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… Johannesburg. The organisation was based on the philosophy of Black Consciousness advocated by Steven Biko. It was open … but closed to Whites. AZAPO emerged from the ashes of the Black People's Convention (BPC), the South African … (SASO) and Black Community Programmes (BCP) - some of the Black consciousness organisations that had been banned …

… During the Second Conference of Independent African States held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia a … to the Government and companies registered under the laws of the Union of South Africa and to prohibit all South African aircraft … , [Last accessed: 13 May 2011]| Geo Cities ‘THE ORIGINS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, [online] …

… This natural water feature marks the beginning of the Blyde River Canyon . The potholes were named after Tom … to create these formations are the Treur River (river of mourning) and the Blyde River (river of joy). These Rivers got their names from an incident …

…   St. Saviours Church is at the Corner of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, South … since 1854 and has immense Historical value. The nucleus of this neo-Gothic church was designed and erected by Sophia … the north-west porch were added subsequently, in honour of Bishop Gray and his wife Sophia, who died in 1872 and 1871 …

… India.) The route they followed passed a few miles South of Maclear. According to all Historical records they were the first Europeans ever to enter the Area. A portrayal of this procession was painted by the San in a cave on the Farm of' Ben Strachan'. This is located in the Inxu Gorge ward of …

… Neil Aggett, former organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and … issued a call that on 11 February 1982, that on the day of his burial, all workers should stay away from work. About 7 000 FOSATU workers at the Uitenhage branch of Volkswagen responded. The presence of police did not stop …

… grew rapidly in the late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” sourced from India. The first group of Indian workers arrived in Durban harbour on 16 November … frontier expanded and the Zulu’s were forcefully stripped of their land. By then labour supply to the White farms was …

… safeguards for all people. To harness the great resources of the country to fight the real enemies of the people, namely; poverty, hunger, unemployment, … homelessness and moral decay. To re-distribute the wealth of the country for the benefit of all people, and to …

… The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park staged a consumer boycott in … Black and Coloured residents, followed the reintroduction of petty apartheid measures by the Conservative Party (CP) controlled town council. In the local elections of October 1988, the CP won 12 of 20 council seats. At its’ …

… hoped that through the elections it would get a new group of Black councillors to support it, and at the same time could assess the effect the State of Emergency had had at stopping resistance. The majority of Black electorates followed the repeated call of …

… trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, and found guilty of public violence in July, were each sentenced to five years' imprisonment, three of which were conditionally suspended for five years. Eight … all charges. The trial followed after the necklace murder of N. Magala in 1985. They had all pleaded not guilty to …

… Ms Pearl Tshabalala, a prominent businesswoman and member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Clermont, Durban, who … on instruction from Samuel Jamile, former deputy minister of the KwaZulu government. After receiving instructions from Jamile, Luthuli set up a group of four men composed of Caprivi trainees, amongst them Alex …

… sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February 1985. Two other White men in the same case were found guilty of rape. All four pleaded not guilty, even though, there was … case led to an outcry throughout the country that the life of a Black person was cheap and Whites could do as much as …

… was inaugurated. Due to its location at the junction of the Western, Midland and Eastern Railway Systems, the … an important role in the Military and Economic affairs of the Region. In 1898 it was renamed Rosmead in honour of Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of the Cape from 1881 to …

… (Paper flower). The ceremony was held at the University of Pretoria. The Hertzog prize is named in honour of General J.B.M. Hertzog, former premier of the Union of South Africa and a champion of the Afrikaans …

… at Plumstead High School in Cape Town, and the University of Cape Town (UCT) Drama School. Flynn was a well respected … his role as Willie Loman in the South African production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. His highly successful career also included …

… The Honourable B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one of the most sought after. As a speaker he is equally at home …

… region that is now known as Nigeria in 1945. At the age of 15, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The slave … to buy his freedom and settled in the United Kingdom. One of his slave masters had taught Equaino to write fluently, a … when he wrote his autobiography:The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the …

… in South Africa, Valliammai became increasingly aware of the oppressive system she and her family were living … was sixteen she joined her mother and a large group of other women in an illegal march from the Transvaal to … In October 1913, once again mother and daughter were part of the second batch of women who marched to Natal. They were …

… his initials as his pen name. He studied at the University of Cape Town and graduated with an honours degree in English … In 1963, while working in London, he was awarded a Master of Arts Degree at the University of Cape Town. In 1969, he received his PhD from the …

… knobkerries and rifles, forcefully moved the families of Sophiatown to Meadowlands, Soweto . Their possessions were loaded at the back of police trucks, and dumped in Meadowlands where they were … caught them by surprise. The forced removals were part of the government's countrywide apartheid plan to turn the …

… was born at Mooi River in the Natal Midlands. At the age of nineteen she started training under Daisy Holmes … Barker made a significant contribution to the growth of opera in South Africa. She won the Ernest Whitcutt … overseas bursary by the Natal Society for the Advancement of Music and trained in London for three years. During her …

… Johannes Fouche was born in the Orange Free State (OFS) of South Africa. Fouche was elected as the second Sstate President of South Africa from 1968-1975. Fouche was initially a farmer … Free State and a staunch republican as well as member of the National Party . He first served as the Minister of …

… behind a call for a national strike and the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation). Mandela founded Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) with … the apartheid government. In 1962 He was smuggled out of South Africa to speak at an African freedom conference in … on 11 October 2011]| Hepple, B. Rivonia: The Story of Accused No 11,‘The Road to Rivonia: July 11 1963’, (1999) …

… Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green flag of the new nation. This followed the first all inclusive … dates back to the 1940s before Kenyatta became the leader of the Kenya African Union (KAU) in 1947 and birth of the Mau Mau rebel movement. In 1952 in response to the Mau …

… on Biodiversity Conservation, and Ecology. The mission of the Durban Natural Science Museum is to acquire and … its history, and life on Earth, both past and present. One of South Africa’s smallest but busiest natural science … 2007/08 and these celebrations culminated in the sealing of two time capsules on the 23 September 2008 in celebration  …

… Marais. The Fight is on, Rev. Joost de Blank, Archbishop of Cape Town. The Widow of the Reserves, Phyllis Ntanala. Bethal Case-Book, Ruth … Multi-Racial Conference, Leslie Cooper. The Fiery Cross of Job Reservation, Alex Hepple. Sportsman Boss, W. Miller, …

… Georgia. Martin Luther shaped and articulated the message of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. King led blacks in the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956, an action stimulated by the arrest of Rosa … Anon, (2010) ' Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.' From Sofia. Bulgeria, [online], …

… A year after the Treaty of Vereeniging, which signalled the end of the Anglo-Boer War 2, the British High Commissioner to … Blacks was postponed until such self-rule was returned. Of the four colonies that would later make up the Union of …

… on a reef opposite Danger Point, the southern point of Walker Bay, at present day Gans Bay in the Western Cape . … available while the men stood in line on deck. Some of the men managed to reach the shore and a number of the survivors settled there, existing on gardening and …