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… Coal Mining Co (Ltd). The railway line linking Sterkstroom to Stormberg Junction via Cyphergat Station was opened on 15 … by Historians, that De Beers issued compound tokens to to natives working in the coal mine as payment and that they …

… spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has annointed me to preach the good news to the poor; to proclaim freedom for the prisoners; recovery of sight for …

… The statement was isued in reponse to an article in the Daily News dated 4th July 1973. In the … Chief Gatsha Buthelezi makes a derogatory reference to the anti-apartheid activist Professor Dennis Brutus as a "graduate of Robben Island". The article makes reference to Chief Buthelezi as a person committed to working with the …

… the visit of Mr W P Clark of the United States of America, to South Africa and South West Africa. The purpose of the visit was to enable Mr Clark, on his return to the States, to advise US President Reagan and US Secretary …

… and photographed. It tipped something. Whether it set out to do so is largely irrelevant, we have learnt that nothing … and nothing determines its impact like media. (We had to learn it again, after you did. We have learnt a few of the … methods. You are the closest point of reference we have to what we should be doing, I’m not sure that we understand …

… is the same as AH 304 in the Islamic calendar alienate - to cause to feel isolated; lose or destroy support or sympathy … trap - Fish traps of this kind can be found in Kosi Bay to this day, and were used in Durban bay centuries ago. …

… Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese claimed control over the … Omani Sultan Seyyid Said (l804-56) moved his capital to Zanzibar in 1841. European exploration of the interior … Richard Burton and John Speke crossed the interior to Lake Tanganyika in 1857. David Livingstone , the Scottish …

… the demise of the apartheid regime in the 1990’s. Due to the fact that the Market Theatre ran as a non-racially … ran as part of the Market Theatre. The Lab still operates to this day and is based at The Bus Factory in Newtown. The Market Theatre became known as the ‘voice to the voiceless’ in confronting the struggle of apartheid …

… from the Dutch East India Company for the Huguenots to settle at the Cape. This was because like the Dutch, the … were Calvinists. Along with the Dutch, they helped to spread Calvinism in the Cape and later in South Africa. … concentrated on wheat and sheep farming as they promised to generate income quicker than viticulture and oenology. The …

… 62 . The Farm, on which Calitzdorp stands, was granted to JJ and MC Calitz in 1831. In 1924 a railway line was opened, in 1937 electrification and a new cement road to Oudtshoorn was completed. The Swartberg (in the North), Rooiberge (to the South) and the Mountains of the Huisrivier Pass (to …

… Aggeneys the town, originated on a farm of the same name, to service the Black Mountain Mine, which currently employ … permanent staff! This zinc/lead/copper/silver mine is just to the west of the town. The produce of the mine is transported by truck to the nearest railway line, which is 150 km away along a …

… lost their lives. During 1961 and 1963, many troops laid to rest in remote cemeteries were reburied at the Diamond … Commander in Chief of the British forces, prepared to occupy Pretoria on 5 June 1900, General Louis Botha left to rally the remnants of the Boer army. Botha had been …

… Botha may be considered one of the key factors that led to the resignation of Fanie Botha, Dr Treurnicht, and Tom … the Conservative Party constituted the official opposition to the National Party. The terms of Fanie Botha wanted Treurnicht and Langley to resign from the seats they held in Waterberg and …

… by Zach De Beer of the Democratic Party was assigned to make final arrangements for CODESA. The Pan-Africanist … be held outside South Africa, announced its intention not to be part of CODESA and accused the government and the … PAC and the Azanian People's Organization (AZAPO) refused to take part because they did not want to hold talks with the …

… chairman of Barclays, admitted that while the decision to pull out of the South African market was a commercial one, … year, especially at the beginning of every academic year, to persuade students not to open accounts with that bank. A major company in the …

… Amelia Head was born on 6 July 1937 in Pietermaritzburg to Bessie Amelia Birch, a White woman and a Black unnamed father. Due to the apartheid policies of the day, her parents were  not allowed to marry, and her mother was forced to spend the term of her …

… Boer War. After it it fell under siege from October 1899 to March 1900. Set on the banks of the Klip River, and named … served as a staging-post for fortune hunters on their way to the gold fields in the then Transvaal , and the diamond … diggings at Kimberley . Today, it serves as a gateway to the central and Northern Drakensberg , the peaks of which …

… The massive North West Province of South Africa is home to Ganyesa, which is formally part of the Kagisano / Molopo … (known as a native community ) in the 1800’s. Prior to this, the locals had been farmers and hunters, living off … an Area of some 21.5 square kilometres and is home to almost 20 000 people, of which the vast majority speaks …

… Gugulethu, a township just outside Cape Town, and stabbed to death. Biehl was driving three co-workers to their homes in the township, when some young men started … bullet!" Amy was pulled out of the car and when she tried to run away, she was struck on the head with a brick. Amy was …

… began in the mid-1950s. Officials from both nations came to believe that the nuclear arms race was reaching a … was raised. In 1960, the three sides seemed close to an agreement, but the downing of an American spy plane over the Soviet Union in May brought negotiations to an end. The Cuban Missile Crisis provided a major impetus …

… with the issue of self-determination; and SUBSEQUENT to the discussions between the delegations of the ANC, the … record the following agreement: 1. The parties agree to address, through a process of negotiations, the idea of … agree that their negotiations shall be guided by the need to be consistent with and shall be governed by the …

… reinforced by the various apartheid laws that strived to keep racial groups apart. Some of these laws included the … aimed exclusively at "Coloureds", this legislation served to entrench a separate identity even further. The culmination … were placed on a separate voters' role and were restricted to voting two White parliamentarians into office. Despite the …

… ‘It’ll work someday’. There’s no such thing. If we have to change things, let’s change them radically now.” – Ray … can’t relegate the activism of the late Ray Chikapa Phiri to the past; as the quote above (taken from an interview on … the necessity for change. But it’s sometimes tempting to ask where his successors in that respect are, because we …

… there was personal involvement, memory can be relied on. To know about events earlier than this, elderly relatives and friends may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films … or even millions of years ago, times that are forgotten to living memory, and for which there are no written records? …

… While on a mission to foreign countries to ask them to break political ties and tighten sanctions against South …

… Coleman is about the Cycle of Life: From birth, survival to development in Africa to-day against the backdrop of massive changes in the world’s economy. The book is a handy up to-date guide on facts and figures on Africa covering …

… first Ghana President, Kwame Nkrumah. The bomb, intended to eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores … passed the Preventative Detention Act which he used to imprison more than 1 000 of his political and social opponents. This was not the first attempt to kill Nkrumah, who had led Ghana to independence in 1957. …

… This pamphlet discusses the visit by Senator Edward Kennedy to South Africa, and one question which stands out and that … they and some other organisations apposed this visit, and to what extend was this visit going to help the freedom-fighters and their struggle for …

… her of flirting with other men and used this as an excuse to beat her. Desperately unhappy, she met and fell in love … Gerhard Groesbeek, a 20 year old railway worker. Wanting to marry him, she asked her husband for a divorce. When he … Groesbeek. Upon her arrest, Maria Groesbeek admitted to murdering her husband, stating that she wanted revenge for …

… the two men left the South Africa in August 1982 in order to undergo military training in Angola, Zambia and other … weapons of Russian origin on their return in 1985 to Mdantsane Township, Eastern Cape, South Africa in 1985. In the statement they admitted to leaving the country to join the ANC military wing. They …