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… Afrikaner patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British interference, died during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an inferno of lyddite and shrapnel. Six months prior to the start of the South African War II, Danie Theron was found guilty of …

… a political activist, journalist, lawyer and a co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC). His funeral service was conducted by the bishop of Johannesburg, Ambrose Reeves, on 17 June. Tributes were … Xuma, Z. K. Matthews and D. D. T. Jabavu, a representative of the Swazi monarch and the secretary of native affairs. …

… entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, former president of the SA Rugby Football Union and politician, was born in … He ventured into politics after he was axed as president of SARFU in May 1998. Luyt founded the Federal Alliance Party … and Luyt was elected to Parliament. He served as a Member of Parliament for two years and was a member of the Judicial …

… Dadoo, Indians observed complete hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and … were held in many cities and towns. A mass meeting of over 15 000 people at the Red Square in Durban was … After the meeting, a procession marched to the corner of Gale Street and Umbilo Road where the first batch of …

… self-government status by Britain, according to the terms of the Vereeniging Peace Treaty, signed between representatives of the two Boer Republics and Britain on 31 May 1902. The implementation of this term was precipitated by the replacement of the …

… Hundreds of Blacks assembled in the Langa township outside Cape Town … a fiery speech to the crowd Dora Tamana, a member of the ANC Women's League and later a founding member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW), declared: …

… She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then … paths into welfare and trade union activities on behalf of black industrial workers. Their medical and political … and time froze. Elizabeth Floyd speaks with tenderness of the morning of her arrest, not simply because those …

… Seventeen-year-old activist and leader of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), Sipho Mutsi, died in … announced that a state autopsy showed that Mutsi had died of brain haemorrhage caused by a blow on top of his head. The … A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights …

… Circular from John Daniels, Vice-President of NUSAS, to SRC Presidents, NUSAS Executive, Local Committee … International Student Organisations, National Unions of Students, regarding the NUSAS Deputation to the Minister of Justice following the banning of the NUSAS President. …

… A former member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic (Transvaal), representing the … Herbert Gladstone to constitute a government in terms of the South Africa's Act. He then became the first Prime …

… white; map showing Bantustans; text: Apartheid: 70% of the population are Africans. They are allocated 13% of the land -- the Bantustans. 17 % of the population are Whites. They own 87% of the land. 13% …

… The achievement of independence in Mozambique inspired the South African … SASO and the South African government. The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, banned the rally planned for 25 … But, much publicity had already gone out, and the image of the Black Consciousness Movement was at stake. On the day …

… reflects sustainability includes not only the repurposing of refuse to create fashionable garments, innovative … sculptures and decorative arts, but also the building of awareness of eco-tourism through successful business practices. One …

… the SAP and SADF in 1966, hardly a month after the verdict of the World Court, which South Africa won on a technical … former decision and ruled that South Africa's occupation of South West Africa was illegal and that it should discontinue its administration of the territory. SA rejected the verdict and insisted that …

… a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George … Christopher Cato. The area has a remarkably rich history of culture and politics. In the 1950s, the area had become a … city-council felt intimidated by this large community of politicized Africans and Indians on their doorstep. …

… Museum illustrate the changes brought about because of the Discovery of Gold on the Witwatersrand and include a Reconstructed 19th … and 1930s Lounge Setting. Also on display, is a selection of the Museum's phenomenal Collection of Decorative Arts that …

… Technical College and later taught at the University of Johannesburg. After his first solo exhibition in 1945 he … African to be awarded a travel grant from the Institute of International Education. He left South Africa for good and … in 1959. After moving to Cornwall in 1967, he became part of the British abstract movement of the 1950’s and 1960s. …

… at Cuito Cuanavale in 1988, a turning point in the history of southern Africa, the stalemate condition led all parties … positions. South Africa and Cuba agreed to the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Angola and the South West African … Organisation (SWAPO) undertook to keep its soldiers north of the 16th parallel - that meant at least 200 km north of …

… home and joined the Loreto sisters, an Irish community of nuns, working in India. After teaching at St. Mary's High School, she left the mission to work in the slums of Calcutta. In 1950, she received permission from the Holy … See to establish her own order, called the Missionaries of Charity. The aim of the order was to care for orphans and …

… In July 1986, South Africa was in a state of martial law, with a nation-wide State of Emergency having been declared in June of the same year. To counter the escalating international … 10 July 2014]|Alistair Boddy-Evans, ‘Blacks (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act No 67 of 1952’ …

… Province. Rain Queen Modjadji VI is a direct descendent of one of the royal houses of Monomotapa, which ruled over the Zimbabwean people in the …

… the convoy along its length, firing from both sides of the road. Two events of the same nature, before this one, happened on the same … road where 330 people lost their lives just 50 miles north of Maputo. Four rebels were killed during the exchange of gun …

… After the abolition of the triumvirate, consisting of Vice-President Paul Kruger, Commander-General Piet Joubert … and W.M. Pretorius, Paul Kruger was elected president of the Transvaal State (the new name of the Zuid-Afrikaansche … Kruger, D.W. (ed) (1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences …

… he volunteered for service with the Native Military Corps of the Union Defence Force. While still working at the factory, he became familiar with the use of explosives, which later proved very useful. After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, Masego was one of 10 722 South …

… had been decided to establish a Dutch newspaper, the name of the newspaper, De Burger ("The Citizen"), was decided on. … the newspaper was first published soon after the founding of de Nasionale Pers ("the National Press", now Naspers). Dr. D.F. Malan was elected to be first the editor of this daily paper, and the first issue was published on 26 …

… We have no recorded evidence of how the Iron Age community on Melville Koppies was … to be discovered, not in quartz at all, but in the band of conglomerate which formed the main reef. Since then these rocks have produced 40% of the gold ever mined in the world! There is one name in …

… anvils Image source They were unearthed from the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, and date to 3.3 million years ago. … previously," said Dr Nick Taylor, from the National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) in France and the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. "It's really quite astonishing …

… Mbeki asserted the view that HIV was not the sole cause of AIDS and this viewpoint affected the South African … Mbeki espoused the view that AIDS was linked to the issue of poverty and that poverty should be dealt with broadly, … that his influence on policy resulted in thousands of preventable deaths. The declaration was published to …

… Frank Joubert Art and  Design Centre in the leafy suburb of Newlands. The school started with 37 pupils. Over the … years, pupil numbers have increased and after the addition of six extra classrooms in  2011, the numbers have grown to … The Groote Schuur High School crest incorporates the lion of Nassau and the gable of Groote Schuur. The history of the …

… The excellent Portrayal of Life as a Migrant Worker, found at the Worker’s Museum in … balanced presentation without sensationalising any aspect of this tragic practice. The Museum is Housed in an Old … Migrant Labour Hostel Compound and documents the History of South Africa’s Migrant Workforce, from the first arrivals …