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PlaceAasvoelkop a Hill on which Northcliff Water Tower Stands, Johannesburg
… from Dutch, 'vulture hill', this name arouse from before the railway reached Johannesburg, up to a thousand …
ArchiveInvestigating womens participation in protes
… examination of trends in women's political participation before and after the democratic transition in 1994. This …
Place'Boekenhout' Farm in Rustenberg
… complex features three buildings: a house built in 1841 before Kruger bought the farm, a structure put up by Kruger …
Culture in the New South Africa by Robert Kriger and Abebe Zegeye
… political and economical problems still need to be solved before a new sense of the nationhood can develop.This volume …
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… conductor and organist, dies in East London. Two years before his death, Tyamzashe was awarded an honorary Masters …
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
… he had four children. Boesak had resigned from the church before his extramarital affair could be investigated, but was …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… was dynamited by its crew under Lieutenant H Du Toit before falling into British hands at Bergplaas, 46 kilometres …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… settled in the district of Albany, Eastern Cape, shortly before the sixth Frontier War broke out. His works portrayed …
EventSA announces its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international events
… segregation was still strictly imposed. More than a decade before the announcement, the country was banned in the 18th …
EventSouth African police close the investigation into the death of Steve Biko
… assaulted him and the two doctors who treated him just before his death. …
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… something to eat after his escape from Pretoria the night before. The manager, John Howard, hides him in the …
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
… its whole history had that flag covered such deeds; never before had it been in the hands of such exploiters men … go to the Orange River Colony and…
Chapter five: A Historical Overview of Madressa Education
… illiterate. "Illiteracy was almost universal in Arabia before Islam" (Kaloti, 1974:12). Illiteracy was not … there are indications that children's schools…
An historical overview of madressa education - Chapter 5 by A. Akhalwaya, I. Waja, A.H. Gabru, A.K. Dockrat, S. Pandor and E. Garda
… illiterate. "Illiteracy was almost universal in Arabia before Islam" (Kaloti, 1974:12). Illiteracy was not … there are indications that children's schools…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… mining and increasing labour control and land expansion Before South Africa's vast mineral wealth was discovered in …
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… had been involved with the Communist Party of South Africa before it was outlawed in 1950, and many had since joined the … in 1929 and was married to Eli…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… Nasionale Party (HNP) [Reformed National Party] on 29 Jan 1940. Hertzog was the party’s leader, with Malan as his … who were opposed to a republic. Like…
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… is necessary that we should revivify and keep constantly before our eyes the now fast fading historical background of … salvation in the life which is to…
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
… FAVOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA’ Gumede’s health had deteriorated before his departure from England.356 The return voyage gave … for the Colonies, after we were…
PlaceAogutoas, Village near Port Nolloth
… around the Cape, in 1487. It was the last landfall sighted before a wild storm blew his ship off course and out to sea …
ArchiveThe birth of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… some background, on the political state of the country before the birth of APDUSA. The NEUM called on the leadership …
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… compared to others that have ravaged the country before and after this specific one. The latest earthquake to …
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… by President F.W. de Klerk, became effective four months before the first South Africa non-racial polls of 27 April, …
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… in Thokoza township on the East Rand, just two weeks before South Africans went to the polls in South Africa's …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… the interpretations of Africa and South Africa's history before European conquest. Secondly, it looks at the new … are some of the key misconceptions about…
48. Breach of the compromise
… Smuts on the strength of the letter that was placed before me in the gaol-yard, and I believe that I myself … to accept voluntary registration that was…
PlaceSecunda
… ongoing sewage problems, despite municipal efforts and court orders. Known as one of the world's largest single-site …
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
… the banned leaders belong to you," declared Walter Sisulu, before he was himself banned. "They will remain your leaders … BE SHARED AMONGST THOSE WHO WORK IT…
EventMarais Viljoen is inaugurated as state president
… replaced B.J Vorster who had resigned on that date. Before being elected to the position permanently, he served …
EventSouth African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title
… managed to defend the title a world record 12 times before retiring in 1991. He was also a SA Junior Lightweight …