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… acquisition programme in Zimbabwe. Through this programme the government was not going to compensate the predominantly White commercial farmers for the land confiscated for resettlement by Black peasant …

… The Bambatha Rebellion took place near Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal. The first signs of discontent started at the end of 1905, when government introduced a new £1 poll tax … Digest. (1988). Illustrated History of South Africa: the real story , New York: Reader's Digest Association, p. …

… Liberia was 'founded' by the American Colonisation Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United States. Although Liberia has an indigenous …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By 1911, the public outcry in India against the system of indentured labour had grown so strong that the …

… The following list is taken from Frank R. Bradlow and Margaret Cairns, The Early Cape Muslims, appendix II. A note by the authors says that the list of names is a random selection …

… Robertson Fuller Bertram, a property Developer who bought the area in 1889; the Suburb is the Oldest in Johannesburg. Bertrams characterises the …

… 550 kilometres north east of Johannesburg you will find the little happening town of Giyani, a popular town in the heart of Bushveld country in the western crook of the Kruger National Park, even if it is …

… Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights … on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban . She went to the University of Natal where she graduated with BA in 1963 and with an LLB in 1965. It was at the University that she joined the Unity Movement. After …

… 13, 1931 in Oguta, located in eastern Nigeria. She was the eldest of six children born to parents, Christopher Ljeoma, an agent for the United Africa Company and Martha Nwapa, a drama teacher. … In her early education, Nwapa read and fell in love with the works of Jane Austen, William Thackeray, and Charles …

… Ernst van Dyk, was cut off from a certain gold medal by the Mexican Saul Mendoza during the 1 500m race at the Athens Paralympics games held at the Olympic Stadium. Van …

… Thesis submitted to fulfil the requirements for the Degree Philosophiae Doctor in the Faculty of Humanitie (Department of History) at the …

… In May 1962 Dennis Brutus , Secretary of the South African Sports Association, wrote to Otto Mayer, the then Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), requesting that …

… Conference on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The UN had been vocal about the apartheid policy since the … United Nations, ‘The United Nations: Partner in the Struggle against …

… DEADLINE: 14 MAY 2017 The African continent is rapidly urbanizing. If this point is … consensus about what this process will mean for Africans. The Academy of African Urban Diversity aims brings together doctoral students to debate and theorize the political, social and economic processes surrounding …

… The old village of Wynberg was developed during the mid-19th Century when it became the preferred place of retirement for British civil servants …

… original letter you wrote to him with regard to myself and the I.C.U. Your letter is libelous as well as deceitful when … as you are made to understand by your remnants here. On the contrary, the I.C.U. is making remarkable progress under the leadership …

… who was transported in 1810 from South Africa to Europe.  The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children (SBCWC) was opened in 1999 in response to the high rates of violence against women and children on the Cape Flats near Cape Town. We provide essential, …

… The Village of Clarkebury was established in 1830 as a station of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. James Backhouse visited it in March 1839 and made the following report : "The station of Clarkebury was …

… parliamentary politics, has been redeployed to work at the ANC`s headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli House. "Comrade Zola Skweyiya will now be located in the ANC Presidency where he will be operating from. The comrade has immense skill and expertise, both as a senior …

… investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990, the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to the existence of a secret unit called the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), which was allegedly …

… Paleontology ; Ethnography & Zoology collections .  The McGregor Museum was originally located in Chapel Street, but was moved in the early 1970s to a larger building, the old Kimberley Sanatorium – the same building where Cecil …

… Malan and General Constand Viljoen, former commander of the South African Defence Force (SADF), denied accusations on two mass graves brought against them by the Namibian government. Malan and Viljoen were questioned about the mass graves found at Eenhana, 850km north-east of …

… at Bizana, Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape). During the 1940s, he enrolled at the University of Fort Hare where he became active in politics. Tambo was among those who led the student boycott at Fort Hare, calling for the formation …

… union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one of the chief negotiators at the Codesa talks that opened the path for the first democratic elections on the 27th April …

… about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock and grief he felt that day, and how the Black Consciousness Movement leader helped to shape a generation August 15 1977 was the final occasion I had of speaking to Steve Biko. He was on …

… Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter, one of the leaders of the Voortrekkers, obtained the territory between the Vet and Vaal Rivers from the …

… and stopped by Simon Mukondoleli, a taxi driver working in the legislative capital. Strydom claimed to be the head of a white supremacist group called the ‘Wit Wolwe’ (White Wolves). Upon investigation, however, … Falkof, Nicky. The End of Whiteness: Satanism and Family Murder in Late …

… was born in Durban on 11 May 1979.[i] Logie was crowned the International Surfing Association’s Open World champion in 2002, at the World Surfing Games held in Durban.[ii] The South African team was also the champion team at the … Currie, J.P.: 5’9” Is the optimal height for a (Male) Surfer; (Aka: Short People …

… lawyer in South Africa, taking on high profile cases under the Apartheid regime. When the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, she was unanimously elected as the treasurer for the Port Elizabeth branch. Her loyalty to … apartheid spies? Brereton cannot claim she did not know the results of her actions , from CapeTimes, 24 October …

… Haiti's recorded history began with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The island was named Hispaniola and became the territory of the Spanish crown until the western part of …