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EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… (now known as Namibia) was resumed by the International Court of Justice at The Hague. Extensive evidence was led on …
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… members of the right-wing Boeremag at the Pretoria High Court on 19 May 2003. The Boeremag allegedly sought to stage …
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… to the west under the power of the central Rwandan court. The Belgian government continued its reliance on the …
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… Company rule. Van Riebeeck planned to stay for a few years before leaving for the Far East, but an uneasy relationship … the ideals of freedom and equality…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… under house arrest and banned for five years. On the day before he received his banning orders, he had been with me … against Cos's banning ”” who knew…
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… Before the June 16 student uprising, the Soweto Students' …
George Hugo
… Bloemfontein. He held this position until December 2007 before relocating to Cape Town. In 2008 George started …
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… many things for their support. You people were well-to-do before that war, but your property was taken away from you. … of most township residents. 32 With…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… will be taking place outside the Pretoria magistrate’s court where Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is due to appear … on November 2, will include marches and…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… of Illegal Squatting Act of 1952. Following a series of court appearances, the residents ultimately received a reprieve from the Cape Supreme Court…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… of Absalom’s case, thus indicating a racial bias in the court. Paton makes it clear that social inequality does not …
The French Revolution Activity
… the National Assembly The Old Order Everybody became equal before the law and had the right to a fair trial. The … at the following things: What was it like…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… from holding gatherings until the Namibian Supreme Court ruled otherwise, organised the rally to celebrate the …
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
… included Ms Ruth First (posthumously) and Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs who both received the Order of …
EventAllan Boesak guilty on charges of fraud
… guilty of fraud by Judge John Foxcroft in the Cape Supreme Court. He was accused of embezzling about R1, 3 million, …
EventPresley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar winning movie Tsotsi, is arrested for fraud in Pretoria
… of fraud when he appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court. He was given a fine of R5000 or six months … Oscar-winning South African film Tsotsi, has…
EventMark Thatcher arrested
… impoverished Africans. This excuse was rejected by the court and he was found guilty and sentenced to a five years …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… who initiated the construction of these flat-units. 1940 Waterval Islamic Institute 75 In July 1940, the Waterval … at the Avalon Cinema, Durban, on Sunday,…
ArticleKey sites
… branch was one of Nelson Mandela’s favourite restaurants before his incarceration in jail. Kapitan Balcony Hotel … a permit had to be obtained from the…
ArticleHuman evolution
… Africa has also cast light on our history as human beings. Before we look at the Hominid discoveries in South Africa and …
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… ankles and wrists where he had slashed the arteries but before he could bleed to death a night guard saw what he had … security forces had used the four…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… for passing ships. Although Europeans had visited the Cape before, 1652 was the year in which they took permanent … years old. She was renamed Rosa, and sold…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… It is a singular honour and pleasure for me to stand before you to receive this honorary degree from your … colours to the mast of justice and human rights,…
PlaceRust en Vreugd, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 1 November 1940. This Historic House and Garden, on the edge of the …
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… combatants. South Africans fought in East Africa (July 1940 to November 1941), North Africa (May 1941 to November …
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… was temporarily suspended from the university; he left in 1940 without taking a degree. …
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… Reports Pityana, N.B., 2004. Reflections on the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. African Human Rights Law …
EventThe passive resistance movement begins with a mass meeting of 2000 Africans
… beings. More than two hundred Africans were brought to court and charged with disturbing the peace or inciting the …
Awards of Recognition to Honourable Early Associates of Gandhiji and Phoenix Settlement 1904-1914
… in East Russia he qualified as an architect in Germany before coming to Johannesburg in 1896. He had an office very … His elder son Shantilal lived at…
ArchiveThabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years by Ferreira, Harper and Saba (Mail and Guardain), 20 January 2023
… the centre of those urgent expansion plans first brought before policymakers as far back as 1997 was the power … halted by a legal challenge in the Western…