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… Allison Wessels George (A.W.G.) Champion died at his home in Chesterville, Durban. He was known as a campaigner for … devoted his life to the betterment of the Zulu people. In 1942, he was elected to the Native Representative Council … - one of the most outspoken members against apartheid in the council. From 1946 to 1947 he was president-general of …

… The campaign for the liberation, which was launched in 1962, was spearheaded by the Liberation Front of … of Eduardo Mondlane. After the death of Mondlane in 1969, Samora Machel took over the reigns in FRELIMO until he delivered the country to independent in … Scaruffi A time-line of black Africa [online] Available at: www.scaruffi.com …

… the Chief Photographer of The Star, was killed in bloody pre-election fighting in Thokoza township on the East Rand, just two weeks before South Africans went to the polls in South Africa's first historic democratic elections. It was …

… member and first secretary of the Bantu Social Centre in Beatrice Street, Durban (YMCA), died in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. He showed a talent for music … from an early age and his first attempt at composition was in 1899. Most of his songs were widely acclaimed and are …

… golfer, Nick Price beat American golf icon, Tiger Woods in the 1998 Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament. It was … Price’s third win of the tournament, having won his first in 1993 and his second in 1997, beating South Africa’s Ernie Els. The tournament has …

… The town of Bethlehem was founded in 1864 (other sources claim 1869). It is nestled in the Maluti Mountains in the Free State Province and is one of the towns that grew …

… as member/chair of numerous environmental boards, was born in Pietersburg (now Polokwane). Maruma served as chairman and director in many companies such as Enviroserv Holdings, Stewart Scott … Company. He received the Manager's Award from Eskom in 1994 for Outstanding Performance in Environmental …

… Church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), S.G. Sekano Ntoane, was born in Hebron, Pretoria. Ntoane served on what was then the … the DRCA was still trying to find its feet, and his role in laying the foundations of the DRCA Synod. Sekano Ntoane …

… Nadeem Hendricks, the celebrations will be drawing in ex-Trafalgarians from across the globe who have made their mark in every sphere of their societies. The celebrations start … for the last 40 years students have had to be transported in to fill the school. The school was established in 1912 …

… was erected towards the end of 1902, on the highest point in Johannesburg ; Observatory Ridge.  It honours Hindus , … members of the Indian Army that lost their lives in the Anglo Boer War . Sadly the years and vandals have taken their toll on the monument and in the late 1980's some of the marble tablets were smashed. …

… after ornithologist-mammalgist, J Austin Roberts, born in Pretoria in 1883, and largely self-taught. He was to produce a number … books on both birds and mammals, and was tragically killed in a motor accident in 1948. …

… F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started when Zulu migrant workers armed with axes …

… of his South African counterpart Alfred Nzo. They met in Cape Town to deliberate extensively on international issues, the situation in their respective regions and, in particular, bilateral relations. The two Ministers touched …

… recipient of the first successful human heart transplant in the world, died in Cape Town, eighteen days after receiving the heart of Denise Darvall who had been involved in a car accident. The heart transplant operation was …

… abolished on 10 March 1995. The currency was introduced in the 1960’s and only widely used in the 1980’s and 1990’s.  Created by the sale of nonresidents’ assets in the country, it was available only to foreigners and for …

… Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 000 km2 of land.  It has a … Day and is celebrated yearly. Lesotho is the only country in the world that entirely lies above 1000 metres in elevation. It is also unique in being one of a few …

… of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). In October 1994, Langa was appointed as Judge of the … of South Africa. He became deputy president of the Court in August 1997. He was appointed Deputy Chief Justice of …

… Nations (UN), which had replaced the League of Nations in 1945, opened its headquaters two years after construction work at UN Plaza in New York, USA, had started. The building was designed by … nations. While the principal headquarters of the UN are in New York, there are major agencies located in Geneva, The …

… guests; Friends; comrades and fellow South Africans. In history, men and women of rare qualities make a mark that … with their legacy. Their mere presence inspires the good in all human beings to come out and to flourish. When South … he was taken from us, her leadership continued to be felt in her community of Groutville and in our movement. That …

… important leader of the South can take his rightful place in this conclave. We would also like to sincerely thank the … organisation with distinction over the past three years. In coming to the Caribbean, we reaffirm, as the … often been drawn and will again continue to repeat itself in accordance with the universality of the …

… demand from the national executive committee for silence in the ranks of the ANC is precisely the attitude that paved … six to allow our party to slide into disrepute. Silence in the ranks might give the appearance of our movement … should we be afraid of frank discussion about dishonesty in our ranks at the highest level? Many rush emotionally to …

… Pachai Many Indian leaders who had formerly held office in the Congress became disenchanted with the strategy adopted … of the Natal Indian Congress if they still persisted in their 'all-or-nothing' policy, to which question no … reply was given. They further declared they were all in favour of a round-table conference between the two …

… has made KwaZulu-Natal a province all of us are proud of in terms of governance and the advances that have been made … position as Chairperson of the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal, a position he had held since 2008. These resignations by Comrade Zweli Mkhize are in adherence to our constitution which stipulates that as …

… as a camp for British forces for a number of years, and in 1855 the Rector of St Paul's Church, Rondebosch, was … - it is not state, Municipal or Regional Council Land. In fact it is a donation of private Land by Cecil John Rhodes in his will to be left as a permanent open space for the …

… community and the Bophuthatswana authorities culminated in a meeting of between 5 000 and 10 000 people on a soccer field in Winterfield. The meeting was calm initially, but later … shootings (the Smith Commission) began its investigation in April. Two months later, Colonel Molope was shot dead in a …

… In the language of the Shangaan people , the name 'Balule' is … You can see the ' Big Five ' and many other animals in the Balule Game Reserve. The Balule Game Reserve covers 40 … Kruger National Park. Here, African Wildlife roam freely in this Area, as there are no fences between the two Areas. …

… submitted the following petition to the O.F.S. Volksraad in May 1887. They were, like the authors of the previous … or who have been recently, trading or conducting business in the Orange Free State. Respectfully inform that … property. 2.The mentioned Ordinance has made no provision in favour of Arabs who held land in lease or otherwise at the …

… beaches. It's home to one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, the low-lying Lake Assal, in the Danakil Desert. The nomadic Afar people have … France while the third formed the Republic of Djibouti in 1977. The current President of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar …

… William “Willie” Alexander Smith was born in Johannesburg on 4 July 1904.[i] Smith’s boxing debut took … won the bantamweight title at the 1924 Olympic Games held in Paris.[iii] Smith turned professional boxer shortly after … a title widely regarded as the world championship title in the boxing world in those years.[vi] Despite the limited …

… Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having … into Madikwe Game Reserve. Wildlife that was so plentiful in this character Oom Schalk’s day had mostly been shot out … nigh impossible to imagine a leopard joining your siesta in the shade of a Withaak on the slopes of Abjaterskop …