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… 70 000 angry mourners gathered at King William's Town, to pay their respects to the victims of the Bisho Massacre, who were shot to death by the Ciskei Defence Force troops on 7 September …

… murder and assault in a Potchefstroom court and sentenced to six years in jail. This sentence was handed down for the … the sentence  was that TerreBlanche was denied the right to own a firearm, as his actions had showed him to be an individual prone to violent outbursts.     …

… (Extract) We are gathered here to pay our last respects to a man who because of his belief in the freedom of the … those forces that advanced onto Berlin thirty years ago to liberate Germany, he was advancing onto Berlin in the …

… 1889. The Charter granted almost sovereign-like powers to the BSAC, under Cecil John Rhodes. On 30 October 1888 King … all the metals and minerals in his kingdom and the right to mining companies to do anything necessary to further their operations. When …

… effectively became a British colony in 1795. This led to great number of changes, such as the expansion into the … John Rhodes, a politician and mining magnate, who sought to further the influence of the British Empire over the African continent. A royal charter was sought to establish a company, based on the British East India model …

… service of the DEIC until his death, upon which Simon went to Batavia, a colony in Java. After his marriage to Johanna Jacoba Six, van der Stel was appointed by the DEIC … farm of Groot Constantia. Van der Stel also attempted to improve farming in the colony by requesting that the DEIC …

… Cape Verde (or Cabo Verde as the nation now prefers to be called) is located on an archipelago in the Atlantic … island chain were Portuguese explorers who are believed to have settled there in 1462 [i] [ii] . Historically, the … across the Atlantic, and for supply ships going to the Portuguese colonies . Cape Verde remained under …

… political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in the general orientation of our … Congress. His rigorous self-discipline enabled him to survive the sophisticated vigilance of the South African … imposed on him by the fascist regime. He fought fiercely to inculcate this high level of discipline among all the …

… Village of St. James, lies just past Muizenberg on route to Kalk Bay . Set against the Mountain with incredible Sea … James Beach with a few  colourful Beach Huts , (similar to Muizenberg beach.) There is also a large tidal pool, which … and offers safe swimming. This is also, conveniently close to the Simons Town Railway Line .  The Suburb is also very …

… Goldfields  provided in 1886, the funds necessary to construct this building that was able to house the first Volksraad meeting on 5 May 1980 while … this session of the Volksraad where the decision was taken to add a third floor to the building.  This building was a …

… Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, … changed as many of the wealthier Residents moved north to Parktown, and Doornfontein became Home to a large number of Jewish Immigrants. During the Great …

… political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in the general orientation of our … Congress. His rigorous self-discipline enabled him to survive the sophisticated vigilance of the South African … imposed on him by the fascist regime. He fought fiercely to inculcate this high level of discipline among all the …

… death in 1979. His major contribution as an activist was to the development of the political strategy of … was an invention of the forces of hegemony and domination to secure the subjugation of people who were classified as ‘non-white’. Kies was born on the 12th December, 1917 to parents of modest means in the working-class community of …

… The Act was to provide for the removal of natives from any area in the … and their settlement elsewhere, and for that purpose to establish a board and to define its functions and to provide for other incidental …

… When workers come together and decide to form an organisation to help them at their work, this organisation is called a trade union. But, as we will see it is not always easy to form trade unions, and workers have had a very long …

… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), announced his intention not to attend the first session of CODESA. He considered the decision taken by the Steering Committee of CODESA not to invite Zulu King Goodwill Zwelethini to lead a separate IFP delegation, as amounting to an …

… The Act was to apply the Mission Stations and Communal Reserves Act 1909, of the Cape of Good Hope, to coloured persons settlement areas within the meaning of the Coloured Persons Settlement Areas (Cape) Act, 1930, to repeal the latter Act and to provide for matters …

… Egypt attempted to colonize the region of Southern Sudan by establishing the … the region in 1885. In 1898, a British force was able to overthrow the Mahdist regime. An Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was … its eight Provinces. The isolated Region was largely left to itself over the following decades, but Christian …

… South Africa The ´Durban Moment´ popularly refers to the period in the early 1970s when Durban became the location of processes and events that were to impact significantly on the nature of the liberation … and sports arenas and the exiled movements continued to exercise a measure of influence through political …

… but centres on the enquiry of five young people eager to understand and build on the history of their home town … Production Team are travelling from Steytlerville to host the screening. They will be joined by more than … from Equal Education. • A digital hub fully connected to the internet has been set up in the Steytlerville High …

… all protagonists is a precondition for the evasive attempt to save lives and bringing about lasting peace. We call on the United Nations to prevail on external forces to respect the sovereignty of Syria and to allow Syrians to …

… that the English Cricket Council reverse its decision to invite the South African cricket team on tour. This was as … anti-Apartheid activists and countries that were opposed to the Apartheid government of South Africa. For example, … called Stop the Seventy Tour. The campaign threatened to disrupt any matches played during the tour. African and …

… In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, representatives of … organisations meet at the Presidential Job Summit to discuss ways to create jobs in the country. The Summit proposed the … System, p. 174.| sahistory,' Nelson Mandela's address to the Summit of the Patriotic ',[online],Available at …

… appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of … Nations, along with the rest of the world, would have to change. He urged all member states to welcome change, not resist it. He further said that with …

… at the University of Cape Town. This dissertation seeks to explore the schools boycott experience in the Athlone area. It is not merely an attempt to document the specificity of events which unfolded in the … Athlone schools but, more significantly, it is an attempt to elucidate and understand an experience which operated at a …

… of the University of Plymouth, was born in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His … father was born in the Lethuania/Poland area and had fled to South Africa to escape Nazi persecution. After his father’s death, …

… riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in time to attend the Round Table Conference in Brussels, where his … from Belgium in June 1960, a series of events that led to his death unfolded. In October 1960 Lumumba was placed under house arrest, a month later he escaped to Kasai and was captured. On 1 December he was imprisoned at …

… Soon after joining the University of Zululand, he chose to rather devote his time to political activities firstly joining National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) that later split to form the South African Students Organisation. Sometime …

… in Southern Rhodesia. This came after Nkomo failed to persuade the Tanzanian President, Julius Nyerere, to support his plans for a government-in-exile. He returned to Salisbury where he was placed in detention, along with …

… in 2001 and was known as Africa Malaria Day. Subsequent to a proposal made by the World Health Organisation (WHO) … the World Health Assembly in 2007, the event was changed to World Malaria Day. World Malaria Day was first held in … The annual observance held on 25 April is primarily to raise awareness of the global effort to control and …