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… Malan and Arlow were real devils." Every in-mate on death row was allocated a number with the prefix "V", which … inmate. Robert's number was "V3727". On his…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… stand aside in an issue which is a matter of life and death to my people. My duty is perfectly clear—it is to take … the inkosi but his sten-gun, yes the…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… Buthelezi's openness about circumstances leading to the death of his two children was welcomed by AIDS activists … open their hearts? ...Tragically, Mandisi…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… of commenting on the political climate at the time of her death. As you look through the cartoons featured below, allow …
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… on 26 December 1560, and remained there until his death. During this period he baptized the chief and a large … priests. Due to this slander, da Silveira was…
Post-Election Political Violence
… ever downwards. By way of comparison, the average monthly death tolls from political violence recorded by HRC in … periods are shown below Average monthly…
EventStompie Seipei's murderer goes to jail
… The Rand Supreme Court sentences Jerry Richardson to death for the murder 14-year-old Stompie Seipei. Stompie … for being a police informer, a charge that…
Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993
… result in a greater number of deaths or injuries. The death-count in political violence The deaths in politically … of 259 deaths each month or 8.5 deaths…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… of selecting a successor to King Goodwill after his death in 2021 . The continuing complexities of Zulu ethnic … ANC stalwart, Zulu, Christian, family man…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… as well as those identified by Naiman and Watkins; and, (iv) when and in what way did the Government enunciate and … adjustment” and a manifestation of neo…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… first two kings, Mafana and Mhlanga. Following Mhlanga's death the clan became embroiled in a protracted struggle … Masombuka, Ndzundza, Mathombeni and…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… she lived and worked as a lecturer and writer until her death in Serowe, Botswana. Throughout her life, Head was a … a collection of short stories. The…
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… especially the mineworkers, who suffered dreadfully. The death-rate of Whites was also unusually high. Deaths were … cure. The epidemic peaked in October…
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… British military court was competent to pass a sentence of death on a prisoner of war while the war was still raging. … ensure that his memory would endure,…
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
… were correct when he said them? MORTALITY & CAUSES OF DEATH in SOUTH AFRICA The institution called Statistics … year it publishes a Report on Mortality and…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… were playing with them. They didn't realise that death was near”¦Fortunately for me, they (the police) could … carefully, and afterwards studied the…
ArticlePoqo
… Any person who disclosed Poqo information was sentenced to death and about ten members of the organisation were executed … Edna and Dawn and Mr. Derek…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… rations. Black people were practically being starved to death in these camps. Blacks in the concentration camps were … of deaths from dysentery, typhoid and…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… to us. And we have sworn that we are leading them, not to death, but to life abundant. My instructions, therefore, are … carefully, and afterwards studied…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… experience of his cavalry. [7] Consequently, by Babur’s death in 1530, the Mughal’s controlled most of Northern India. [8] After Babur’s death his son,…
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… was murdered. The issue that on the day of Dlamini's death residents were protesting against reputed corrupt … against the "Sharpeville Six" they were…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… and move eastwards to the royal kraal. The left or Number IV Column, commanded by Brevet Col Sir H. Evelyn Wood, …
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… Committees. Ordinary members forfeit their membership upon death or by giving written notice of resignation or by being …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… 's guardian, entrusted to him by Mandela's father on his death bed. 1894 Pondoland, the northern part of the Eastern …
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… 2015] The New York Times, (2013), ‘ Nelson Mandela Death: A Look at South Africa's First Black President ’, …
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… was to hear whether or not I was going to be sentenced to death. Fortunately for myself and my colleagues we were not. …
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… After the death of Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the … had been the main protagonist of the war and that his death meant a greater chance…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… to draw attention to the unnecessary suffering and death caused by the untreated epidemic. Passers-by were … world's HIV-positive population to a painful and…