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… South African counterparts continued. McBride was due to return to Mozambique for an appeal hearing in December. Upon his … the Deputy Minister Intelligence, Joe Nhlanhla. Click here to read McBride's book published by SAHO.   …

… Congress (ANC) between 1990 and the 1994 election in a bid to destabilise the organisation. Van der Merwe further … about this operation and at times instructed the police to carry out these brutalities against its opponents in an effort to undermine them.   … SAPA, (1998), TRC TO NOTIFY THOSE IMPLICATED IN ILLEGAL POLICE ACTS , from …

… Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church conference by the South … refused passports, and thus international travel, to those opposed to its policies. Journalists, photographers, activists and …

… birthday, the first of its kind that he was going to celebrate behind closed doors. Mandela had recently been sentenced to life imprisonment after the Rivonia trials. The … President of the Algerian Peace Committee in Algiers, to Dr Yussuf Dadoo, a former President of the South African …

… of the Rivonia trial eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight … and Raymond Mhlaba . Mandela argued that he was driven to acts of sabotage because all legitimate means of protest were denied to him, but his argument was rejected by Mr Justice de Wet. …

… Utilisation, Fanie Botha warned of a government plan to adopt tougher measures against the rapidly expanding and … Unions (FOSATU) in 1979, which brought another dimension to the union movement. FOSATU was the predecessor to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) which …

… basis in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, as part of a plan to remove all restrictions. The ‘72-hour curfew’ imposed on … In his statement he said that the curfew requiring blacks to have a permit to stay more than 72 hours in an urban area would be dropped … Walker R. (1980) ‘2 S. African cities to try dropping a black curfew’ , from The Christian Science …

… did not have citizenship. This 'Bantustan' policy sought to assign every Black African to a 'homeland' according to their ethnic identity. The ten homelands created included …

… is a former racing driver who is one of only five women to have competed in Formula One. In 1980 she won the Formula … British Aurora F1 series. The win made her the only woman to ever hold the Formula One title. Wilson also competed in CARTS and sports car racing. She is married to road course architect, Alan Wilson. She still occasionally …

… AT THE ABOVE HALL THIS Sunday, August 25th, 1929 At 3 p.m. TO CONSIDER THE FORMATION OF A " LEAGUE OF NATIVE RIGHTS." TO DEMAND (BY NATION WIDE DEMONSTRATIONS, A "MILLION … with the Cape Vote. 2. Extension of native franchise to other Provinces. 3. Universal free education for …

… of the massacre.  Tambo left the country illegally to continue with the struggle from exile. Tambo left alone … were then made for his wife Adelaide and his children to follow.  Once they reached London, they initially stayed … and Adelaide found a job as a nurse. The family returned to South Africa in 1990. …

… KaNgwane is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried … policy. The policy assigned every Black South African to a 'homeland' according to their ethnic identity. KaNgwane was the homeland of the …

… Online at the 2015 Harfield Village Carnival. Visitors to the stand can pay homage to those who lived in Harfield & Claremont before forced … selection of South African history publications & talking to young historians about the exciting histories of our …

… the Union’s four largest cities worked selflessly together to give the cast of the musical King Kong the opportunity for Africans to make their first major break-through in the world of … achieved in the face of great difficulties peculiar to the South African scene. This book is thus not only an …

… Africa introduced by the apartheid government. It was home to the Batlokoa and Bakwena Southern Sotho sub-tribes. The … meaning ‘whiter than white’ which was in reference to the sandstone that makes up most of the homeland’s rocky … South Africa became a democracy. It was then dissolved to form part of the Free State Province. All the other nine …

… in the publication of the Kennis vir Almal series, to which she contributed nine titles. She was the first woman to be awarded a Doctorate at the University of Stellenbosch and the first woman in South Africa to receive a Doctorate in Science. …

… van Niekerk, professor of Dutch Literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, was born on … of Leyden and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. On her return to South Africa after obtaining a D.Litt et Phil degree, she …

… the 5 test series 1 - 0 with a victory by 157 runs thanks to Bruce Mitchell's 164 and Jock Cameron's quickfire 90. The match was one of the first to include a new LBW law that said batsmen could be out to a ball pitching outside the line of the stumps.   …

… was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by … the First World War. The inscription was later broadened to include those that fell during the Second World War too. … of Castor and Polloux holding hands and was designed to symbolise the unity between all nations of South Africa. …

… "Law and Disorder" in 1958. Charles Crichton saw the film to its completion. Cornelius studied under Max Reinhardt and … with Rene Clair and Alexander Korda before returning to SA in 1940, where he produced several films for General … best known efforts are the refreshingly fanciful "Passport to Pimlico" in 1949 and the outstanding lighthearted …

… After his appointment he resigned from all political posts to avoid accusation of political bias and to distance the office from his political involvement.Like … Because of his arrest and subsequent detention from 1982 to 1985, he completed his LLB through the University of South …

… future. Not first aid but fundamental rights -- the right to sell their labour in the best market and to live with their families at their places of work, a just share in the wealth they have helped to create in 'white South Africa' and an equal voice in the …

… the leprosy patients there she made a major contribution to medical literature by identifying and describing an unknown skin disease which was similar to leprosy, but was not reacting to treatment as leprosy was doing, namely Mkar disease …

… horse, "Fate", bolted and the prince, in attempting to mount his fleeing horse tripped and fell and was speared to death. A memorial, now a historical monument, was erected to him by Queen Victoria at the place where he had been …

… Go Visiting) and portraiture (An Old Lady Who Is Waiting To Die). The series is imbued with a sparseness typical of … a Goldblatt image, the outside world is rarely brought to bear in a direct way in his work. The disgraces and … this sensitivity in his transition from black and white to colour. In works such as Playground, Barnato Park High …

… valley of the Crocodile River and acts as the gateway to Mpumalanga and the Kruger National Park. With abundant … a host of nearby attractions, Nelspruit is an ideal base to explore Mpumalanga. The internationally acclaimed Kruger … Reserve in South Africa, it covers 19 480 km² and is home to a diverse population of wildlife, including the Big 5, …

… The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was to be a national umbrella organisation that could coordinate … and represented 45 000 workers. The organisation aimed to ensure that its partners were democratic, and that leaders … as being concerned with "bread and butter" issues. To read more about FOSATU click here (a paper by Nicole …

… Nat Nakasa was awarded the The Niemann Fellowship to study journalism at Harvard University in the US but the … rejected his application for a passport. This forced him to leave the country on an exit permit and leaving in that manner meant he would never be allowed to return to South Africa. Nakasa was part of a group of …

… Republic of Congo).  In 1951 Tshombé was elected to the advisory provisional council of Katanga and towards … of Katanga. Tshombé maintained a large mercenary army to fight against United Nations (UN) troops and in 1961 he … his differences with the central government Tshombéwent to exile in Europe in 1963. Following his return in 1964, he …

… Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. Initially the ball was hand operated but its … ball that is dropped at a predetermined time, principally to enable navigators to verify their marine chronometers from their ships …