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… The first Indian people in South Africa are reported to have arrived on board the Truro from Madras to work in the sugar cane plantation in Port-Natal. The group … labour is because the black Africans were unwilling to work for them. Most Indian people returned to India at the …

… A ferry carrying close to 200 passengers capsized in Robersport, Liberia on 14 … that the cause of the accident could be attributed to two reasons: The ferry was designed to carry less than a hundred people and yet it carried twice …

… Democratic Front (UDF) embarked on an ambitious campaign to collect one million signatures from the public, declaring … By the end of the campaign in October, it had only managed to collect close to 400 000 signatures. The organisation blamed the failure of …

… (1927-1978) who was Secretary-General of the ANC from 1958 to 1969. Born to working class parents in Evaton, he studied at St. Peter's … first African advocate in the Transvaal. He also belonged to the underground Communist Parrty. From 1956 to 1961 he was …

… African Consumers Association (SACA), which, according to reports, was supporting the boycott of South African … said; "We are an organisation which helps the consumer to buy the best goods on the best markets and we have nothing to do with politics or boycotts. Our movement was established …

… Patrick Duncan, died in Pretoria at the age of 72. He came to South Africa as Sir Alfred Milner's private secretary in … 1907. After a temporary residence in England he returned to SA and practiced as barrister in Johannesburg. He was … Hertzog and appointed in 1936, the first South African to hold this high office. His children presented his papers, …

… Sick-comforter Pieter van der Stael was the first teacher. To reward pupils (mainly adults) for their presence, they … and two inches of tobacco. The aim of the school was to increase the usefulness of the slaves to their owners. This school was founded by Commander Jan van …

… the run from the police. In 1977 Winnie Mandela was banned to Brandfort in the Orange Free State for eight years. Zindzi … her mother. This experience deprived her of an opportunity to meet with her friends and also interrupted her academic life until she was sent to neighbouring Swaziland to finish her school education. On …

… threat of forced removal in the Transvaal province access to information about other communities in similar situations, … communities. In monitoring forced removals TRAC attempted to assist those threatened with removal as well as those already "persuaded" to move and living in conditions giving rise to unemployment, …

… then, gold fields flourished as fortune seekers flocked to the Area in search of gold. Today, the Town has four gold … in this area in 1888. After some time he sold the mine to AJ Knuckly for about 1000 pounds. This mine is the main … is the only South African plant that has a biox plant to extract gold. Previously owned by Gold Fields was sold to …

… stories about Hastings Banda’s life before he rose to power in the 1950s, but he certainly had a transnational … so Europeanized and puritanical in his morality. According to Banda, when he was a young man, he walked 1,000 miles to South Africa in search of work in the mines. It was a …

… of externally trained ANC cadres giving military training to township militants. The way in which one breakthrough now led quickly to another gave police no reason to believe they were dealing with anything out of the …

… known History of Rustenburg spans from the 15th Century to the post-Apartheid city, and the Town has become the fastest growing City in South Africa, due to the incredibly lucrative Mining Industry in the Region. As … experience of conflict was the issue of the relationship to the Cape Synod, and the singing of hymns. But he also …

… India, resident in the borough of Durban, and is anxious to obtain a letter of exemption declaring him exempt from the … Church, West Street, Durban, on the 15th day of July 1901 to Josephine Gabriel and has three children the issue of the … fruit trees bought for £400 in November 1905 [,] building to the value of about £50. (iii) Freehold land in extent one …

… 1974 in Springs, Transvaal. Her parents later moved to the Natal South Coast.  She attended Doon Heights Primary … event. Heyns continued her swimming career and was asked to represent the USA in the Olympic games but she decided instead to represent her native South Africans in the 1996 Olympic …

… Mozambique. The following is from an address by Mr. Tambo to thousands of members and supporters of the ANC in Maputo.] … everywhere else in the world. If residences are liable to attack let us be told. We have not yet been told that … South Africa is such a base or camp. If the qualification to make a house a camp is that the people living in it can …

