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… A treaty, which effected the establishment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was signed in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, to replace its forerunner, …

… The sixteenth Hoernle Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor … discusses Africa and it's political situation as seen from the rest of the world. The economic developments and its influences on …

… In this pamphlet APDUSA expresses their concerns over the results of the elections on August 22 and 28 1984 ; as well as what the consequences will be of those that choose to vote in the …

… South African statesman and the last prime minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, John …

… Report by the Student Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of …

… Isizwe = The Nation, the journal published by the United Democratic Front to stimulate discussion, debate … their ranks, consisted of articles on topics relevant to the national democratic struggle. These topics include …

… The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, made an announcement to the effect that 697 were being held for various security reasons. The breakdown of the total figure stood as follows: 123 under …

… Prime Minister B.J. Vorster officially opened the South African Navy's R15m Maritime Operational and … at Silvermine, West Lake, near Simonstown, Cape Peninsula. The modern Advokaat naval communications system at the base, from where the operational command and control of …

… The third session of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) began at its temporary home … in Gallagher Estate in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. The session was opened by its president, Getrude Mongella. The opening of parliament coincided with the launch a PAP …

… The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) White Paper, which was put before the parliament, called for an expeditious programme to ensure that the civil service is more representative in terms of ethnic …

… The Nigerian, novelist, playwright and poet, Wole Soyinka, … Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. Soyinka became the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature from the Nobel Prize Committee … Wole Soyinka the nobel prize in literature 1986 : website: …

… with raids into Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. After the capture of Addis Ababa by the Italian troops, Benito Mussolini, the Fascist President of Italy remarked: " we have been …

… The African National Congress (ANC) sends its condolences to … its communications manager Keith Khoza and his family for the loss of his father – Mr Wakheni Wilson Khoza (69) - who … Mthembu will lead an ANC Luthuli House delegation to the funeral to personally convey the movement`s condolence …

… of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP), resigned as leader of the PFP and as a MP. In his dramatic announcement he stated that he came to the conclusion that Parliament was incapable of bringing …

… The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been proclaimed in …

… In 1998 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and … pharmaceutical companies brought a lawsuit against the South African government for patent infringement regarding the manufacture of generic versions of life saving anti-Aids … Oakley, Ellwood F.(2004), Pandemics and panaceas: the World Trade Organization's efforts to balance …

… From the book:  My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Historical Documents Section. The Food and …

… for meat in Skukuza, Kruger National Park. Witnesses saw the four men lock the bucks in a camp before beating them to death with sticks and pipes after which they cut them up. The men were arrested and charged with hunting in the park …

… Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, who became the National Minister of Arts and Culture under President … born in B Location, Kroonstad, Orange Free State. He is the son to Professor Archibald Campbell Jordan an African … researcher and lecturer. He became politically active in the early 1960s when he joined the African National Congress …

… Appiah is a retired Ghanaian footballer who once captained the Ghanaian national team. Appiah was born in Achimota, … Accra on 24 December 1980. He began his soccer career with the local club Hearts of Oak. Initially a striker, he later … create goals as well as score them.  Appiah captained the squad that represented Ghana in the 2006 World Cup. He …

… joined evicted Black squatters in a protest against the demolition of shanty dwellings outside Cape Town. This was the third day of an operation aimed removing an estimated 26,000 squatters from three camps. In the 1970s and 80s the Apartheid government embarked on a …

… (now Grade 10), Kevin Curren accepted a scholarship from the University of Texas, United States of America. He obtained a BCom degree in sports management at the university and also began his tennis career. During the 14 years of his tennis career, Curren had won four Grand …

… After the first South African democratic election, the country was demarcated into nine provinces. Some of these … like Northern Transvaal and Eastern Transvaal. In 1995, the names of three of these provinces, PWV, Orange Free State … [Accessed: 19 June 2013]|South Africa Info., ' The nine provinces of South Africa ', [online] Available at: …

… rallying support amongst community members against the government's Bantu Urban Councils Act. The Bantu Urban Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961 created black … councils in urban areas that were linked to authorities in the homelands. The secret activity by Sisulu and Nokwe was …

… denied South African support for RENAMO, claiming that the country is committed to the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa and Mozambique …

… The Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) was formed, with 9 affiliates. CUSA originated from the Urban Training Project and the Consultative Committee of Black Trade Unions. Initially … (Accessed: 13 September 2013)| Bendix S. (1989) ‘The South African Trade Unions and Employer’s Organisations …

… age that he wanted to be a writer. He began writing at the age of eleven and at 17 he published his first article. … entitled Old Egypt. Mafhouz’s most controversial novel, The Children Gebelawi, with its religious overtones, angered the conservative Muslim community and threats were made on …

… Kenneth Kaunda was born in Chinsali, the Northern Province of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). … 1951, he left teaching to become Organising Secretary of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress for the Northern Province. In 1959, Kaunda broke away from the …

… in 1912, she was appointed as teacher of elocution at the South African College of Music in Cape Town, the first person in South Africa with the requisite qualifications for such a post, while also …

… William Philip Screhreiner, prime minister in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South African War), summarised the pssure his government has put on the Zuid-Afrikaansche …