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… it called ‘defensive’ violence. April, the UDF holds its first full national conference or National General Council … formed in association with the UDF 1986 January, UDF has first meeting with the ANC in Stockholm 8 January, the ANC … and later released, March 7 15-21 February, Six Day War in Alexandra. 27 people killed Northern Transvaal region …

… six children all-together, four girls and two boys. The first-born was Leah, and the next one too was a girl, Regina. Then came Nicodemus, the first son. Nicodemus and me always got on very well, and even … wanted to, not like now. It was about the beginning of the war, 1939 or thereabouts when I got to Port Elizabeth, and …

… beginning of the fifteenth century, when the Portuguese first set off on their voyages of exploration down Africa's … the VOC administered and governed the expanding colony. At first, the Dutch were primarily concerned with supplying … British were defeated in battle at Berea when they went to war against the Basotho at the end of 1852. But Moshoeshoe's …

… Cape Flats . Located on the site of South Africa's first windmil l , you'll find one of Cape Town's best kept … schedule of non-stop site-seeing. The suburb is post-war, hence the English influence, and local businessmen …

… particular, are still beset by conflicts and situations of war. The strife in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, … themselves to represent the people, must put the people first. Nothing can justify the untold suffering of ordinary … ten years. The letter then states, and I quote (but I must first state that the Leader had entrusted to me the choice of …

… prospects.  At the centre of those urgent expansion plans first brought before policymakers as far back as 1997 was the … which began on his watch. Erwin’s initial response to the first episodes of load-shedding in 2005 — the breakdowns at … the South African Post Office and SAA. Ramaphosa led “the war room”. Neither SAA not the Post Office have survived the …

… Solidarity Committee, whose delegation was headed by its First Vice-Chairman, Dr. Vladimir Totstikov. Our … leadership to help rid humanity of the threat of a nuclear war. We believe that no thinking person can avoid being a … peace because we are ourselves victims of repression and war. Throughout southern Africa people are dying daily …

… .of the workings of the Party in a number of areas. First, the PB, as a recent phenomenon, began to regularise … stabilising rela­tions between the Party and the ANC. First, were the imperatives of the struggle, which were so … CT [Cape Town], than to set off a leaflet bomb.6 People's War As the liberation movement mounted its offensive in the …

… Convention in Johannesburg on 1 - 2 July. May 1, The first national strike, against discriminatory laws and a … full franchise takes place on Freedom Day.  This is the first major joint campaign with popular support from Indians … Bill .  Eight thousand people march through Cape Town. The War Veterans Torch Commandos, a white ex-servicemen's …

… Africa, reflecting their aspirations. Since 1923, when the first ever Bill of Rights in South Africa was adopted by the … Even during the difficult years of the second world war, when he very survival of democracy in the world was in … culture we hope to implant in our country must in the first instance accept and embrace the cultural …

… publication of his 1973 monograph On the Mines. His family first arrived in South Africa around 1893, having fled from … the demise of the Nazi party in the aftermath of World War II. Apartheid enacted the systemic oppression of the …

… where there was a shortage of wine after the 2nd World War. My father Sydney (spelled with a “Y” as he was always … 10 years. The cellars were opened to the public for the first time in 1970 and I can well remember sitting in the …

… Drift and drive it back into Natal." During the Zulu War, on 20 January 1879, British and Natal colonial troops … a red glow coming from the direction of Rorke's Drift. At first light Chelmsford ordered his men to fall in and the …

… Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) the first causalities in an era of banishment. Forced … confinement. He was told that he would be called as the first witness for the State. Rather than testify he fled the … experienced by both the victims and casualties of war. Although forgiveness was the outcome for many who chose …

… of people.     Almost the pioneer after the Second World War in signalling the breakup of the colonial system - and … in South Africa was placed on the agenda of the very first General Assembly of the United Nations in 1946. The new … weapons, to make a solemn undertaking never to be the first to use such weapons, as well as the militarisation of …

… , a branch of the baTlokwa; Sekonyela had waged war with Moshoeshoe, but latterly lived on amicable terms … constituting a core of tribal unity. Into this scene step first the missionaries, the agents of British interests. … regions of the north the missionaries had been among the first to penetrate. The Rev. W. Edwards, one of the very …

