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… magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, and his staff to Sulenkama where they were massacred, during a revolt against the British. Hope was lured to Sulenkama, Chief Mhlonthlo's capital, by promises that the … with arms and ammunition. Chief Mhlonthlo asked Hope to address the assembled warriors before marching to battle. …

… their freedom;three years since we made a pledge to work together as a nation to bring a better life for all. On that day, too, by our votes, we gave birth to new provinces - including your Northern Cape Province - so …

… completely stripped black South Africans of the right to own land. Plaatje, known as Sol, came from a family that … He transcended his own tribal and religious identities to embrace a vision of a common South Africa. He stood up … public intellectuals. It’s also a good opportunity to reflect on how a man with only four years of formal …

… by the moral commitment of those who work it. Speaking to a packed audience of the Cape Law Society in Kimberley, he … judicial reticence on public issues ends when it comes to the rule of law itself. He said that the structure the Bill proposes opens the door ‘to important aspects being controlled by the executive' and …

… Joseph is one of the most well-known South African women to campaign against apartheid. Her autobiography is being … published on her 81st birthday and is a worthy successor to her two earlier books, If This be Treason (1963) and … infamous Treason Trial of the 1950s, and the first person to be placed under house arrest, she continues despite …

… figure rolled into one — someone who contributed immensely to the person I am today, both professionally and socially. A … who will say the same about him. None of us expected him to go so soon and we are all still grappling to come to terms with his departure. Juda had respect for …

… In 1721 the farm Langverwacht was allocated to Jean le Roux, a Huguenot settler. After a post office was … the division of Oudtshoorn, and its name was changed to Carmel in November 1905. The ministry of Carmel began on 1 … took occupation of this magnificent site in response to a clear call from God to establish a Christian guest farm …

… By the late 1960s many black students increasingly began to feel the frustration and disillusionment similar to that which had led to the Fort Hare SRC to disaffiliate from NUSAS in 1952. For …

… who was a migrant labourer in the South African mines to South Africa. In 1941 he went to Adams College in Natal and continued to complete his high School education by matriculating from …

… all the difference. Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken" To a great extent that has been true of the past thirty years … it did from the poet. It draws from me only deep gratitude to know that there was room for me, a white, to walk along that road. Thirty years ago, it was indeed the …

… A boat carrying over 150 people on its way to Gabon capsized on the Atlantic coast of Cameroon on 23 March 2005. 130 passengers are said to have drowned and only 23 survived. The boat had departed Oron, Nigeria on its way to Port Gentil , Gabon with passengers from Nigeria, Benin, …

… Dutch farmers , emigrating from the Cape , began to spill over the Kahlamba or Drakensberg . Fearing that … Napier , Governor of the Cape sent a small military force to Port Natal for the protection of the trading post. However, when the Colonial Office in London refused to ratify his actions, Napier was forced to recall his men. …

… (VOC) from the Netherlands. Sailing ships on their way to India could stop to rest, do repairs and restock on supplies. This trading … for the DEIC, but later, more and more Europeans chose to come to the Cape to settle. They moved away from Cape Town …

… Pachai The first set of documents in Part II relates to the legacy bequeathed by the Smuts-Gandhi Agreement and … parties, wearied by the long drawn-out struggle, agreed to a compromise which suggested no overt dishonour to either side. Gandhi conceded before his departure that the …

… government and people of South Africa, I am indeed happy to be in this historic city to re-affirm and reconfirm a relationship born, many years ago, out of the struggle to free our peoples from colonial rule. This colonial rule …

… (PAC), although still under a banning order, was admitted to practice as an attorney in Kimberley. In 1969, Sobukwe finally left Robben Island, only to be banished to Galeshewe township near Kimberley where he was banned from … a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , Westport: Greenwood. | SAHO Robert Mangaliso …

… The Government and the ANC have again committed themselves to the Groote Schuur Minute. 2. The final report of the … as amended, was accepted by both parties. The guidelines to be formulated in terms of the Report will be applied in … or opposed. The meeting has instructed the Working Group to draw up a plan for the release of ANC-related prisoners …

… The Great Berg river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a variety of Schooners and Coastal Cutters, sailing … Gabbema in 1657. He was sent by Governor Jan Van Riebeeck to trade with the San for meat. Mr. Gabbema named the river …

… be truly free while others were oppressed, India came to our aid when the rest of the world stood by or gave succour to our oppressors. Even before India had gained its own … too. When the doors of international councils were closed to us, India opened the way. You took up our battle as your …

… constituted group in April 1934, has instructed me to get into touch with the Militant, with a view to affiliating our group to the Fourth International.'" Since it is as readers of the …

… land rights and agrarian reform in Natal. Its main aim was to assist Black rural people whose tenure was insecure and did not have sufficient land to fulfil their development aspirations or their basic needs. … Trust (SADT) purchased it in the 1960s and leased the land to the first rent paying tenants. The State intended to erect …

… B.A., LL.B., on "Africanism," which, in erudition, soared to Himalayan heights. In his attempt to foster the spirit of nationalism and racial pride, the … continent from which America and Australia, according to geological and geographical evidence, must have broken …

… justified the use of the bombs by saying that they wanted to shorten the war. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed as … Nagasaki killed as many as 90,000 people. People continued to die even after the bombings, due to secondary illnesses (for example, cancers) caused by the …

… famous "daddy" of the "Zulus" with his "tricks" manages to confuse so many black people. Content, they relax, since … he has assumed. He must try, with sincerity, to assess whether he has the super-ability to liberate the "Bantus." Some of the masses have pinned …

… hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly established Settlement at the Cape. Jan van … East India Company (VOC), Arrived at the Cape in 1652, to set up a Refreshment Station for passing ships. By 1659 … neighbours forced the Dutch administration at the Cape to undertake a number of defensive measures. Under Governor …

… Click on image to enlarge Known as the "Pride of the Free State", the CR … name change of the old CR Swart building in Bloemfontein to honour former Cuban president Fidel Castro has been met … changed on Wednesday as part of the visit by the Cuban 5 to the city, but the name change was announced several months …

… illness, the details of which have not yet been disclosed to the public. [i] Born on 25 September 1950 in Mulamula, … liaison and social development. [iv] Mashamba was married to Tintswalo Godwin George Mashamba, who had been a political … [vi] < ↵ Endnotes [i] Rudzani Tshivhase, “Joyce Mashamba to be laid to lest”, SABC News, 30 June 2018, accessed 15 …

… National Party, launched his "Total Strategy" in response to what he saw as the "Total Onslaught" of communism within … de Libertacao de Mozambique (FRELIMO). In turn, this led to the Nkomati Accord, signed on 16 March 1984. In this agreement both countries resolved not to harbour hostile forces or allow their countries to be used …

… It is dubbed the 90-Day Act as it provides for any person to be detained, without trial, for 90 days. Further, on the … law for another 90 days, a process this new law allows to be repeated indefinitely. The Act also allows the state to retrospectively declare unlawful those organisations …

… On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the … four months until 1 December. The Act apprenticed slaves to their masters for a period of four years. This enabled …