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… The denial of South Africa's involvement in arms dealing with the former … Nations. South Africa's involvement in the murky world of arms dealing began long before the UN arms and oil embargo … South Africa. According to the Human Rights Watch report of May 1995, the National Party was instrumental the …

… A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays … acknowledged as having crafted a new vocabulary and a way of seeing that challenged the established apartheid tropes. In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what …

… Du Toit studied both mining engineering and geology. One of his most famous projects was his study of the Karoo and its dolerite intrusions, of which he wrote and published several papers. Du Toit was …

… Post constantly clashed with the government, from the time of President Kenneth Kaunda up until President Rupiah Banda’s … times for his reporting. M’membe is the third recipient of the Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press Freedom Award in 1995. That same …

… Muntu Myeza was Secretary General of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), an affiliate of the Black Consciousness Movement. At the age of 22 , he joined the first black consciousness organisation …

… Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, when … to South Africa in 1912, she was appointed as teacher of elocution at the South African College of Music in Cape Town, the first person in South Africa with …

… delivered by Winifred Hoernle is the fourth in the series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures. This is the first public statement on the report of the Penal Reform Commission, on which Mrs. Hoernle served. Her report consists of terms of reference and recommendations with comments to …

… her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, was born in Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern … suicide, the house she named "The Owl House". At the age of fifty, when her husband died, she stopped going to church. She began to create a series of extraordinary eccentric creatures of wire, cement, and cut …

… The Riotous Assemblies Act no 17 of 1956, prohibiting any outside gathering that the minister of justice saw as a threat to public peace, commenced. It included banishment as a form of punishment. It allowed the government to ban any newspaper …

… Reverend Daniel Lindley instituted the first congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State, which makes this day the founding day of the church in that province. The Dutch Reformed Church … after Calvinist reforms in Europe had entrenched the idea of predestination, and the Synod of Dort in the Netherlands …

… The Stellenbosch Gymnasium, forerunner of the University of Stellenbosch, was opened with ceremony in a large house in Dorp Street. This was achieved on initiative of Proff. John Murray and N.J. Hofmeyr, and the Rev. J.H. … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10, p. 270. …

… not accept the food they offered until he became convinced of the need for unity with the Indians (and other … she left for Durban to join the Indian passive resistance of 1946-48. It was in 1952 that Africans and Indians began … from Johannesburg to the Synagogue in Pretoria after many of the accused were released. Thirty of the most prominent …

… My mother, as a little girl, escaped the horrors of the concentration camps. When grandfather returned after … a building worker and mother looked after the small piece of land he had bought. During the 1914 rebellion, my father … and grandfather joined General de la Rey, the leader of the rebel commando in the district. It was a very sad …

… Two Oceans Aquarium celebrates the unique collection of Marine Life that lives off South Africa's Coasts , where … and Indian Oceans meet. Travelers can get a glimpse of life below the surface of the Ocean surrounding Southern Africa, including …

… day in history, prominent activist Tseko Simon Nkoli died of an AIDS related illness. Nkoli was one of the first Black anti-apartheid activists to publicly … to educate the populace and to destigmatise HIV/AIDS. One of these organizations, was the Gay and Lesbian Organisation …

… During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people. It became a semi-independent … the main growth points. The Chief Minister during most of the 1980s was Dr C N M Phatudi. In 1994, it was reincorporated into South Africa and it became part of the Limpopo Province.  It comprised two major and several …

… Present day Malawi became the British colony of Nyasaland in 1890, after aggressive diplomatic conflict … is as the country's first president. From the beginning of his 30-year rule in Malawi, Banda followed policies which … relations with the repressive White-supremacist regimes of the southern continent, in particular, South Africa and …

… primary intention to focus public attention on the work of the teachers. UNESCO proceeded to announce that 5 October … to commemorate the Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers, which was signed on 5 October 1966. Brief … That message cannot be repeated often enough, by those of us in the United Nations family and by those who interact …

… The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in the South … Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B. (eds) (2007) New History of South Africa (Cape Town), p. 214|Pakenham, T (1979). The …

… Louis Trichardt was one of the Voortrekker leaders. He was born near Oudtshoorn in … 1840s who left the Cape Colony moving into the interior of South Africa. The Voortrekkers decided to leave the Cape … complicated reasons, but in general the reasons consisted of both "push" factors (including the general dissatisfaction …

… Johannesburg – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost … morning I have to clean up the mess people leave in front of the museum. Some even urinate in front of the door," she said. "The visitors leave with a very …

… At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a minimum of five years imprisonment. Their intention was the violent …

… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 … , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , which is just 1 of the Homelands in South Africa. Thembuland is a natural …

… Harold Cressy , co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is born in … Drift, Kwazulu-Natal . He was the only Black student of the South African College, now the University of Cape Town … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1 , Pretoria: HSRC.|SAHO, …

… Report of a meeting between the ANC and the University of Cape Town on the education crisis. Includes handwritten … on a consultative meeting between the ANC, the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape. …

… by Minister R F Botha and written mostly in Afrikaans, of the visit of Mr W P Clark of the United States of America, to South Africa and South …

… schools in rankings nationally, as well as in all of Africa. Notable alumni includes two Nobel Prize laureates, … Rhodes scholars, several government ministers and members of parliament, 8 judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, as well as …

… The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the … mining operation. Towards the 20th Century, the economy of the Town diversified to incorporate manufacturing of …

… a high-ranking official in the South African Department of Foreign Affairs, was arrested by the Mozambican police in … was on a fact-finding mission regarding allegations of gun smuggling from Mozambique into South Africa. McBride's … involvement in gun running. They called for a commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of McBride's complicity …

… Association (FIFA) officially recognised the White body of the Football Association of South Africa (FASA) as the sole governing body of soccer in South Africa. One year later, professional …