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The death toll in rioting and clashes with police has risen to over sixty. The Government took the leader of South Africa’s mos
… The death toll in rioting and clashes with police has risen to …
The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 although relative calm had returned to all the major conflict are
… The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 …
An Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upholds a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal, who had been con
… in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upholds a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal, who had been con …
Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des
… Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville …
Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des
… Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville …
The death toll after an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like disease in Angola climbs to 122. The country turns to civilians and the
… The death toll after an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like disease …
Fires in Cape Town and the Western Cape are ‘out of control’. A woman and two teenagers have burnt to death in Khayelitsha, Cap
… ‘out of control’. A woman and two teenagers have burnt to death in Khayelitsha, Cap …
BBC reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in
… reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while …
At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of the White trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett, the
… At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of the White trade union leader, Dr. Neil …
The Venda Attorney General announces he has ordered an inquiry into the death of Mr. Muffle to be held in the Sibasa Magistrate
… General announces he has ordered an inquiry into the death of Mr. Muffle to be held in the Sibasa Magistrate …
Death of Herman Albrecht, a South African soldier who fought on the side of the British during the S.A. War and who received th
… Death of Herman Albrecht, a South African soldier who fought …
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1939 to a working-class family. His father, Girjabaksh, came to South Africa as an indentured labourer from Bihar, India. His mother,…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… to have a voice in institutions that determine hers/his life. This means that we must promote democracy at every … Address of Nelson Mandela at his…
BiographyIngrid Jonker
… poem Die Kind (The Child), which he read out in full in his inaugural State of the Nation address to Parliament in … the midst of despair, she celebrated…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… 1933 in Cape Town , Cape Province (now Western Cape). His parents, Sam and Annie, had both been born in London, the … branch of the South African Communist…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army'
… Africa delivers to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army, handover offenders. Frere who was appointed in 1877 … of South Africa, Frere's demanded that…
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
… was acting Chief of the Ndebele on three occasions until his death on 6 June 1964, bought Leeuwkraal on behalf of the … work (as well as the activities of…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… of 13 children (11 boys and twin girls). He was active in his local Methodist parish and chairperson of the Methodist Wesley Youth Guild at the age of 16.His…
BiographyAlfred Mangena
… to study privately in Cape Town. Later he went to complete his schooling in England and after matriculating he studied … an office in Pretoria with a branch…
BiographyTraci Mackie
… crimes, to find out if he had been involved in the death of Mathew Goniwe , Nieuwoudt instead revealed that he … to bring light to a missing piece of the…
BiographySimon van der Stel
… of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Mauritius. [1] His mother Maria was the daughter of Hendrik Lievens of … he managed to obtain this post through the…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… in South Africa during the anti-apartheid struggle. His courage to live openly as a gay man coupled with his tireless work within the anti-apartheid movement…
Leong Yun Pin
… prison under the 180-day clause.The official cause of death at an inquest was given as suicide by hanging. …
BiographyBonnie Ntshalintshali
… by Fée Halsted-Berning at Ardmore. Before her untimely death she participated in many group exhibitions here and …
BiographyJon Lynton David Hrusa
… in the mid-1980’s and went on to study at Wits University. His plan to study medicine was short-lived as he only spent … the light emanating from the sand…
BiographyJoão Albasini
… in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 June 1813. Beside the fact that his father was a sea captain, little is known about young Albasini’s youth. In 1831, when João was…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
… Native National Congress (SANNC)) in 1912. Following the death of his father in 1871, the family moved to Scotland where Dr Soga and his six siblings…
Address by the reverend John Langalibalele Dube after his election as president of the South African Native National Congress
… Address by the reverend John Langalibalele Dube after his election as president of the South African Native … Native Congress. Mr. Dube has issued a…
BiographyPeter Rudolf Gisela Horn
… Czech Republic). At the end of World War II he had to flee his home and settled with his parents first in Bavaria and later in Freiburg im … disciplinary…
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… I have already said... Chief, perhaps we can help. I think his lordship is really putting you a different question, if I … that will appeal to the white man …