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… The Act was to provide for the establishment of group areas, for the control of the acquisition of immovable property and the …

… The Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) based at the University of Cape Town will be running its annual … developing country and aims to take participants through the full spectrum of climate and climate change related …

… a member of Star Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de Dakar in 1979. By 1995, … Sting and Tracy Chapman. He has been hailed as one of the most important figures in world music. In 2012 N’Dour entered the Senegalese presidential race and was disqualified due to …

… First issue of a Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, for internal discussion and distribution only. Issue covers the Augmented meeting of the Central Committee and the …

… Report from the Town Clerk of the City of Port Elizabeth to Native Affairs Committee regarding grievances from the New Brighton Vigilance Committee concerning matters …

… and secondary school students came together and formed the African Student Movement (ASM), later becoming the South African Students Movement (SASM). The article traces the develoment of the SASM. …

… On 27 January 1980, the Rhodesian nationalist leader Robert Mugabe returned to … Mugabe had been trying to gather support for his party the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) … and had managed to spearhead a guerrilla war against the Salisbury (now Harare) government. A cheering crowd of …

… The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issued a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy … including powers to levy taxes and to control education, the police and local elections. The minister of justice, …

… This double-storey dwelling was built in the late 1890s and boasts of a number of fine Victorian … front and side gables as well as cast-iron decorations on the façade. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985.  THE RUIMZICHT HOUSE, TAMBOERSKLOOF, CAPETOWN Description: The …

… In a well-planned attack on the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town, Umkhonto we … heavy damage with no injuries, reported.MK sabotaged the Koeberg plant, at the time Africa's only nuclear reactor plant to dispel …

… biggest ever political rally. Mandela announced to the crowd that he would be meeting President F.W. de Klerk in order to discuss the intensification of violence throughout the country, with specific reference to KwaZulu-Natal and the …

… "Rolilahla") that he used to embark on a tour of some of the African states that had supported the South African liberation struggle, including Zambia, … Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. Nadja Manghezi, who was working at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College in Tanzania in March …

… On 18 January 1989, P W Botha suffered a mild stroke at the age of 73. He was scheduled to meet with Namibian … political leaders on 20 January 1989, but could not attend the meeting due to his ailing condition. Acting president, Christiaan Heunis, attended the meeting in his place.  Some sources say that the stroke …

… The former African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng provincial … of a heart attack in Kampala. He was on his way back from the airport to fetch Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Vilakazi was the first mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metro on the East Rand … African National Congress (ANC),' ANC press statement on the death of Bavumile Vilakazi' , [online], Available at:  …

… in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) to help find a solution to the political unrest in the country. Thousands of people turned out on the streets to greet President Thabo Mbeki and the rest of …

… The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously … an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in their two-year border war. The embargo could be immediately terminated if a peaceful …

… coach Trott Moloto made surprising changes to his team for the African Nations Cup qualifier game against Gabon at the Odi stadium. Most of the foreign-based players who were missing in the match …

… Free State Provincial Premier Patrick "Terror" Lekota and the entire Provincial Executive Committee resigned. The African National Congress (ANC) was concerned that the Executive Committee was creating a sharp division within …

… The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) presents a … Effiboley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for the Creative Arts of Africa/Wits Art Museum. For a few decades, the concept of decolonisation has become a clarion call in …

… 1985, after they were accused of being police informers. The court found that Mr Maowasha was the leader of the youth group who took the two victims to the graveyard to …

…  The Coloured Persons Representative Council was formed with … and agriculture. No bill could be introduced without the approval of the Minister of Coloured Relations, nor could a bill be …

… to several coaches and two offices at Germiston Station.  The commuters were travelling from Katlehong to Germiston in a train when they set it alight. The train had earlier been delayed due to a technical problem. It is not known how the commuters started the fire. Setting trains on fire is not …

… The Anglican Church joined the growing confrontation between church and state, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, Rev. William Barnett issued a …

… Towards the end of the Second South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General De … - De La Rey had been forced to reverse his decision by the burghers of his Commando. General Methuen was defeated … War 2: Gen. De la Rey defeats and captures Gen. Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Tran’ , …

… General Muhamed Lamari, the head of Algeria's army, resigned for non-specific health reasons. Lamari had played a key role in the fight against Islamic fighters. President Abdelaziz … military staff. Lamari had been an influential figure in the Algerian army, and led the army in a fight against …

… director who made 24 films. Prizes for his work included the 1981 Grand Prix at the Festival International du Film de Comedy Vevey for 'The Gods Must be Crazy' and the Hollywood Foreign Press …

… he embarked on a journey to South Africa to catalogue the stars, nebulae, and other objects of the southern skies. He arrived in Cape Town  on 15 January … by his wife Margaret Brodie Stewart. During their stay in the Cape, Herschel and his wife produced about 131 …

… Lansana Conte’ was the second president of Guinea.  On 3 April 1984, a week after the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré, Conte’ who was a Lieutenant in the army at the time, toppled the government just hours …

… At least 12 people were killed when two Kenyan jets bombed the southern Somali town of Jilib. This was an attempt by east African nation to rid Somalia of the Islamic al Shabaab rebels.     Kenya moved its troops … soil and frequent assaults on its security forces in the border provinces in the North East of the country. Kenya …

… The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states … organizations to assist families of persons persecuted by the government for their stance against the policies of … African History Online , ‘Police kill 69 people during the Sharpeville Massacre’ , [online], available at …