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EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… detained in February 1986 and was released on 7 March about the same year. This was after metal workers in the …
EventProtest against pass laws in Langa
… offence - not having a pass?" Click here to read more about the anti-pass campaign. …
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… Erasmus Commission of Inquiry revealed that Vorster knew about corrupt activities in the Department of Information but …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… power until S Doe's take over. Click here to read more about Liberian military politics. …
EventThe Battle of Blood River
… the Zulu's under the leadership of Dingane the Zulu King. About 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals …
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… ever for world leaders. It tackled challenges brought about by issues ranging from disarmament and militarisation …
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… women (including minors) the right to make decisions about reproduction and according to their individual beliefs. …
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… intellectuals of the 20th century. Click here to read more about black literature in South Africa. …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… civilian award for bravery. During his life-time he sailed about 170 000 nautical miles competitively, of which over …
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… used literature to speak up against Apartheid and to bring about a European influence to Afrikaans literature. This saw …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 …
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… from the Xhosa word ‘tembisa’ meaning ‘promise’. It came about, when Black Settlers of Johannesburg were being Evicted …
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… National Defence Force (SANDF) for their illegal strike about their poor living standards in Wallmansthal military …
ArticlePan-Africanism
… for significant periods of time. An exchange of ideas about Africa and peoples of African descent took place …
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2016 submissions
… in Belfast, Northern Ireland this summer and learning about the region's sectarianism, she became interested in …
ArticleTransport on water
… three hulls (main bodies) and were built by Polynesians about 4 000 years ago. SAHO is still developing content for …
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… important explorers or inventors. It is important to know about the leaders of your country, and those who were …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… beliefs and values and organisational affiliation to speak about their hopes and dreams of the future. The adoption of …
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… huts there was the picture of a young Jewish girl. When about 16 years old she led an attack on a Gestapo office and … removed from the motor's innards. The…
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… 7d. For an African to pay two kinds of taxes, amounting to about 30s. a year, out of such a pittance was impossibility, … agricultural workers is under £30,…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Government in KwaZulu-Natal; it is about their alleged…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… black people of South Africa. A real change can be brought about only by a fundamental redistribution of wealth and of … cannot be redistributed. Black …
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… where he told the inquest he was tortured non-stop for about four days. He was then hospitalised before being sent … where he described how he was assaulted…
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… says Daniels. “We never knew where they were talking about. But now we do. It’s Belvoir.” It was important for … Art.” Before the day was over, Daniels…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… Rondebosch was obliterated and pieces of it were scattered about. It is alleged that at around 03:30 the driver of a … In 2011 the GRCID together with other…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… was established in 1928, and the company later developed about this installation. It was declared a National Monument … and the local manufacture of numerous…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… December 1998, International Human Rights Day, a group of about 15 people protested on the steps of St George's … knew something had to be done. " I had been…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… Emily Hobhouse addressed public meetings in Britain about the conditions of the Concentration camps during the … War. These campaigns were aimed at raising…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… called upon you not to betray them by voting. There are about 1 1/2 million Coloured people: there are only about 29 000 Coloured voters. The voters must not…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… It is also a political agreement between mandated leaders about what the most basic law in the land should be. In a … South Africans tend to be suspicious of…