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EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… Cameron's exploits did much to inform the outside world about Africa, whose dense jungles, vast deserts and …
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… At its height, Tolstoy Farm supported a community of about fifty adults and thirty children. After the suspension …
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… leave very few windows through which to look on and speak about the world without committing some or other grave … It also means that, until we find news…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Glossary
… solve the problems caused by the Great Depression to bring about economic relief as well as reforms in industries such …
Land mine kills 6 in South Africa by Sheila Rule (New York Times), 16 December 1985
… a mother and two children. The incident occurred at about 6:50 P.M. at the Chatsworth game farm, about 19 miles from the border town of Messina. The incident…
Message by Albert Luthuli on the eve of Multi-Racial Conference, 1 November 1957
… Much has been said and written about the forthcoming multi-racial conference to be held in … little, if anything at all of what is new, can be said about it…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… Goodman Gallery in Jo’burg in 2004, I knew hardly anything about the man and his work. That I was ignorant of his more … it would have been interesting to…
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… are prone to indulge in dangerous speculative airy talk about Freedom, such as speaking about it as being "round the corner" when they are doing …
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… series of speaking engagements intended to spread the word about alarming new segregation laws being passed back home. … his recollections, he simply notes: …
PlaceObservatory
… and all kinds of weirdos engage in alcohol-fuelled debates about philosophy, politics, jazz, organic food, books, … and is less than six kilometres from the…
PlaceRobertson, Route 62
… In about 1853 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in Swellendam … then enormous sum of 4 200 Pounds. The sale of plots at about 40 Pounds each and the laying of…
Notes for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994
… Bantu? Secondly, how will the Bantu Republic be brought about? In this lesson we shall answer the first of these … course at first there will be very few…
Address during the 90th Birthday Celebration of Mr Walter Sisulu 18 May 2002 Mr President, Ladies and Gentleman, Comrades and Friends
… by hearing him tell his story, and so listen to and learn about our own. Of course, on a personal level I can tell of a … to the struggle and to our…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - White Students and Black Students
… this congress. For my part I have chosen to say something about, the relation of such a conference to the black and … of many good people to overtake…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… ill-treatment on an estate 5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law 6. Tonight, have your door … 15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed 16…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… found that the Cape School Board had been gross neglectful about "non-European" education. Amongst others, an … not your typical research. Much has already…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… of the Inkosi as their head and seven trustee members. About the same time Inkosi Sigweje died. He was buried in … however, his efforts were in vain. This is…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… series of oral interviews, she uncovered a different story about the name Maamusa. Michael, Seiphemo, a Resident of … people named their Settlement in this…
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… the British established a military outpost on a site about 20km south of present-day Cradock. The fort was manned … town hall and public offices were erected…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… (1 x 2) Isolated and weak. 2.2.3 Using your knowledge about the period, explain whether the cartoonist is biased in … now had defensible borders. On the…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
… but not their governments who opposed the ANC. I set about convincing my comrades that one way to establish our … mugs and pens until we were shipping more…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… majority of the population had to endure, when change came about South Africans could be hopeful for a better future in … . Fourth constitutional change This…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… [iv] . This means that there is a need to be critical about European accounts, as they were writing from the … that the establishment of the Kingdom of Kongo…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… The UDF was launched at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. About 600 delegates from more than 230 organisations and a crowd of about 13 000 people converged on…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… The UDF was launched at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. About 600 delegates from more than 230 organisations and a crowd of about 13 000 people converged on…
SEME by Richard Rive and Tim Couzens
… is no full biography of Seme. Indeed, very little is known about his life. This book, then, aims to make available … Natal. There is a fair amount of…
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
… African origin to avoid embarrassment. I was not sure about them wondering if they were the innocent passers … some of them certainly learnt a great deal of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… households are connected to the electricity grid. In 1DS4, about a quarter of homes had telephones: today, after … let us come back to the trends. The…