… subsection (1) does not extend to- a.     propaganda for war; b.    incitement of imminent violence; or c.     … ii.        the end of the first court day after the expiry of the 48 hours, if the 48 … on a day which is not an ordinary court day; e.    at the first court appearance after being arrested, to be charged or …

… between 1779 and 1878. This time is known as the 100-year war. The conflict started in 1778 when the Dutch governor of … people of mixed European and Khoikhoi descent. Most of the first Kora people had worked on Dutch farms and spoke Dutch. … area that later became known as Griqualand West. They were first group from the Cape to settle north of the Gariep …

… on Robben Island. I saw the island prison for the first time. A younger man, James Mange, with Rastafarian … It was an adaptation of a song from Zimbabwe’s Chimurenga War. They sang: “Long live, Comrade Ruth First. Long live. We shall never forget you. Long live, …

… by monarchies. This is the country, where Christianity first made its inroad in the African continent. When Islam … in Zimbabwe since 1991. This was also the time when Italy first tried to invade Ethiopia, however, was defeated by … supervised referendum on independence.  A border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea broke out in 1998 when …

… not a bootless one. Tsewa Bhashe, an old man, who was the first to speak in succession to Rev. E. Makiwane and Mr. … the whites to fight them by means of the law. This is the first Deputation that has been sent to state the feelings of … If a similar thing had been done when the guns were taken, war would have been avoided. He related an account of what he …

… down under Union, South Africa was fighting in the Great War. After the conquest of both German South West and East … General Smuts proceeded to London to join the Empire War Cabinet and to render brilliant services to the Allies. … Christian missionaries, who went to South Africa in the first half of the Nineteenth Century in their full belief in …

… economy was unevenly developed, and which was only in the first stage of its industrial revolution. The Witwatersrand … were intolerable and, when they came out on strike without first consulting the union, we did not enquire whether the … a stoppage of work by a number of workers. It was class war, and wars have to be organised to attain victory. Morale …

… were made to its border, sparking off the frontier war of 1834 and 1835. On 21 December 1834 the Xhosa attacked … Authorities Act of 1951, the Transkei became, in 1959, the first region to be established as a Territorial Authority; and in 1963 it became the first Bantustan to be granted 'self-government'. The area was …

… [i] . Between the 1890's and 1962 Burundi was a colony of first Germany and then Belgium [ii] . The post-colonial … by ethnic violence, political assassinations and civil war [iii] . Particularly political assassinations has tended … [vi] . Burundi has the distinction of having the first female Prime Minister in Africa, Sylvie Kinig [vii] . …

… his aims were with theirs.   In 1935 he went to India, first as Chaplain to the Bishop of Bombay and then as Senior … in the notorious Bethel district.  Together with Ruth First, he had gone to bring to public attention conditions of … and supporter. The other was Mary Benson who , during the War, had been a Captain in the South African Defence Force …

… change in South Africa, including the Anglo Boer War and the creation of the Union of South Africa. He … journalist. But many may not know that teaching was his first job – and enduring vocation. He was just 14 or 15 when … evocatively captured in his 1929 novel Mhudi. It was the first English language novel published by a black South …

… discrimination and exploitation confuses the class war and the majority of the African working population are … him. Up to now I have met two groups of his followers. First on Wednesday 14th instant (12) and Thursday 22nd … my ‘sophisticated’ arguments and gave some suggestions. My first suggestion is that the Party become more Africanised or …

… the National Party passed a series of laws which put the first phase of apartheid into effect.   One of the most … two explanations on how the name Eersterus was chosen. The first belief was that Eersterus was the first stop of rest … consumer boycotts erupting on occasion into virtual civil war. In July 1985, the first State of Emergency was declared …

… at Woolwich. In 1828 he was appointed the Colony's first Surveyor-General, Civil Engineer, and Superintendent of … Their first camp was located at the northern end of the pass, … In 1851, following the outbreak of the 1850-53 frontier war, the convict camp was removed to the safety of Port …