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… On 30 May 1899 President Paul Kruger and the British High Commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred … Milner, met at a conference in Bloemfontein to talk about the franchise question. Six days later, on 5 June 1899, the conference ended without any resolution. In September the …

… parents on January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African Police service and served for five years … a farmer. On 3 July 1973, with six others, he founded the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), an ultra right-wing organisation, in a garage in Heidelberg, in the then Transvaal (now Gauteng ).  The AWB’s intention was …

… South Africans, Our beloved Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the founding president of our democratic nation has departed. He passed on peacefully in the company of his family around 8.50pm on December 5 2013. … loss. His tireless struggle for freedom earned him the respect of the world. His humility, his compassion, and …

… The unbanning of the South African liberation movements on 2 February 1990 was … open party political structures. This transformation was the focus of the Groote Schuur and Pretoria talks, which discussed the … Coleman, M. (ed)(1998)  A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human …

… On this day in history, State President P.W. Botha amended the emergency regulations so that the Minister of Law and Order could restrict the activities of organisations or individuals. On the same … organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act …

… Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo made history when she became the first Black woman to receive  an honorary degree from the  University of the Witwatersrand on 2 April 1987. Kuzwayo was born into a … for women's rights in apartheid South Africa from The guardian Monday, 24 April 2006 [online] Available at: …

… Macassar is a beach in False Bay, east of the Peninsula. The beach is named after Macassar in the former Dutch East Indies, where a nobleman named Sheik … in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board …

… labour brokers reached an agreement with management at the South African Post Office (SAPO) to be employed directly. This constituted one of the few major victories in the working class’s fight against all forms of third party … David Dickinson. “Fighting their own Battles: The Mabarete and the End of Labour Broking in the South …

… African business man born in Holland in 1824. He sailed to the Cape in South Africa in 1853 where he soon established the company that has come to be known as the father of all publishing companies - JC Juta &Co. The … Jan Carel Juta (52), father of the publishing industry in SA, dies in Chiswick, London …

… and Colleagues. There are certain moments that capture the essence of life itself. Today is such a moment for me. For you are the friends from five continents who kept hope alive. You took the plight of our people, our hopes, our dreams and our … Address by ANC President, Nelson Mandela, to the International Solidarity Conference Johannesburg, 19 …

… Moses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National … since 1968. In 1931 Kotane became active member of the South African Communist Party before it was banned in … and became National Executive Committee member of the party. Like other prominent political leaders of the time …

… The third Annual Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and … J and Barratt J. (1990) ‘South Africa’s Foreign Policy: The Search for Status and Security 1945-1988’ (Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge) pg 5. …

… , an English philanthropist and social worker who visited the Transvaal and Orange Free State Republics during the Second Anglo Boer War , reported to the British government that she found 2 000 women and … jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.| Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa.| spartacus …

… On 28 October 1971, the death of anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was officially confirmed. It was revealed that the thirty year old teacher at the Roodepoort School and one of nineteen Indians in … Department of Justice (1996).  ‘The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ from  Department of …

… a choir, and traveled throughout Europe performing. One of the highlights was the 1897 Jubilee at the London Royal Albert Hall where she performed for the … Charlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born …

… The National Policy Conference of the ANC has resumed its third day and is proceeding according … this morning and will complete their sessions at 12:30. The closed session of plenary will resume at 14:00 after … 2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement on the update of Conference Proceedings,28 June 2012 …

… Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrived in the Cape. Both Freykenius and Nederburgh were Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to assist … or farmers who had been given land independent of the VOC, on how to better earn a living. However, the VOC had …

… on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918.  He graduated at the London School of Medicine in 1922. Theiler joined the Rockefeller Foundation in 1930. It is while there that he … Dr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria …

… Extract of evidence from Lionel Bernstein, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in … The State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of …

… Extract of evidence from Raymond Mhlabo, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in … The State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of …

… Extract of evidence from Ahmed Mahomed Kathrada, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in … The State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of …

… evidence from Bruno Mtolo, charged with sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in … The State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of …

… of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, charged with sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in … The State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of …

… Max Elliot Sisulu, charged with 2 counts of sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in … The State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of …

… legacy behind for young female activists to continue, says the Daily Maverick's Marianne Thamm. Thamm says the silent anti-rape protest held in August, during President … witch hunt by his supporters. After Zuma was acquitted of the charges, Kuzwayo had to flee into exile after threats to …

… Frank Chikane, Beyers Naude and Desmond Tutu, to urge the US Administration to lift the State of Emergency, release political prisoners, to unban organisations such as the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist … Founding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African …

… Then President F.W. de Klerk, the last president of the white minority rule who abandoned the unsustainable and untenable apartheid system towards a … news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed: 18 October 2013]|Nobel Prize,  The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 , from Nobelprize.org,  [online], …

… team returned with one gold and two bronze medals from the World Gold Championships in Slovakia on 24 August 2007.  The team consisted of 26 members with three of the medal winners being from Mpumalanga. Though it is not a … SA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia …

… driver's license. He was released on bail of R2 000. At the end of February, Chweneyagae, who portrayed a gangster in … pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud when he appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court.  He was given a fine of R5000 or six months imprisonment; he opted for the fine. Chweneyagae won an award for outstanding …

… when he was caught travelling at a speed of 284km/h on the R59 south near Kliprivier in Ekurhuleni. The biker’s excuse for travelling at such speed was that he was late for a breakfast run. The man was charged with reckless and negligent driving. He … biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59 …