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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…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… various trade unions, literary, religious and educational bodies and some NIC branches attend the first ASC Conference, … Indian Youth Congress. Zainab…
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… homes of local Black councillors. They blamed them for the death of one of the councillors who was hacked to death. Black militants denied the allegation but…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… her son, who was less than a year old at the time of his death. He was found hanging by a belt and shoelaces from a water pipe in the shower. His death was…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… and played an influential role in Indian life until his death in January 1912.22 Abdul Karrim was president of the … was involved in numerous public…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… In 2003, an Islamic court of law sentenced her to death by stoning. The following year, in the Bauchi state of … Hajara Ibrahim was sentenced to a public…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… after the Nationalist Government came into power in 1948. At the time of formation the group was less concerned … their black sashes. The Sash served as a…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… men would go to the gallows, and that another fourteen had death sentences commuted. He concluded with the claim that …
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… laid charges of intimidation after they allegedly received death threats as a result of the operation. …
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… of the Province of the Indian Ocean. 1981 April, With the death of Bishop Ambrose Reeves, Huddleston is elected …
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… Africa as the BCM. From 17 years of age, up until his death on 12 September 1977, Biko had an illustrious political …
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… That same year an entire CAYCO executive narrowly escaped death and injury when a bomb exploded at the Early Learning …
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… Bill. The strike resulted in police violence, and the death of 18 people. On 20 June 1950 the CPSA was forced to …
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… day thirty years ago while in Security Police custody. His death was the twenty-first in detention since March 1976. An … 16 November 1977. Another document…
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… after the June 16 Uprisings in Soweto . At the time of his death, Qoboza was editor of the weekly newspaper City Press. … notable that this day in history…
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… group, which was a title that Hendrik inherited upon the death of this father. After a number of skirmishes with the … *A different source gives 28 October…
EventPrime Minister Verwoerd’s assassin transferred from prison to a mental asylum
… challenging the ruling of the Courts and held him on death row for nearly 25 years. On 30 June 1994, the African … Sterkfontein Mental Asylum, where he…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… very unpopular with the police and they received numerous death threats. Blackburn, was killed in a car accident near … Bishop. Brian was also killed in the…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… could take part”. Further, he invites the major cricketing bodies for round table talks on their problems. He confirms … December, Four historically divided…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… brothers were trapped inside their house and burnt to death. Nguiji Chicola, 23, and Mario Gomez Inacio, 25, were … by several men who then ran away. The…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… civil society organisations, trade unions, faith based bodies, business, foundations established in honour of our …
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… through photographic practice and archival ferreting – two bodies of material with which to work: a contemporary …
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… and Afrikaner nationalism, although they began simply as bodies to represent the economic interests of farmers. The …
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… proposal, thanks largely to Xuma and his colleagues. In 1948, a new white minority government took power in South … regardless of race. Thirty-two years…
Trade Unions in South Africa by Ari Sitas and Bianca Tame
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South African trade unions had a decisive role in the political life of…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… 1999 however, a falling rock caused the unfortunate death of a Noordhoek resident. In early January 2000, Ms. … Peak Drive were held between the relevant…
EventANC calls on International community to save lives
… with aggravating circumstances. They were sentenced to death while six others were given prison sentences. The … men. On 2 June 1982 President Marais Viljoen…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… to jail for revealing Security Police brutality. After the death of his friend, Steve Biko, Woods was arrested by the … and campaigned ceaselessly against…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… in the Development of Afrikaner Nationalism , 1934-1948. Johannesburg, Ravan, 1983. Pampallis, John. Foundations …
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
… to the apartheid-regime in this part of the world [1948-1994]. When in 1952 – three years after the inauguration … The date, 16 December in and after 1838,…