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“India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… of the United Nations Assembly's resolution and bring about an honourable solution of the Indian question, failing …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
… first published in the media and created misconceptions about its true content. Deputy President Kgalema Mothlante, …
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… as ruler of Ethiopia on 3 April 1930. He immediately set about modernising the Ethiopian systems of governance, …
EventMass protest against the circumstances of Neil Aggett’s death
… activities were halted and an overflowing crowd of about 2,000 listened to a series of speeches hailing …
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… in talks with the Ciskei authorities. Click here to read about ANC's response on Bisho massacre …
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… pay for the massacre, as there was nothing accidental about Bisho, as the Ciskei Defence troops had claimed. He …
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… wake of the "Inkathagate" scandal (This was revelations about South African Defence Force involvement in death squads …
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… and the withdrawal of South African troops from Namibia. About 30 000 exiles returned to Namibia during 1989 and after …
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… withdrawal by the SADF, or as a stalemate. To read more about the battle click here. …
EventThe first British Settlers arrive in Algoa Bay
… ships, the first being the Chapman. They numbered about 4500 and included artisans, tradesmen, ministers of …
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… of the Cape in 1679. Soon after this arrival, he set about expanding the colony, establishing the town of …
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
… the Namibian government. Malan and Viljoen were questioned about the mass graves found at Eenhana, 850km north-east of …
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
… the court, accepted the document. Click here to read more about the Boeremag. For more information on the rise and the …
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… A police spokesman put the figure at 120,000. In addition, about 60,000 people were still outside the stadium as the …
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… drawn on whether he was in formal talks with ANC leaders about his future. De Beer said he had opted to resign because …
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… According to his testimony, he was kept in the dark about some of these illegal operations and was eventually …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… de Klerk as either having ordered or having had knowledge about such operations. References: Kalley, J. A. et al …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… the camps ..." His observation is belied by the fact that about 28 000 Whites and 14 000 Blacks perished in the camps. …
South African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… on their way home to Natal and Zululand, walking about 56 kilometres per day, with the exception of some …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… the conviction at the Appeal Court. Click here to read about Nelson Mandela's reaction to Botha's death …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… available at: unisa.ac.za (accessed 14 April 2009) About South Africa, National symbols [online], available at: …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
… turned against the British, and critics were outspoken about their disdain and disgust over the situation. This led …
Groenendal Wilderness Area
… River), with the Groendal Dam in its centre. It lies about 10 km from Uitenhage, which is about 30 minutes drive from Port Elizabeth (37 km) on the … River),…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… years 1964 and 1968, while her imports from Africa grew by about a third. We need to draw attention to two points … in the same year, Africa exported to…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
… South Africa had done everything in its power to bring about peace and an easing of tensions. The co-operation of … countries; I have never found it…
Chapter IX - Return to my faith
… and I cannot really account for it. There was a period of about two years between leaving convent school and going to … we had moved to a new area, I became…
71.The Group Areas Act
… effect on Indian education in Durban, a city where already about 10,000 Indian children are without any schools … with Pretoria, the capital city of the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… Corridor which have attracted investments to the tune of about R77-billion;the rising graph of productivity;and … enough. Within an overall increase in fixed…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… Corridor which have attracted investments to the tune of about R77-billion; the rising graph of productivity; and … enough. Within an overall increase in…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
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