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BiographyMaria Laubser
… Maggie Laubser was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury in the Cape Colony. In 1903, at the impressionable age of 17 she visited…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… Together with the Rand Daily Mail, the Daily Dispatch was one of the … to be the best newspaper in the world for the Eastern Cape. The paper continued to…
BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
… was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German … Milburn House, a school for 'young…
BiographyBreyten Breytenbach
… Breytenbach was an opponent of the apartheid regime, whose work represented a milestone in … on 16 September 1939 in Bonnievale, near Robertson in the Cape,…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… < Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle … especially the Indians in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. In…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… 1917 ordinary workers and rank and file soldiers overthrew the Tsarist autocracy that had been in power in Russia since the late 1400s. This became known as…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
… main industrial centres of Johannesburg, the East Rand, Cape Town and Durban. Importantly, former SACTU activists … wanted a clear announcement removing the…
ArchiveThe Final Prize - Contents and Preface
… From the book: The Final Prize by Norman Levy “Everyone has a … as a tentative alternative to education in the state schools. While the chapters on solitary…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… seven children in a rural family that was later forced off the land.Mabhida could not pursue his studies because of the financial constraints experienced by…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge … them, and to impose English as the official language in schools and the…
BiographyBransby Ndobe
… African National Congress (ANC) branches between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and also to radicalise Coloured farm workers. A member of the Industrial and…
Tales of Urban Restitution, Black River, Rondebosch by Uma Shashikant Mesthrie, University of Western Cape
… by Uma Shashikant Mesthrie, University of Western Cape …
ArchiveMeeting between Lt-Gen A Ndalu and Dr M Burger on Saturday, 29 April 1989, Cape Town
… Lt-Gen A Ndalu and Dr M Burger on Saturday, 29 April 1989, Cape Town …
Makhaya Ntini, SA cricket player, is born in Mdingi, near King William’s Town, Eastern Cape
… is born in Mdingi, near King William’s Town, Eastern Cape …
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in Cape Town on his first state visit to SA.
… Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in Cape Town on his first state visit to SA. …
Arnoldus Pannevis (46), champion for Afrikaans language rights and educationist, is born in Paarl, Cape.
… language rights and educationist, is born in Paarl, Cape. …
Maria Koopmans-De Wet, linguist, art lover and cultural leader, is born in Cape Town.
… Wet, linguist, art lover and cultural leader, is born in Cape Town. …
Seven Blacks are killed in a police ambush on alleged ANC guerrillas in Guguleto, Western Cape.
… Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. … ambush on…
University of Cape Town, South Africa N.U.S.A.S. “Day of Affirmation” Speech 6 June, 1966, Robert F. Kennedy
… University of Cape Town, South Africa N.U.S.A.S. “Day of Affirmation” …
T.V. (Tom) Bulpin (81), SA author of travel books and photographer, dies in Cape Town.
… (81), SA author of travel books and photographer, dies in Cape Town. …
Riot police arrest more than 400 anti-apartheid protesters in downtown Cape Town, South Africa.
… arrest more than 400 anti-apartheid protesters in downtown Cape Town, South Africa. …
Dorothea (Anne) Fairbridge (69), author of historical fiction and non-fiction, dies in Cape Town.
… author of historical fiction and non-fiction, dies in Cape Town. …
Jannie Gildenhuys (70), well-known SA TV and stage actor, dies in Heidelberg, Western Cape.
… SA TV and stage actor, dies in Heidelberg, Western Cape. …
Samuel Cronwright-Schreiner, (73), husband of SA author Olive Schreiner, dies in Rondebosch, Cape Town.
… husband of SA author Olive Schreiner, dies in Rondebosch, Cape Town. …
Daniël Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born in Dal Josafat, Cape Colony.
… SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born in Dal Josafat, Cape Colony. …
Arnold Maurice Bengis, managing director of Hout Bay Fishing Industries, is born in Cape Town.
… director of Hout Bay Fishing Industries, is born in Cape Town. …
Jan Stephanus de Villiers (Jan Orrelis), SA composer and organist, dies in Paarl, Western Cape.
… Orrelis), SA composer and organist, dies in Paarl, Western Cape. …
Gary Kirsten, SA cricket player and stepbrother of Peter Kirsten, is born in Cape Town.
… player and stepbrother of Peter Kirsten, is born in Cape Town. …
Adriaan Johannes Vlok, former SA law and order minister, is born in Sutherland, Cape Province.
… former SA law and order minister, is born in Sutherland, Cape Province. …
BiographyBerney Perez
… Berney Perez was born in 1948 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised here. He worked as an office machine technician while studying…