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… complied with the minister's deadline and returned to camp. The trainees cited their unhappiness with the slow … of the African National Congress (ANC). Those who failed to return, were viewed as deserters who missed an opportunity to remain in the SANDF. The ANC Pretoria-Witwatersrand and …

… thesis examines the National Party's policy pertaining to the holding of political prisoners and discusses the work … power and considers the factors that motivate a prisoner to write; studies of la Guma's The Stone Country, Dennis Brutus's Letters to Martha, Hugh Lewin's Bandiet and Breyten Breytenbach's The …

… Afrikaans University. This study directs its attention to the support that Zambia extended to the ANC in the struggle against apartheid. It examines … White minority governments in Southern Africa, and seeks to find out to what extent Zambia's commitment to the …

… the currency of the Industrial Conciliation Act from 1924 to 1979, and of state labour policy of direct relevance to worker organisation. It considers in particular the … of protectionist strategies, frequently amounting to racial monopolies and exclusion, among the unions catering …

… kidnapped and sold into slavery. The slave trade took him to places such as South America, the Caribbean islands and the West Indies. He later managed to buy his freedom and settled in the United Kingdom. One of his slave masters had taught Equaino to write fluently, a skill he put to good use when he wrote …

… Todd Tozama Matshikiza was born to a musical family in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on 7 … up a teaching post in Alice. In 1947, Matshikiza moved to Johannesburg where he established a music school, the Todd … of Music. He was also one of the first black journalists to work for Drum Magazine. Matshikiza wrote the music for the …

… Johnny Clegg was born in England in 1953 to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He left England … lived until the age of seven. He and his mother immigrated to South Africa following her marriage to a South African Journalist. Owing to his step father’s job …

… Pollock, became the only player in Test cricket history to have taken 300 wickets and score 3 000 runs. This … pushed Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble for a quick single to take his score to six. In spite of Pollock's accomplishments South Africa …

… Born to Indian Emigrants from Tamil Nadu, India, Mudaliar grew up … of other women in an illegal march from the Transvaal to Natal. In October 1913, once again mother and daughter … were part of the second batch of women who marched to Natal. They were arrested and sentenced to three months of …

… Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) popularly referred to as 'the Company', was founded when seventy-three directors … Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. This number was later reduced to sixty. The directors were to be known as 'bewindhebbers' (rulers). They were split up …

… on 19 January 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She moved to South Africa in 1961, and upon witnessing the injustices … member of the Black Sash in 1965. Founded ten years prior to Burton's membership, the Black Sash was a women's anti-Apartheid movement that initially sought to protest against the Separate Representation of Voter's …

… and President Streets in Johannesburg. OK Bazaars went on to gain success as a general store throughout South Africa, … South Africa, as the establishment of this franchise led to competition between stores in small towns throughout the … had set up general stores. Despite this, OK Bazaars proved to be fairly progressive enterprise, as it was willing to …

… Committee of the Declaration. It granted autonomous status to the communities within the British Empire. The Declaration … British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British …

… 1951 Separate Representation of Voters Act No 46 of 1951 to remove Coloureds from the common voters roll in the Cape. … Court on constitutional grounds. The Senate was enlarged to obtain the required majority votes, which would ensure them a victory to re-enact the Act in 1956. The means used by the government …

… Rev. Hale of the London Missionary Society, on his visit to the school. With the help of Mohl’s grandfather, Hale arranged for Mohl to attend Tiger Kloof Training College where he obtained a … at the Kunst-Akademie, West Germany. On his return to South Africa he opened a school in Sophiatown and became …

… its fourth nuclear bomb  test in the Sahara Desert. Adding to the tension of the time, was an underlyingFrench ambition to lead Europe and potentially become a superpower in its own … France had lost faith in her British and American allies to defend French interests, after the United States compelled …

… opened a two-day meeting in London that, while unlikely to yield any major changes in exchange rate policies, offers fresh hope for a bold move to combat poverty in Africa. Diplomatic sources said former president Nelson Mandela was to hold a private meeting with finance ministers ahead of the …

… (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was organised a few … Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini called on his loyal subjects to boycott elections. Zwelithini further told his subjects …

… Chris Hani was shot and killed, thousands of Blacks took to the streets to protest against the killing of Chris Hani, commander of … armed uprisings, but leaders in South Africa urged them to remain calm. Hani was killed a year prior to South …

… Chris Liebenberg, presented his 1996 - 1997 budget to parliament. It was a cautious package intended to reduce the fiscal deficit and provide tax relief to low and middle-income groups. Liebenberg pronounced his …

… the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after his escape from Pretoria the night before. The … for Lorenço Marques six days later, from where he sails to Durban to enjoy a rousing welcome as hero." (Bulpin: Reader's Digest …

… Indian Congress (NIC) is formed by Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. The … party became the first permanent political organisation to strive to maintain and protect the rights of Indians in South …

… Electric Company. Radio broadcast has grown since then to include Public, Commercial and community radio stations. According to research there are approximately 15.4 million radio sets … with 30 million listeners tuning in everyday. The devises to access radio stations have also grown to include mobile …

… The United Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw for … Nobel Prize acceptance speech as propaganda. Click here to read the General Assembly plenary statement concerning his …

… The government announces that its aim, is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory … provided because it was deliberately made inferior to White education. Moreover, there was growing shortage of … received by Black schools was still lower than that given to White schools. The ratio of Black youths in schools was …

… installed Moshoeshoe's son,  king Letsie III.  In attempt to bring political stability to Lesotho without negating the role of the king, presidents … Botswana and Zimbabwe spearheaded diplomatic efforts to restore an elected government. Following their two-day …

… (ANCYL), as well as the local ANC branch when he moved to Kimberley in 1948. When the Defiance Campaign started in 1952, Letele persuaded a number of volunteers to defy apartheid laws, and this led to his first arrest. Later in the same year, Letele was …

… (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape … (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to perform the nine hour long operation. The recipient was … serious brain damage. Her father, Edward Darvall agreed to the donation of his daughter's heart and kidneys. The …

… sacrifice together in that struggle... Today I am pleased to introduce three who were captured [by the enemy] and who … Botswana/South Africa border... He was sentenced in 1973 to 12 years' imprisonment. His wife was in prison for about 4 … will tell their stories and answer your questions. But to be here today they have had, after leaving jail, to employ …

… Tswana mineworker who later opened a cafe. Though exposed to politics at a young age - his father was a Cape voter and … Matthews devoted the first part of his life exclusively to education. He enroll at Fort Hare University and in 1923 became the first African to obtain a B.A. at a South African institution. Z.K. did not …