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… United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to force Japan to surrender. …

… Letter dated 29 January 1952 from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister to the A.N.C. …

… Letter dated 29 January 1952 from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister to the A.N.C. …

… al-Khatim al-Khalifa, the Sudanese prime minister, admits to providing aid to Congolese rebels. …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … Following fierce opposition to the Advocate General’s Bill, the government refers it to a Parliamentary Select Committee. …

… Haile Selassie, confronted by continued unrest, agrees to a constitutional convention to create a new system …

… under President Gerald Ford discloses that it has decided to sell weapons to Egypt. …

… proposes new national constitution, dropping references to socialism and opening the door to a multiparty s …

… The government is to establish a special Cabinet committee to look at the problems of urban Blacks. …

… The government grants internal self-government to two further ‘homelands’, namely to Venda and Gazankulu territories. …

… meeting in Sweden, Nordic development ministers decided to continue support to the ANC. …

… meeting in Sweden, Nordic development ministers decided to continue support to the ANC. …

… In response to the Yemen dispute, Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser threatens to invade Saudi Arabia. …

… 16 Memorial service: a theological rationale and a call to prayer for the end to unjust rule …

… centuries they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van Riebeeck formally … in 1652. The history of the church has been very much bound with the politics of the Afrikaner community of South … making South African history by welcoming Black people back in the church. In spite of the end of apartheid, racial …

… and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Themes to Think About This Feature has shown how working life changed for the millions of people who came to live on the Rand between 1886 and 1940. It was a dramatic … on the role of the state. After the shock of the 1922 strike, the state began to co-opt white workers by giving …

… South African (Anglo-Boer) War 1899-1902  that was fought to achieve it. She opposed racism in whatever form, whether … Olive was the ninth of twelve children born in 1855 to a Wesleyan missionary couple at Wittebergen near Herschel … soul into this world’, for when it sinned it would come back on her. She struggled with depression, her relationship …

… she attained her Senior Certificate in 1941 and then went to the University of Cape Town from 1942 to 1944 where she graduated with a BA degree with her main … Tony Heard was the editor. We even had a Society Editor back then, the wonderful, incredibly glamorous Gertrude …

… and socially. He was drafted out of high school to the South African Army. (He was one of the few men at his … between 1963 and 1964, Hemson was given the opportunity to be part of a foreign exchange in a small town in … detained in for “organizing a workers’ party” and deported back to the United Kingdom (UK). On his return to South …

… vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was forced to move to Reservoir Hills as their property was taken over by the … up all these small businessmen. So power is again going back to a very similar system where the power was …

… day Zimbabwe) on 28 November in 1924.His parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at the age of four he … of the South African Sports Association, an alternative to the White sports bodies of the time.  As Secretary of the … in central Johannesburg, but a policeman shot him in the back.  He lay bleeding on the pavement for 30 minutes before …

… 1899, the Transvaal Government announced its intention to proceed with the demarcation of locations for Asiatic residence in terms of Law 3 of 1885. In a letter to the British Agent, dated 21 July 1899, M. K. Gandhi … On behalf of the Indian community in Johannesburg, I beg to lay the following before Your Honour: 1. At the interview …

… sons". He said Nelson Mandela made a "unique contribution" to constitutional democracy and nation-building. "It was with … death of Nelson Mandela. My wife, Elita, and I would like to convey our deepest condolences to his wife Graça Machel, the Mandela family and their …

… children.  I am a grassroots person. I am here to help the poorest of the poor people.  As a young man, … was not interested in joining the struggle. He loved to play football and earned an honest living as a house … him a cup of tea, while calling the police from the back office. The police arrived, arrested him and beat him, …

… representative leaders of the entire population is able to ensure lasting peace. The alternative is growing violence, … well-being of all in this country is linked inextricably to the ability of the leaders to come to terms with one another on a new dispensation. …

… the anti-apartheid movement.  He gave up studying medicine to devote himself to the "struggle", and founded the Black Consciousness … and in 1973 he became a "banned" person and was restricted to his hometown of King William's Town.  Regardless of the …

… I wish to extend to you warmest greetings from His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma, … the apartheid regime. It therefore gives me great pleasure to be invited here and to talk to you about a topic close to … A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa …

… "let Me Live - Letter To A European": June 1946 8 Dear friend, I am addressing this letter to you in the hope that you would read it with sympathy and … the measure of their possibilities, they have contributed to the prosperity and development of the Union. As you are …

… twelve years, Cecelia Bonthuys had been refused the right to marry on the basis of the common law interpretation of marriage.  The couple decided to challenge that ruling in court, based on the equal rights … equal standing with heterosexuals.  They then proceeded to make wedding plans, just like any other couple. The women …

… South Africans. For those of us who have had the privilege to work very closely with him, and really got to know him, we will have learnt that he is a man who is … billion former Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan  handed back to Libya in 2013 . That money was recouped from South …