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… Hendrik  Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. …

… Unfortunately this expedition was not to be successful as the technologies required were not adequately developed …

… capitals to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, as drafted by the National Convention. Click here to read …

… an emotional response, causing it to be mentioned by some as one of the causes of the Great Trek that took place from …

… unskilled labour. Most African people lived off the land as farmers, tenants on White farms or in reserves created by …

… went on this  expedition in 1663 with Pieter van Meerhof as second in command, along with 14 European volunteers and …

… and other members shared their hardship caused by the act. As a result of knowing that the South African government …

… founded in 1924 at Grey College, Bloemfontein. It began as an apolitical organisation, which aimed to further …

… Mission at Rorke's Drift, near Isandlwana hill, to serve as a hospital and supple base.  At 15:15 on the afternoon of …

… first date of resurrection was set for 11 August 1856, but as the day dawned and nothing happened, other dates were set, …

… Be sure to explore all that the Village has to offer, as the History of Stanford has shaped the place that it is …

… avoiding issues that are political or could be perceived as such. DESCENT TO HELL From the moment it seized power, the … his close ally, Nigeria’s General Sani Abacha, going even as far as copying the repressive decrees that the latter used to …

… merely a conflict between slave-owners, who are disputing as to the methods of attaining their common end, i.e., to … a peasant movement, is inevitably doomed to defeat, as is every peasant war. But the proletariat cannot restrict … failed to win the hegemony." Only by being organised as a separate and independent force, with its own aims and …

… for his health so we moved to Cape Town where he worked as a gravedigger in the Observatory cemetery. We stayed there … when he was a bit tipsy. I loved being in the veld, almost as a tomboy, climbing trees. I had very few female friends. I … and near to Du Plessis' garage, but they now use it as a kindergarten. Our teachers, like Mr. Matthews, were very …

… and nothing demonstrates the utter bankruptcy of apartheid as the revolt of our youth. The evils, the cruelty and the … you have dared to rise up against the tyrant's might. Even as we bow at their graves we remember this: the dead live on as martyrs in our hearts and minds, a reproach to our …

… away. We mostly slept in cars or in homes of friends. As results I kept all the typed material on the raid in … already been given a new contract the Lesotho government as their Chief Legal Aid Counsel, then Minister of Interior, … University, after his examinations came to stay with me, as I was alone, and to 'protect' me. No he did not have a …

… documentation centres, either in their original form or as photocopies. The experience of Indian South Africans … whole system within a broader context and should be read as background material. Works that deal specifically with … Commissioner) represented the Indian Government, and acted as an intermediary between the South African Government and …

… of nearly every family spent some time every year working as wage labourers on white-owned farms, on the mines or doing … State in 1913 after they had been evicted from a farm. As they were 'trekking' rough the countryside in the bitter … boys went to work on the mines, the women and children, as well as the elders, remained in the rural areas. Chiefs …

… into a crude attempt to brand us and our organisations as Communist. But, indeed, as it so often happens, `the best laid plans of mice and men …

… to buy support — the people who gave us Des van Rooyen as finance minister. On the other, are politicians who take … to account to citizens, this joy will soon turn to tears as the ANC of the rural provinces takes over, making life …

… for your own liberation. Be involved and be united with us as it is your own son and daughter that we bury every … or New Year. The year 1976 shall go down into our history as the YEAR OF MOURNING, the year that flowed with sweat, …

… from a smallpox epidemic to which they had no immunity! As a people they were on the verge of extinction and, against … Summer’s day! Unsurprisingly there is also a hike, known as the Genadendal Hiking Trail, which begins and ends in …

… of "The Spark" in full vigour and with such developments as may be found practicable; and recurrent endeavour to … militant workers in the revolutionary Marxist tradition as preserved and interpreted in the 4th International, we …

… of the members of Parliament; it cannot take effect as law until it is promulgated. In South Africa this is done … ubuntu – a spirit of fellowship and compassion, especially as associated with African society; (Xhosa and Zulu, …

… rightful place in the annals of struggle in this country. As one of the first generation of revolutionary fighters, …

… In South Africa a similar formation of granite is known as a 'koppie', which is an Afrikaans word from the Dutch word …

… and bill of rights, which stipulates reproductive rights as a basic human right. However, this has not gone …

… school Groote Schuur High School was founded in 1959 as a co-educational Afrikaans High School in the Vredenhof …

… The excellent Portrayal of Life as a Migrant Worker, found at the Worker’s Museum in Newtown, …

… and replaced by a new lion enclosure which was known as Groote Schuur Zoo. It has been vacant since 1975. Rhodes …