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VI - The Inquest
… instituted in the Steve Biko affair. Two months after his death the inquest on Steve Biko began on 14 November in the … a magistrate; its purpose is to…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1990
… since the end of the Second World War. It has meant the death of millions of people through hunger and deprivation … that are a direct result of this system…
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
… Nations and which has as its primary aim the punishment by death of people who are among South Africa`s most outstanding … show that a person accused of…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s ‘Mother of the Nation’ who was never First Lady by Mashupye Herbert Maserumule (TheConversation.com), 3 April 2018
… in her biography is certainly her implication in the death of the 14-year-old child activist Stompie Seipei, who … prison. Madikizela-Mandela denied…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… will “cure” her of her sexuality. Following Simelane’s death, her family worked with the University of KwaZulu-Natal … South Africa” (ISSA), which she…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… was the "mother" of this Church. This lady, after the death of her parents, decided to honor their memory in an … their home. Miss Hertzog, died at the age…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… His wife continued to live there however, until her death on 20 July 1901. After her death it was used by the British Military Police until 1904 …
Chapter III - The world outside
… on individuals, black and white, leading to injuries and death, sometimes in a kind of mindless violence. In 1963, the … bubbling with laughter before his…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… including one case in which a worker had been beaten to death in 1944. In support of these workers, the South African …
EventMaria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
… refusal to grant her a divorce. After being sentenced to death by hanging on November 1969, Groesbeek was executed on …
EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… in 1845, and practiced medicine in Wynberg until his death in 1864. …
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… people. Bhambatha succeeded to the throne after the death of his father and uncle, at the age of 25. He quickly …
EventDennis Brutus is born
… the South African Sports Hall of Fame. At the time of his death in 2009, he had published 14 books. He is regarded as …
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… the rape of a White woman, three Africans who were given death sentences for the murder of Mr. Emile Ugo Fanton on 25 …
EventJoseph Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Dove branch of the ZCC, is born
… successor just before he died in 1972. After his father's death, Joseph claimed leadership of the church. The position …
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… be forged anew. Petrus Mashishi was born on the 28th June 1948 in Alexandra. After leaving school he was taken on by … TUACC Workers Project. A press…
PlaceInkamana High School, Vryheid
Situated in the heart of the Zululand, Inkamana High School was started February 2 in 1923 as an intermediate School with only one class of grade 5 by…
PlacePilanesberg International Airport, North West
Pilanesberg International Airport is a small Airport located in Pilanesberg, in the North West Province of South Africa. This Airport is located close to Sun…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… prison known as Beverley Hills, gallows’ humour for the death-cells. It was an awful place, with about 150 hangings a … every week. There were some of our…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… the Nationalist Party, prior to their coming to power in 1948, throws some light on apartheid and the non-European … Sub-Committee appointed by Dr Donges 50 …
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… non-European libratory organisations, and all progressive bodies and groups, with a. view to securing * a united … of contesting elections for Parliament and…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… renamed in 1997 on the 20th anniversary of Steve Biko’s death; one of South Africa's great leaders in the struggle …
Madiba The African Opera
… of raising the 9 year old Nelson Mandela after the death of his father, Chief GadlaMphakanyiswa. Therefore, …
PlaceValkenburg Hospital, Observatory
… underwent the addition of a Victorian verandah. After the death of Cornelis Mostert the property was subdivided. This …
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… with a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.). Even before her death she was honoured as 'Mother of Black Freedom in South …
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 until his death in 1967. In 1960, he received the Nobel Peace Prize and … ‘Making Peace marks 40th…
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and resulted in the death of at least 150 people on 15 August 1990. A third force …
EventBob Woolmer, former South African coach, is found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies
… remember Woolmer for the circumstances surrounding his death, and his association with former South African cricket … [Accessed: 17 March 2014]| BBC News , '…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… processes by the UN, fighting only stopped at the death of Savimbi in battle in 2002. Since the beginning of …
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… her release from prison. Gandhi, who visited her at her death bed, designed the Indian flag with the colours …