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… of right-wing extremists, while others had been moved to Israel before the 1994 general election. President Nelson … differed with the book insisting that there was no reason to believe that South Africa's nuclear programme had continued beyond 1993. He said those connected to the programme had assured the African National Congress …

… in Ghana. Ghana became the first country in Sub-Sahara to gain independence in 1957, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first … Macmillan, British Prime Minister on 3 February 1960 to the South African Parliament in Cape Town. In his speech, … the uncommitted peoples of Asia and Africa will swing to the East or to the West. …

… This was at a time when the policemen would attempt to forcefully remove black people from Cato Manor, an area … were met with strong resistence. The police attempted to escape, but were overwhelmed by the group. Among those … White policemen and five Black policemen. This is believed to be the highest number of police killed in a single …

… Natal). When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukathole near Germiston in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). … as a private student with Peter Hayden. Nkosi moved to Johannesburg in 1962 and studied privately with Cecil … In 1973 he became a full-time artist. He travelled to London where met former British Prime Minister Harold …

… scheduled for 29 May 1996. Inevitably the elections had to be postponed to the end of June. The announcement was made by former … cabinet decision on 6 May 1996. The cabinet was compelled to reschedule the elections after the Inkatha Freedom Party … a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.|Dixon, N., (1996), ‘Inkatha …

… Dutch East Indies. He landed at the Cape in April 1652 to establish a refreshment station for ships travelling to the East on behalf of the Dutch East India Company . Van … 1652 and the  Reijger  on 7 April 1652 and then commenced to fortify it as a way station for the Dutch East India …

… after surrounding farms had been surveyed. The digging was to start on 4 October 1886. Within a few years more than a … from what is now known as Randfontein in the west to Springs and Nigel in the east. As workings became deeper, the mines had to amalgamate to form economic units. …

… (now Mpumalanga), recruited workers were expected to work long hours on farms in extreme weather conditions, … including one case in which a worker had been beaten to death in 1944. In support of these workers, the South … undertaken by the African National Congress (ANC) to that date, was called off in September 1959. Its success …

… as well as a naval hospital in Simonstown. So, in order to set up the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, a doctor, … civilian burghers and slaves. Unfortunately, Bailey had to sell the hospital in 1821 at a loss, due to lack of funds, but remained its director. The hospital, …

… between Indians and Zulus. However, the government seem to have been eager to advance this explanation as the reason for the attack, in … attacks. Africans or Zulus in particular, were responding to increasingly difficult economic circumstances and price …

… Kitchner, presented the British final peace proposals to the Boer negotiators after the South African War. Milner … as final, and advised the Republic Peace Commission to either accept or reject it before 31 May midnight. After the peace proposal was presented to the Boer negotiators General J. C Smuts, one of the Boer …

… and digger's camps were set up. These digger's camps led to the formation of Johannesburg , which is also known as "Egoli" or "Place of Gold". The Witwatersrand area was to become a source of great mineral wealth for South Africa, and allowed South Africa to settle a large sum of state debt. The discovery of gold …

… A bill to amend the comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit United States depository institutions from providing certain financial services to South African depository institutions and government of …

… The Act was to provide for the establishment, maintenance, management and … for non-white persons; for the admission of students to and their instruction at university colleges; for the limitation of the admnission of non-white students to certain university institutions; and for other incidental …

… The Act was to amend the Native Labour Regulation Act, 1911, the Natives … and the Natives (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act, 1954; to repeal certain provisions of British Bechuanaland Proclamation No 2 of 1885 and to repeal the Natives (Urban Areas) Amendment Act, 1945. …

… the newspaper for three months because it was a threat to the peace and quiet of the Republic. Ruling was later changed to prevent newspapers changing their names to avoid banning orders. …

… resettlement consultation held at St Peters, Hammaskraal to discuss forced removals and how if affected people. It is argued in this speech that enforced removals lead to great loss of property, resulted in poverty, exposed people to great health hazards, broken down families and lowered …

… There is a universal understanding for workers to negotiate in one voice, yet Blacks were refused membership to Trade unions.The complexity of the race situation in South … gap between the White and BlacK worker. Black workers had to find representation through the Black Conciousness …

… aimed at forcing the African National Congress (ANC) to reinstate him as a member. He aimed instead to organise a national conference to consider the formation of a new party, which he ultimately …

… The French Embassy was due to present the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et de Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) to acclaimed photographer and gender activist Zanele Muholi … evening (22-11-2017). The prestigious honour is awarded to outstanding individuals in art and writing.  …

… of 1916 near the Orkney Islands. Kitchener had been sent to Russia by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith to try to get the support of that country for Britain's fight …

… African Students, University of Natal, Durban, July 1 to 14, 1971. Includes intentions to coordinate efforts by students from different centres to increase activities in education and residence reform. …

… under apartheid on 1 December 1977. According to the apartheid social planner’s ideal of 'separate development', it was intended to be the home of the Zulu people. Although it was relatively … with Dingane. This treaty ceded the Southern half of Natal to the British. This apparently empty interior was only …

… the territory North of the Great Berg river was annexed to the new District of Tulbagh, and declared a separate … about January 1896 its Northern Districts were separated to form the new division of Vanrhynsdorp. With the exception … populated, and most of its inhabitants were given over to Pastoral activities. A small measure of ostrich husbandry …

… Goldblatt brings a somewhat haunted sense of the outsider to his large-format, austere color images. They open out on a … apartheid for so long, but his photography doesn't stoop to rhetorical statements or images of pathos. Instead, a … the sky, no God in this part of the world. It belongs only to the sun. I do not think that it was ever intended that …

… This groundbreaking work was the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The … volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This … the Indian Ocean.   Volume III - Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century This volume deals with the …

… migrant pastoralist clans, whose economy was not conducive to the creation of permanent Settlements. As a result they developed a lifestyle which, although suited to the low rainfalls and seasonal grazing of the southern … Ki-Gariep, later known as the Orange and Vaal rivers. Up to the early 1800's this area had only been penetrated by the …

… Cape Town 's main street, running from the foreshore to the foot of Government Avenue . In 1850, its name was changed to Adderley Street in honour of Charles B Adderley, a British … the Colony's successful campaign against British plans to turn the Cape into a convict station. Adderley was …

… van Riebeeck , the Dutch commander at the Cape, referred to the area as "Het Ronde Doornboschjen" , after a curious … been contracted in the Dutch East India's (VOC) , records to Rondeboschje . Despite its early origins Rondebosch did … had a population of 1 902. In 1891 this number had risen to 3 378. By 1904 it stood at 6 035, of whom 4 312 were …

… in the Cape. His list of books and papers was impressive, to say the least. But what his entry in Wikipedia didn't make … cheeky grin on his face. A really lekker guy. Which is not to suggest that he lacked intellectual rigour. Far from it. Or that he was always easy to get on with. Rob was that kind of uncompromising …