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… Dullah Mohamed Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. After matriculation he enrolled at the … trials. He joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983, which led to him being closely watched by the …

… up against one of the African soccer giants, Cameroon, in three international friendlies. The final match between those two countries was played in the Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg on this date. The match, which ended in 2 all draw, was preceded by two matches in which the South …

… interrogators of the South African Security Police, dies in Roodepoort. Brigadier Swanepoel is notorious for ordering the police to shoot at protesting school children in 16 June 1976. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1998 described him as a policeman "who already had a long …

… elections to be held on November 1. This step was taken in compliance with legislation that was passed in September by the Constitutional Court, necessitating the … responsible for organising the elections, announced that in areas where electoral boundaries had not been settled, …

… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Political Studies, University of Natal, … major political questions that have confronted the party in the period 1962 to 1990. Firstly it investigates the …

… overview; Early developments of white and non-white sport in South Africa to 1950; A synopsis of the development of white and non-white sport in South Africa and the influence of politics to 1970; The … sport development. The non-racial sports movements in South Africa and the South African council on sport; The …

… overview; Early developments of white and non-white sport in South Africa to 1950; A synopsis of the development of white and non-white sport in South Africa and the influence of politics to 1970; The … sport development. The non-racial sports movements in South Africa and the South African council on sport; The …

… on the Bechuanaland border, Arthur Goldreich, caught in the Rivonia raid, Moosa Moolla, accused in the Treason Trial, and Charlie Jassat, escaped from the … after bribing a young warder. Wolpe and Goldreich surfaced in Francistown, Bechuanaland Protectorate on 28 August 1963, …

… The Munitoria building, a municipal building in Pretoria burned down in 1997. The fire spread though the building very quickly and … the biggest fire the country had ever seen at the time. In the end, nothing could be salvaged. The damage was …

… when AIDS emerged.  However, the first reported cases were in the early eighties. Then, the disease was widely known as a gay man’s disease because it was first detected in homosexual males. It is now believed that the disease … Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), 22.4 million people in Sub Saharan Africa were living with the disease in 2009, …

… forces proved to be far from surrendering. Elsewhere in the Free State, the Boers achieved victories at the battle … continued for another two years before a treaty was signed in Vereeniging in 1902, paving the way for the establishment of the Union of …

… the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Assembly held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Josiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira … was a great honour for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere hosted a … guests. Kibira died on 18 July, 1988 at the age of 63. In commemoration of his commitment to the cause of the …

… "This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and globalisation. These were not …

… within Ethiopia was very much different from that observed in the West. The slave trade in Ethiopia was slightly more humane than the one in western countries. It was also influenced by religion; …

… African delegations at the United Nations headquarters in New York requested Secretary-General U Thant to help … being on the run for seventeen months and was imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort. Three days later, the charges of leading workers to strike in 1961 and leaving the country illegally were read to him …

… The discovery of various rich mineral resources in Southern Africa saw the construction of various railway … Bay railway line, which followed the discovery of gold in the then Transvaal area. On 2 June 1887, President of the … railways of the nineteenth century: a pictorial history in Victorian. [Online]. Available at: …

… for South Africa and Governor of the Cape Province in 1897. His efforts to gain political rights for the … "Uitlanders" (foreigners who flocked to the gold-fields in the Transvaal) heightened growing tension between Britain … With his rigid attitude he played a prominent role in events leading up to the Second South African War …

… insurance agent, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria. He was widely regarded as the best court … was a talented rugby and cricket player who took the lead in the local African community sports activities. He was also instrumental in the anti-pass campaign of 1919, under the banner of the …

… the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor in 1691, was succeeded by his eldest son, Willem Adriaan van … Constantia and continued to develop it up to his death in 1712. Adriaan, like his father, believed in the wine industry and planted extensive vineyards on his …

… that Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in the general struggle of the country as a whole. The … was that it was necessary to understand society in order to change it; in line with this thinking the public was invited to …

… White poster with blue border and blue lettering. Title in box in centre. ACAC, SACP and COSAW Logos. Hammer and sickle in top left hand corner. …

… White poster. Title in red letters. Artwork of a soldier in a hard hat, with a gas mask on with two rickets in the mouth, by Peter Kennard, 1983. …

… A new negotiating committee has been established in the sugar industry in Natal giving the Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union a firm foot hold in the industry. …

… think that the acceptance of the outcome was unqualified in all quarters and that the orchestrated destabilisation of … they could from their erstwhile privileged position. In Chapters 9 and 10 detailed analyses were made of the … seems appropriate to consider each of these stakeholders in turn, in order to assess their potential for further …

… The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is flabbergasted by the announcement made by … The outstanding and sterling role played by OR Tambo in the founding of the non-racial democratic South Africa we live in today, is recognized throughout the world. He …

… On 12 June 1909, Natal voted in favour of the formation of the Union of South Africa. … following year (1910), the South Africa Act was approved in Britain granting power to the White minority over … qualifications, and the Cape Colony was the only colony in which Africans were permitted to vote. It was decided that …

… The Governor of the Cape Colony in 1818 was Lord Charles Somerset. It was he who first issued … who bequeathed his books to the Dutch Reformed Church in 1761 to serve as the foundation of a public library. In 1820 the board of trustees decided to donate the Dessinian …

… populations of North Africa and the African peoples in the region to the south of the Tropic of Cancer known as … conditions that affected most of that zone of Africa in the 1970's, a large proportion of the population was nomadic. The population in 2019 was 4.526 million people, about one third of its …

… Location: back to this day in history search archive Odile Harrington, a South African convicted and imprisoned for espionage in Zimbabwe in 1987, was released and returned to South Africa. On her …

… gratitude to the "millions of my compatriots and those in every corner of the globe who have campaigned tirelessly … by then South African President FW de Klerk. In commemoration of his release, people across the country danced joyously in the streets. Unfortunately the revelry also caused some …