Africa
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PlaceSouth African Royal Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
The Royal Observatory occupies a small wooded Hill about 6 km East of central Cape Town, within a Conservation Area known as; the Two…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and into the next decade was never made available or discussed with new…
BiographyMaggie Smith
Maggie Smith was born in 1930. She was a journalist and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in…
ArchiveJazz Contacts
ArticleEOAN Group
The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and educational centre and cultural association that…
PlaceWagendrift Nature Reserve and Dam, Escourt
Wagendrift Dam and Moor Park Nature Reserve is situated just off the N3 highway, near Estcourt. The Reserve is roughly 980 square…
BiographyValiamma Munuswami Mudaliar
Valiamina Munuswami Mudaliar was a young girl who decided to join in the last phases of Gandhi’s Satyagraha in 1913. On 29 October Mudaliar…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first represents cultural and the second natural heritage. Cultural sites Cultural…
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (abbreviated to KKNK) is a national arts festival with a primary focus on Afrikaans language in…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
This article was made possible with the support of the British Academy Elizabeth van der Heyden, known as Betty or sometimes Liz, was…
BiographyBeryl Sonia Bunting
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
The WEAU and votes for white women Until 1930 there were no women in South Africa who had the right to vote. It was felt that a women's…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
pp. 41 – 49. If the breadwinner was imprisoned I would organise help as much as I could, and all the time I knew it was the right thing…
BiographyRobinson Basela
PlaceJu'Hoasani Living Museum, Grashoek-Namibia
The Living Museum of the Ju'Hoasani is situated in the small Village Grashoek, about halfway between Grootfontein and Tsumkwe, North of the…