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… Clarence Mlokoti, co-founder and chairman of Kaizer Chiefs football club, was shot dead by hijackers … car keys. When the robbers found Mlokoti in the car, one of them shot him three times. He was rushed to Lesedi clinic … host the 2006 World Cup, was used to support the critics of the South African bid to argue that its high rate of …

… The South African Olympic team of ninety-five members took off to participate in the 22nd … policy. At this time, the South African team was composed of members drawn from all racial groups. It competed for the first time under an Interim Olympic Flag of South Africa instead of the "old apartheid national flag". …

… preparatory talks in Johannesburg on a date for the start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future … Party (NP) send two separate delegations. The delegations of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha … (DP) , South African Communist Party (SACP) and a host of other political parties. Delegates agreed that all the …

… A 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement granted the region of Southern Sudan semi-autonomous status after successive … in the region made it impossible for peaceful governance of the region by national government. Salva Kiir Mayardit, rebel leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and vice-president of …

… (now Stellenbosch University). Strijdom served as Minister of Agriculture under Dr. DF Malan’s leadership. He succeeded … Freedom Charter, which embraced the ideological principles of the African National Congress (ANC), was endorsed. A year later, on 9 August 1956, twenty thousand women, of all races, marched on the Strijdom government at the Union …

… Mandela Museum is a three component structure comprising of a museum in Mthatha, a visitors’ centre in Mvezo and a … the Eastern Cape. The museum was opened by then President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela himself on 11 February 2000, … since his release from prison. Positioned in the area of his birth, the museum receives tourists from all over the …

… prisoner to die in the detention under the custody of the security police. It was after his death that with the increase of political prisoners that David Webster (Social … Committee demanded that they have access to doctors of their own choice or of their own family's choice. The …

… Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was … speech he said that he considered the award "a recognition of the sacrifices made by the peoples of all races in South Africa particularly the African people …

… Nationalists were stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog was … the National Party (NP) and the South African Party of Jan Smuts in 1933, and rejected the resulting 'fusion' … after Smuts had surrendered his principles on the issue of the African vote in the Cape Province. He argued at first …

… Armoured Division, the most powerful and best equipped of the South African divisions, commanded by Major-General … entered the war in Italy in April, 1943. For the rest of the war the Sixth Division served as part of the British Eighth Army and the American Fifth Army. From …

… as far as Pondoland, had set off on a ten-days' horse-ride of 960km to Grahamstown on the night of 25 May. His desperate journey, traversing dangerous terrain at the utmost speed, was in aid of Captain T.C. Smith whose garrison was besieged by the …

… who had invaded Zululand during the second week of January, established their camp on the slopes of a hill called Isandlwana. The sprawling camp covered an area of half a mile long and 300 yards across, with space for over … D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 152. …

… cold, and it was raining outside. It was in the middle of June, in the winter. Was - and another woman. I became the … come together for the Women's League. That was a section of the ANC for the women only, to deal with problems and … elected. For a long time the women were not proper members of the ANC. They only changed that in 1943 when the women …

… The Progressive Reform Party (PRP) was formed in the wake of the merger between the Progressive Party and the Reform … simultaneously held congresses in Johannesburg. The merger of the two parties was unanimously approved and the leader of the Progressive Party, Colin Eglin, was elected as leader. …

… Mugabe, who arrived in Pretoria for the 10th anniversary of a free South Africa and the inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki, was housed in a guesthouse after two 5-star hotels refused to accommodate him because of human rights abuses in his country. Zimbabwean ambassador …

… Afrikaner Volksfront flag A new coalition made up of twenty-one right wing parties, known as Afrikaner National … Volksfront or AVF) was founded by several former leaders of the South African Defence Force (SADF). Gen. Constant Viljoen was elected as the leader of the movement. The AVF was founded as result of mounting …

… next week's general strike will go ahead. He says the aim of the mass protest was not an insurrection, but the peaceful removal of President F W De Klerk from power; the immediate transfer of political power to the people; installation of an interim …

… Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly 32-year reign. Sese Seko was exiled to Rabat … power by Laurent Kabila's rebel movement, the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire. Click …

… An African National Congress (ANC) delegation of 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the … Commission (TRC). The ANC came under fire for instances of armed violence, necklace murders, executions in penal camps and the planting of bombs. The party accepted responsibility for more than 500 …

… leaders, Frank Mdlalose, national chairperson and premier of Kwazulu-Natal province, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General and … resigned from the party. All three were accused of being moderates who favoured compromise. Their resignation during a fifteen-hour meeting of the IFP's national council followed reports of tensions …

… They were still asking for a continued independence of the Boer republics. This happened towards the end of the Anglo-Boer War II which broke out in October 1899. It ended with the signing of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902. … 19 April 2013)| Anglo-Boer War Museum, ‘Peace Treaty of Vereeniging’ , [online], available at www.anglo-boer.co.za …

… Partners Simon's Town Museum University of Glasgow Department of Basic Education Department of Higher Education WITS History Workshop UWC Centre for …

… in Lusaka, Zambia and Salisbury, giving details of proposals agreed to after two days of talks between South African Prime Minister, John … Smith. The talks were geared towards finding settlement of the Rhodesian constitutional problem. This came almost … O’Malley, P. ‘1975’ , from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za …

… with extracts from the speech by Mr Gunnar Jahn, President of the Nobel Institute on the occasion of the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Oslo University, 10 December …

… in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes. Margaret Mary Smith illustrated the book by her husband, Prof. J.L.B. Smith, titled 'Sea fishes of Southern Africa', which is regarded as one of the most …

… The Star newspaper condemns the forced removal of black residents from Sophiatown, near central Johannesburg, to Soweto, located on the outskirts of the city. This forced removal was part of the government's countrywide apartheid plan to turn the …

… (ANC) member Walter Sisulu acted as speaker at a meeting of the organisation held in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. This was in defiance of the forced removal of Blacks in places earmarked for Whites only. Sisulu urged … Joburg, (2012), Sisulu Legacy Marked , from City of Johannesburg , [online], Available at www.joburg.org.za …

… The Black Workers Project emanated out of a resolution taken at the 3rd General Students Council. The purpose of the project was to serve and protect the rights of Black workers. The report includes the progress made in …

… Crisis News, published by the Western Province Council of Churches, Cape Town, "attempts to tell the truth of what is happening in our country", particularly in the Western Cape and from a theological point of departure. Accounts of human rights violations, …

… - King Kong, friend, commander and the greatest hairy one of them all - who planted the seed for this study, cleared … Africa Educational Trust generously financed my four years of study. I could not have hoped for kinder funders, nor for … the Norman Chester Fund, Cyril Foster Fund and the Master of St Catherine's College, to which I was initially …