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INTERNATIONAL NGO CONFERENCE AGAINST APARTHEID AND COLONIALISM IN AFRICA Geneva, 2 - 4 September 1974
… of the United Nations and of the International Court of Justice. In no other case have there been so many … based on the Advisory Opinions of the…
PlaceBethal
… The statue located outside the Bethal Magistrates' Court is a bronze sculpture of the anti-apartheid activist … cultural precinct (which includes the former…
ArticleSita’s story
… My father had told the midwife to come a few days before I was due to be born. But I decided to make my arrival before then. My father had always wanted to…
PlaceTranskei
… of various attempts to establish segregated districts before the period of apartheid. The Glen Gray Act of 1894 saw … Kaiser Matanzima, appointed Chief of…
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… National Heroes John Marshall Harlan (1920) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Howard Walter Florey (1921) Nobel prize winner … – University of Cape Town Byron…
PlaceBloemhof, North West
… in 1852. The place became known as Bloemhof (flower court) because of the lovely gardens that were planted by …
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… resulting from his wounds, or facing trial by the People's Court. He chose suicide, ending his life in the generals' …
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… Act of 1982, and the order could not be questioned in court of law. Naudé was eventually unbanned in 1985, and was …
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… Klerk, for not doing enough to stop the violence. Both a court and the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and …
EventRoman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago, cleared of genocide charges
… his alleged participation in the Rwandan genocide by a Court of Law in Rwanda. Bishop Misago was arrested on 14 …
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… she has served as judge on the International Criminal Court. Pillay is co-founder of the South African Advice Desk …
Notes from Books
… stop complaining until they can return home and appear before old acquaintances in their new riches... There are … told that ships in Table Bay had scarcely…
PlaceBelmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
… Boer and Brit as they tried to thrash out an agreement before war broke out. With the threat of war hanging over …
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… In 1942, shortly before Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the Quit India … at around quarter to nine at night to see him. That was before his bedtime at…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… Fairbairn feared that if self-rule was granted before slavery was abolished, the legislative assembly would … a Sunday newspaper in 1965, at a time that Blue…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
… 1907, Gandhiji and several of his colleagues were taken to court for refusing to register and were ordered to leave the … bring the government and its…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… resulting in uncontrolled memory loss. I remember that before he was given leave of absence from Parliament, he, one … a deep sense of spirituality in him…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… had his story ready, he was aware he had only 15 minutes before the bomb exploded. Fortunately, he had time to get back and turn the bottle upright before it…
Archive2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
… will thus prioritise maths and science more than ever before this year, in his memory. We are encouraged by recent … Act, 2014 was declared invalid by the…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… guarded boundaries of white privilege. In black politics before World War Two women's suffrage was barely an issue at … successful passive resistance…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… implications of apartheid I assess the economic structure before, during, and after apartheid. Firstly, I outline the … faced by the system of cheap labour…
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
… Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. Aziz was born on Christmas Day 1940, and so was only 8 years old when the National Party was …
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… the following: (a) That Mr. Goldberg was not found by the Court to have been a member of the National High Command of … letter, which was handwritten and…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… was installed officially as Paramount Chief of the Zulus before 30,000 Zulus and a number of white administrators, … of the Isandlwana slight, Zwelithini…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… with Solly. He was unlike anyone I had ever met before. He didn't belong to my middle-class life, which he … but he taught me human values, which I had not…
The CASA Conference
… http://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/before-dawn-culture-in-another-south-africa-%28casa%29 …
Buddhism
… but Buddhists believe that there were countless Buddhas before him and that there will be many more after him. …
Glossary: Local History
… or as a habit. Pre-historic Something that existed before history was recorded. Prospector Someone who explores …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… Junior were born in 1988 and 1990 respectively, well before the publicised wedding. His last born is Chatunga …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… awards some 90 degrees to arts and science graduates. 1940 The Commission of Inquiry into grievances and … 1975 18 February, The SASO Nine make their first…