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… doctor and Cape community leader, died on this day at the age of 69. Founder and leader of the anti-apartheid African People's Organisation (APO) , he was the first non-White to become a member of the Cape Town City …

… by reaching a height of 18, 000 ft. (m). She was also the first woman to fly across the Irish Sea. Her most famous achievement was a solo flight from London to the Cape and back in 1928. Her return journey included many …

… an article on Sowetan regarding fun run to launch the International year of the youth in Soweto that has been organised by a community organisation in the same month, an artilcle on Sowetan regarding youth …

… From the book:  Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 … South Africa’s first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC 1948 National Party comes to power 1955 26 June, …

… Press release by the NUSAS President and Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students stating the opposition of the Union to the Terrorism Bill that had …

… immediate resignation. “For many months I have compromised the values I hold dear under the mistaken belief that I could be more effective inside the SABC than outside‚ passing comment from the side-lines. …

… international campaign led by international bodies such as the United Nations, Organisation of African Unity (now AU), … and non-governmental organisations in South Africa, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court commuted James Mange's death … on a charge of high treason to 20 years' imprisonment. The African National Congress (ANC) applauded the …

… when a hand grenade exploded in her house. Mrs Smith was the mother of an African National Congress (ANC) Youth league official. According to sources, the hand grenade  was under the pillow on which Mrs Smith was sleeping. Mrs Smith died … Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human …

… The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Mr Roberto Robaina, visited South Africa at the invitation of his South African counterpart Alfred Nzo. …

… a divorce.  Irreconcilable differences were cited as the reason for the parting. The Mandelas were married in 1958 and only spent a couple of … South African Judge Gives Nelson Mandela a Divorce , from The New York Times , 20 March [online], Available at … 08 March 2010]|Block, R. (1996), Mandela: Winnie made me the loneliest man , from The Independent Online , 19 March, …

… in South Africa. Although not an exact match of the original, the coin was convincing enough to fool many people. This prompted the Reserve Bank to redesign the coin in order to outsmart …

… Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 000 km2 of land.  It has a population of approximately two million. The country gained its independence from Britain on 4 October …

… The international peace keeping body, the United Nations (UN), which had replaced the League of Nations in 1945, opened its headquaters two … The Star, 09 th Jan 2004, Milestones,| United Nations> , …

… The Battle of Tugela, which was also known as the Battle of Ndondakusuka, was fought between Zulu factions of Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande, and his father's younger brother, …

… Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration The area that became known as British Kaffraria was overrun … British colonisers and local Xhosa inhabitants from the early 1830s. Several frontier wars were fought over the territory, but in 1860 the area was declared a Crown …

… The Journal of Black Theology in South Africa published by the Black Theology Project in Pretoria is a scholarly publication dedicated to the exploration of African and Black theology and its growth …

… Andre Botha won the Global Organisation of Bodyboarders World Tour Title in 1998, and in the next year the World Bodyboarding Championships at Banzai Pipeline in …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Moothen had the following letter written to the Protector of Indian Immigrants on 8 February 1875. …

… The government, for the first time, released the official list of all detained under the Preventive Detention clause of the Internal Security Act … O'Malley, P., 1977 , from The O'Malley Report, [online], Available at …

… The UDF totally condemns the detention of more than thirty (30) campaigners against apartheid in Natal, the Eastern Cape, the Transvaal and Oudtshoorn. We demand the …

… Document outlining the mission of the South African Government to eliminate the guerilla movement which threatens the security of its …

… Covers United Kingdom interest in South Africa and the attitude of the UK towards the ANC, the views of the United States and the UK on …

… Report from the Western Province African National Congress underground. Covers ANC work in the Western Province, youth, women, the Labour Relations Act and trade unions, ANC leadership in …

… an African National Congress (ANC) member was shot in the legs and chest at Warwick Junction taxi rank near the Berea police station, Durban . This was allegedly done by askari (former ANC member who defected to the Bureau of State Security ) members after his return from …

… On 4 March 1990 Brigadier Oupa Gqozo of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF), and a former member of the South African Defence Force (SADF), leads a coup in the homeland of Ciskei. His aim was to overthrow the rule of … : Black homelands: A coup leads to rioting and looting. The new leader asks for help, says Pretoria 'has left them …

… in South Africa from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy Congress. The convention was coordinated by Wits University to discuss … Leprosy' is a realistic and achievable goal. One of the congress attendants, Executive Director of the Leprosy …

… married Maria Sung on 27 May in a ceremony performed by the Unification Church Revered Sun Myung Moon. After his marriage, the archbishop asked the church to release him from his vow of celibacy. On … mumbailaity, ' 27 May in a ceremony performed by the Unification Church' ,[online],Available at …

… manager at Standard Bank Home Loans and second victim of the Planet Hollywood bomb blast, Brian Duddy, died at the City Park Hospital. Duddy, together with twenty staff … was attending a farewell function for a colleague at the Waterfront restaurant when the bomb was detonated. Duddy …

… Governments across the world applied United Nations (UN) sanctions against Libya because of its alleged involvement in the destruction of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988 and the bombing of a French plane over Niger in 1989. However, … Solem, I.,  The Impact of the UN Sanctions Against Libya , from 11 …

… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), United … to issue a call for a one day work stay-away on June 16. The call was issued to all South Africans, Black and White, in commemoration of the Youth of 1976, who were killed in the streets of Soweto …