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… agent Craig Williamson, applied for amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Amnesty Committee … campaign against liberation organisations, in particular the African National Congress (ANC). During their application … outlined a plot to bomb ANC offices in London in 1982 with the knowledge of Minister of Law and Order, Louis le Grange. …

… Grassroots was started in 1980 as the first of a series of community newspapers designed to give a voice to the 'voiceless' and oppressed peoples of South Africa. Only 5000 copies of the first (March 1980) edition were printed although in …

… in 1905. She served as an officer in command of the Women Army Auxiliary Services during the World War II. In 1944 she was seconded to undertake … United Nations Refugee Relief Association (UNRRA) camps in the Middle East. She was also director of field service among …

… Hill some 13 km North-West of the confluence of the Annis River with the Orange River. Near the hill is the joining of the Orange …

… born on 21 July 1977 in Bethal, Mpumalanga.[i] Herbert was the South African 400 metre hurdle champion from 1996 to 2003.[ii] He earned a silver medal at the world championships in Athens in 1997.[iii] He also won a bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2000 Olympic Games hosted in …

… size, visitors, residents and workers are able to walk the area, enjoying the outdoors atmosphere, en route to their destination.   Although Rosebank is home to many head offices, the district also provides an abundance of entertainment to …

… 19 other former senior military officers were charged in the Durban Magistrates' Court with murder and for having … established hit squads to destabilise South Africa before the end of apartheid. They were also charged with the 1987 massacre of thirteen people in KwaZulu-Natal's …

… Report of the Economic Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society examining the realities of the South African economy under apartheid …

… Rene de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, drew the attention of deputy minister of Bantu education, Dr Andries P. Treurnicht, to the fact that an explosive situation was developing in Soweto, caused by the introduction of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in …

… six people were killed and more than a dozen injured at the Salisbury Island Naval base in Durban. Three of the six people involved were South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers, while the other three were part of a team contracted to do work at …

… The leader of the Labour Party, the Reverend H. J. Allan Hendrickse and Amichand Rajbansi of the National People's Party (NPP) are appointed to the … 12 September 2013]|Independent Online(IOL) News (2006), ' The life and times of PW Botha ', in the iol ,1 November, …

… The district of Carnarvon was proclaimed on 1 January 1880, incorporating within its boundaries portions of the divisions of Fraserburg and Victoria West. It is located in the heartland of the Karroo, and because of its semi-arid …

… Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992, presented his report … that while there was no evidence of police collusion in the killings, the South African Police suffered from "serious …

… 2000, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe spearheaded the Fast-Track Resettlement Program. The campaign meant that White owned farms would be acquired by the government by forcing the owners and sometimes their … Human Rights Watch, " Land Reform in the Twenty Years After Independence ",From: Human Rights …

… in Rhodesia’s (now Zimbabwe) worst mine disaster ever. The disaster stunned the whole country and the world. Over a third of those who perished were citizens …

… The 35th lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series … M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee year. In his introduction, the author, commends the late Alan Paton on his lecture …

… in South Africa, died unexpectedly in Johannesburg at the age of 33. In 1944 Lembede became the first president of the African National Congress Youth League. His ideas about …

… At a meeting attended by 6,000 Indians, at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E.I. Asvat, a decision was taken to launch the Passive Resistance Campaign on 1 August. A Council of …

… Village in the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve near the Sand River, 30 km from Winburg. The name is derived from the Allemanskraal dam, some 9 km to …

… to celebrate with so many friends and well wishers. As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a … irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by …

… Nelson Mandela's name resonates with the struggle for independence and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration of his birth this year (2008) is a fitting tribute to a hero who has won the Nobel Peace Prize and several other accolades, and whose …

… Contents: Comment, A. W. Oliphant. Stories: An Owl on the Rooftop, Linda Colleen Saunders; Makoti, Makhanda Senzangakhona; The Rod, Richard J. Mann; SB’s, Jiggs; Flags, Medals and … and Being, Nadine Gordimer; ‘Literacy Language’ and the ‘Language of the People’ in the Contemporary SA English …

… The missionary school where so many Black intellectuals of the 19th and early 20th century—from Tiyo Soga to Thabo Mbeki … was established in 1824 by John Bennie and John Ross of the Glasgow Missionary Society (GMS). It was named after the …

… The cottage formerly used by Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the main road to Simonstown, between Muizenberg and St James. … Cottage , it was bought by Rhodes on 27 February 1899 from the deceased estate of JR Reid. Historical events in the rest …

… who oppose military service on religious grounds. The offer is not extended to objectors motivated by political values. The number of conscientious objectors to conscription rose … after South African invasions into Angola that cost the lives of many South African soldiers and as internal …

… hostel dwellers and Phola Park residents located in the Thokoza Township on the East Rand, near Johannesburg. Tension between hostel … Inkatha Freedom Party support bases. In August 1990, the death of a hostel resident sparked a series of violence …

… You are cordially invited attend the conference ’#ApartheidMustFall to #RhodesMustFall?: The Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976’, which will be held at UCL Institute of Education on 16 June. The event marks the 40th anniversary of the uprising; with …

… On 13 January 1964, the United Nations Secretary-General named a team of four … Myrdal from Sweden. This followed a resolution taken by the UN Security Council on 4 December 1963. The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution which … Anon (1997) ' Chronology of some Pointers to the History of the Media in South Africa' , from O'Malley, …

… Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). He schooled in … tennis, athletics and rugby. While Botha was studying at the University of Pretoria he was selected to play for the …

… journalist and political leader, and was joint founder and the first editor of The Natal Mercury, together with his father, George Robinson. He became the owner of the publication in 1855. After devoting his time … Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 385| Gandhi,' Gandhi's Natal The State of the Colony in 1893 ',[online],Available at …