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… a time when our people are facing the most critical period in their history. The steps taken to implement the Group Areas Act have caused grave concern in every Indian home in the Union for one of the avowed aims of this diabolical …

… share a long history going back centuries and cemented in the struggle to liberate our countries and our continent. Happily, with the attainment of democracy in South Africa, we can now together help make our entire … struggle to end colonialism and apartheid was never an end in itself. It was a starting point for the rebuilding of our …

… 1899. As the war drew became an inevitable reality, in September 1899 New Zealand offered British forces in South Africa a contingent of its mounted rifles. The … sailed to South Africa to fight along the British forces in South African War. This contingent was largely recruited …

… ideas. "Many years ago, when I was a boy brought up in my village in the Transkei, I listened to the elders of the tribe … without let or hindrance. Then the country was ours, in our own name and right. We occupied the land, the forests, …

… Comrades-in-arms and fellow fighters in the struggle for freedom: On December 16, 1961, a national … and his allies. Already that army has won historic battles in the battlefield against armed enemy forces. Thus, the …

… of urban bombs. There have been about a dozen bomb blasts in South African cities such as Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town - the latest today in Pretoria-since the imposition of a state of emergency 2 … banned African National Congress, ANC. Joe Slovo, number 3 in the ANC's military high command, is in London. Robin White …

… Comrades-in-arms and fellow fighters in the struggle for freedom: On December 16, 1961, a national … and his allies. Already that army has won historic battles in the battlefield against armed enemy forces. Thus, the …

… The land was originally part of the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 for the building of the Molteno Reservoir, below Camp … Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 March 1968.In 1881 David Christiaan de Waal, a close friend of Cecil …

… presence, Mozambique became an independent state in 1975. A civil war broke out between two factions FRELIMO, … Congress(ANC) was granted access to military bases in Mozambique in support of its liberation struggle. In 1984, the Nkomati …

… Abe Bailey was born in Cradock, Cape Colony, in 1864. His father, a wagon maker and wool merchant, later … with Dutch friends who lived nearby. He attended school in Yorkshire, England and after leaving school at the age of …

… Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, was born into a wealthy family in Cuba. He attended Catholic schools before pursuing a law … of Havanna, where he also began his political career. In 1953, he led a failed attack on Moncada Barracks in Cuba. This resulted in his capture and arrest. On his …

… The first International Women's Day was launched in several European countries in March 1911. It was celebrated on 19 March and over a million men and women took to the streets in a series of rallies. In addition to the right to vote and …

… the Hill. Several types of big and small game can be seen in their natural habitat. Bloemfontein could well be the only City in the World that has a game Reserve in the heart of the City.  Contrary to popular belief, the …

… Penelope Heyns, was born on the 8th of November 1974 in Springs, Transvaal. Her parents later moved to the Natal … Primary and then later Amanzimtoti High. She excelled in both academics and in athletics. At the age of 13 she became the swim team …

… tonnes and was manufactured by Emil Kessler of Esslingen in Germany. It was brought from the coast by ox-wagons and was unloaded piece by piece in the open veld at Elandsfontein (Germiston) where it was assembled in 1889 by A.W.Fohren and two mechanics. Kessler was born in …

… of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. It was on this Settlement that Gandhi started his … and truth.     Gandhi started his first newspaper in Durban South Africa in 1903 and in 1904 he moved the entire press to Phoenix …

… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, when the first wireless broadcast was made in Johannesburg. By April 1927, an hour of Afrikaans programming and one daily news bulletin in Afrikaans was broadcast. Insufficient funding began to …

… Kerk, giving impetus to the formation of the first school in Cape Town. The idea of establishing SACS was born in 1791 when the Dutch Commissioner-General, Jacob Abraham … asked for money to be set aside to improve the schools in the Cape. After the British took over Cape Colony from the …

… I`m quite certain that I speak on your behalf in expressing our thanks and appreciation to H.E Brother … Your Excellencies, We are gathered here because we believe in the fundamental principle on which the Organisation of … AU. As the South African government, we remain steadfast in our commitment to African unity and advancement, guided by …

… South Africa have completed a hundred years of their stay in this country. It is meeting at a time when we as the smallest minority group in our country are facing great challenges and history has destined that we must play our rightful role in solving the gigantic problems which face South Africa. We …

… Lord Alfred Milner, a career diplomat in the British Foreign Office in the late 19th century and early 20th century died in Canterbury, England. Milner came to South Africa in 1902 …

… Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In a Notice published in the Staats Courant of 26 April 1899, the Transvaal … with the demarcation of locations for Asiatic residence in terms of Law 3 of 1885. In a letter to the British Agent, …

… The basic concept of cellular phones began in 1947, when researchers began to examine crude mobile (car) … S. Engel, head of research at AT&T's Bell Laboratories. In 1978, Bell Labs launched a trial of the first commercial cellular network in Chicago. This network was not approved by the FCC until …

… of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 August 1921, however, the party was founded on 29 July 1921 in Cape Town. It was founded mainly by radical White workers … and socialists who had experienced workers' struggles in Europe and were inspired by the first workers' state which …

… Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province. Paton graduated from Maritzburg College in 1918; he went further to study at the University of Natal, where he graduated with distinction in physics. After leaving school, he became a science teacher …

… nom de guerre, James Stewart, who exposed the atrocities in the ANC’s Quatro prison camp. Martin Soldier of Truth: … Sunday Times, 31 January 2016 HERMANUS Loots, who has died in Johannesburg at the age of  79, was a senior member of … Tambo to investigate the causes of a mutiny by ANC troops in Angola in 1984 that rocked the leadership to its core. The …

… me this unique opportunity to participate so prominently in the remembrance of his memory. Let me at the outset thank … physical handicap - for years he lived and laboured in an iron lung - he yet devoted all his remaining strength … unflinchingly the cause of democratic rights for all in South Africa regardless of race, colour or creed. He did …

… The District of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to a fiscal divisional on … livestock normally had to be moved to alternative grazing in the Transkei for the winter. The following census figures … census: 6,881 residents, of whom 1,739 were literate then in 1904 census: 11,468 residents, of whom 2,699 were literate …

… groups and spoken languages [i] . To this end Cameroon can in many ways be considered a microcosm of the history of the … been added to the UNESCO   World Heritage List. Located in the Far North Region of Cameroon, the property includes … as Diy-Gid-Biy (meaning “Ruin of the Chief’s Residence” in the Mafa language), these dry-stone architectural …

… The Port Elizabeth City Hall, which is located in Market Square, was built between 1858 and 1862. The attractive clock tower was only added in 1883. The City Hall serves as a Council Chamber as well as …   The City Hall was proclaimed a National Monument in 1973. It burnt down in 1977 and was rebuilt. Also in the …