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… linguist, translator and political leader. Plaatje died of pneumonia at the age of 55 while on a trip to Johannesburg. He was a prolific … and writer and in 1912 became first secretary-general of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which … Sol Plaatje ," The history of Sol Plaatje ",From:  Sol Plaatje ,[online], Available at:  …

… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , former wife of President Nelson Mandela , is born in Bizana, Pondoland. Madikizela-Mandela was a staunch opponent of P W Botha's government and this earned her a title of " mother of the nation ". Madikizela-Mandela played a role …

… The South African Council of Churches (SACC) calls upon all its member churches to participate in the National Day of Prayer for the people of Crossroads which has been organised for Sunday July 30th, … This Council of the SACC calls upon all its member churches …

… who became a politician. In 1958, he became a member of the National Party (NP) and was the mayor of Randfontein. Ten years later he became the minister of Information and it was presumed that he would become the … Dr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt …

… Station in Tzaneen on 11 July 1920. He was the eldest of three children of Mlungisi and Evelyn Ntsan’wisi. Ntsan’wisi qualified as a … college near Louis Trichardt. He later obtained a Master of Arts Degree from the University of South Africa before … Sonderling N.E. (1999) New Dictionary of South African Biography Vol. 2, Vista University, …

… On 11 March 1994 hundreds of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) (Afrikaner Resistance … a Bantustan homeland in the north western region of South Africa. This followed a request by Chief Lucas … to help restore control in the homeland, in the face of a strike by civil servants. These civil servants were …

… On 31 August 1923 the League of Nations passed a resolution granting Belgium the right to … and its southern neighbour Burundi, as the territory of Ruanda-Urundi.   The resolution taken by the League of Nations followed actions by small European forces as they …

… Following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium, MoÁ¯se Kapenda Tshombe led the Congo province of Katanga into secession on 23 December 1961. Tshombe was born in 1919 in the southern region of Katanga. His father was said to be the first Congolese …

… On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of African National Congress (ANC) National Executive … members arrived at Caculama, the main training centre of the ANC’s military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK) in the town of Malanje, Angola. Normally, such a visit by the ANC …

… movement began on 30 March 1919 when a mass meeting of two thousand Africans in Vrededorp decided to reject the … outside the Johannesburg pass office, dumping bags full of passes. The demonstrations were peaceful.  The South … the representatives stated two things:  1. The denial of the rights of citizenship. 2. The denial, through the …

… South Africa was one of the original twenty-two nations who signed the multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR, pronounced … into force in 1982 in order to regulate exploitation of marine living resources in the seas south of the Antarctic …

… Campbell was well known for her private collection of Africana, which is made up of items specific to Natal and the Zulu people. She collected … life, and today it is home to the Campbell Collections of the University of Natal (now known as the University of … Dr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban …

… Extract from the Minutes of a State Security Council Meeting in which the implications, for South Africa, of the election of Mr Ronald Reagan as President of the USA, the banning of … Extract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 10 November 1980 …

… Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) rejoined the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) after the general synod renounced … from the WARC at the 21st General Council meeting of the WARC in Ottawa in 1982. Calls to expel the DRC came as early as in the 1960s when the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Joost de Blank called for expulsion at the …

… The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the … laid, with completion intended for 1913. The construction of the Union Buildings took approximately 1265 artisans and … African stone was used throughout the building, with most of the mountain stone quarried on the site. The hill on which …

… The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the … laid, with completion intended for 1913. The construction of the Union Buildings took approximately 1265 artisans and … African stone was used throughout the building, with most of the mountain stone quarried on the site. The hill on which …

… Town and began his political career as the co-founder of the all-black South African Student's Organization (SASO). … black consciousness as a movement were developed. The aim of the Black Consciousness Movement was to address the psychological impact of apartheid, and to unite all non-white South Africans under …

… The head of the South African Defence Force, Commandant General Hiemstra, announced the successful conclusion of Anglo-South African talks on aspects of the Simonstown naval agreement for the defence of sea … [Accessed: 05 December 2011]| SA Navy , ‘History of the SA Navy’ , [online] available at www.navy.mil.za …

… Speech made by Jack Simons to the staff and students of the Lenin Party School at the closing ceremony of the 1981-1982 academic year and in celebration of the School's 20th anniversary. Covers the history of the … Address to the staff and students of the Lenin Party School …

… Ange-Félix Patassé was the president of the Central African Republic (CAR) from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of CAR. The win saw him touted as the new “democratic star” of CAR, despite him having been one of the key figures during …

… Ifni to Morocco was signed between Spain and Morocco. One of the terms of the agreement was the awarding of fishing rights to Spain, off Morocco's Atlantic coast. … Morocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain …

… 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930) COPY. … note from T.W. Thibedi to the Secretary asking for the use of a table and two chairs belonging to the Party, to which … in a letter from T.W. Thibedi as General Secretary of the S.A.F.N.T.U. asking the Party to raise funds for the …

… point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the … cause for this astounding process, but rather the merging of a number of international and local events that occurred over several … Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education …

… Africa. Although the disease is considered rare, cases of polio increased in Nigeria and neighbouring countries … August 2003, when Muslim states like Kano banned the use of a polio vaccine, due to conspiracy theories that it would … and spread AIDS. However, after suspending the use of the vaccine in order to conduct safety tests, Kano Gov. …

… On 10 April 1972, The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxic Weapons and their … in Moscow, London and Washington. South Africa formed part of this convention, and signed this multilateral treaty, …

… The South African government approved the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) on 17 January 1996, deposited its Instrument of Ratification on 8 March 1996. AFCAC was established on 15 … constitution. AFCAC is a specialised and independent body of the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union) …

… withdrew its plan to place a limit on the number of black students admitted to white universities, but … retain their community-directed character. The history of institutional racism in South African universities dates … preceded  the University Act passed in 1916 by the Union of South Africa government. The 1916 legislation …

… schools before pursuing a law degree at the University of Havanna, where he also began his political career. In … was overthrown and Castro became the prime minister of Cuba. The United States broke all ties with Cuba and proceeded to launch the Bay of Pigs invasion in an attempt to restore a US-backed …

… A letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the United Nataions Secretary-General … by SWAPO from Angola into Namibia for the purpose of establishing bases, in contravention of signed Agreements. … Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, to His Excellency Mr Javier …

… on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn … discussing migrant labour, overpopulation, disease, cost of living, poverty, Bophuthatswana, squatting, housing. … on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by …