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… Malan and Arlow were real devils." Every in-mate on death row was allocated a number with the prefix "V", which … inmate. Robert's number was "V3727". On his…
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
… a small profit? I think not. I believe it will be the death-knell of the small farmer and the markets. If progress … voices have been heard from members of…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… and unless they had employment or arable land/ an early death was their, only escape. Another aspect of Lesotho is … with ONLY tattered blankets covering…
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
… injury to his head, which was the most obvious cause of death, was sustained during an interrogation in Room 619 of … to diminish the contributions of…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… Buthelezi's openness about circumstances leading to the death of his two children was welcomed by AIDS activists … open their hearts? ...Tragically, Mandisi…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… In 1953 the NP fought its first general election after its 1948 victory. OPSA switched its support from Hertzog to DF … a daily. Volksblad was edited by Van…
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
… together, and the issuing of a joint statement by the two bodies, bearing such names as Doctors Naicker, Dadoo and … and provided the most popular vote…
PlaceKhorixas, Town in Namibia
… David Levin later purchased the land in 1948 and gave it the name Twyfelfontein. Situated 100 …
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
… themselves. It is quite clear that existing political bodies of the non-Europeans cannot or refuse to see the grave … Bill in the industrial and trade union…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… or local affairs committees, was introduced in 1963. These bodies were to be given increasing powers over the years in … Those who regard all participants in…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… bin Said, died. Immediately subsequent to Ali bin Said’s death his nephew, Khalid bin Barghash, proclaimed himself …
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… of commenting on the political climate at the time of her death. As you look through the cartoons featured below, allow …
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… leader was killed in detention. Within a month of Biko’s death, thousands were detained or prosecuted and sentenced to …
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… Prinsloo (32) and Theunis de Klerk – were sentenced to death, while the remainder were set free or banished. The … your isolated white race’. Apartheid Ten…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… Apartheid Government, Exile. Ruth First Untold The year 1948 was very significant, from the assassination of Mahatma … conference at thecentrebefore it…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Evolution of the Policy Towards the Indians in Natal, 1943-1948' (M.A., Univ. of Natal, 1982). Indian politics after … M. Carter's The Politics of Inequality…
PlaceNyanga Township
… one of an additional location at Nyanga was completed in 1948. The first 210 houses, later called the Old Location, … between the government and local…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… on 26 December 1560, and remained there until his death. During this period he baptized the chief and a large … priests. Due to this slander, da Silveira was…
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… institution, back in 1795 four years after Wesley’s death when Methodism was proclaimed as a separate …
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
… age of 19? McGregor visited the country shortly before his death, but not Pukwana. Healing the open wound caused by …
Post-Election Political Violence
… ever downwards. By way of comparison, the average monthly death tolls from political violence recorded by HRC in … periods are shown below Average monthly…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… the way for the formation of the ANC Women’s League in 1948 - and, very importantly, centralised power in the … and the main ideologue of Africanism until…
EventStompie Seipei's murderer goes to jail
… The Rand Supreme Court sentences Jerry Richardson to death for the murder 14-year-old Stompie Seipei. Stompie … for being a police informer, a charge that…
Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993
… result in a greater number of deaths or injuries. The death-count in political violence The deaths in politically … of 259 deaths each month or 8.5 deaths…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… of selecting a successor to King Goodwill after his death in 2021 . The continuing complexities of Zulu ethnic … ANC stalwart, Zulu, Christian, family man…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… life to fight injustice and call for peace. On 30 January 1948 Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu fundamentalist. …
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… first two kings, Mafana and Mhlanga. Following Mhlanga's death the clan became embroiled in a protracted struggle … Masombuka, Ndzundza, Mathombeni and…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… she lived and worked as a lecturer and writer until her death in Serowe, Botswana. Throughout her life, Head was a … a collection of short stories. The…
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… especially the mineworkers, who suffered dreadfully. The death-rate of Whites was also unusually high. Deaths were … cure. The epidemic peaked in October…
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… British military court was competent to pass a sentence of death on a prisoner of war while the war was still raging. … ensure that his memory would endure,…