Jodi McNeil and forms part of…
BiographyMary Moodley
… to. Mary also had gratitude and was sensitive to the history of slavery that her mother’s family endured. During …
BiographyJane Gool
… were members of the second group of matriculants in its history. When it was time for her sister and herself to …
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
… Whilst in prison he completed a BA degree, majoring in history and psychology, and a BCom degree. Shortly before his …
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… admitted that he gave the order in 1988 for the SAP to blow up Khotso House on 31 August 1988. The building …
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… Mayezana Mali was shot by the South African Police (SAP) on the following day. Mali was shot in the head and …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… On 18 February 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives continue to give evidence at the Treason … Anon, (n.d.), 'Treason Trial' from South African…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
… being as a fusion between Jan Smut’s South African Party (SAP) and J.B.M. Hertzog’s National Party (NP) in 1934. Among …
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… the massacre. He concluded that the South African Police (SAP) lacked proper investigative procedures in dealing with … first democratic elections in April…
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… the National Party (NP) and the South African Party (SAP) during 1930s. The movement was strongly …
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
… The South African Police (SAP) and the South African Defence Force (SADF) ambushed and …
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… Party before resigning to join the South African Party (SAP). He was minister of internal affairs, public health, …
PlaceThe South African Police Service Museum
The Muizenberg Police Museum, also known as South African Police Services (SAPS) Museum, is situated on the Main Road in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Cape…
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… for the treatment of eczema, stress and eye infection. The sap can be applied to burns and bruises. Below, is a table …
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… career, as he was dependent on the tradition and the history of the ANC to support his agenda and being excluded … also criticized the party with regards to…
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
… not aware of the activities of the South African Police (SAP). The four alleged that it was difficult for them to pick …
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
… Dudley enrolled at the University of Cape Town to study History and English. However, the school committee at …
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… He gradually saw a link between this tragedy in European history and his own life under apartheid. A significant …
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… 1995 Children’s creative writing publication 1998 Oral history publication Book of poems …
BiographyEmil Sachs
… (also called Garment workers in action) (1957) . The History Of The GWU , and with L Forman The South African …
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… Eshowe. He was born in 1826, a very troubled period in the history of the Zulu kingdom. At time of his birth, Shaka …
BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
… George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, National Cultural History and Open-Air Museum, Pretoria, National Museum, …
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
… epic poetry, didactic Christian essays and Church history. As one of the earliest collections of the oral …