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… caught fire in a secondary school near Nairobi, Kenya. The raging fire is reported to have spread quickly burning the victims beyond recognition. The boys were sleeping when the fire started and most managed …

… London, Eastern Cape after strike meetings were banned by the government. 17 protesters were killed, as well as an Irish Nun who was stoned to death by the mob. The riots happened five months after the start of the …

… from 1978 until his death in 2005 toured Africa in 1980. The pope spent eleven days and toured five countries, including The DRC, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ghana and Ivory Coast John Paul was the first non-Italian ever to become pope. He is also known …

… meaning We shall all die), community leader, founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better housing for … born in Georgedale, today part of Cato Ridge. Mpanza was the only member of the Orlando Advisory Board on which the Communist Party was …

… The Paramount Chief Mqikela, eldest son of Chief Faku and … Mqikela took over from his father as paramount chief of the Pondos in 1868, but because he supported the Griquas of Kokstad in their revolt against the Cape … Stapleton, T.J. (2001) ‘Faku: Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (c. 1780-1867)’ (Wilfrid Laurier …

… a Valediction Forbidding Mourning, Ronald Segal. Cartoon. The Great Smear: Communism and Congress in South Africa, Duma Nokwe. Out of the Strike, Nelson Mandela. Techniques of Revolt, A special correspondent. The Cloudy Isle, Phyllis Altman. A Long Time Dying: African …

… (D an) Sefundi  Rakgoathe was born in Randfontein in the then Transvaal province. Rakgoathe went on to be the first full-time student in the fine arts section at Rorke's Drift. The art centre at … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art …

… born in Purmerend, Holland. He trained in Musicology at the University of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a lecturer at the Watergraafsmeerse Schoolvereniging in the east of Amsterdam. During his student years in Amsterdam, …

… Afra Newsletter, Report and Factsheet, all published by the Association for Rural Advancement, present case studies of families personally affected by the forced removals and "black spot" removal policy of the National Government. Statistics are given for the number …

… at Pelindaba, about thirty km West of Pretoria. The installation was not intended for the production of nuclear energy on a commercial scale, but was employed for research and the production of isotopes, useful in several fields. Nuclear …

… was impressed by his comic skills. Arafa cast Helmy for the leading role in the comedy film Aboud ala el hedoud in 1999. The role would make Helmy a household name and he was widely …

… was sent to boarding school in India and grew up there. At the age of seventeen he and his family left Zanzibar and settled in Britain. In 1970, he formed the band Queen with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Queen was one of the most successful bands of the 1970s and 1980s. Mercury …

… on 13 February 2005 for their album Wenyukela. A hybrid of the album was released in the United States and went platinum, helping the group win the award. Their genre is considered to be …

… political activist and first SA Minister of Transport in the democratically elected government in 1994, was born in … As minister he formulated a new policy and restructured the Department of Transport (DoT). During the years prior to his appointment as minister, he had been …

… "young lions." Mainly active in urban areas, especially in the eastern Cape, most were unemployed school-leavers who supported the United Democratic Front during the years of its ascendance, 1983-88. Often they lacked the …

… Dick King (Richard Philip) returned to Port Natal on board the Conch after his heroic rescue operation. King, … off on a ten-days' horse-ride of 960km to Grahamstown on the night of 25 May. His desperate journey, traversing dangerous terrain at the utmost speed, was in aid of Captain T.C. Smith whose …

… Circular about the meeting between the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCSAWU), the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union (HARWU) and the Retail …

… This pamphlet discusses the formation of police reserves, and APDUSA examines the so-called reasons for the formation of the police reserves as been lies, and feels …

… lettering. Students Representative Council, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Signatures gathered at Jan Smuts Airport on 29th January 1971, regarding the principles of the university, on the enforced departure of Rex Heinke, SRC …

… In 2000, a 32 year old Egyptian housewife became the first woman to file for a divorce without having to prove … she begged him to grant her a divorce and he refused. With the help of a Women’s Legal Aid Centre, Gabr was finally able to divorce her husband and become the first woman to do so on grounds of incompatibility. The …

… School and Carmel College, and began surfing at the age of ten. In 1973, after serving 18 months in the army, Thomson began studying for a business degree in … he won six consecutive Gunston 500 titles (now known as the Mr. Price Pro), and just a year before finishing his …

… Report of a meeting between the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress in Harare, December 1-3, 1988. …

… Happy Joyce Mashamba passed away at the age of 67 after battling with a long illness, the details of which have not yet been disclosed to the public. [i] Born on 25 September 1950 in Mulamula, … .|“Tribute to the late comrade Happy Joyce Mashamba”. ANC Today. 29 June …

… Confidential circular letter from Jen Curtis of the National Union of Students Welfare and Social Activities Department about the aims and goals of the Wages and Economics Commission, the method in which the …

… McDaniels Wins An Academy Award   Hattie McDaniels becomes the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for her best supporting actress in the film Gone with the Wind. The film was about the American South during the …

… Mahatma Gandhi supported the resolution of the African People's Organisation (APO) to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in Cape Town as a …

… The Act was to apply the Mission Stations and Communal Reserves Act 1909, of the Cape of Good Hope, to coloured persons settlement areas within the meaning of the Coloured Persons Settlement Areas (Cape) …

… Articles in the Cape Times reporting on the condemnation by several leading figures of the banning of eight office bearers of the National Union of …

… The minister of Bantu Education, M.C. Botha, announced that the South African Government had annulled the regulation that Black secondary school pupils be …

… A Ravine at the Eastern end of Badspoort, 16 km South-East of Calitzdorp. The name is Afrikaans for 'Alum Gorge', which refers to the occurence of the double sulphate of aluminium and …