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… Mosimane appeared before the committee on two charges, one of bringing the PSL into disrepute and another of interrupting the normal flow of play during the game. He pleaded guilty on both counts. …

… by issues ranging from disarmament and militarisation of outer space to the environment, poverty and globalisation. … Nations Web site, which also made available the texts of statements in their original language, press releases, … available. The summit brought together more than 150 heads of governments, including South African President Thabo …

… Cote d'Ivoire in 1989. He secured more than 70% of votes. In addition, his National Patriotic Party (NPP) won an overwhelming majority in both houses of the legislature. However, political pandemonium returned … led by the United States. Taylor is now facing charges of crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone. References: …

… African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate … pregnancies on request within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. It also provides for abortion under specified … despite this liberal law and a relatively high rate of contraceptive use, unwanted pregnancies and unsafe …

… eighteen months. It was agreed that the first tranche of shares - at least 20% of Johnnic's 30,4 million shares - would be sold at R50, a 7% … Johnnic's board would be enlarged to twenty members, of which the NEC would appoint ten, including the chairman. …

… his request is turned down. Despite South Africa's refusal of military assistance, South African Defence Force (SADF) is … to urge them to keep the situation calm for fear of a military coup or the imposition of sanctions on the tiny kingdom by the international …

… Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid organizations that opposed the government's … constitutional reform proposals. On the other side of town the all white governing Nationalist Party was trying … a New Deal that was doomed to fail. This is a video of that time and was Tony Bensusan's response as a media …

… with his team operated on her, conceded that she had died of "chronic rejection" of her transplanted heart. Only in the middle 1980s did … anti-rejection drug that is still used. Barnard was fond of Fisher. She was living proof that, despite foreign tissue …

… and the problems its membership poses, the governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) resolved that … South Africa was faced with many challenges because of its apartheid policies. At one stage South African goods … three years after the country declared itself a Republic of South Africa. …

… (WHO). The events promote awareness on the dangers of the diseases and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. South Africa is one of the countries that participate in World Heart Day, where …

… Al-mohammediyya  Mosque .  Police arrested 65 members of the sect after the massacre. The tension between the two sects was caused by differences of opinion regarding the implementation of the Sharia Law in government. …

… The bank had launched the campaign with the intention of encouraging then President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his … which had complained that the campaign was a form of incitement against Mbeki, the bank decided to cancel the … to make South Africa a better country, only to delete some of the content after a backlash from the ANC. The ANC labeled …

… the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Burger is considered to be one of the most hardworking players in South Africa. In 2004 Burger won two awards; the IRB International Player of the Year awardand the ABSA SA Rugby Player of the Year award. Schalk has been plagued by injuries and …

… Minister, was briefly imprisoned following two nights of unrest on charges of inciting riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in … which it gained from Belgium in June 1960, a series of events that led to his death unfolded. In October 1960 …

… and BCM member Mafika Gwala was born today in the town of Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. Soon after joining the University of Zululand, he chose to rather devote his time to political activities firstly joining National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) that later split to form …

… in 1934 where he studied art at the Westminster School of Art. He returned to South Africa in 1935 before leaving … Gogh and later by Piero della Francesca. Preller was one of the most innovative artists of his time. He died in Johannesburg, on 13 December 1975, …

… World Malaria Day was first held in 2008 in recognition of the existence of malaria in countries worldwide. The annual observance held on 25 April is primarily to raise awareness of the global effort to control and ultimately …

… It is believed that thousands of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch … believed it was safer to keep them separated from the rest of the community. Patients were quarantined on part of the island, while the other part was used as a prison. …

… Miss Namibia pageant as well as making it to the top 5 of Miss World in the same year. After winning the Miss … South African pay television channel Mnet as a presenter of a magazine show. The following year she was appointed as … has since presented several shows on Dstv and was Master of Ceremonies in several events, including the Miss South …

… Both Freykenius and Nederburgh were Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to … burghers, or farmers who had been given land independent of the VOC, on how to better earn a living. However, the VOC … Dutch statesman, was later responsible for the Charter of 1801, or Nederburgh's Charter, which established Dutch …

… University in 1925, and studied at the Westminster School of Art in London from 1926-32.  Until 1938 she studied in … She returned to South Africa shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War. She is well known as a painter of landscapes and still lives. Her paintings are sought after …

… blood went in. You see this mark "here? It's the blood of our children, that's why the potato is so.' The people … the potatoes and that we say that these potatoes are full of the blood of the African people, then they also began boycotting them. …

… State on 2 September 1905. [i] He attended the University of the Free State. [ii] Hart won six medals at the 1930 and 1934 Commonwealth Games, of which he was crowned shot put and discus champion during … years 1926 and 1946, collecting 31 gold medals altogether, of which 15 was for shot put, nine was for discus, two was …

… After the Jameson Raid in 1896, President Paul Kruger of the "Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek" decided that something … Pretoria against possible attacks. Fort Schanskop is one of the four Forts constructed during 1897 and completed in … and one Officer on base at the Fort. After the outbreak of the War, the Soldiers and Armament were moved to the Natal …

… until early 1915 and only then could the invasion of South West Africa be fully launched. On 5 March 1916 South … More than 146 000 Whites, 83 000 Blacks and 2 500 people of mixed race and Asians served in South African military … also joined the Royal Flying Corps. The total number of South African casualties during the war was approximately …

… Multicoloured artwork of a cross section of a tree. …

… Twelve years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist … groups and associations under one umbrella. Because of its racial exclusivity, the government initially welcomed it as an endorsement of racial segregation and apartheid policies. When the party …

… revolutionary propaganda leaflets was found by a member of the public. At the Grand Parade, Cape Town, an explosion sent hundreds of ANC pamphlets into the air during rush-hour.  Amid these … that “it is almost certain Whites are behind the series of pamphlet-bomb explosions that distributed ANC propaganda …

… affairs. The move by Hammarskjöld followed the adoption of Resolution 143 by the UN Security Council, which demanded the withdrawal of Belgian troops and calling for UN military support for the … President, Patrice Lumumba demanded the immediate removal of Belgian forces in his country. He threatened to ask the …

… and the seventh woman laureate in the near-century history of the Nobel Prize. Gordimer is the author of ten novels and more than 200 short stories; her work over … focused upon the legacies and moral consequences of apartheid. Heralded as well as banned in her native …