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… In 1913, Black women in Bloemfontein were experiencing the culmination of heavy pass laws being implemented to control the mobility of the Black population in White areas – a phenomenon familiar …

… At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young … 20, and Naphtali Manani were found guilty of high treason, the murder of two women as well as of attempted murder and … to death while six others were given prison sentences. The Soekmekaar and Silverton trial followed an attack on the …

… The one-man Harms commission released its report on its investigations in the activities of South African Defence Force Army and South … units. Supreme Court judge, Justice Louis Harms, headed the commission. Ironically enough, with a wave of …

… into a countrywide truck drivers' strike on 1 March. The strike involved over 35,000 workers, who were demanding a wage increase of 9 percent across the board and 10 percent for workers earning the minimum wage. During the following days truck drivers …

… in Durban, Charles Swart,was attacked bya hungry leopardon the bridge crossing the Matjulu River near Malelane Camp,the Kruger National Park. The young Swart was guiding 12 … Krugerpark.co.za, n.d.  “Images of a Great African Park. The Southern Region: Kruger’s Historic Heart ”from  Siyabona …

… The Constitutional Court's ruling against the use of decree powers by President Nelson Mandela, threw the preparations for the local elections scheduled for …

… Chief among the factors that led to the adoption of a new constitution in Rhodesia on the 30 January 1979 (now Zimbabwe) was that Ian Smith, the … ,[Accessed: 20 December 2013]| Project Advisor, (2005)  THE RHODESIAN INSURGENCY: A FAILURE OF REGIONAL POLITICS , …

… The official policy of the African National Congress was one of non-violence. … non-violent struggle, Umkhonto we Sizwe (meaning Spear of the Nation) was founded in 1961 as the military wing of the African National Congress, open to …

… boycott of Ba ntu Education. Bantu education referred to the administration of education for blacks under the Apartheid system of racial discrimination. High standards … people. Bantu education came into effect in 1955 after the government had passed the Bantu  Education Act. The …

… The SACP did not publicly announce its existence until the state of emergency was declared by the government after the police massacres of Sharpeville and …

… Calitzdorp is a Town on the Western side of the Little or Klein Karoo in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and lies on South …

… Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, Principal from 1880 to 1906 of the School at Hermannsburg, 4 km to the North-East. 447 km South-East of Pretoria, the Country's …

… called while it was a German territory was placed under the South African administration by the League of Nations after the First World War. When the United Nations was established …

… since 1865, although its origins are actually Rhenish . The name ``Wuppertal" derives from the Wupper River in Germany , from where two Rhineland … of renowned writer C. Louis Leipoldt ) arrived in the Cape in 1829 to spread the Word among the indigenous …

… The Diggers’ Memorial is one of the monuments that constitute part of this heritage, … Their strength and power is seen as they work hard under the weight of the sieve. This is a working fountain, situated …

… Ladysmith today acts as a commercial centre for the large surrounding farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it fell under siege from October …

… new cardinals; three of them were from Africa. These were the Nigerian Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Ghananian Peter Turkson, and the Sudanese Gabriel Zubeir Wako. However, the appointment of Wako had serious political implications …

… On the evening of 10 November 1993, Winnie Mandela and her bodyguard, John Lawrence, were driving through the centre of Johannesburg, when Lawrence had an altercation … Lawrence allegedly pointed his pistol at and slapped the pedestrian.  Lawrence then got back into the car, but the …

… On 18 May 1997, Laurent Kabila, at the head of a rebel army, overthrew the despotic regime of Mobutu Se se Seko. For the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this …

… South African police raided the African National Congress (ANC) underground headquarters, the Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, just outside Johannesburg. Apparently it was decided that the 11th July 1963 would be the last time they would meet at … Digest. (1988). Illustrated History of South Africa: the real story, New York: Reader's Digest Association, p. …

… mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was initiated by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), which was active …

… Congress (1977), ANC Speaks: Documents and statements of the African National Congress 1955-1976.  Alexander, Neville (1986), "Aspects of Non-Collaboration in the Western Cape 1943-1963 " , Social Dynamics, 12, 1, 1-14. Barrell, Howard (1990), The ANC's Armed Struggle. London: Penguin.  Basner, Miriam …

… Hout Bay has now become well known as the port of departure for scenic day trips to Seal island or … been offering daily scenic cruises to Duiker Island to see the Cape Fur Seals from Hout Bay since 1989. The cruises are offered in either an open boat that holds 60 …

… an eccentric trader who settled in Griqualand East in the 1860s and made his home at Riverside. A notorious miser whose mode of dress was more suited to the life-style of a homeless pauper, he soon accumulated a … in local circulation until 1935 when they became illegal. The Strachan and Co trade tokens are the best researched and …

… A passionate lecturer pioneering the teaching of radical political philosophy, Dr. Richard … Turner was assassinated. Turner met his untimely death on the night of 8 January 1978 when he was shot through a window of his home in Durban and died in the arms of his 13-year old daughter, Jann.  After a lengthy …

… recent university graduate, began working as an intern in the White House. This was during Bill Clinton's first term of office. A relationship developed between the two later in that year, which was publicly revealed in 1998 and was referred to as the Lewinsky scandal. Clinton and Lewinsky's relationship …

… The four murderers of Amy Biehl, American Fullbright exchange student, are granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). They appealed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for amnesty in 1996. … Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.| Amy, Linda and Peter Biehl: The Choice to Forgive , Available at: www2.facinghistory.org …

… war broke out between two factions FRELIMO, backed by the Soviet Union and RENAMO, supported by United States and apartheid South Africa. At this time, the African National Congress(ANC) was granted access to … Mozambique in support of its liberation struggle. In 1984, the Nkomati Accord was signed, in which Mozambique agreed to …

… and to land at his birthplace Qunu. HOUSE With regard to the so-called ownership scheme our main difficulty is that we … do not qualify. When your man is 1,000 miles away, and if the expectation was that you would not have the constitution nor the guts to stick it out so long at …

… attended Catholic schools before pursuing a law degree at the University of Havanna, where he also began his political … exile in Mexico, but returned to Cuba in 1959 and staged the Cuban Revolution. The Baptiste regime, backed by the United States, was …