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A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… 2013, Pretoria Central Prison was renamed Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area by President Jacob Zuma . It is sometimes referred to as Kgosi Mampuru II…
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… advise the Management Committee on gender issues. CODESA II started. There was a massacre in Boipatong and the ANC …
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
… National Congress Youth League" hereinafter styled: C.Y.L. II AIMS: (a) To arouse and encourage national consciousness … (i) He shall preside in the…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… detachment of MK, under the code name ‘James Stuart’. [ii] 1964 - 1973 Undergoes military training in Odessa, … (Date accessed 04.02.2016). ↵ [ii] Martin…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… a promising lad coupled with the adverse position of my life [,] the Kankubja Mandal Sabha of Calcutta conferred on … to me and for thus saving his old…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… hinterland. [23] This trend continued even after World War II, when the latterly formed Sierra Leone Regiment was often … sell them at the first opportunity…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… aware of their parents' agitation for better conditions of life, higher wages, better housing, and better judicial … Students Association, a NUSAS breakaway…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… the country became a republic in 1961, and Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be head of state. The position of …
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… the 1930s rose to prominence and dominated our political life for more than six decades includes Peter Mda, Anton … They were followed in the 1970s by…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… the black consciousness organization formed after Steve Biko’s death and the banning of BC organizations. He is later … professional partnership that lasted…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… 1961, Mbeki travelled to Soweto to start an exciting new life. He was amazed at the size of the big city and its … (UN) Special Committee against Apartheid…
BiographyBuzwe Stanley Mabizela
… thing. I was seeing Matanzima for the first time in my life when he arrived by a car [at the university], driven of …
BiographyHelen Newton Thompson
… aid, legal aid or silent protests. Helen Newton Thompson’s life is found in the history books, through the oppositional …
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
… of 1960, Tabane completed his junior certificate, but his life was disrupted when his family was forcibly removed to …
BiographyAshley La Grange
… fees. Ashley la Grange juggled two jobs for most of his life. Ashley la Grange was also one of many photographers …
BiographyBenson Tsele
… of the Rhodesian army killed a man who had dedicated his life to freedom from apartheid rule. However, in the eyes of …
BiographyTerry Bell
… Africa, apartheid & truth (2001 & 2003) Lionel Foreman — A life too short (2008 - written/edited for Sadie Foreman) …
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in 1946. He spent most of his adult life in Mpumalanga township, west of Durban. He was at the … African Students (NUSAS) in the 60s…
PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
… in South Africa because of its association with Madiba. Life in Qunu is quiet and peaceful. Goats frequent the … reliant on subsistence farming and…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… under various pseudonyms and in 1986, she was elected life president of FAWU. The role played by Ray Alexander throughout her life is acknowledged by various…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Mandela announces that he will be retiring from public life. His reasoning for stepping down is attributed to his … Former President Nelson Mandela gives the…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… of uMkhonto weSizwe states that: “the time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - … killed sixty-nine people and injured one…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… the might of the state and its army leaving Tsar Nicholas II in power. However, after the Revolution the Tsar … Bolsheviks. After three days of hesitating,…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… the Black Consciousness philosophy advocated by Steven Biko and continued to propagate it in it programs. Thus, … the Black Consciousness (BCM) tradition…
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… in numbers due to the epoch known as the gold rush [ii] . The majority of these immigrants hailed from Eastern … literature. Endnotes [i] Mendelsohn & Shain,…
Nelson Mandela Family Tree
… Lewanika Ngubencuka Mandela (2010””Ndaba) Qheya II Zanethemba Mandela (2011””Mandla) Zanyiwe Zenzile Bashala …
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… regent and those that reject him in support of Sekhukhune II, son of Sekhukhune. 1893 A telegraph service is … travel at night and had to stable at Nelspruit…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… crisis in its history, Kohler came forward with his life-saving proposal. But who was this man? Charles WH … contribution to their welfare by awarding him…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… trade, and settlement. In 1876, Belgium’s King Leopold II announced his intent to fund an exploration of the Congo … to quickly soothe this brewing conflict…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… link between this tragedy in European history and his own life under apartheid. A significant turning point for Asmal …