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… one of the founder members of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944 with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, and was … He was appointed as the Secretary General of the ANC in 1954. With the banning of the ANC and other liberation movements in 1961 Tambo was given the mandate to establish ANC mission …

… team, Bafana Bafana played England star-studded team in a friendly international match at Absa Stadium in Durban. The match was to mark South Africa's campaign to host World Cup finals in 2010. The England team was composed of highly rated …

… Bram Fischer, the former political activist was arrested in 1964 for being a member of the illegal organisation … of South Africa (CPSA). He was later released on bail and in January 1965 and went into hiding. He remained underground until was re-captured in Johannesburg on 11 November 1965. On 23 March 1966 his …

… Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Rhodes was … him to Natal, South Africa, to live with his older brother in the hope that the hot climate would improve his health. In South Africa, Rhodes became involved in the mining …

… Dennis Vincent Brutus was born on 8 November 1924 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to … His parents moved back to South Africa and settled in Port Elizabeth. He studied law at both the University of … ancestry, was classified as Coloured under apartheid laws. In the 1960’s he joined the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department …

… the then-wife of Nelson Mandela was sentenced to six years in jail by a Johannesburg court presided over by Justice Michael Stahl Stegmann for her involvement in the kidnapping and beating of four youths suspected of … for Winnie. One of the members, Jerry Richardson (who died in 2009 in Leeukop Prison) was sentenced to life for the …

… Emily Hobhouse, renowned for her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and children during the … first five months of 1901 she visited many of the camps in the Orange Free State and Northern Cape and was appalled … of Loyal Women to do so. Her indictment of conditions in the camps caused her to be severely criticised in Britain. …

… to see that Holland "casts the beam out of its own eye." In a letter to Luns the committee wrote that South Africa … Luns what the Dutch would do if South Africa was to get up in United Nations and condemned Holland for repressing the national wishes of the Ambonesians. Luns was in his position from 1952 to1971, making him the record …

… and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in Middledrift in the Transkei . He was the eldest child in a family of thirteen. He was arrested and served life …

… from the peoples of Africa. It is fortuitous that we meet in Cambodia, whose King and Head of State belongs to a … leaders who came together with their African counterparts in Bandung, Indonesia at the historic 1955 Afro-Asian … one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement when, in 1956, together with such outstanding leaders of the …

… Pachai By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. … There are hundreds of medical and employer reports in the Indian Immigration records in the Natal Archives on individual cases of suicide. Below …

… from the different Commonwealth countries has gathered in our country today. I am told that we have amongst us, … Creative Cities'. Introducing articles on different cities in the world, it says: "As the 19th Century drew to a close, … cultural capitals of London and Paris. But New York City in the 1890's was on the brink of a creative explosion that …

… By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. … There are hundreds of medical and employer reports in the Indian Immigration records in the Natal Archives on individual cases of suicide. Below …

… of course that zero tolerance does not mean that you in particular may ever be faced with the full might of the … trivialises matters) and you’re home and dry. Recently, in the context of incidents involving the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan, two clichés in particular have been much in evidence – ‘no-one is above …

… and celebrate the decisions that you have taken to put in place a national leadership collective that will take the … ANC into the new millennium. You delegates have spoken, in the true spirit of the ANC. But you have spoken in more than just your own name and right. As your voices …

… Board, from an interview by Cheryl Walker I am still in Pretoria now. But my ban has expired and all that so I have been able to get involved in things again. I have been here in Mabopane a long time now, and the people accept me; they …

… month the South African racists killed yet another comrade in Gaborone. Today is June 16th, the ninth anniversary of the … deaths must be suppressed. To honour their memory and in an act of rededication to the victory of the common cause, … royal persons, intellectuals and students, men and women. In this hall are present revolutionaries drawn from all the …

… to change our ways. We must shake off the heavy darkness in which we were plunged, and leave it behind. The new day … of the time before life began. Let us waste no time in sterile litanies and nauseating mimicry. Leave this Europe … them, at the corner of every one of their own streets, in all the corners of the globe. For centuries they have …

… took place here, on 11 July 1900, was a fierce Battle in which three Victoria Crosses were earned in circumstances initially remarkably similar to the Battle … of the whole war'. Then, on 9 October 1900, a captain in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, Hugh Montague Trenchard, was …

… 1943 These organisations of the Non-European, which in themselves are not political parties dies embracing … of opinion from every walk of life, have met together in Conference upon 17 th December at Bloemfontein. After … deliberations on questions affecting all Non-Europeans in the conference has come to the following conclusions:- ”¢ …

… the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his freedom on condition that … Previous offers were conditional on his going to live in the Transkei bantustan. He rejected them all on the … that he rejected the bantustans and all who collaborated in their establishment and maintenance. Mandela's response to …

… sociopolitical trajectory of the country, are quite vague. In fact, the ‘when, how and by whom’ of the discovery is one … the gold-bearing conglomerate reef on the farm Langlaagte in February 1886 – with this month marking the 130th … Interestingly, the first piece of the puzzle was put in place as early as 1834, more than half a century before …

… Melodies. Mamelodi has a Population of 334 577, this was in the 2011 Census.   Lucky Montana once a Resident of … origins of the many families that were the first to reside in this historic township in the East of the City of Tshwane, the terrible experience …

… Luthuli told the Natal ANC in 1949: We cannot say that Africans are accepting fast … They have not accepted fully the basic truth enshrined in the saying, no cross no crown. Luthuli had the opportunity … means unifying one’s rationality and passion for the cause in which one believes, a form of spirituality. One can be …

… fruit-canning factory. There were three canning factories in Port Elizabeth: H. Jones, Langeberg, which made Koo fruit, … orange juice and so forth. There were quite a lot of jobs in these factories around that time because they were getting very big during the war. Conditions in these factories were not right. I mean, we had to work …

… of our movement. Our movement has made its name in the history of liberation movements, not only of Africa … courage and commitment - have played their roles in making our movement achieve for the people as it has done. … What is more important, is that he was a major participant in decisively shaping and making that history. Often in …

… contribution to the literature of the liberatory movement in South Africa. The treason trial must occupy a special place in South African history. That grim pre-dawn raid, … a group of accused facing one of the most serious charges in any legal system. When I used to sit with my co-accused …

… face the challenge of coming to terms with the past in ways which will enable us to face the future as a united … task of dealing with gross violations of human rights in a manner that ensures that the painful truth is laid bare … apartheid state machine is no more. Forces locked in apparently irreconcilable conflict found a negotiated path …

… and Gentlemen. It is barely three hours since we landed in the Republic of Korea, and already, we can feel the ground … as our delegation may be from home, we feel really at home in your country. The moving ceremony at the National Cemetery … activities capture succinctly the motto inscribed in your constitution;and this is to "cultivate human …

… the extreme reactionary and Pro-Fascist forces represented in the Nationalist Party. This decision on general election … at by the National Conference communists Party, held in Johannesburg on January 2, 3 and 4. The conference over 50 … society. “Conference regards the primary task of the Party in the forthcoming general elections as that of advancing the …