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… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in Lithuania. Its …

… The foundation stone of the Drill Hall was laid on 2 October 1884 by Thomas Upington, then Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. The building, designed by James Tennant, of …

… The African National Congress (ANC) called off a peace rally … Party (IFP) scheduled for 2 April in KwaZulu-Natal. The local ANC executive organiser convinced the ANC national executive that in view of hostility between …

… The South African Minister of Defence Mosioua Lekota dismissed as 'fallacy' claims that 89% of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had tested positive for HIV/AIDS. Lekota said the results did not reflect the true situation since the …

… left homeless, when a severe storm hit Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The then Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development … Valli Moosa, issued a statement saying there was a chance the Eastern Cape region would be declared a disaster area. 10 …

… The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner … followers were arrested and charged with public violence. The arrest took place after a long police investigation. … clashed with police and interrupted a meeting addressed by the then state president F.W. De Klerk at the Ventersdorp …

… In May 1994, Justice Richard Goldstone called for the establishment of a "truth commission" on Apartheid … without openness". He said it was essential to expose the past as part of the healing process. This was brought into law in 1995 as the … Justice, ' Welcome to the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission Website ', …

… Mauritius was first colonised by the French in 1767 until the British took over control in 1810.The British gave up sovereignty in 1968 when the country …

… International nurses day is celebrated around the world every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, who is considered the founder of modern nursing. She made many improvements in …

… Report of the subcommittee, Relations with other groups Committee, presented at the 60th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Durban, 29 …

… Cosatu News, published by COSATU, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, documents the struggle of workers to gain power in the workplace in order to improve wages and work conditions …

… Content and Contributors Letters on the banning of Staff rider No 1 Athol and Sheila Fugard, Andre Brink, Directorate of Publications, the Publishers Mafika Pascal Gwala Mpumalanga, Hammarsdale, … In This District. Mtutuzeli Matshoba, Orlando,My Friend, the Outcast, a story. Setsepe Sedibe, Zakhele Mtsweni …

… Professor William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011.  We at  Bush Radio  mourn his … McClain was originally from a small town in Indiana in the United States, and after his studies served as Deputy … of South Africa began in 1950”²s when he went to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University …

… The Building was erected during the South African Boer War by the British Military, under the guidance of Major-General G …

… This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield. where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 during the First War of Independence (1880-81). During the war, …

… A member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) from Mafikeng in North West, Andrew Kelehe, won the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in … dedicated his win to his late baby daughter who died at the age of eighteen months in February 2000. He won the down …

… The National Union for the Independence of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas … southeastern Kuando Kubango province and Pango-Aluquem in the north. More than 100 000 inhabitants were displaced in …

… The SA finance minister, Chris Liebenberg, presented his 1996 … parliament. It was a cautious package intended to reduce the fiscal deficit and provide tax relief to low and … Liebenberg pronounced his primary aim as to build on the government's reputation for fiscal discipline, while …

… On the day the National Party (NP) launched a 'core values' document in Pretoria , aimed at taking the party forward, it was also reported that the Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development … African National Congress The resignation of Roelf Meyer from politics [online] …

… Test Cricket match on 22 December 1996. England was the favorites to win the game and came close several times.  However, they failed to secure a win in the end. Commentators branded the match unexciting and blamed … Guardian,"  From the Vault: Zimbabwe v England - the first scores-tied drawn …

… through a checkpoint and exploded, killing people at the Living Faith Church in Bauchi, Nigeria. Mohammed Ladan, the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident. About 15 people were confirmed dead including … H., (2012), Church bombing kills 14 in Nigeria , from the Voice of America,3 June, [online],Available at …

… “on Women's Day we occupied the prison's surgery” During the time of the UDF (United Democratic Front) I was assisting the civic …

… During the Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state Artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South …

… During the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General Kemp … Brigadier-General Dixon at Vlakfontein and captured the field guns. Dixon launched a counterattack and Kemp withdrew. During the Republican withdrawal, an after-rider, Windvogel, acted …

… The second in a series titled Hoernle Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by E G Malherbe, who held the position of Principal of Natal University College at the time. In this lecture, he tries to analyse the concepts …

… The second in a series titled Hoernle Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by E G Malherbe, who held the position of Principal of Natal University College at the time. In this lecture, he tries to analyse the concepts …

… First , journalist, academic, political activist and the wife of former South African Communist Party (SACP) … involvement started while she was still a student at the University of the Witwatersrand. She helped to establish the Federation of …

… both Houses of Parliament in Cape Town . He suggested that the South African government had not yet appreciated the force of the "winds of change" in the world and especially in Africa. … Burne, J. (ed)(1989). Chronicle of the World, (Sl): Longman Chronicle.| Liebenberg, B.J. & …

… The National Party (NP) government developed the concept of allocation of resources such as general … education and jobs and formalised this into law. The Amenities Act provided that there should be separate … O' Malley The Heart of Hope, 1953. Reservation of Separate Amenities …

… Phambili, published by the Phambili Collective in Johannesburg, was a short lived … comprising 3 issues published during 1988 and 1989. The aim of the publication was to stimulate debate and discussion by …