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Published September 28, 2022Updated January 16, 2023
The "Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg" (or Hermannsburg School) is located in the hamlet of Hermannsburg on the North Eastern fringe of the Natal Midlands between Greytown and Kranskop. The German Private School is the oldest in South Africa and was founded in 1854 by missionaries; of the Hermannsburg Missionary Society in Germany. They built the Mission house (which today houses the Museum). The missionaries soon felt the need to establish a School and within a few years this School was well known throughout the Colony of Natal, attracting many German and non-German scholars.
Published September 27, 2022Updated September 27, 2022
For hiking purposes, the area stretches from the Royal Natal National Park in the North-East to the Cathedral Peak area in the South-West – it is a vast range commencing on the Southern edge of the Amphitheatre and Devil’s tooth, going around the Valleys from which the Mnweni river spring, across the jutting escarpment which is the source of the Orange (Senqu) River all the way to the Northern side of the jaw-dropping Bell and Cathedral Peak Ridges.

This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference

This paper will provide an overview of FOSATU Worker News, including the editorial policy, content and circulation. We are especially interested in examining ideas of freedom (including notions of democracy and socialism) as well the kind of worker identity, culture and history the paper promoted.

Victor Gwande and Nicole Ulrich

Published September 25, 2022Updated March 5, 2025

The Labia Theatre is 65 years and older, originally an Italian Embassy, ballroom. It was first opened by Princess Labia in May 1949, as a theatre for the staging of live performances. For the past 4 decades it has been operating as a cinema on the alternative circuit appealing mainly to the more discerning viewer, (who enjoys its quality product and the charm of its old-World ambience.)

Published September 20, 2022Updated September 20, 2022

Mary Malete was the president of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) and the first president of the South African Confederation of Trade Unions (SACOTU). She served on various boards, including the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), LAMOSA (Land Access Movement of South Africa) and the Job Creation Trust.

Published September 20, 2022Updated October 12, 2022

January 8, 2023,  will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Durban Strikes and the emergence of a new wave of independent non-racial trade unions. This was followed by the formation, in 1979, of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in 1985.

South African History Online (SAHO) is marking this anniversary by:

Published September 19, 2022Updated September 19, 2022

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Bhekokwakhe (Bheki) Hamilton Cele
Born: April 22, 1952 in Port Shepstone, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)

Life and Early Career

Bhekokwakhe (Bheki) Hamilton Cele was born on 22 April 1952 to Albertina Mtshali and Gillford Cele at uMuzumbe Mission Hospital near Port Shepstone in Natal (now known as KwaZulu-Natal)[1]. When he was only nine months old his mother passed away, leaving him in the care of his father.

1973 Durban Strikes

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