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PlaceSpringfield Convent School, Cape Town
When six Dominican sisters left Ireland forever in the 1860's to establish a girls’ school in Cape Town, 'they were decidedly blessed…
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
Jennifer Davis, stalwart champion of majority rule in South Africa and leader in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, died on…
ArchiveWhat the Revolutionary Oracle Taught Me by Fred Khumalo, delivered at the Fifth Mafika Gwala Lecture, 31 October 2019
The third Mafika Gwala Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017 Video
PlaceSt. Agnes Primary School, Woodstock
St Agnes Primary School caters for learners from across the socio-economic spectrum. We have learners from the surrounding areas, the…
ArchiveList of organisations which support and are affiliates of the Regional UDF
List of all the organisations which supports the United Democratic Front who are also the affiliates of the regional United Democratic…
PlaceSea Point High School
Celebrating 134 years this year, Sea Point High School started as Sea Point Boys High in 1884 and joined with Ellerslie Girls' High School…
BiographyJennifer Davis
Jennifer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1933. She grew up in what she described as a Jewish middle-class household where her…
ArchiveKenneth Alexander archive
Here is some of the art work of Kenneth Alexander and his writings on Simon's Town. Much of his work is on display at Art in Athlone, which…
ArchiveJournee Nelson Mandela
Notice of a meeting in the French language in Montreuil, adjacent to Paris, regarding solidarity with political prisoners and Nelson…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
In 1964 a young South African student and photography enthusiast, Norman Owen-Smith, took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the…
BiographyMogoeng Thomas Mogoeng
Justice Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang. Mogoeng was born on 14 January 1961 in Goo-Mokgatha (Koffiekraal) village, north east of Zeerust, North…
BiographyDavid Patrick Russell
Born in the late 1930s, Bishop David Patrick Russell became involved in the struggle against apartheid from an early age. He did his first…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
All of this week, my mind kept racing back to a momentous event that took place on 19 October 1977. On that day, in one fell swoop, the…
PlaceKempton Park, town in Gauteng
Kempton Park is a large town situated on the East Rand of Gauteng. Home to numerous shopping malls, Emperor’s Palace with its theatres and…