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EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs South Africa's fourth state president was born on 17 November 1903. After studying for his doctoral degree at the University of…
Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
… were communists. Berrange: Now, do you mind telling this court what difference it made to you whether the leaders were … question me the more I can bring…
52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… went to gaol. The second time, not only did hundreds court imprisonment, but also the whole of Natal woke up and … was a lighted match-stick to dry fuel…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… roots. Although his first return to South Africa came before Black Consciousness ideas had been fully articulated, and much before they had become…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
… Louvain: Editions Peeters, 1972. REFERENCES TO SLAVES IN COURT AND OTHER RECORDS: (from Nigel Worden, Slavery in Dutch … his master`s daughter and with…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… for three months as a freelance reporter. [x] She became a court reporter in the 1950s as well, and witnessed the … dated, 20 February 1986, showing it was…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… very difficult for those living in sub-standard housing. Before 1950 the noted English naturalist, William John … decisions made by the colonial authorities…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… Johannesburg Fort until his appearance and conviction in Court. He was convicted of high treason in the Bloemfontein High Court on 15 June 1915 and sentenced…
BiographyJan Smiesing
… formative years at the Lodge. A delay of five years ensued before payment was effected, largely because two of the heirs …
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Terrorism Trial - a rededication and committment in the struggle, by way of financial support for bail money
… An appeal for donations towards the costs of a court appeal and bail for Nkotsoeu P. Motsau …
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
Gender roles in Ndebele home-making From the 1940s onwards the settlement at Hartbeesfontein began to be visited increasingly by researchers, including Barrie…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… to indentured Indians: “The condition of the colony before the importation of Indian labour was one of gloom… and …
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference When the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) was formed in…
Chapter Four - The Years with the CPSA: 1925 - 1935
… year and even though he had spoken in Parliament long before Verwoerd "came into politics", Verwoerd still became … episodes at the time of the strike…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… covered British Commonwealth affairs, reported two months before the 1938 General Election that the United Party was … at the nomination stage in 1938 (in…
ArchiveWe remember Kinross
… Details of disaster. NUM demands fair settlement out of court. …
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… (and I was courting their niece-in-law, Mvulane Dlamini). Before his gangsterism, Matthews had been a member of the … whose life was solely devoted to…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
… live at Johannesburg. 3.Your Excellency's petitioners, before entering into a discussion of their precarious … to have the question of interpretation decided…
ArticleNelspruit an Overview
… were transported to metropolitan areas of South Africa. Before this, the town was a point through which people and … But the site of Nelspruit also has a…
ArchiveLetter from Saths Cooper to My dear brothers and sisters
… members of the Black People's Convention (BPC) prior to a court proceeding. …
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… The 1993 Interim Constitution created the Constitutional Court. The Interim Constitution was approved in Kempton Park … Important constitutional institutions…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… and irrigation schemes to replace the tools they had used before. The new approach was more productive and saved time. …
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at representing and promoting the interests of university and college students…
ArchiveSouth Africa in conflict
… Black and white photo of woman outside law court facing soldiers with guns. Notice of a photographic …
ArchiveUnban the African National Congress mass meeting
… United Democratic Front (UDF) successfully applied for a court order last night to go ahead with meetings to launch …
ArchiveSummons for squatting
… Press article about summons to appear in court served on coloureds and blacks residents of Klipfontein …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… Gandhi wrote to the press on the South African Appellate Court's judgment in the case of the Krugersdorp Municipality vs. Mohamed Dadoo . The court held…
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… throughout this, visiting him in prison and filling the court at his trial. His hearing was surrounded with spectacle … officers committed suicide, a bomb…
ArchiveWe demand justice !!
… and thin black border. Notice of a march to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, 24th June, at Wits University. Protest …
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appoints Justice Raymond Zondo as Chief Justice
… Justice Zondo was first appointed as a judge of the Labour Court in 1997 and was Judge President of the Labour and … 2000 and 2010. He has been a judge of…