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EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
… police officer Gideon Nieuwoudt, for his role in the death of Steve Biko in 1977. In a seven page decision of the … who applied for amnesty in connection…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… South African lawyer Neville Rubin, established several bodies to effect these money transfers: 1. The Freedom … issued a statement from Lusaka denying…
ArchiveThe romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam, 4 February 2019
… Ethiopia is Zion and the Promised Land and in 1948 Selassie granted them land in the Rift Valley for a … in his palace. His overthrow in 1974 and subsequent…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… was going to have a meeting with police on the day of his death. Although police initially concluded that his death was suicide, it subsequently emerged that…
67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 1947
… made in March 1947 between the two, as presidents of their bodies, and Dr. A. B. Xuma as president-general of the A.N.C. …
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… The police were responsible for 2 389 injuries. Both the death and inquiry figures were disputed by various sources as … Secondary School, who catch the…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… brother, Hans, wanted to take revenge for his brother's death. Hans and his neighbor Hendrik Prinsloo planned an … rebellion as Hans was said to have…
PlaceLutheran Church, Martin Melck House and Sexton House, Strand Street, Cape Town.
… and the rest of the complex was proclaimed on 29 April 1948. …
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
EventSouth Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
We're so looking forward to the launch of Hlonipha Mokoena's new book, THE NIGHTWATCHMAN at Love Books, Melville, Johannesburg on Tuesday 9th September. The…
PlaceHuguenot Monument, Franschoek
… completed in 1945 at a cost of £22 000. On the 17 April 1948 marked the beginning or first Public viewing and an …
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and … several western technologies to the country…
Chapter 14
… the accusing finger being pointed at them. December, 1948, Conferences In view of the fact that these proposals … of the A.N.C. and the A.A.C., held on the…
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… the evening rush hours. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and severe injuries to more than twenty … Harris was convicted by Mr Justice Ludorf…
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… police officers were arrested in the wake of Mntonga's death. They were given sentences ranging from two to twelve … Botha's regime and its agents…
EventAmina Lawal is freed
… Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina … courts. The Appeal Court's decision saved…
EventTsafendas, murderer of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies
… declared schizophrenic three months before he knifed to death Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. After killing Verwoerd … to Pretoria Central Prison, where he…
EventSA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board
South Africa enjoyed a clean sweep of the International Rugby Board (IRB) awards in 2004. The awards were held on 29 November 2004 in London's Royal Lancaster…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… of houses for all, the decrease of infant mortality and death rate due to illnesses related to HIV and AIDS. However, …
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… calling out to Manyano at 5 am. I went out and saw the bodies of my neighbours and their 4 year old son shot in his … "Do you want to behave like a boer? How…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… F.W. de Klerk was stabbed from behind and strangled to death. Her death shocked the nation and the world. Luyanda Mboniswa, a …
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… (can be freely translated as When we enter the valley of death). His death caused an outrage in Afrikaner circles, and was a …
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… in trade union and community structures; in religious bodies; in women's organisations and elsewhere. Our … Gender Commission itself will be part of a…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… Congress wants no allegiance of government-created bodies. It addresses itself to the African people. It aims at … people. If it succeeds in this, these…