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Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for the abolition of the death penalty and for amnesty for all people presently on death row, inc
… Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for the abolition of the death penalty and for amnesty for all people presently on death row, inc …
Edward Mzolo
… Fort in 2 weeks. No details are available on the date of his detention,the Act he was detained under ,or the official cause of death.No information is…
EventNelson Mandela continues his international tour
… (ANC) deputy president, Nelson Mandela, proceeded with his international tour to Sweden. His tour had hitherto included African countries such as … to…
BiographyKing Mpande kaSenzangakhona
… Zululand. Mpande was viewed as a weak man in comparison to his contemporaries. Dingane (his half brother and predecessor) actually instructed his … the…
ArchiveSociety for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa: Application form
… for membership of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa … Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa:…
ArchiveSociety for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa Grahamstown Chapter
… planning meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa Grahamstown Chapter … Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… ruler who came to power using military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was forced to … the Kingdom. As a result of lack of…
EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… John Paul II who was pope of from 1978 until his death in 2005 toured Africa in 1980. The pope spent eleven … as the pope who was most vocal about human…
BiographyFranciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt
… was the son of a famous sculptor Jan Frans de Vriendt and his wife, Catharina Maria Philomina Eulaers. De Vriendt first … stage. He trained at the Theatre…
BiographyChief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi
… son of Chief Macinga of the abakwa Zondi chieftaincy, and his mother, principal wife of Macinga, was the daughter of … From early childhood, chief Bhambatha…
BiographyAmina Desai
… died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his business. Political activist, Ahmed Timol , who died at … John Vorster. The police claimed that Timol…
ArchiveProfile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Profile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash … March 1989 discussing political and ordinary prisoners on death row, apartheid,…
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
… remain whether he may have been pushed, or tortured to death and thrown from the window. It has been suggested that … was set up specifically to trap him –…
BiographyWolf Kibel
… 1903. As a young boy Kibel was preoccupied with carving. His father’s death in 1911 brought sudden insecurity to Kibel as a child. … health from an…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… the wounded children to the Dimbaza clinic for treatment. His actions angered the police who arrested and detained him. … in 1982 until he became the…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… Seretse Khama succeeded his father, Kgosi (King) Khama III known as Khama the Good, ruler of the Bangwanto people. Subsequent to his father’s death Khama was…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… of nine children of Mohammed Bassa, a businessman, and his wife Fathima. Bassa's father came to South Africa with his family in 1927. Bassa was schooled in…
BiographyMotisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala
… in the chest and once in the upper arm. He left behind his wife, his son and his grandmother. He was the sole breadwinner for … died and how he died. I want…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… British mercenaries and an American were sentenced to death, with the remaining captured mercenaries were sentenced … to between 16 and 30 years in jail…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
… has been killed by the only enemy who stands to gain by his death, the apartheid regime of Pretoria and its agents. … of (word indistinct) to mankind. …
James Hamakwayo
… prison and died on 10th October 1966.An inquest into his death found that he had died by 'suicide by hanging'. However … Law Amendment Act No 37 of 1963.He…
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… aimed at liberating the masses of our people. Upon his return from exile, he was chosen as one of the senior … He was nicknamed Jomo, In Nova Catenga,…
Samuel Malinga
… on 22 February 1977.He had been detained at his home in Soweto on 31 January 1977 and taken to … school,attend on condition that he did not disclose his…
ArchiveForty thousand sign petition to save Mgedezi from death row
… Forty thousand sign petition to save Mgedezi from death row …
ArchiveNUM petition launched to save Comrade Mgedezi on death row
… NUM petition launched to save Comrade Mgedezi on death row …
Death of President J.H. Brand of the Orange Free State.
… Death of President J.H. Brand of the Orange Free State. …
”Resistance Or Death”: Address At Public Meeting, Johannesburg, January 1948
… ”Resistance Or Death”: Address At Public Meeting, Johannesburg, January 1948 …
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… More than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney …
South African police close the investigation into the death of
… South African police close the investigation into the death of …
Roy Padayachie’s death a huge loss - Jacob Zuma by Mac Maharaj
… Roy Padayachie’s death a huge loss - Jacob Zuma by Mac Maharaj …