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… I call on Mr Heunis to reconsider his words ... …

… Release Mandela: Chief M G Buthelezi spells out his terms …

… Liberation Movements: a talk dedicated to the life and work of Ruth First …

… Liberation Movements: a talk dedicated to the life and work of Ruth First …

… Our Future, Make it Work by ANC, December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, …

… The death of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, South Africa’s apartheid era foreign minister from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his life. The general tone of the commentaries – including … The credit for that lies elsewhere. Most of his life’s work was dedicated to the protection and entrenchment of that …

… Congresses, until it was banned in 1962. She then went to work for the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) … regime was freely granting “exit permits” to opponents of Apartheid, depriving them of citizenship and prohibiting … her brother], who was informed by the lawyer, told his mother Ama, she said: “Whatever Shanthie does we will …

… in Somerset in England on March 15 1841. He moved with his family to the Cape Colony in South Africa in 1849, where his father became Bishop of Grahamstown. He went to the … Africa in 1861. He settled at the Cape in 1862 and began work as a surveyor. He married Agnes Vintcent in 1874. From …

… (now Western Cape).He is the youngest of seven children. His father was a labourer, while his mother stayed at home to care for the family.April’s … of the family, all of his siblings were forced to go to work after Standard Six (Grade Eight). He completed his …

… he was a black upholsterer and poet. He was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985 at Pretoria Central Prison for his supposed role in the 1982 murder of a black security … was involved. The US and the Soviet Union warned the apartheid government against the execution, but the …

… Aaron Sipho Madondo, the last of 11 children in his family was born on 6 August 1958 in Mofolo South, … and Thabane Zulu.  As negotiations for the dismantling of Apartheid gathered momentum, political prisoners were … its headquarters in Johannesburg. After that, he moved to work for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) as a …

… a very young age. van Wyk rose to fame in the 1970s for his writing. He worked as an editor at the literary magazine … Ravan Press, the publisher of dissident voices opposed to apartheid . In 1979, he published one of the most-quoted … “Shirley, Goodness & Mercy” gave a delightful account of his special relationship to the township he grew up in and …

… born in 1916 in Cape Town. He joined the New Group after his return from the Camberwell School of Art in London from … he opted to show on two SASA exhibitions in 1946 and 1948. His keen observation, translated into elemental, yet animated … African art held at London's Tate Gallery in 1948. His work appeared in many publications and he held many solo …

… (TIC) and later in the African National Congress (ANC). His father, Goolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad,  was active in the … the African National Congress (ANC), developing the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the United Kingdom and Europe. In 1966, … Thabo Mbeki and his Cabinet interfered politically in the work of the National Prosecuting Authority and in criminal …

… 1967, authorising the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africato … of a state of cordial relations between a white master and his black servant. Nor are they adopted merely to maintain a … the great apostle of nonviolence who founded and perfected his methods of struggle in South Africa, often said that he …

… part of the Government of National Unity (GNU). This was his part of nation building and reconciliation amongst … President Nelson Mandela announces his intentions to promote national unity …

… black nor white. He cultivated a luxuriant moustache on his upper lip like that of the slaves. He had an open … this period, Dr J.T. van der Kemp began his missionary work among the amaXhosa and Tse was largely attracted to his … 1882. [43] Isaac was a shareholder of the African American Working Men’s Union that was formed to encourage …

… earned a living dealing in live chickens. He now supports his family by creating wheeled, fur covered wooden animals. Mkize sells his work outside the Old Supreme Court, Pietermaritzburg and at …

… 1947 in Felixton, Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father, Thaniachallam Kistnasamy Naicker, worked as a builder at the local Huletts Sugar Mill and his mother, Shanbagavalli, was a housewife. Kistnasamy … Act . He became politicized facing the injustices of the apartheid government. The restriction of movement, the …

… 2012 Nkosiyabo was killed at scene 2 after being shot in his thigh and buttock by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife, mother, sister and two nieces. He had been married … over a month when he was killed. He had just returned to work after two weeks leave to prepare for the wedding, which …

… Coloured, were forcefully removed from their home by the apartheid government in 1940 when it became a Black only … During the 1940s and 1950s, a lot of underground political work was taking place in Port Elizabeth, particularly within … Island , Diedericks stepped in and helped take care of his son. She did this for many other families.  In 2014, …

… With the advent of forced removals from Sophiatown, his family was relocated to Dube, Soweto, in 1958. After matriculating from Pimville High School in Soweto, his first job was at The Star delivering newspapers. Later, … killed by a bomb attached to his body and detonated by the apartheid secret security operatives. It was further …

… Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe) on 28 November in 1924.His parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at the … of Fort Hare with distinction in English in 1948.  His studies in law at the University of Witwatersrand were … which spearheaded the international sports boycott against apartheid South Africa.  He was elected as this body’s …

… Mobilise the world for sanctions against Apartheid We owe the United Nations Special Committee against … international community thanks to the highly commendable work being done, Mr. Chairman, by the Committee over which … Ismat Kittani, the President of the General Assembly, on his election and on the successful manner in which he has …

… 21 years ago, leading anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released by South … President F.W. de Klerk after spending 27 years in prison. His freedom followed the repeal of all major apartheid laws … its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though big strains developed between us …

… African College High School (SACS). [i] Robert completed his undergraduate and Honours degrees at the University of Cape Town in 1973 and 1974 respectively, his Honours degree focusing on Islam at the Cape. In 1975, … awarded him his Master’s degree, the focus of which was American colonial and revolutionary history and comparative …

… was a SASA member, but there is no surviving record of his participation in any of its exhibitions. He most likely saw no need to exhibit since his work appeared in the Press on a regular basis. He joined Die …

… Wilfrid Edward Cooper who was then busy studying for his LLB degree at the University of South Africa (UNISA). He … neighbours but who had to bear the brunt of unjust Apartheid legislation. Her career was temporarily put on hold … she poured into her duties and the perfection of her work.  She had a reputation for speaking her mind and did not …

… village ,a 14 miles from Tsomo in the former Transkei. His mother, Makhesa, raised him after the death of his … Ngotyana.In 1941, Malindi moved to Cape Town to look for work. He initially stayed at Langa in a hostel for migrant … an alternative vision to the repressive policies of the apartheid state. When police raided the Congress of the …

… Africa. He joined the liberation struggle in the 1940s. His experience as a miner brought to light the discrimination … of the African Textile Union, a post he held until his banning in 1953 under the Suppression of Communism Act. … bargaining rights with their bosses under a myriad of apartheid laws controlling labour. This made fighting for …