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John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… to draw attention to the unnecessary suffering and death caused by the untreated epidemic. Passers-by were … world's HIV-positive population to a painful and…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… university Madlala-Routledge was inspired by the political bodies around her. At the University of Natal, she met Steve … decree and the Bantu education…
ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… try to heal people by working with both their minds and bodies. The sangoma would also perform rituals to contact …
ArticleXhosa
… a blanket for warmth, and white clay is smeared on their bodies from head to toe. They are expected to observe …
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… obtain: The right to vote and to be elected to all State bodies, without restriction or discrimination. The right to …
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… her LLB degree from UCT in 1962 – the year before her death. This made her the first coloured woman to receive a … illustrious – and tempestuous – career…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… sentenced to 30 years for attempted murder and given the death penalty for murder on 25 May 1989. He showed no remorse … 1990 moratorium on capital…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… in 1966. He was king of Lesotho from 1966 until his death in 1996, however, his political power was limited and … turmoil of 1970 and 1990, and for a month…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… their views peacefully within the ambit of these bodies. Any approaches taken, such as international … lasting reconciliation. And the fact that all…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… together with such representatives of the constituent bodies as were to be elected by them, not exceeding three, as … by you in regard to the representation…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
… was an extremely difficult one in preparation of CERTAIN death. The last meal before, the certain death of execution is usually a slap-up affair. The South ……
ArchiveAlbany Black Sash: Court researchers monthly
… Report back on death row prisoners …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… were arrested in the 1960s and given long sentences or death severely crippling MK. The organisation’s early … in the Soekmekaar police station attack are…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South … and beat those, like Desai, which led to many prisoners’ death. While…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… that someone has to try to accomplish this task. On 14 May 1948 the State of Israel came into being under the leadership … of Mr. David Ben-Gurion. A few…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… the Nationalist Party that has plagued our country since 1948 with apartheid, a most deadly policy. Is it too much to … many problems internal and external…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
… hardly a parallel. The unique oppression that has, since 1948, been described as apartheid – despite the … of racism and the moral responsibility of…
BiographyLouis Botha
… the women and children in concentration camps, where the death rate soared. Despite all these measures Botha, De la …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… Pan African Freedom Movement (PAFM) collapses after the death of its leader Dr Peter Ntsele. George Rebone Moffat … station. This results in clashes with the…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… on their previous lot. After the National Party won the 1948 election on an apartheid ticket, the government moved … teams became the most well-known and…
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… inaugurated by the National Party coming into power in 1948, needed people to believe and internalise. District Six …
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… Baker Asvat, the physician who examined Seipei before his death and whom she feared would implicate her in the killing. … Cyril Mbatha, who was serving a…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… the 02nd of October 2011. We at Bush Radio mourn his death. Professor McClain was originally from a small town in … seven years ago and served on the…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… protest march, but ended with violence, tears, blood and death of a 13 year old boy, Hector Peterson. The Soweto … and set alight and two white officials…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… country, are also drawing the attention of international bodies and have likely factored into the growing financial …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Opening Session of the South Centre’s Council of Representatives New York, 21 September 1998
… unquestionable. Together with other south-based research bodies the South Centre can assist us to deliver on the very …
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… the rent of the hall although it is from the rank and file bodies that funds should be forthcoming. The Party Executive …
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… smeared with blood. Inside the church there were several bodies lying on the bloodstained carpets or on shrapnel …
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… the same voting group, did so for liberal reasons. Church bodies and liberal organisations, including the Progressive …