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… ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of the railway from Port Elizabeth, it is reputed to be one of …

… politically active after her grandfather's arrest at the age of ten. While she attended high school, she started to work as a courier for the African National Congress (ANC). At the age of 18, she joined the ANC Youth League, where she met … African National Congress, ‘ ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo’ , [online], Available at …

… these organisations in caring for vulnerable communities. The Red Cross Society was founded in 1863 after Henry Dunant; a Swiss national, who witnessed the suffering of the wounded, dying, and displaced in a battle in Northern … [Accessed 30 April 2010] International Committee of the Red Cross (Online), available at: https://nobelprize.org …

… of Kranskop in central Natal was founded on Trust land in the Nkandla district of KwaZulu as a  place of relocation, The name means “white home”, named as it was after the shiny tin huts  erected by new residents when they were … Forced Removals In South Africa – The Surplus People’s Reports, Vol.1, Natal, January 1983, p. …

… and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy attended the Yeoville Boys’ primary school and Athlone High School in … in his early teens, when he joined and participated in the Young Communist League (YCL) and, by 1946, in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA).   After the …

… refused British instructions to take up arms against the Boer republics during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Col. H.B. Bottomley of the Imperial White Horse warned the king that, under martial … Cloete, P.G. ( 2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: …

… New Age, newspaper and its' predecessors, The Guardian; Advance were founded by trade unionists, … was known as a leftist publication. New Age was linked to the African National Congress and its' leadership. In 1954, Govan Mbeki joined the editorial board of New Age, together with Ruth First, …

… She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became … that they were apart even when they were together. When the knock on the door they had long expected finally came early one …

… 1. I have received the response of Mr F. W de Klerk to a memorandum which I addressed to him on the 26th June 1992. I enclosed the statement of the Emergency meeting of the National …

… Report of the Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of …

… Togo is a country of western Africa. Lomé, the capital, is situated in the south-west of the Country and is the largest city and port. Until 1884, …

… The Jubilee Art Centre in central Johannesburg joined these alternative art education centres in the 1970s but was forced to relocate to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act made …

… The Prince Alfred's Guard Museum, located in Central Port Elizabeth's Prospect Road, was formed through the amalgamation of a Military Museum formerly housed in the Donkin Reserve Complex, and the Regimental Museum of the … https://www.wheretostay.co.za/topic/3522-the-prince-alfreds-guard-museum …

… Oliver Tambo, former President of the African National Congress (ANC), returns to South Africa … going into exile nearly thirty years ago. Tambo was one of the founder members of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944 with Nelson Mandela and …

… Three of the 22 Delmas Treason trialists were released after Judge K van Dijkhorst delivered his judgment. The judge released them on the grounds that there was no sufficient evidence to justify … 1.| South African History Online," Message from COSATU and the UD F",From: South African History Online , [Online], …

… South Africa's tour of the British Isles finished on an upbeat note as Jake White's … takes Scotland apart at Murrayfield, winning 10-45. Two of the Springbok tries came from the 21 year old wing Bryan Habana on his first international …

… The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive … Committee (NEC) presents five demands to be met during the year in order to facilitate South Africa's first democratic elections. These are the resumption of multilateral talks in the form of the …

… [On the morning of January 30, 1981, South African troops … and killed a number of ANC refugees in Matola, Mozambique. The following is from an address by Mr. Tambo to thousands of members and supporters of the ANC in Maputo.] The crime perpetrated against the people …

… and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, Elandsfontein in 1904. Named after General Hendrick … Abraham Alberts, chairman of a syndicate which purchased the Estate in 1904. Today it is still a very exclusive Area, some of the famous South African's who live there are: Japie Mulder …

… As a matter of crude shorthand, the South African photographer David Goldblatt might be … when he was starting out more than a half century ago, the comparison at this point serves only to hint at the moral clarity of his vision, the seriousness of his …

… Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936. (Note the National Monuments plaque on the side of the loco.) The engine weighs 12,7 tonnes and was manufactured …

… The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm Welgelegen, in an area more commonly known as Drie … Dutch origin, and was given to a road intersection where the heads of three slaves had been impaled, following their …

… From the book:  My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … In 1950 there was a big protest against this law called the Suppression of Communism, which was so the government could send communists and people like that to …

… Report of a meeting between the ANC and the University of Cape Town on the education crisis. Includes handwritten notes on a …

… Madagascar came under the colonial French Protectorate in 1890. By the late 1940's, the Malagasy had started to demand independence. A national …

… to Saudi Arabia. Amin began his career as a cook in the King's African Rifles and British Colonial Army in Uganda … also one of two 'Black' Ugandan soldiers to be promoted to the rank of officer in 1961 just before Uganda attained … Obote, then Prime Minister of Uganda, promoted Amin to the rank of commander of the Armed Forces. Amin seized power …

… On the afternoon of 20 May 1983, two African National Congress … in Pretoria and parked their vehicle in close vicinity of the building which housed the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters. Their …

… The announcement by President  F. W. de Klerk in parliament … Mandela would be released from prison, unconditionally the next day, took many people by surprise.  The Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release … The Guardian   Why FW de Klerk let Nelson Mandela out of …

… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (TUC), situated in … Skinner Street, Pretoria .  This department, consisting of the arts and science courses with four professors, three lecturers and thirty-two students, developed into the University of Pretoria. The nickname for the university - …