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… African anti-apartheid journalist and former editor of The World newspaper, Percy Qoboza, died on his fiftieth … heart attack and falling into a coma. Qoboza was known for the barrage of criticism he directed at the Apartheid regime especially after the June 16 Uprisings …

… Born in the Eastern Cape, Chief Daliwonga Kaiser Matanzima was made paramount chief of the emigrant Thembu clan. He was a strong proponent of the Apartheid regime’s Bantu Authorities Act (1951).For his …

… The Honourable B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one of the most sought …

… Olaudah Equino was born in the region that is now known as Nigeria in 1945. At the age of 15, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The slave trade took him to places such as South America, the …

… Coetzee uses his initials as his pen name. He studied at the University of Cape Town and graduated with an honours … in English in 1960 and an honours degree in Mathematics the following year.  In 1962, he left for the United Kingdom where he worked as a computer programmer …

… Naledi High School, the site where historic anti-Bantu Education student … arrived at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement …

… farm in Piketberg, Western Cape. In 1942 he enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch where he became the member of the Student Representative Council (SRC) and chairman of the … The independent, (1993), Andries Treurnicht dies in Cape Town … loses strong stabilising force, writes John Carlin , from The Independent, 23 April, [online], Available at   …

… The Durban Natural Science Museum has dynamic and innovative … emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation, and Ecology. The mission of the Durban Natural Science Museum is to acquire and …

… The a son of a wealthy businessman, Yusuf Dadoo was all too familiar with the repressive political and social conditions that the Indian community lived under during segregation and … Pahad, E (1978). Yusuf Dadoo - A Proud History of the Struggle [online] originally published in The African …

… The Robben Island World Heritage Site has rich archival resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) …

… The Black Workers Project emanated out of a resolution taken at the 3rd General Students Council. The purpose of the project was to serve and protect the …

… The Alliance National Secretariat, composed of the ANC , SACP , COSATU, SANCO met yesterday, 5 February … developments in Malamulele, Majakaneng, and Randfontein. The Alliance has agreed on a programme to visit Malamulele as …

… The Minister of the Interior, Connie Mulder, announces that senior officials of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have been banned from South Africa. Entry will be refused to any member of the Council's Executive or Central Committee. During the … P. (undated).  South African Encyclopaedia: prehistory to the year 2000 , Unpublished papers with SA History …

… to be freed, as apartheid was dying. Upon his release the government restricted him to the magisterial district of Port Elizabeth until November 1989. In February 1990, when the ANC and other liberation movements were unbanned he …

… from 1978 to 1989, Pieter Willem Botha, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his house Die Anker near Wilderness in the Western Cape. Botha was found dead in bed just after … by his second wife Barbara. Botha was discharged from the George Medi-Clinic two weeks ago, after he went in for a …

… to Farzanah was published in 1979 in commemoration of the United Nations declared International Year of the Child. The book, consisting of sixty-seven images and twenty- seven …

… Mageta Island, Lake Victoria in a canoe. This was after the prisoners hacked to death a fisherman, Onimbo Haulu who … use of his canoe for escape. Haulu’s action imperilled   the escapees as his refusal could jeopardise the whole operation. After killing him they hid his mutilated …

… by a train. Masego had been employed as a delivery man at the explosives factory at Modderfontein, Springs, before he volunteered for service with the Native Military Corps of the Union Defence Force. While still working at the factory, … v. 2|Mohlamme, J.S, (1995), SOLDIERS WITHOUT REWARD , from The South African Military History Society , 01 June …

… Kalushi Mahlangu, a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), who was executed by … 10 July 1956 in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. Mahlangu left the country to join the ANC's military wing in exile in …

… M.H. Nazar and Madanjit Viyavaharik in 1903 in the Natal Province. The newspaper focused on Indian rights, poor living … It provided an important historical record of the social and political lives of the Indian community in …

… From the book:  Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents … It is a very large country. Indians wishing to go to the Transvaal from Natal can do so only if they have a … on their movements. Many have succeeded in moving to the Transvaal and the government this time has been decent. …

… having been able to travel here in our 90th year and be in the presence of so many good friends. Thank you for the continuing support in the fight against the terrible scourge of HIV and AIDS. You …

… According to Act 8 of 1925, Afrikaans became one of the official languages of South Africa. The development of Afrikaans can be traced to arrival of settlers to the Cape. This is however not the sole factor that led to the …

… South African author and winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature, Nadine Gordimer , was … documentaries, collaborating with her son Hugo Cassirer on the television film Choosing Justice: Allan Boesak. Godimer was responsible for the script of the 1989 BBC film, Frontiers, and for four of …

… The chief of a group of San that inhabited the area between the Modder, Riet and Vaal Rivers early in the nineteenth …

… well away from politics. Like him, Evelyn Wase hailed from the rural Transkei and had come to Johannesburg in the early 1940s to carve out a living in the big city. She was the cousin of African National Congress …

… Following the onset of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of opposition, Colin Eglin. Eglin …

… The eighties in South Africa heralded a time of increased resistance against the Apartheid regime. The liberation movements had increased its military actions … Further submissions and responses by the African National Congress to questions raised by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,[ online], available …

… The houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town even though the seat of government is in Pretoria . This was part of a compromise agreed upon at the formation of the Union of South Africa , in 1910. …

… The International Olympic games, which were held in Athens, … came to an end with a spectacular closing ceremony. The evening was started off with Greek music, dance and fireworks before the flame was extinguished and the flag lowered. The overall …