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ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… refuses the aid of an attorney, on the grounds that the court has no jurisdiction over him because it cannot be … Albert Luthuli is awarded the Nobel Peace…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… up in a thoroughly rural environment. Between 1933 and 1940 she attended Vryburg United Primary Schools, where she … Africa and served as a Member of…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… Fund.’ The accused in the 1956 Treason Trial outside the court. Source: Peter Magubane / The Drum Archive / … in prison for being a member of the ANC. A few…
PlaceMangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State
… by the vast plains, that were roamed freely by cheetahs! Before the municipal Elections of 18 May 2011 Mangaung was a … on the move”. Mangaung remains the…
ArchiveCelebrating 25 years of Democracy and Freedom
… to live for and die for. There was silence, silence in court. He was sentenced to isolation in a small in court. He was sentenced to isolation in a small,…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… was later commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court. All three prisoners were former members of the … South African citizenship by the apartheid…
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… held hearings into illegal arms trading by Armscor both before and after the election. Inquiries focused on an … criminal proceedings against Armscor in a…
PlaceCabo Verde
… settlement on Cape Verde was founded in 1462 (30 years before Columbus arrived in the Americas) and it was called … 2013. ‘Cape Verdeans and Cape Verdean…
Zulu Community
… residents, as there is no written history of the area before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Vasco da … settlers’ diaries and Zulu oral…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… period of resistance to apartheid since the period before the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) … to some time in the year 1968, which Diseko…
The Story of PR Panther, the gold man of Indian politics in South Africa: Introduction - By Riashnee Pather
… business, even drawing up an official document a few days before he died. But this has only been one of my problems. … to concentrate on the Natal Indian…
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… of a Single Storey rectangular structure set in an open court, was built to house some 500 – 600 Slaves. Work started in February 1679, but before it could…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… to the 1940s, and women were immediately involved even before then through the Bantu Women’s League in 1931. This … were banned. Women were involved for…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
… Indian and Coloured families lived together peacefully before the Group Areas Act tore the community apart. Her …
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… its tortures in interrogation centres and who are standing before its so-called law courts in so many parts of our … and "sabotage", and nearly 6,000…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Africa to explain its treatment of its Indian minority before the Security Council. Further, this meeting instructs … Chairman of the Transvaal Indian…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… colonisation of Africa in the late 19th century Africa before European colonisation Due to worldwide insufficiency … as a continent was majorly undermined…
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
… during wartime. While the Geneva Conventions were adopted before 1949 they gave no priority to civilians during … South Africa's previously adopted…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… military officers were charged in the Durban Magistrates' Court with murder and for having established hit squads to destabilise South Africa before the end…
ArchiveA despot’s time to face democracy by Niren Tolsi
… heard last week at the commission. But contempt (of court) is what Zuma will be in if he carries on ghosting the … family, his rent-seeking cronies – when…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… in Nazi-Germany, hatred of Jewish Communities existed well before the 1930's. Jews were often used as a scapegoat when …
XIII - The Courts
… in which the inquest was conducted. It was held in open court and demonstrated the openÂness of the South African … for the modern court system. The formal…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… In 2016 AfriForum also took Stellenbosch University to court to force the institution to keep Afrikaans as a medium … [45] Due to these protests and division…
Chapter V - Acts of conscience
… moved in with me and we spent three happy months together before she married and life began again for her. She wanted … asked about my Christmas Day parties …
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… the war years. I was Chairman of the Durban D.C. from 1940 to 1944 and Party full time Organiser for the same … into the office and were handed summonses to…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… racial discrimination and to appeal for equal treatment before the law. The group comprised of South Africa’s most … Secretary General was occupied by…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… not implement the agreement. Meanwhile, the Cape Supreme Court declared marriages performed according to religions …
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… Widow of BP Viljoen, by Frederick Jacobus Bezuidenhout. Before the discovery of gold, the Area was made up of various … 1861 by his mother-in-law, J. C. T…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… "I think I married trouble." The couple had two daughters before the prison doors slammed behind Mandela in 1964. In … warm woman 27 years younger than him…