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… high commissioner to Uganda, Bavumile Vilakazi, died of a heart attack in Kampala. He was on his way back from the … Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Vilakazi was the first mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metro on the East Rand before he was posted … Delmas treason trial, which also included former Premier of North West Province Popo Molefe and current minister of …

… solution to the political unrest in the country. Thousands of people turned out on the streets to greet President Thabo Mbeki and the rest of his delegation. Mbeki was received in Abidjan by the secretary general of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), …

… Advocate Steven Powell of the forensic and auditing firm Deloitte and Touche surprised many delegates attending a conference of the Institute of Municipal Finance Officers when he made the shocking …

… In providing reasons for the decision of the Pretoria High Court to set the investigation of the Browde Commission into South African Rugby Football … aside, Justice William de Villiers said that the evidence of President Nelson Mandela was unsatisfactory because he …

… Commission (TRC) heard from the leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Frank Chikane and Azar Cachalia, about the organisation's suspicion of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's behaviour after the death of Stompie Seipei. The UDF was summoned by the TRC, as it was …

… ties by signing a bilateral agreement to develop areas of common interest. The relations between the two countries … President Nelson Mandela received Anouar Haddam, head of the Algerian opposition Islamic Salvation Front. The … Mandela's decision to meet with Haddam, whom it accused of destabilising Algeria and of committing terrorist crimes …

… The Ciskei was established under the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 as an 'independent republic'. The creation of Ciskei was in line with apartheid policies of the South African government. The Ciskei and the Transkei …

… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), United Democratic … to all South Africans, Black and White, in commemoration of the Youth of 1976, who were killed in the streets of Soweto while …

… Nigeria. He received critical acclaim after the publishing of his first novel Flowers and Shadows. His novels are … Road, was published in 1991 and announced as the winner of the Booker Prize on 22 October 1991. The book addresses the co-existence of the spiritual and material worlds through the life of a …

… technically on the same day that the eight week strike of black journalists ends. Six days later, in the Rand … security police served the president and vice-president of the Black journalists' trade union Media Workers of South Africa with three-year banning orders. A storm of …

… immediately requested from South Africa’s Chamber of Mines. The Ingersoll-Rand rescue drill was kept at Witbank, Mpumalanaga. This kind of rescue was the first of its kind in Southern Africa. It was also the largest …

… (Anglo-Boer War II 1899-1902) intensified. The area west of Glencoe was under the command of General Schalk Burger, who would later be replaced by … Natal. The war ended on 31 May, 1902 following the signing of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging by all the parties …

… The Department of Arts and Culture in partnership with the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA) hosts the 10th Oral Annual History … the Kimberley, Northern Cape, under the theme “Centenary of the 1913 Land Act”. The theme speaks directly to the 1913 …

… in Algeria. He was an Islamist militant who became one of the top three military commanders of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a Mali-based militant organization. To fund the activities of AQIM, Abou Zeid made millions by kidnapping Westerners for … Nouakchott (16 June 2013), " Al Qaeda group confirms death of Abou Zeid and another leader ",From Reuters [online] …

… have been started by a gas cylinder spread through seven of a train’s eleven cars in Egypt. The gas cylinder which was … heading to Luxor in Egypt, carrying twice its capacity of passengers. 373 passengers died and 60 were severely … bodies were found under seats and others along the sides of the train as some of the passengers tried to escape the …

… In 1987 when I was first approached by Christopher Till of the Johannesburg Art Gallery to curate an exhibition of art by 'black South Africans, I spent much time consulting artists, educators and members of community-based organizations to establish whether such an …

… country became independent eight months after the death of the leader of, Portuguese for African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)., Almeida Cabral. Cabral was … V. (2011), ‘Africa: a continent drenched in the blood of revolutionary heroes’ , from The Guardian, 17 January, …

… 1964 it was granted its City Council status under the name of Lyttelton by combining the areas of Doornkloof, Irene and Lyttelton.  In 1967 Lyttelton was renamed Verwoerdburg. This was after the assassination of former South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd . On …

… A civil engineer by profession, Clarence was in charge of construction of over a hundred bridges in South Africa. It was during the construction of the bridges that he discovered over 300 prehistoric sites. …  [Accessed on 29 October 2012]| South Africa. Info  Cave of Hearths: Stone Age Sequence  [online] Available at:  …

… that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the … the whole world was commemorating the first anniversary of the Sharpeville killings. Political organisations like …

… and Oxford University Press who were the copyright holders of the English Revised Version Bible felt that a modern version of the bible was needed and investigations began. Proceedings … Revised English Version only began in the 1940’s. A team of experts was organized and the process of revising the book …

… The Paramount Chief Mqikela, eldest son of Chief Faku and first chief of East Pondoland, died in Qawukeni, near Palmerton, … Chief Mqikela took over from his father as paramount chief of the Pondos in 1868, but because he supported the Griquas … Potgieter, D.J. (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 629.| Africa …

… by Emory Ross, in which he discusses the conflict of race and colour from a Christian perspective. The address … authors personal experience and travels and makes mention of the African American community and their political condition in the United States of America again, with reference to the colour line. But …

… born on 1 July 1921 in Serowe in the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, now known as Botswana. He studied in South … and graduated from Fort Hare College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1944. In 1966, he became the first president of the Republic of Botswana . Under his leadership Botswana …

… After the promotion of Afrikaans by the Afrikaans Language Association and other … which was set up in 1909 to reconcile the champions of Dutch and Afrikaans, named language advisers to assist with the translation of the Bible into Afrikaans, completed in 1933. This was …

… Colony administration. However, it was not until the end of 1845 that an effective administration was installed with Mr Martin West as lieutenant-governor that the power of the volksraad finally came to an end. In the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 the British defeated the Zulus under the command of …

… Association for Rural Advancement, present case studies of families personally affected by the forced removals and "black spot" removal policy of the National Government. Statistics are given for the number of evictions and threatened evictions in the affected areas …

… Multicoloured artwork of a woman's profile containing a mosaic of images of women. …

… The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster Square police … scene where Timol fell to his death from the 10th floor of the building. An inquest which was held in 1972 found that …

… Commemoration of the centenary of the publication of Karl Marx's greatest work, Capital. …