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EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… himself had been on both sides of the law: first as a court interpreter in his younger days, and then as a …
EventMinister of Police and Prisons announces that twenty-one trade unionists have been detained
… He also warned that the newly established industrial court may be used to discipline certain unions. …
EventPolitical activist Mvulane Zacharia Bheki dies in detention
… eight others in February 1985. When he failed to appear in court along with the others on 7 March, his family grew …
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
… journalists ends. Six days later, in the Rand Supreme Court, Justice Coetzee, refused to lift the banning order on …
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
… into exile, but was charged with war crimes by the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court in The Hague. An estimate 200,000…
The South African War
… conflict in southern Africa would have been inevitable before the mining industry could become a more important … for the town, which took place some 21km to…
PlaceWelcome Cottage, Glencairn- Simonstown
… with the Brand family. Henricus Brand was a member of the Court of Justice; his son Christoffel was the first speaker …
PlaceChurch Square,Spin Street- Cape Town
… building, a slave lodge, today known as the Old Supreme Court, was built on its southern side. In1701 the Dutch …
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… sentenced to life imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight were Nelson Mandela , the central figure in …
EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
… was passed after enlarging the Senate and the Appellate Court. It removed Coloured voters from the common voters roll …
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Dr. Allan Boesak was arrested and appeared in court on charges of trying to enter a Black township without …
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of murder or incitement to murder, …
EventPhumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President
… Shaik. Shaik had been found guilty by the Durban High Court and the testimony had implicated Zuma. Mlambo-Ngcuka is …
EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
… of the United Cricket Board, but a shock awaited him in court when he was found guilty of rape with the possibility …
EventBlack pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers
… A few days after the ruling by the Supreme Court to force Potgietersrus Primary School in Limpopo …
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
… Black trade unions. The newly established industrial court was proferred as a means of disciplining certain …
PlaceChad
… as the Duguwa Kingdom, and then, after a rebellion by court officials, as the Sayfuwa Kingdom, so named after the … project [lxxii] . An estimated 10 000…
ArticleState of the Nation Addresses
… annual event but in national election years there is one before the election and then one after. The SONA marks the …
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… area, further reinforcing land use patterns established before 1898. Also, during this time the Victorian character … process, and of the 10,730 house…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… other hand, Africans who moved to the cities during the 1940’s did not receive enough water. World War 2 caused a …
EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
… their claim. President Nelson Mandela fully accepted the court's decision and asked those that might have been …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… August 8, Indians lose a test case in the Transvaal High Court and it is ruled that the Gold Act , prohibiting …
PlaceThe Roman Catholic Church, Polokwane
… services were held by visiting priests in the local Court House. This Roman Catholic Church situated in Biccard …
EventNovelist and poet Kgadime Matsepe is born
… namely for his work Kgorong ya Mosate (At the king's court) in 1964 and Meyokgo ya bjoko (Tears of the brain) in …
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
… have been classed 'Black' again. South Africa's high court ruled that Chinese South Africans would be reclassified …
EventPatricia de Lille testifies at Schabir Shaik’s trial
… de Lille, finally took the stand at the Durban High Court to testify in the fraud and corruption charges against …
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… levelled against him. Though Mboniswa later alleged in court that the killing was masterminded by De Klerk's dance …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner This book tells the story of Frances Baard, a black South African woman who was a…
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
This book tells the story of Frances Baard, a black South African woman who was a trade unionist, political activist and a women's leader both in the Eastern…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu's son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… burnt alive in a bush in Honeydew. An expert testified in court that the deceased had high levels of carbon monoxide in … of kidnapping, robbery and murder…