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ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… wisdom corn she said cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens … The day after our 90-day … not been at Liliesleaf farm and were arrested in…
EventThe inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria
… worldwide coverage, something that had never occurred before for a person who had died in detention. Police … real cause of Biko’s death, with all the…
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
… at Oxford, Rhodes continued to prosper in Kimberley. Before his departure for Oxford Rhodes had realised that the … but the gold had been worked out of the…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… PAC and Poqo operatives. The laws, applied in a range of court cases in which operatives were charged effectively … cattle kraal outside the township. In…
Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
… Malawi, which is a member of the International Criminal Court, was to be the host of the meeting but emphatically … which our branches operate. We have said…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… doing well on their plots of land in the reserves. Even before the formation of the African Mine Workers Union … Chamber of Mines, AMWU began to decline…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… where Walter was baptised. On 8 January 1912, a few months before Walter's birth, leading African intellectuals, … rights earned him a number of dismissals…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… strange about him, which I could not define. But, before I could decide whether or not to recommend him, an old … at the inquiry and the as well represented…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… the nine accused appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in one of the most highly publicised South African … Petrus Mashigo, and Naphtali Manana…
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… Pietermaritzburg where he was put on trial by a kangaroo court which consisted of substantial procedural … to be banished to Robben Island, nearly a century…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… his mental condition. The case was heard at the Supreme Court in Pretoria before Justice Rumpff, Judge-President of the Transvaal (now …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… publicly burns his pass, Mandela burnt his passbook before an audience of journalists.Chief Albert Luthuli is … Botswana. 13 October, Mandela attends his…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1946
… bring the issue of oppression of Indians in South Africa before UNO The Indian Government is to take steps to bring … of South African Indians by the Union…
BiographyReggie Williams
… heard Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking in Michigan a year before he was assassinated. His struggles as a black …
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, vol. 5, pp. 144-52. Before beginning to deal with the subject matter of this … our sentiments and feelings in a more…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… 09/11/81 Government buildings: Orlando Magistrates Court Explosion; no details 12/11/81 Economic: Rosslyn … propaganda: Bomb explodes at Temple Israel,…
Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
… Electoral Commission, Public Protectors Office, Labour Court, Equality Court and the Constitutional Court; and major events such as 2010 Fifa World Cup and…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… Gandhi and 26 of his colleagues are summoned to appear in court in Johannesburg. They are ordered to leave the … Gulab Gandhi moves to the ashram with her…
BiographyLouis Botha
… the fateful ultimatum. But by October 2, 1899, shortly before Kruger's ultimatum, Botha had already left Pretoria … stressing that South African interests…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… workers attempted to meet at Mphophomeni Community Hall, a court interdict was brought against them. They were then … church forcing them to relocate to…
EventOne of the most infamous murders in South Africa takes place
… Choegoe first assaulted Mrs van der Linde with a pistol before stabbing her several times. [ii] Marlene Lehnberg and … Choegoe were convicted of murder in…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… idiom, it was erected for William Robertson some time before 1874, when it was acquired by August Schoch. After the … Papers consist of 219 items covering…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… The Property was purchased in 1940 by a Dutch diamond trader known as Messias, who had a … H. Messias, a diamond dealer who emigrated from Holland, before…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… rates of pay than those stipulated for builders of races. Before this act, the skilled labour had been done by whites … Group Areas Act itself. This was…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
… of Steve Biko is as cynical a statement as any heard in a court of law. Colonel Goosen, Major Snyman, Captain Siebert, … 5 than 12 days old. The head injury…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940) Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Colour Bar … Dadoo', Secretary, Non-European…
Vella Pillay
… black and whites were still officially recognised, that is before the apartheid regime formally banned 'mixed' marriages … began our settlement in Britain. I…
BiographyAhmed Timol
… community. Consequently, Timol and Saloojee were hauled before the Club’s Disciplinary Committee but were cautioned. … a religious pilgrimage (Hajj) to…
Die Eerste Vryswartes Van Stellenbosch - 1679-1720 by Prof. J.L. Hattingh, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 1981
… as accurately as possible, with the exception of facts before 1680. A full and truthful picture of Louis of Bengal … to enter the Cape in 1693. In 1680…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… voters roll has applied for an interdict by the Supreme Court declaring the Act illegal. A sensation was caused in … were declared invalid in law. In this…