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… Born Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela in the Eastern Cape, President Mandela’s former wife and … her post as Member of Parliament. She was re-elected in 1997. Madikizela- -Mandela is widely respected within the ANC, securing 5th place in the 2009 general election. She is one of the most …

… by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in the African National Congress (ANC) about the donation. … ANC's Disciplinary Committee ousted Holomisa from his seat in Parliament on 1 October 1996 after finding him guilty of … Click here to read President Mandela's confirmation in details. …

… Fischer, lawyer and champion against apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This … Party of South African (CPSA), openly participating in its activities. His anti-apartheid stance led him to be a … He also defended the accused during the Rivonia Trial in 1964. …

… was the country's first democratically elected president in over forty years. President Thabo Mbeki, who played a major role in the peaceful solution of the civil war, attended the … the elections, the largest UN force ever deployed in the world, was also present. Cannons fired salutes as the …

… The denial of South Africa's involvement in arms dealing with the former Rwandan Army came seven years … Africa by the United Nations. South Africa's involvement in the murky world of arms dealing began long before the UN … of military supplies was flown from South Africa to Zaire in terms of this contract. …

… On this date the nuclear reactor Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa … after World War II when uranium deposits were discovered in the country. The project was not initially started with military ambitions. South Africa is the only country in the world to give up its nuclear weapons voluntarily. …

… Sundowns FC midfielder, Mpho Gift Leremi died in a car accident on 03 September 2007 after losing control of his car in Brackensdowns, next to Alberton. He was returning from a … that subsequently caused his death. Leremi was discovered in 1999 and was signed by Orlando Pirates as a teenager. He …

… South Africa. Tanganyika became one of the first countries in Africa to impose sanctions on South Africa. The majority of countries in the western bloc and all those making up the eastern bloc were first to impose sanctions against South Africa in the 1960s. Only the United States (US) and the United …

… of Mandela’s movements by an American CIA agent based in Durban. Mandela was tried in Pretoria's Old Synagogue and in November 1962 sentenced to five years' imprisonment for …

… under President Thabo Mbeki’s administration, was born in B Location, Kroonstad, Orange Free State. He is the son to … researcher and lecturer. He became politically active in the early 1960s when he joined the African National Congress (ANC). He served in various positions within the ANC. He also served as …

… seeing that challenged the established apartheid tropes. In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop papers couldn’t in terms of the detail that captured the texture of life and …

… and editor of The Guardian newspaper. He was born in Northern Rodesia (Now Zambia) to English parents. The … was five years old. He later studied literature and in 1979 joined the The Guardian as a reporter. Since 1995 … the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian and the Observer. In 2009 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the …

… newspaper, Zambia Post. As the only independent newspaper in Zambia, Zambia Post constantly clashed with the … Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press Freedom Award in 1995. That same year, he also won the International Press … Michael Sata, leader of the Patriotic Front, who died in London of an undisclosed illness on 28 October 2014. …

… of the local population forced Spain to abandon the region in 1524. In 1860 Spain reclaimed the region following a treaty with Morocco, but the effective Spanish reoccupation began in 1934. … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘This Day in African History’ , from African History , 04 January, …

… plunge beat the record of 313m, set by Mark Ellyatt in Thailand in 2003. His target was a depth of 320, but he only managed … descend and slow return to surface is a technique used in extremely deep scuba diving. Gomes is one of very few …

… Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt. He knew from a very young age that he wanted … on his life. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988 and became the first Arab to be so honoured. The … stories and screen plays throughout his career. He died in 2006 at the age of 94. …

… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with … children. The bus driver survived and was exonerated in the subsequent inquiry. Most of the children who died were … 2014]|Sapa, (2003),  Dam plunge the third such tragedy in 18 years , from  Iol News,  4 May [online], Available at  …

… negotiated future for South Africa". The youth of KwaZulu, in particular, were called upon to resist violence as a means of protest. Participation in community self help projects supported by the KwaZulu … food production and primary health care are discussed in Clarion Call as well as issues relating to resistance to …

… This address delivered by Winifred Hoernle is the fourth in the series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures. This is the … to the problem of crime-prevention and the measures taken in dealing with those offenders. The social order and the racial caste structure which exists in South Africa is considered to have a positive effect on …

… William Philip Screhreiner, prime minister in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South … Republiek (ZAR) or South African Republic (Transvaal) in an article in the South African News, and stressed, "We are at liberty …

… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican Referendum … to vote either "Yes" or "No" to the question; "Are you in favour of a republic?" This was all that would appear on the ballot paper in both official languages (English and Afrikaans). The Bill …

… The Republic of Goshen with its capital in Lichtenburg is founded by a group of Afrikaner farmers on … of the Barolong boo Ratlou, as reward for the Boer support in the fight against Chief Montshioa of the Barolong Boo Ratshidi in Mafikeng. Conflict between these chiefs was caused by the …

… sustenance to our people for millennia as it will do in perpetuity. The tusks of the African elephant, reproduced in pairs to represent men and women, symbolise wisdom, … some of the earliest representations of the human person in the world. Those depicted, who were the very first …

… the majority to a position of permanent inferiority. In that letter, I said: "I regard the Prize as not for me … hunger, find their protest movements banned, their leaders in jail or exile. And now - under the new "Sabotage" Act, to … the American Committee on Africa proposes. As indicated in the enclosed copy, the American Committee`s APPEAL FOR …

… African Art Dak’art will be held May–June 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. Following the establishment of the … has been launched to select the artists for the IN section of the Biennial. Artists wishing to participate … submission form; 2. A biography of maximum 15 lines long in French or English; 3. A detailed curriculum vitae; 4. Two …

… In 1657 the VoC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain … was subsequently altered by Herbert Baker who rebuilt it in a pseudo-Cape Dutch style. Subsequently it became the home … the shape of spokes of a wheel. The Garden is set low in the Ground and includes a type of drainage system where a …

… to place them under the corroding influence of racialism. In the face of this onslaught the people of our land must rally and stand firmly united in order to turn back the tide of apartheid tyranny. One of the most important and indispensable weapons in all these struggles is New Age, the people’s paper. …

… Zimbabwe Independence Day On this day in 1980, Southern-Rhodesia gained independence from the … a protracted war of liberation that claimed many lives. In the ninety year span that Zimbabwe was a colony, it was … administrative systems were under the British monarchy. In 1965, Zimbabwe became autonomous and was led by a white …

… Company of South Africa (ACSA) for their respective roles in the successful renaming of Johannesburg Airport to OR … among South Africans of the critical role of Oliver Tambo in the achievement of democracy in the country. It is a fitting tribute to an outstanding son …

… has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy … a tragedy they can never forget. Our leader, comrade-in-arms, and brother, Samora Moises Machel, President and … regime of Pretoria and its agents. President Machel fell in the cause of (word indistinct) to mankind. He was …