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… (ANC). Plaatjie’s contributions to literature include his translation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, Julius …

… during the South African War (Second Anglo Boer War). His reasons were that the war was between the English and …

… and was involved in sabotage operations until 1988. His main targets were government buildings, economic …

… He occupied leadership positions in the exiled ANC until his early death in 1978 …

… Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa), died at his home 'Arbeidsgenot' in Oudtshoorn. Die Stem, and its …

… was a trader and collector of oriental art, remembered for his role in preventing the Grey Street complex from being …

… freely translated as When we enter the valley of death). His death caused an outrage in Afrikaner circles, and was a …

… Jan van Riebeeck, commander at the Cape, wrote in his diary that a school for slaves has been started. …

… African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was born in a year …

… volumes of poetry and drama, but he is best known for his novels. These include Vergeet Nil (1913; "Don't Forget"), …

… capital of the Sultanate to Stone Town in Zanzibar. Upon his death, Oman and Zanzibar were divided between his sons, Thuwaini bin Said and and Majid bin Said, and the … Kenyatta, who had been detained in 1952 on the basis of his alleged involvement with the Mau Mau. The Kenyan African …

… Last week South Africa's Minister of Defense repeated his warning, saying the army would seek out guerrillas … that the wounded included the owner of the game farm and his wife and daughter. Both of the families were from the … by the police in an apparently unprovoked attach. One of his legs was reportedly shattered below the knee by the …

… now small Parish was named after King Lois XVI of France.  His mother impressed upon him from an early age the desire … Loganathan Moodley, a Hindu speaks with fondness of his experiences at St. Louis with his friends.  The Annual St.Louis Fete around the Feast of …

… of Forests of the Western Conservancy of the Cape Colony his duty was to Protect and Preserve our Heritage of Trees … Eve party, Frederick Eksteen, the owner’s son, rode on his horse around the seated diners and down the stairs, on … were killed. Numerous accounts of the Phantom Rider and his Horse have been reported ever since. By Malu Lambert, …

… history is it that presents Tshaka, a military genius of his time, as a monster, or Hintsa, a man of pride and … kind of British "protection" was it that robbed Ngqika and his son, Maqoma, of the land of their fathers that rent the … herrenvolk and make the Non-European himself believe in his own inferiority. Daily the schools and universities the …

… from WA van der Stel in 1699, in honour of a friend of his, Nicholaes Witsen. Who was a Director of the Dutch East …

… "Fate", bolted and the prince, in attempting to mount his fleeing horse tripped and fell and was speared to death. …

… Woolsack was a summer home to author Rudyard Kipling and his family from 1900 – 1907. …

… this house, and that the main rooms were renovated for his tenure. The homestead was bought and restored by Désirée …

… bought the land in 1897, and settled here in 1905, after his return from Europe. The tree is reputed to have been one …

… Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of …

… in accordance with the rules. Sepeng has accepted his two-year suspension, though he still maintained that he …

… De Klerk, who had declared recently in Japan, Tokyo, that his government had a plan to counter mass action. That plan …

… the President's Cup tournament and left South Africa in his private jet. …

… the ANC's Disciplinary Committee ousted Holomisa from his seat in Parliament on 1 October 1996 after finding him …

… had never seen him as after 1964 it was illegal to have his photographs or to photograph him for the 22 years that he …

… shut down the wrong engine after a fire. They attributed his error in judgment to fatigue.  The cause of the fire …

… Nkomo's party won twenty seats in the new Assembly, all in his tribal homeland of Matabeleland. Initially, Mugabe …