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… of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong Boo Moroka in Thaba Nchu the then district of Bophuthatswana, now part of the Free State died in his village of Ratlou. He was an active member of the African National Congress and in 1949 he became its president until 1952. …

… old security guard employed at the Dolphin Beach complex in Table View, Luyanda Mboniswa, was charged with robbing, … Marike de Klerk, ex-wife of former president F.W. de Klerk in December 2001. Mrs de Klerk's belongings, a wristwatch and … two torches, were found at the Mboniswa's squatter shack in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. …

… students and where De Klerk graduated with a law degree in 1958. They had two sons and one daughter. Their marriage ended in 1998 in a divorce, after which De Klerk married Elita Giorgiades. …

… on Building Organisation for the ANC National Conference in July 1991 in Durban. Covers who builds the ANC, the state of the … volunteer organisers, problems facing the branches, growth in the rural areas, recruitment, problems hampering growth, …

… Title in blue letters on yellow background. Green circle in centre with slice cut out showing coloured photo of … words - Open City Initiative. Green border. Words in white on green border at bottom - Take part. Be proud. …

… Oral interview, in Kimberley, South Africa, with Robert Sobukwe (1924 to … elected Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959, jailed for several years as a result of the PAC anti-pass campaign, restricted to living in Kimberley and banned from attending meetings, speaks about …

… Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, John Xavier Merriman, died in Stellenbosch at the age of 85. Merriman was one of only a … of Parliament who opposed the Native Land Act introduced in 1913, which drastically limited African ownership of land. …

… Vegkop when attacked by the Matabele (Ndebele), was born in the Graaff-Reinet district in the Cape Colony. He fought in the Fourth and Fifth Frontier Wars and later was the …

… of Pretoria North, of the Wonderboom Reserve. Proclaimed in July 1953, it was first administered by Peri-Urban Health Board. In July 1964 it was incorporated into the Municipal Area of Pretoria. It was named in honour of Ann Elizabeth van der Linde, wife of the owner …

… a Monument 2,5 km North of Graaf-Reinet. It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus … the Zulu's under Dingaan, at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. He also took the lead in concluding the Sand River Convention of 1852, which …

… structure was erected as a Rectory and Vicarage, in 1815 by building contractor, Herman Schutte, and its verandah was added in 1820. The music for part of South Africa's national … anthem, Die Stem van Suid Afrika, was composed here in 1919 by the Rev ML de Villiers. It was declared a National …

… areas to mixed settlement. They included two districts in Johannesburg, one in Durban, and Cape Town's District Six, which had been a … mixed-race area until it was cleared for White settlement in 1966. The reform was described by Conservative Party (CP) …

… The village of Riebeek West, in the Riebeek Valley together with its sister town Riebeek East. was established in 1858 as a kerkplaats of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) . It was named in honour of the first Dutch Governor of the Cape, Jan van …

… the possible involvement of the international community in investigating violence in South Africa and, in particular, the convening of the Security Council on this …

… This article by Cynthia Kross was published in 1982 in the South African magazine Staffrider. (Vol. 5.2) The … the recent 'Culture and Resistance Festival? held in Botswana that brought together over 600 articles from …

… so popular that she was voted “the most admired person in South Africa” in 1987. Her close relationship with Afrikaner … leader Eugène Terre'Blanche was also highly publicized. In 1989, an assassination attempt saw her flee the country to …

… Renaissance Convention: The educational world of Blacks in South Africa; The Christian challenge of Black Theology; … manifestations of Black Consciousness; The Black women in South Africa; Black Consciousness and the economic position; The labour situation in South Africa; Social communications (mass media) among a …

… members of the Midland Chamber of Industries headquartered in Port Elizabeth. The aim was to explore their views at a … were at record highs. A partial state of emergency was is in force in the eastern Cape. Thirteen whites and one black, the …

… following. They used to come to my house sometimes in the middle of the night and they knock on the door, … me up like this?' 'No, I just wanted to make sure you are in.’, One even said, 'Well, we can't go round the whole night … used to interfere with a person's work. You would be out in the street organizing, or at a meeting, and they come and …

… The Progressive Reform Party (PRP) was formed in the wake of the merger between the Progressive Party and … to merge was made at simultaneously held congresses in Johannesburg. The merger of the two parties was … was elected as leader. The party secured eleven seats in the 171-member House of Assembly. …

… command after the political affiliation of the two groups in the Patriotic Front. The merged Patriotic Front helped Mugabe defeat the colonial government of Ian Smith in 1980. Since then Mugabe has been in power for nearly 25 years. … Preston, M, Ending Civil War: Rhodesia and Lebanon in Perspective , from GoogleBooks , [online], Available at …

… Town in the Victoria East District, on the Tyume River, some 120 km North-West of East London. It was named in 1847, according to some authorities, by the Governor, Sir … Sister Mrs. Alice Sargent! Municipal status was attained in 1852. …

… was originally granted to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785 and formed part of the Farm Coornhoop. The House, Built in a Cape Dutch style and known as Westoe, was Erected soon thereafter by de Necker, and underwent Restoration in 1967. The Historical Outbuildings date from the 19th …

… North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays River Valley in Sarah Bartman District Municipality and is nearby the Addo Elephant National! Recorded as early as 1752 in the journal of A F Beutler. The name is derived from …

… elected president, Mahamane Ousmane, was toppled in a military coup d'etat and put under arrest in the presidential palace. Coup leader Col Barre Mainassara … national council of which he was the head of would be in charge of the government. … AP, (1996), Niger's Elected President Ousted in Military Coup , from The New York Times , 28 January, …

… about poor arrangements at some polling stations in South Africa's first democratic election, President F.W. … Electoral Commission (IEC) to extend polling by one day in areas plagued by voting problems. These included KwaZulu, … Lebowa, Transkei and Ciskei. This meant that voting in those affected areas continued up to 29 April. References: …

… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 its name was changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry … Magistrate of Transkie , which is just 1 of the Homelands in South Africa. Thembuland is a natural Region of the …

… Khama was elected president by the National Assembly in 1966 and then reelected for two additional terms, until he passed away in 1980. Botswana is rich of natural resources like diamond … has achieved one of the highest per capita income rates in Africa. … (Accessed: 03 September 2013)| Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 30 September’ , [online], available at …

… two Voortrekker parties at Bloukrans and Bushmans Rivers in Natal are attacked in the early morning hours of the 17th and 41 men, 56 women, … Black servants are massacred. Numbers of those killed vary in different sources. …

… artist and ichthyologist, Margaret Mary Smith, was born in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology … regarded as one of the most comprehensive books on fishes in the world. …