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EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… the height of anti-apartheid campaigns. At the time of her death, First was a lecturer at the Eduardo Mondlane … Williamson and Roger Raven, two men…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… while leading a protest march (one of many) against the death sentence of the 'Sharpeville Six'. Tutu was freed a few … outcry, because they were convicted…
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… four others, on charges of sabotage, which carried the death penalty. Accused No.1 was Nelson Mandela, then serving …
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… a grenade launcher.The ensuing bloodshed resulted in the death of 28 marchers and one soldier. Over 200 activists were …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… more assertive and forthright methods especially after 1948. 8 Nelson Mandela in his autobiography echoes this view … have a Round Table Conference to…
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… had a second chance to tell the truth about his mysterious death. "We will not know who was responsible for his interrogation and his death, until the…
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…
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…
David Goldblatt by Jean Dykstra, 11 September 2011
… sized black-and-white prints, 150 altogether, dating from 1948 to 2008. Understanding the full significance of the …
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… Church Of England Renovated this huge Mission abandoned in 1948, by the London Missionary Society - which is …
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… bush. Initially it was reported that she was attacked to death in the bush by a lion, but further details emerged that she was stabbed to death by her…
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…
EventPres Mandela's testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
In providing reasons for the decision of the Pretoria High Court to set the investigation of the Browde Commission into South African Rugby Football Union …
ArticleA history of Soweto
… Once the Nationalist Party government came into power in 1948, it embarked upon a robust and aggressive policy of slum … when the Nationalist Party formed…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… successions, the Kanem Empire ceases to exist. The final death knell occurs when the remnants of the Empire is … Timbuktu from the Tuareg. His heirs were…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… and individuals, to all trade unions and anti-fascist bodies, to send us a message of support for our meeting in …
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
… and individuals, to all trade unions and anti-fascist bodies, to send us a message of support for our meeting in …
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… and Pan Africanist Congress also sought to be occupied by bodies such as the Coloured Labour Party, and Inkatha and the …
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… by members of their own race in all legislative bodies. It is easy to quibble at the wording of these …
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… Soweto home by a group of armed men the night before his death. The incident occurred two days after the killing of … shock at the killing, there were…
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
… Mwanga II, was Kabaka of the kingdom of Bungada after the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884. Upon ascending to the … power and influence. Those who…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… would be awash with "inferiors." What is Genocide? In 1948, as a result of the Holocaust, the newly created United …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… and held discussions with delegates of many countries. 1948, January - Passive Resistance entered its second phase. …
Judaism
… and had no homeland until modern Israel was created in 1948. Image: many Jews travel to Jerusalem in Israel to pray …
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… The black leadership watched the election campaign of 1948 with weary resignation. The NP's election platform …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… low cost houses for the growing African urban population. 1948-1979 During this period the Apartheid government passed …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… the country. The Afrikaner National Party won the 1948 general election under the slogan apartheid, meaning …
Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of Ahmed Timol inquest by Amanda Khoza (News24.com), 27 June 2017
… on Monday during the first sitting of the inquest into his death. Salim Essop recounted painful memories of the torture … after he and his friend were held…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… of his best known judgments is a 1995 decision against the death penalty. In it he wrote, "It has not been shown that the death sentence would be materially…