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BiographyZainab Ebrahim Asvat
… Ebrahim Asvat was born 1920 in Johannesburg , daughter of EI Asvat, came under the tutelage of her father as a young girl. She accompanied him to … stimulus…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… As the driving force behind the creation of the Ko-operatieve Wijn-bouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika, … ordinary limited company in terms of the then Cape…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… IN SOUTH AFRICA, RECALLED By E.S Reddy The "Campaign of Defiance against Unjust Laws" - launched jointly by the African National Congress of South Africa and…
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… The German colonisation of Namibia, then German South West Africa, took place in … region started to take place in 1903 and in the process, land was forcibly…
BiographyJonathan Shapiro
… in cartooning, so studied architecture at University of Cape Town. Could not imagine a career in architecture, so … Front (UDF) . His arrest under the…
ArchiveRestoration of the Old Cape Archives by Michael Scurr (The Heritage Portal), 03 October 2016
… Scurr penned the following article on the restoration of the Old Cape Archives (today the Centre for the Book). It … Old Cape Archives was built in two…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… 2003] This week we will say our last farewells to a giant of our struggle, Xhamela, Walter Sisulu. He will leave to his … taught our movement that it also…
ArchiveHow colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018
… of these uphold the first world war as Europe’s stupendous act of self-harm. For the past century, the war has been … We tend to forget that imperialism,…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… a journalist. After a short period in Katanga Province of the DRC she moved to Johannesburg in 1963, where her … her marriage to Iain disintegrated just…
EventSecurity police raid offices of the United Democratic Front
… in Sebokeng, Vaal. The UDF was an umbrella organisation of anti-apartheid groups. It filled a void created when … and others were banned under the Unlawful…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… of workers, how they did it, and why. The Urban Areas Act The first major response by the South African government … Together with influx control through the…
BiographyStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
… in the Cradock district, near the present day town of Steynsburg. At the age of ten his family set out as part of the Great Trek and he … a Transvaal…
Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
… "Presidential Order of the Day - we wish you and the South African Navy every success in ensuring the maritime security of our nation and helping to…
BiographyStanley Mabizela
… by his father to Mariazel in the Transkei, near the border of Lesotho where he did form one and form two in one year. … During this period he carried…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2000
… Fellow South Africans: Today we mark the 88th anniversary of the African National Congress. We celebrate our … cannot feed themselves because they have no…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a … whatever form, whether against Boers or Black…
BiographyJane Alexander
… Her figures are characterised by their mixture of human and non-human elements and a disquieting presence. … exemplified in her early work Butcher Boys,…
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… of ownership to prove that they legitimately owned the land they were living on . The area was divided into 8 … The Bulhoek area was commonly owned and…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
Chapter 9
… Scheme. When Mr. D. L. Smit, then Secretary for Native Affairs, outlined the scheme for the first time before … destitution of man and beast and of the soil…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… as the South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of the Defence Act (No. 44) of 1957. Subdivisions included the Army, Air … to White South African…
Philip McLachlan, choirmaster of the choir of the University of Stellenbosch, is born.
… Philip McLachlan, choirmaster of the choir of the University of Stellenbosch, is born. …
Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA.
… Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA. …
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
ArchiveA preliminary survey into the housing and education of our fellow South Africans of the Coloured community report presented at National Conference 1973
… A Preliminary Survey into the Housing and Education of Our Fellow South Africans of the Coloured Community Report presented at National … living conditions,…
ArticleThe History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
… South Africa. On this day Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. The date is traditional and is not considered to be the actual date…
BiographyMolly Fischer
… Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton , near Pretoria . Her father, P.S. …
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… 1650 Earliest known history - the Nqondo clan occupy the land now known as Cato Manor 1730 They are replaced by the Ntuli clan - it is unclear what became of…
Message by Oliver Tambo on South Africa`s year of the women, a call to the peoples of the world, 01 November 1983
… Congress, the broad democratic movement and the people of South Africa as a whole, will be observing 1984 as the Year of the Women. We shall do this not…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Women’’s Day: Ga-Motlatla, Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North-West Province, 9 August 2008
… Programme Director, Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Minister of Provincial and … not just as making up the numbers, but as a deliberate act of…