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Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… liberation movements would, of course, have been the death-knell of SASO. However, the avoidance of the political … to be inclusive of the vast majority of…
EventVaal Uprising Begins as Sharpeville Residents Resist Rent Increases
On this day, residents of Sharpeville and surrounding Vaal Triangle townships rose up against a R5.90 rent increase imposed by the Lekoa Town Council. The…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appears before protesters against gender- based violence in South Africa
… activists, politicians and academics called for the death sentence to be reinstated for those who commit violence …
EventTryphina Mboxela Jokweni is honoured by the ANC
… three children. She was 77 years-old at the time of her death. On 29 August 2012, the ANC commemorated Jokweni and …
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… school half way through standard five, shortly after the death of his guardian, Dyanti Hlakula. Johannesburg After … stand aside on an issue which is a…
Statement at Press Conference in Dar es Salaam Concerning Sentences in the Rivinia Trial by O. R. Tambo, 12 June 1964
… Africa moderation and reason leads only to Verwoerd's death cells and torture chambers, then moderation and reason …
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… The farm Welgelegen was established by Bothma. After his death the farm changed hands a number of times until 1756, …
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… African Artists, work! The land was sub-divided after the death of Simon van der Stel, in 1712 . His portion was … van der Stel in 1685. The land was sub…
EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
… African Olympic boxer in 1936, was later condemned to death (but reprieved) because of his Nazi sympathies. …
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… had a heart attack and was plagued by ill health until his death on 22 August 1978. He was buried on parliament grounds …
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… and it was in Madison where he died in 1968. After his death his novel Ingqumbo Yeminyana (the The Wrath of the …
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… Mauritius and James Hooper. Another 11 were sentenced to death as well, for 'active particpation'. Many others were …
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… of the ANC's National Working Committee (NWC) until his death in September 1994. In 2004, Thomas Nkobi posthumously …
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… for Kimberley in 1948 under the United Party. After the death of his father in 1957, he resigned from his …
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… the angry students. Many students were shot. The official death toll was 23, but it could have been higher than 200 …
ArticleSlave Resistance
… Mauritius and James Hooper. Another 11 were sentenced to death as well, for 'active participation'. Others were given …
How the Ahmed Timol case was reported on at the time by South African Institute of Race Relations (Politicsweb), 28 June 2017
… Survey of Race Relations 1972: INQUEST FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF MR. A. E. TIMOL The death of Mr. Ahmed Essop Timol, one of the detainees, was … were numerous…
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… and even more draconian sentences including sentences of death. And still Rivonia holds a special place in the tale. … indeed of their existence until the…
The Spirit of Bandung - Address to the International Conference in Support of the Liberation Movements of Southern Africa and in Support of the Frontline States by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 10 April 1979
… his grave shall remain forever a secret, because, in his death the spirit of Solomon Mahlangu towers still like a … to be as we know him, brave, confident…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… as the first madrasah in this country. Tuan Guru, on his death-bed, appointed Achmat as his spiritual successor and … and a qadi and thereafter, as an imam…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
… black consciousness. A decade of Onkgopotse Tiro, Steve Biko, Barney Pityana, Mafika Gwala and Ahmed Timol. A decade …
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
… arrest in his home in Galeshewe, Kimberley, until his death. …
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate
… been in charge of the estate since 1941, a Year after the death of Lady Florence Phillips, whose husband Sir Lionel …
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… Italians were forced to retreat, and Taytu avoided a heavy death toll at the hands of frontal military combat. The …
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… were evidently willing to do “everything in their power” [iv] to see the process through. Their efforts however, were … of Education Report, 1925, p. 23. ↵ …
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… crimes committed by the apartheidregime since the Steve Biko case, we shall soon prove that Albert Luthuli, a man of …
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… to “biblical principles”, including the imposition of the death penalty. Led by Dr Kenneth Meshoe, the ACDP received … and end abortion. The ACO also…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… when one examines commemorations of events such as the death of PietRetief and the Battle of Blood River. … British Governor General representing the British…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… about South African Defence Force involvement in death squads and the ongoing violence emerge. In response, … 14 March, Five deadlock issues require…