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EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… flourished. Pretoria is more famous for its political history which has overshadowed its rich art and cultural history, beautiful scenery and architecture as…
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… Chief and Patriot, Struik: Cape Town.|South African History Onile, Seetsele Modiri (Silas Moliri) Molema,medical … 20 August 2013]|South African History…
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… president of the IFP. Sources: http://www.ifp.org.za/History/history.htm …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… publications." It is notable that this day in history marks both the birth and death of this important figure in South African journalism and its history. …
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… independence on 27 April 1961. Sources: "August 22nd in History". Website: tnl.net Sierra Leone - History. Website: nationsencyclopedia.com …
Foreword
… the AAM's role and impact, about the significance of its history and about how to ensure that its oral and written … also to all those who helped compile the…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… movement, or its course. The people who migrated used oral history to continue their beliefs, traditions and history. When a group was destroyed or scattered…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Photograph by Drum Photographer. Permission: Baileys History Archives Golden City Post Can Themba was born a Black … Photograph by Peter Magubane. Permission…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… and granted status on a par with the South African Police Service (SAPS), as the party says that they do similar work … by disgruntled ANC members to tackle…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… to the south of the Main Reef early on in Johannesburg’s history, their growth has never approached that of their … Division was able to implement a number…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… the changing and many faces of South African culture and history through its buildings. Many of the photographs that … coffee table book and trophy of South…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of History, Michigan State University Albert Luthuli's place in … Shooting Stars Football Club. The…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… home, relations and comfort for our sake, and for the service of God and humanity. But for them and their … effort in Christian work. As one looks back over…
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… and later Cape Town, and because of his interest in church history, he was appointed the first full-time archivist of … and the Great Trek). Dreyer published…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… as ‘ the school syllabuses taught a distorted version of history, emphasising the defeat in war of Africans and stripping them of dignity ’. (Sithole 1994)…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… structures have also been relegated to the scrapheap of history. One after the other, the 4 'independent' and the 6 … as the political destabilisation of the…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… sun-kissed beaches; Robben Island’s allure lies rich in History. South Africa’s first democratically elected … and fortifications. While the Island has a…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… adults, and displays concentrating on Tswana culture and history tell interesting stories of the heritage and history of the region’s people. One of the most…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… given to the struggle for liberation not as an accident of history or coincidence but because of the material conditions … Comrade Chris earned himself yet…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… al Qalam; The Jo'burg Book: a guide to the city's history, people and places; Inleiding Tot Die Reg En …
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… When Risquet quoted Castro’s assertion that “the history of Africa will be written as before and after Cuito … It is a paradox that the place where Southern…
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… thinking is at an awful discount, and mere lip service is being paid to the great principle of love already … now passing through a crisis, which even in her…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… museum is a hidden treasure with collections of Hout Bay’s history that goes back to 1652. When the Dutch colony … Bay valley and her inhabitants. There is…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… He is among the most prominent figures in South African history. Rhodes rose to prominence as a Financier, … Founder of the De Beers Company of mines. In…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… knowledge of the Northern Cape. Displays include natural history, the Siege of Kimberley , a Hall of Religions and the … Ancestors Gallery, depicting three…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… river. Port Elizabeth, now known as Gqeberha, has a rich history rooted in British colonialism and the influx of … in the Eastern Cape's economic development…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… 19 May 2011] Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in African History: 27 June,’from African History, [online] Available at www.africanhistory.about.com, …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… and left for Europe. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘The history of the War,’ from Paperspast, [online] Available at … Johannes Paulus "Paul" Kruger, from South…
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… and the most exciting years of this country's recent history, Norman Levy's autobiography combines a narrative of … experience with South African economic…