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… about. Some of us, fearing that he might be manoeuvred by his host, the Union Government, to act and speak in … Africans a refreshing breeze in a land already befogged by apartheid with its stress on sectionalism and racialism. … out to Mr. Macmillan that we have always been disappointed by the stand of the representatives of the United Kingdom at …

… Committee, to the 49th National Conference of the ANC by President Nelson Mandela …

… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the 104th Annual General …

… Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance …

… on a project about the mines? The cover of On the Mines by David Goldblatt, published by Steidl. David Goldblatt : I was drawn to photograph the mines not by any metaphor in which they might be seen but by their … David Goldblatt Revisits "On the Mines" by Jeffrey Ladd, 5 December 2012 …

… of appreciation: I came, I saw and I have been conquered by your understanding of the efforts of South Africans to … change without debilitating conflict, in a polity cleft by racial tension and suspicion. Then, we had to grapple with … imagined difficulties rear their ugly head, and that it is by those difficulties that a new image may be forged. I stand …

… for the children of black domestic servants was bulldozed by the government. What began as a campaign to save one … members of this barely documented group, largely viewed by Rhodesia’s white population (and many in the west) as … circles as “Mrs Mitchell’s Gook Book”, but was seen by those it featured as a badge of honour. Diana Mitchell …

… Many attempts were made by the Arab countries to form a United Arab Republic. The … and Egypt on 22 February 1958. The agreement was signed by presidents Quwwatli of Syria and Nasser of Egypt, after a … 1963, ambitions to constitute a new Union were revived by Egypt, Syria and Iraq. The proposed flag for the new union …

… book:  Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker Founded in 1869 by American Board Missionaries, Inanda Seminary was the first … a sharp contrast with institutions such as those described by Cock and Chisholm in this book. Nevertheless, its students …

… Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress … struggle. The violence of the apartheid regime, compounded by the outlawing of the ANC and other organizations that … the day, but bought the time to enable the Cuban-Angolan side to turn the tables, and by April 1988 launch a …

… of scattered refugees who had squatted on areas occupied by white farmers. At this time, Shepstone was eyeing the … of Natal. Naturally, this idea was not well received by the encroaching Transvaal Boers. Shepstone reasoned that … attitude towards the disputed Blood River Territory, and side with the Boers against him. Believing he was in a good …

… of scattered refugees who had squatted on areas occupied by white farmers. At this time, Shepstone was eyeing the … of Natal. Naturally, this idea was not well received by the encroaching Transvaal Boers. Shepstone reasoned that … attitude towards the disputed Blood River Territory, and side with the Boers against him. Believing he was in a good …

… lens around to reveal and interrogate the values embodied by the photographer himself. Directed by Daniel Zimbler, a South African filmmaker who lives and … aims to be uncaring as a photographer, and he’s not swayed by being considered an important photographer. Yet, the film …

… level. The " Poor White " problem has been investigated by government commissions and other bodies since the … Its causes and effects have been admirably described by professor Macmillan in Complex South Africa (Faber and Faber, London, 1930), and by Professor De Kiewiet in A History of South Africa . Social …

… weighs heavily on women. As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human … Platform for Action in common with 180 other countries. By ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of all forms … women, and for men is to seize the opportunities provided by these new formal instruments, so that women can indeed …

… still remarked even in our day. But the name it was given by Bartholomew Diaz, Cape of Good Hope, has proved the more … the numerous revolts, incidental and noteworthy, mounted by the slaves who produced the social goods that sustained … society that was taking shape in the Cape of Good Hope by the mid-18th century. Remnants of the almond hedge the …

… SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT AN OFFICIAL LUNCHEON HOSTED BY PRESIDENT SCALFARO OF ITALY Quirinale Palace, Rome, 17 …

… SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT A DINNER HOSTED BY PRIME MINISTER ROMANO PRODI OF ITALY Villa Pamphili, Rome, …

… Cattle-herd David Jansz is murdered at the Cape by a group of Strandlopers (a Khoi-Khoi tribe), led by interpreter Herry who t …

… The Nelspoort Sanatorium, started by Dr Peter Allan and first tuberculosis hospital in SA, is opened by the Prince of Wales. …

… South Africa was told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection or face sanctions by the International Ato …

… The Story of my Life by M. K. Gandhi, Abridged and Simplfied with Topics for Essays by Bharatan Kumarappa, July 1955, South Africa …

… The cricket tour by Mike Gatting’s England team is curtailed by four matches, including the second Test, due to pressure …

… South Africa from the Universal Postal Union is approved by the Union’s congress in Vienna, by fifty-eigh …

… Field-cornet Salmon van As is executed by a firing squad after being found guilty by a British  Martial court of murdering Ca …

… is killed and eight other service members are injured by errant bombs dropped by a US B-52 Stratofortress in Djibou …

… A youth dies after being assaulted by a vigilante group in the Ciskei, allegedly led by an MP for Zwelitsha, Mr Kolisile Willia …

… A proclamation by Commander R.C. Dryer is ratified by British Letters Patent, and the annexation of Walvis Bay …

… General Assembly of the UN adopts a resolution, initiated by SA, on ‘The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict’ by consensu …

… During the second invasion of Abyssinia by Egypt, the Egyptian forces are defeated at Gura by the Ethiopians under King Yohanne …