… as that provided for white students.  Police used teargas to disperse the crowd and students started throwing stones in … stoned and set alight and two white officials were beaten to death.  Police continued to use force in an attempt to quell the rioting. Youth Day …

… Matthews tweeted a picture of his resignation letter to SABC board chair Professor Mbulayeni Maghuve on Monday … comment quoted at Icasa hearing Matthews also apologised to the “many people who I’ve let down by remaining silent when my voice needs to be heard”. Matthews was most recently in the news when he …

… half century ago, the comparison at this point serves only to hint at the moral clarity of his vision, the seriousness … personal was what he did out of his own deeply felt need to engage his tumultuous land and its people. It’s an … from those unavoidable realities. His way was always to go deeper, to find an oblique angle that went right to the …

… The school's Founders Day is held on 8 September each year to coincide with the laying of the foundation stone on 8 … the school’s Founder’s Day is celebrated on 8 September to commemorate the laying of the foundation stone in 1972. … Primary School is rich in tradition and continues to uphold its History of fine academic progress and high …

… It was declared a National Monument in 1983, devolved to a Gauteng Provincial Heritage Resource in 1999. [SAHRIS] … Rand Tram, Krugersdorp and Jeppe. The former was destined to have a more permanent character than Johannesburg's Park … In July 1895 construction of the South-Western Line to Klerksdorp commenced at Krugersdorp, and simultaneously …

… the starting point of the "Historic Mile" that stetches to St James. In the late 1800’s Muizenberg was the trendiest … 1883. Many thousands of day-trippers suddenly had access to the beach where previously only the rich who owned horse … At the turn of the Century, diamond and gold barons ‘took to tea’ on the open air balcony of used to be the station …

… and sophistication, so then its management committee began to require a meeting place to discuss the affairs of the Burgher Council. Early in the … the life of a number of Cape villages, it was decided to establish a fire brigade for the town, with its main …

… between the Mountains ", in 1488. False Bay owes its name to the erroneous beliefs of sailors at the time of the first … Bay is about 41 km wide and is falsely often assigned to the Indian Ocean. However, here also the Atlantic, which … temperature is often a pleasant + 20 ° C. This is due to strong winds from the " Southeaster ", which bring the …

… route that such powers as Turkey, Egypt, and Italy hoped to dominate by seizing control of ports on the Eritrean coast. Those ports promised access to the gold, coffee, and slaves sold by traders in the Ethiopian highlands to the south, and, in the second half of the 20th century, …

… Every Summer, an array of colourful Hydrangeas blossom to create a carpet of colour. In the 1890s, the land for what … adorned the Area in huge numbers, but has now been reduced to a solitary, but beautiful tree. There are a number of paths on which to walk through the Park, as well as lawns for Picnics and …

… 5 inches in diameter, fitted with steel roofing screws (to serve as shrapnel) and about 800 grams of pentolite, a … killed while Selepe lost a hand and suffered severe damage to his leg.The four accused were granted amnesty because the … made a full disclosure of all relevant facts pertaining to the incident.18 September, stated to the to the Truth and …

… period of racial segregation. Mluleki George was elected to serve as the interim chairman for the first year of SAFA's … the White Germiston Callies. In the 1970s soccer continued to grow as a sport and to change its administrative structures. For instance in 1971 …

… either executing anti-apartheid activists or forcing them to end their involvement with liberation movements by … and intensified during the 1980s when the system began to crumble. At the advent of democracy, those involved in … was accused of many crimes, one of which was attempting to cover up the involvement of the security police in the …

… he was dismissed for his support of Ogani autonomy. Keen to promote the interests his minority group in Nigeria, Saro … issue faced by the Ogani people, that MOSOP aimed to solve, was that of the crude oil extraction in the region. … reluctance in curbing the wastage of oil companies. Due to his outspoken views, Saro Wiwa was imprisoned by the …