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… on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his wife Elizabeth the Duchess of York were crowned as … was preparing for the elections in 1948, King George and his family visited South Africa and other Commonwealth states. General Jan Smuts, leader of …

… South African author and winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature, Nadine … has written non-fiction on various South African subjects and made TV documentaries, collaborating with her son Hugo … for the script of the 1989 BBC film, Frontiers, and for four of the seven screenplays for a television drama …

… the wood, than to hold it. Despite fierce counterattacks and artillery bombardments from German divisions, the SA … The brigade was relieved on 20 July after six days and five nights of ferocious fighting. Only 750 soldiers … were also involved in this battle as unarmed combatants and non-military personnel. The Battle of Delville Wood went …

… Africa (CPSA), which was active in distributing pamphlets and other material related to the strike. About 60 000 miners … by force. According to official figures, nine were killed and 1 248 injured. Fifty-one persons, mainly Communists, were … They included three Indians, Dr Yusuf Dadoo, J.N. Singh and M.J. Vania. Police also arrested members of the District …

… in Leipzig, Germany. The daughter of Frederick Dalberg and German Soprano Ellen Winter, Dalberg was trained at the … began her professional career at Covent Garden in 1953, and went on to sing in TannhÁƒÂƒÂ¤user (Wagner), The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), and other works at the Coblenz Opera, in Germany. Dalberg …

… May 1902, thirty delegates from each republic, Transvaal and Orange Free State attended the Peace Conference, which … by the commandos after two republic leaders Gen. L. Botha and M.T Steyn held meetings with them in their respective … of two secretaries for the republics Rev. J. D. Kestell and D. E. van Velden. During the Conference, President M.T …

… Commandant Gideon Scheepers, Boer scout and commanding officer during the Second Anglo-Boer War … He was captured in October 1901 by a British column and found guilty by a British military court on charges of murder, arson and demolishing of trains. Scheepers admitted during his …

… , estimated about the year 1530-1760. In the late 18th and 19th Century the Xhosa and White Settlers arrived. The Bushmen were displaced and no longer found in the Area.  A British officer named …

… Pratley who founded the Pratley research group (PTY) and went on to invent Pratley Putty in the early 1960's. … used by NASA in 1969 on Apollo XI's Eagle landing craft and is the only South African product ever to go to the moon. … Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On 20 …

… River was a Railway Station of the Cape Town , Wellington and Docks Railway Co Ltd, and was probably established as a Village after 13 February … the tomb of Sheik Yussuf, of Bantam . A man of great piety and culture who was exiled to the Cape in 1693 by the Dutch …

… The Building, originally designed in a Cape Dutch style and is one of the oldest Farmhouses surviving along the … Liesbeek River . Its original construction dates from 1770 and was built by Cornelis de Waal, who purchases the Property in 1746. The House was extended in 1820 and again in 1830, probably by Cornelis Mostert, who acquired …

… landmark on Hatfield Campus was laid on 03 August 1910 and the building was officially opened by General Jan Smuts … The sandstone building is characterised by Cape Dutch and Neo-Romanesque architecture, with a clock tower, Oregon pine wooden floors and slate staircases.  Stained glass windows feature the old …

… World Cup appearance in 1998.  The Minister of Sports and Recreation, Thokozile Xasa acknowledged Masinga as one … league. He was also labeled as the ambassador for the game and the country. Masinga played  for Jomo Cosmos and Mamelodi Sundowns before  moving overseas in 1994. He …

… UDF region was launched, followed by the Transvaal in June and the Western Cape in July. The national UDF was formally … over 320 community groups, trade unions, women's groups and students' organisations. The UDF was formed to oppose … constitutional reforms by the government of P.W. Botha, and to demand the complete dismantling of apartheid rule and …

… three days in battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters in Natal, South … South African security establishment wished to destabilise and totally disrupt the negotiations between the African National Congress (ANC) and other political formations and the Apartheid regime. A …

… the legitimacy of the region's struggle against apartheid and the legitimacy of armed resistance. The UN General … states, which resulted in the execution of patriots and the capturing of freedom fighters. The body also demanded … the unbanning of the ANC, the Pan -Africanist Congress and other banned organisations, and the return of all …

… Mbuzini near Komatipoort, where the borders of Mozambique and Swaziland and South Africa meet. The Mozambican president was returning … Based on evidence gathered from the black box of the plane and military intelligence, the Margo Commission concluded … Greenwood.)|SAHO, History of South African National Orders and Awards , from South African History Online , Available …

… The Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) refused amnesty to Janusz Walus and Clive Derby-Lewis, the assassins of Chris Hani, leader of … (SACP). Walus, a Polish immigrant, on 10 April 1993 shot and killed Hani in the driveway of his home in Dawn Park, …

… Angolan government under President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and the rebel organisation, the National Union for the Total … peace deal, called Lusaka Protocol, which ended the long and ravaging civil war in Angola, was brokered by the United … peace agreement, UNITA pledged to demilitarise its forces and integrate it into government forces, become a regular …

… March 2007, Bob Woolmer (58), the Pakistani cricket coach and former South African coach, was found unconscious in his … He was employed by two leading Test nations, South Africa and Pakistan, and approached by England and the West Indies. In addition, …

… the 2009 Southern Sudan Referendum Act, had a 60% turn out and was declared fair and free by international standards. Eligibility was … indigenous population on or before January 1, 1956, and permanent residents in the area with no traceable …

… West Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium signed a treaty in Rome, Italy. Also known as … EEC was a major step in Europe's movement toward economic and political union. In the same year Nigeria experienced a … mostly South Eastern Igbos, overthrew the government and assassinated the federal Prime Minister and the Premiers …

… marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other race groups in South Africa is passed. The law was introduced by the apartheid government and part of its overall policy of separateness. South … Act of 1950. The four groups were White, Coloured, Indian and Black. Using these categories, the apartheid government …

… about hatred. I agree with your views on honour and respect. At the same time I do not quite accept your paragraphs 2 and 3. They imply that in politics white and non-white must be eternally and irrevocably separated. …

… Clegg was born in England in 1953 to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He left England for Zimbabwe where he lived until the age of seven. He and his mother immigrated to South Africa following her … the man who would later become his music partner. Clegg and Mchunu formed the band Juluka ,producing a blend on …

… born Thomas William Bowler was a self taught painter and printmaker who spent most of his life at the Cape of Good … Hawthorne, he set himself up as a ‘professor of drawing and landscape painter’ in 1839. Bowler spent five years studying and practising drawing before he reached master status in the …

… was formed during an Inaugural Conference held on 4 and 5 March 1955 in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg. SACTU was … the leading non-racial trade union co-coordinating body, and ally of the African National Congress (ANC) led Congress … (SACP), the ANC, South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO). …

… South West Africa. He demanded the termination of the war and refused to budget for its continuation. Bebel called the … or Ovaherero people lived mainly in Namibia, Botswana and Angola and were descendents of the Bantu people. It is believed that …

… Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signed a treaty with H.G. Elliott in which he ceded sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape … In return, Nqwiliso was recognised as an independent ruler and he and his people were promised protection. On 30 …

… Beforehand, thousands of pamphlets announcing the meeting and explaining the Poverty Datum Line (PDL) were printed and distributed by the students to workers in industrial areas, outside factory gates and at taxi ranks. 400 workers attended and signed an …