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… Security forces round up more than 10,000 men in the biggest anti-Mau Mau operation since the state of emergency was declared i …

… Mossel Bay and leaves a stone with an inscription behind.  The stone is now kept in the South African M …

… Table Mountain is sighted at 2.30 p.m. by a crewmember of the Drommedaris, the ship on which Jan van Riebeeck and his company w …

… George Rex (74), believed to be the son of George III and Hannah Lightfoot, who was banned to the Cape, dies in Knysna. …

… The Merensteijn strands at Jutten Island at the west Cape coast and sinks with a cargo of gold and …

… Paul Nash equals the world record for the 100-metre sprint when he clocks 10 seconds at a meeting …

… Sir John Kotze, Chief Justice of the South African Republic and later Attorney-General of Rhodesia, dies in Cape Town at the ag …

… Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv. Arab …

… 150 men storms Majuba and drives out 400 British troops in the decisive battle of the Anglo-T …

… An Egyptian man identified as a key suspect in the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing is flown to the United States to face charge …

… The Government banns all public meetings of more than twelve persons until June 30 in an effort to disrupt the wave of protests …

… twenty five are critically injured in a road accident on the R70 between Polokwane and Giyani when the truck …

… Six Black political prisoners who would have been freed at the end of the year have been released from Robben Island prison, in …

… South Africa is readmitted to the Olympic games on condition that it complies within thirty days to terms laid down by the Inte …

… Sir John Barrow, author and explorer of the interior of SA, arrives at the Cape and has to start immediately to resolve boundar …

… Kitch Christie (58), coach of the SA rugby team who won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, dies of cancer in a hospital in …

… Oliver John (Jack) Hindon (44), the man after whom the SA Jack Hindon medal for outstanding service is named, is …

… The Star reports that in an interim report issued by the Harms Commission it is claimed that Mr Peet De Pontes, …

… Joint communique of the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (NGKA): …

… Gottlieb plays traditional Damara music at the funeral of Ouma Juliana ǂÛ-khui ǁAreses on the family farm beneath the Dâures. Uis District, Erongo Region,  6 December 2014 © … The Fragility of Existence by David Goldblatt …

… or this week Vodrights, a series of podcasts from the Australian Human Rights Commission. I'm Graeme Innes, the Disability and Race Discrimination Commissioner. This … has been privileged to be visited by Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms …

… A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Rhodes University. Abstract: This thesis examines the transition to democracy in South Africa through the case … KwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape …

… The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was … stadium in Soweto after an absence of thirty years from the political arena in South Africa. The Youth League was effected through the amalgamation of two … The new age, " 27 October, 1990 ", From: The new age …

… The ANC has noted with disappointment the verdict of the High Court - Cape Division on the case between itself and … ANC statement on the high court`s ruling against IT, 29 October 1998 …

… On 28 March 1982, the Chairman of Armscor announced that South Africa had … it's counterparts of a similar calibre by at least 50%.  The development of the G5 Howitzer was the direct result of the arms embargo … Armscor’s Chairman announces the production of a record breaking South African artillery …

… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, when the first wireless broadcast was made in Johannesburg. By … was broadcast. Insufficient funding began to hamper the progress of the broadcaster and an investigation into all … The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces …

… The African National Congress (ANC) is saddened to learn of the passing-on of Cde Basil “Jomo” Mavuso, a former MK … camp, south of Angola and an MK Veteran. He died at the age of 58 years Cde Jomo distinguished himself to a point … ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012 …

… The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) became an integral and restorative component in the advent of democracy in South Africa. Its role was primarily to uncover human rights abuses during the Apartheid era, through public hearings. The lack of … South African History Online, ‘His role in the Truth& Reconciliation Commission’ ,From: South African …

… The increasing politicization of the oppressed and exploited masses of South Africa/Azania demands the constant re-writing and re-assessment of the past. New … Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson …

… An Appreciation By Sir Evelyn Baring, High Commissioner For The United Kingdom I first met Abdulla Kajee on the quay at Durban in July 1929, when I stepped off a British India steamer at the end of a long journey. Fresh from the rural life of … A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin …