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… After the African National Congress (ANC) registered a landslide victory in the 1999 general elections, Thabo Mbeki, who had replaced Nelson Mandela as the party's leader, became the second Black president of the …

… in Soweto, Johannesburg with people being brutally killed. The Soweto Civic Association demanded that the South African Defence Force troops be withdrawn from the township and that the councillors resign. On 4 June, 1986 …

… At the conclusion of the Rivonia trial eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight were Nelson Mandela , …

… in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Bill, the act was passed after enlarging the Senate and the Appellate Court. It removed Coloured …

… The Portuguese ship São João went down near the mouth of the Mzimvubu River (at the present Port St. Johns) with 600 … P. (undated). South African Encyclopaedia: prehistory to the year 2000 , Unpublished papers with SA History …

… hot springs. Khoikhoi name, of Anis, means 'smoke' from the steam seen, at the hot springs on winter mornings. In 1870, the Basters, who had migrated out of the Cape Colony in 1868. …

… The building was designed by the Department of Public Works and was completed in 1908 as the centre for the then bacteriological laboratory on the …

… Governor Lord Charles Somerset concluded a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Ngqika (who was also known as Gaika). The treaty was concluded after Somerset visited the eastern frontier and asked Gaika to stop stealing cattle. …

… Riebeeck Square developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and marks the point where incoming farmers …

… The African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced that they would hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban, in an attempt to end the escalating violence in Natal and in the townships of the … Party (IFP) announced that they would hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban ',[online],Available at …

… A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky Malebane …

… from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular in the Cape Colony at the time of the founding of Uitenhage - of broad streets, water culverts …

… Mozambique and the Soviet Union rejected the findings of the Margo Commission, led by Justice Cecil Margo. The …

… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the African National Congress (ANC) issued a joint statement … O'Malley, P., '1986' , from The Nelson Mandela Foundation , [online], Available at …

… and three seriously injured in a landmine explosion on the fenced-in Chatsworth game farm 25 kilometres to the west of Messina (now Musina), Northern Transvaal (now … van Eck, his wife, son and daughter were spending the December holidays with friends, the De Nyschen family, on …

… in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrested 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts. The arrested students were taken to Moroka police station … where their names were recorded before their release. The following day students did not turn up for their classes …

… President Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreated from the capital, Mmabatho, in the face of a popular uprising …

… In a letter to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), lawyers for the National Party (NP) demand an unconditional apology from chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the resignation of vice-chairman Dr. Alex Boraine who had …

… era Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, applied to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty for his role in the bombing of a trade union headquarters in Johannesburg in 1987. He became the first apartheid minister to approach and express …

… in Swaziland. They had both formerly been students at the Swaziland University and were Mbabane hospital employees. … that a well informed policeman from Swaziland told the South African Press Agency that the incident “had all the singes of the military precision of …

… The government withdrew its plan to place a limit on the number of black students admitted to white universities, … that retain their community-directed character. The history of institutional racism in South African … D. and MacleodC . ‘White excellence and black failure’:  The reproduction of racialised higher education in everyday …

… 2012, two hundred and seventy workers were charged with the murder of their collegues. The charges were connected with the fateful event that took place on the 16 August … Mkhabela, K., (2014),  We remember the Marikana Massacre 2012 ”“ 2013 , from Consciousness.co.za …

… Religious leaders were among the foremost and vocal opponents of the Apartheid regime. Acting out of conscience and under the banner of religion, however, did not shield these …

… The Industrial and Commercial Union later renamed the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) was founded … no Black South African language but used English to spread the message of worker unity. Formed in the stormy years after … Digest. (1988).  Illustrated History of South Africa: the real story,  New York: Reader's Digest Association, pp. …

… Executive met in Cape Town and pledged full support to the Passive Resistance launched by the Passive Resistance Councils (PRC) of Natal and the Transvaal. SAIC also decided to send a delegation to New …

… The nearly month-long siege of Makapane's Cave took place after warriors of the Ndebele chief Makapan (Makapane) massacred … at Moorddrift in northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). The punitive burger commando was led by Commandant-General … Kruger, S.J.P. (1902). The Memoirs of Paul Kruger: Four Times President of the South …

… The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the subsequent war with the South African Republics brought a new influx of Whites to …

… [The following was a reply by Mr. Tambo to a question on Radio Freedom concerning the "noise Chief Gatsha Buthelezi was making about his nephew who is allegedly being held by the ANC.] It is a lot of noise but I do not know if it is …

… In 1999, Sergio Motsoeneng ran the first 45 minutes of the 89km* Comrades Marathon before he exchanged vests and shoes with his twin brother in a mobile toilet along the route. They again swapped later in the race to allow …

… The Cradock division is known as The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality or District. It is situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape Province. It is …