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… On 16 May 1985, The International Conference on Sports Boycott against South … three-day conference at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The conference was organised by the Special Committee against Apartheid in cooperation with …

… The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana, under … mentorship of Coach Trott Moloto, lost 0-2 to Nigeria in the semi-final African Cup of Nations (AFCON) contest in Lagos, Nigeria. The team received a lukewarm reception at the Johannesburg … (2004). 'Lucas Radebe: Footballer of the Decade,' Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 10.| …

… Premier of Northern Cape Province and member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women's League, Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, was born in the Kimberley Diamond Fields region. She was elected to the …

… The following list was prepared by the Rev. Scott Paradise for guidance of the Detroit Industrial Mission in the U.S.A. It grew over …

… prisoners submitted by Alfred Ngokong on behalf of the ANC to the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights Meeting in …

… On 1 June 2002 the former South African Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, died … in a Hawker Siddeley 748 - 372 aircraft which crashed into the Outeniqua Mountains in the Southern Cape. Cronje was on his way home (Fancourt …

… celebrated soccer legend was born in Diepkloof, Soweto. At the age of 15 his parents sent him to live in Bophuthatswana so could be safe from the political violence of the 1980’s. Soccer was one of his favourite pastimes and his …

… Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of Fort Hare), died in Alice, Eastern Cape. …

… Founded in 1998 by Royston Stoffels and Warrick Grier, the Cape Town Theatre Laboratory was established in Woodstock, Cape Town. In October-November 2000, the theatre hosted five original South African Plays in conjunction with Artscape. The plays were: Solomon’s Pride Gorfinkel & Son What the …

…   On 26 June 1954 Walter Sisulu addressed a meeting of the African National Congress (ANC) at the Communal Hall in Johannesburg. At the meeting he a spurred people to volunteer by pointing out …

… This impressive building was erected at the turn of the 19th century and forms an important part of the architectural character of Long Street, one of the few …

… KaNgwane was the Homeland of the Swazi people living in South Africa. It was situated along the border with Swaziland , and its capital was at …

… The Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO) performed abysmally in the 1999 elections, managing to secure only 0,2 % of the vote which gave them one seat in the National Assembly. … [Accessed: 09 June 2014]|AZAPO., (1994), ' The Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) boycotts the first …

… Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political party in order to contest the 1999 …

… The newly elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela warned … took leave without permission while being integrated into the new South African army. Mandela told the former MK members that they have to adhere to military …

… Hall, London, on Saturday 3rd April 1993. Organised by the Black Solidarity Committee of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in London. List of speakers. Conference on the role of the black community in the United Kingdom in …

… and Kjell Soderlund in 1984 A colour poster, advertising the release of this Swedish documentary, which tells the story of the ANC‘s Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO), …

… Lord Kitchener, British secretary of war, was drowned in the spring of 1916 near the Orkney Islands. Kitchener had been sent to Russia by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith to try to get the support of that country for Britain's fight against …

… conference on women's struggle in South Africa from 6th to the 18th January 1990 at the bottom. Quote from Phyllis Jordan. The song Malibongwe is dedicated to the military women of the …

… The goals of the Black community programmes are to help the Black community become aware of its own identity, to help the Black community create a sense of its own power; to …

… was officially elected President of Egypt. He had been the effective leader of Egypt since 14 November 1954 as the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council. Nasser is seen as one of …

… Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a central figure in the fight against apartheid, was arrested outside parliament … while leading a protest march (one of many) against the death sentence of the 'Sharpeville Six'. Tutu was freed a few hours later. …

… up in District Six. After matriculation he enrolled at the University of Cape Town for a BA LLB degree and later … became a lawyer, taking on political trials. He joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983, which led to him being closely watched by the Apartheid government. In the period nearing Nelson …

… de Klerk announced a referendum for 17 March to establish the opinion of White voters towards his political reforms. He … support for multiparty negotiations. Pie chart showing the result of the 1992 referendum         References: Gunnar …

… with legislation that was passed in September by the Constitutional Court, necessitating the holding of elections before December, 1995. The Election Task Group, responsible for organising the …

… detainees, Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border, Arthur Goldreich, caught in the Rivonia raid, Moosa Moolla, accused in the Treason Trial, and Charlie Jassat, escaped from the …

… acted as regents until Mswati could be of age to take over the throne. He was crowned in 1986 at the age of eighteen. Mswati has gained a reputation for stirring controversy over the years. His lavish lifestyle, ridiculous policies for … Biography King of Swaziland Mswati III Biography - The Story of a Prince, Holding onto Power, No Stranger to …

… Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) formed a coalition … Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Nkomo's party won twenty seats in the new Assembly, all in his tribal homeland of Matabeleland. … offered Nkomo a ceremonial Presidency. Nkomo rejected the offer and instead, accepted the post of Minister of Home …

… he was president of Gabon for 41 years, making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In 1990, under intense pressure from its citizens, … Gabon introduced a multiparty system; Ondimba had led the country under a one party system since he came into power …

… to be drunk by police and is said to have resisted arrest. The owner of the property that Motata drove into took pictures of the visibly drunken judge and recorded him making racial … K. Maughan and G. Gifford (2009) ‘Video: The evidence that sunk Motata’ from iol news (September 3 …