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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 …
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… John Matshikiza was a well known actor before his untimely death in 2008. …
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
… heart bypass operation. It was mentioned that Treurnicht’s death had been accelerated by the arrest of the Conservative …
EventSir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born
… was the Director-in Chief of the Ross Institute until his death in 16 September 1932. …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… was in Sabarmati prison, Gandhi started a “fast unto death” to protest the newly proposed Indian constitution. It …
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… his ignorance of finances. She feels responsible for his death because she was unable to stay with him, as he became a … the Road to the City," published in…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… "The South Africans had to close the exhibit." In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly was meeting in …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… the decades following the National Party’s takeover in 1948 agent provocateur, pl. agents provocateur – a person …
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… was founded on 4 May 1947 Durban. Then, on 11 September 1948 a national body, the South African Indian Organisation, …
PlaceKwaMashu
… KwaMashu Township KwaMashu township was first proposed in 1948 and finally, in June 1956, a final agreement of sale was …
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… protests after the Soweto student protests and the death of hundreds Fatima Meer worked closely with South … following a stroke she suffered two weeks before…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
… similar to that of Renamo which had caused enormous death and destruction in Mozambique. They had incited … irrespective of tribal origins and political…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… Marcus Motaung and Simon Mogoerane have been sentenced to death and their fate hangs on the weight of international … continues to enjoy membership of…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… driving thousands of the Herero tribe into the desert to death by thirst and starvation and almost exterminated the … step into the new era, we call upon all…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… his last. He never repented of going to jail and embraced death for his country’s sake as he would embrace a friend.” … 1910, and was buried in Delagoa Bay…
PlaceBarberspan Bird Sanctuary
The Barberspan Bird Sanctuary is a huge 2000 ha body of water located between Delareyville and Sannieshof. The Reserve is a pioneer in ornithological research…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
Founded as a Missionary Station in 1826, King William’s Town later (after 1835) served as a military headquarters for British Kaffraria and as a centre for…
EventArmistice day 11th Nov 1918
… The SA Military Command rejected this and had the bodies dug up and so the White and Black soldiers were …
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
Formerly called: 'Young Men's Christian Association'. This is a welfare movement with branches all over the World, that began in London in 1844. YMCA Cape Town…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… be of more significance than any contrived testimony of death. I was proud that I had been called upon to speak in … me say. October 1971 brought the…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… They were all sentenced to life imprisonment, and the death penalty was not handed out. Goldberg was sent to …
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… important documents which include: your birth certificate; death certificate, school and marriage certificates. It can …
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… 17 June 1992: The Boipatong Massacre takes place, with the death toll later to stand at 45. 18 June 1992: Claims of …
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Chapter 3 - THE MOROGORO AFTERMATH
… in January 1969 and Marks in July 1971, as well as the death of the latter in 1972, deprived the Party not only of … In fact, even though Marks was replaced…
EventSenzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born
… was used in the soundtrack of the American action film Death Race 3: Inferno.[iii] Kwesta has also released two …
EventFormer SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies
… evening of 31 May 2002. Before he met with his untimely death, his cricket career was under spotlight as he was …
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… became independent Mozambique's first President until his death on 20 October 1986. In 1981, 13 exiled members of the …
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… the Langa or Uitenhage Massacre. Some reports register the death tally at 28. They were on their way to attend a funeral …