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… From the book:  History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim … History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first of its kind to be published, covers almost the entire history of Muslims in South Africa - from 1652 …

… Nkoli died of an AIDS related illness. Nkoli was one of the first Black anti-apartheid activists to publicly identify … HIV whilst in prison and went public with his status in the early 1990s - a time when HIV was stigmatised by White … Nkoli worked with various organisations to educate the populace and to destigmatise HIV/AIDS. One of these …

… Mzwakhe Mbuli became known as the "people's poet" as a result of the style and content of his poetry. He covered issues like drugs and Apartheid and the former government banned his work, forcing him to retreat …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … merchants, residing and trading in Durban, submitted the following petition to the resident magistrate of Durban on 30 July 1883. Source: …

… The first International Women's Day was launched in several … on 19 March and over a million men and women took to the streets in a series of rallies. In addition to the right to vote and to hold public office, they demanded …

… Thembinkosi Khumalo is a student activist at the University of Pretoria. He is an active PASMA member. … like to fully, with no restraint and with no fear state the fact that I understand. I understand the fear, I understand the anxiety, I understand the pain you …

… 23 July 1956 Dear John, It would be peculiar if I had the same point of view to-day as I had in Moscow in 1928. I was a loyal Party member then - I left the Party in 1936. Surely I must have changed my viewpoint in the interval. I am sorry that Time Longer than Rope is out of …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Goolam Khader states that on or about 9 months ago the young master ... came to the estate and I made his food for him and about 1 month …

… Goldblatt that is included in his current exhibition at the Jewish Museum, the South African photographer ponders how it is possible to … witness by taking pictures. "I must proceed," he says, "on the assumption that photographs do make a difference." For …

… From the book:  Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Bonner, Philip. African Urbanisation on the Rand between the 1930s and 1960s: Its Social Character …

… South Africa was one of the countries that signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to curb the spread of nuclear weapons. Other countries that signed …

… a collection of articles which formed part of a series in The Educational Journal. The series of articles has dissected the concept Majority Rule and analyses it with regard to its …

… This lecture is the third in the series Hoernle Memorial Lecture in which there is discussion on the topic of race prejudices in South Africa and the impact …

… The Barolong settlement Mahikeng was renamed Mafeking by Sir … Charles Warren , leader of a military expedition, after the annexation of Bechuanaland by the British. Warren was the chairman of the land commission, …

… Ermelo, the educational, industrial and commercial centre of a … in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the Reverend Frans Lion Cachet of the Dutch Reformed Church, who was converted to Christianity …

… 24 km inland from Durban; it now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan Municipality. Populated … by Zulu-speaking Black Africans, Inanda is known as the home of John Langalibalele Dube, first president of the African National Congress (ANC), as a residence/base of …

… From the book:  Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … assisted by and shared fellowship with many people along the way. A number of people who knew Lembede have talked to … from comments received at seminar presentations at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes …

… The African National Congress (ANC) National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) – following the disruption last week of businesses situated around ANC … Chief Albert Luthuli House – has resolved to move the venue for the hearing involving ANC Youth League (ANCYL) …

… On 8 June 1986 chaos erupted during the funeral service of Mr Thamsanqa, an activist who died of natural causes inside the Methodist Church in Langa. The disruption occurred when two armed policemen appeared at …

… The biggest strike by the migrant municipal workers took place in Johannesburg, the largest and most industrialised city in South Africa. The … at www.south-african-hotels.com [Accessed: 24 July 2013]| The Citizen,(2011), ' Municipal workers to strike ', From The …

… for their part in a hit on Wonderboom police station. The ANC declared the execution a crime against humanity and defended the attack on the police station as an act of liberation. It …

… a ring wall and outbuildings which were erected towards the mid-19th Century. The land originally formed part of the farm Constantia , once owned by Simon van der Stel . It …

… Evaton, Sebokeng and Sharpeville, five Black townships in the area known as the Vaal Triangle exploded into what some have described as a 'smouldering human rage'. The catalyst for the violence was rent increases proposed by … Noonan, P. 2003. they're burning the churches. Jacana: South Africa|South African History …

… The report of the inquiry, led by Justice Richard Goldstone, into the shooting by the police of anti-Apartheid protesters in the township of …

… First general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Cyril Ramaphosa, and … James Motlatsi, were arrested in Newcastle, Natal. The two men and fifty-nine other union members were arrested when they staged an 'illegal' march through the city centre during a strike, which turned out to be the …

… 1993; South African President F.W. de Klerk announced the existence of a South African nuclear programme as well as the fact that the Apartheid regime had successfully constructed six …

… him in collaboration with other exiles and comrades from the revolutionary socialist movement. He was certainly, the moving force behind this privately published journal, … South Africa, which focussed on a Marxist perspective. The journal was concerned with the political situation of the …

… 22 February 2007, a category 4 cyclone named Favio struck the central province of Inhambane in Mozambique. Although the cyclone was concentrated in Inhambane, the winds and rains were felt as far away as the Province of …

… An Indian mass meeting in Durban  unanimously endorsed the agreement between General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi … tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters. The preliminary agreement between Smuts and Gandhi had been reached in Pretoria  earlier in January. The official ratification took place on 30 June 1914 through …

… Nelson Mandela, leader of the Transvaal branch of the African National Congress (ANC), was acquitted of treason … charges after a four year long trial. Mandela was one of the 156 leading figures, 104 Africans, 23 Whites, 21 Indians … O'Malley P.,  Nelson Mandela's Testimony at the Treason Trial 1956-60 , from the Nelson Mandela Centre of …