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ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… is our heritage? Heritage is what we have inherited from the past. Each of South Africa’s nine provinces is rich in … Capital City: Pietermaritzburg The city…
BiographyPieter Dirk-Uys
… Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s…
BiographyPenny Siopis
… installations. Siopis’ work is marked by three interests, the physicality of paint, the accumulation of found objects … descent and was born in 1953 in…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in Cape Town in early 1930s. Mafekeng left school at the age of 15 to support the family. Her first job was…
BiographyOmar Badsha
… in a working-class Indian Muslim family, which is part of the country's small but influential Gujarati Vhora Muslim … . The exhibition was launched at a…
BiographyJonathan Shapiro
… Born in Cape Town in 1958 and also known as Zapiro. Could not imagine … in cartooning, so studied architecture at University of Cape Town. Could not imagine…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… UDF launch at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. Source: http://www.nelsonmandela.org In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid … 1983 in a…
BiographyRosalie van der Gucht
… moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the Grahamstown Training College where she started a career … as assistant in speech training at the…
BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
… Selby Themba Ngendane was born about 1929 in the Eastern Cape and attended Fort Hare, where he was active … since been restricted to his home area of…
BiographyJohanna Catharina Cornelius
… with both their father and grandfather fighting in the Anglo Boer War , their mother being held in a … In February 1936 Johanna and Hester were sent to Cape…
BiographyQaqawuli Godolozi
… and Nobubele Jafta. His family relocated to Peddie in the Eastern Cape where he grew up and spent his teenage life. He received … Democratic Front (UDF)…
Testimony of Professor D. D. T. Jabavu, Walter Rubusana, and the Rev. Abner Mtimkulu of the Cape Native Voters’ Convention and Meshach Pelem of the Bantu Union, before the Select Committee on Subject of Native Bills, May 30, 1927 [Extracts]
… of Professor D. D. T. Jabavu, Walter Rubusana, and the Rev. Abner Mtimkulu of the Cape Native Voters’ Convention and Meshach Pelem of the Bantu …
Toast Remarks by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Official Dinner in Honour of His Excellency, Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 21 June 2006
… Toast Remarks by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Official Dinner in Honour of His Excellency, Wen Jiabao, … State Council of the People’s…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… CONTENT West Africa before the European slave trade A map depicting the three most well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source … before any attack could…
BiographyPaul Weinberg
… father was a lawyer and his mother a music teacher. He was the youngest of three children. He completed his schooling in … Technikon. From 1997 – 2001 he…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… force, which was the worst thing he could have said. In Cape Town, Matanzima is totally unacceptable. And then the … He called for those children who had…
BiographyFrederick Timpson I’Ons
… England on 15 November 1802. His father was John I'Ons, the master of a riding-school in Islington. Frederick was one … cartoons called the 'Aquila…
The National Anthem
… Words This is the official version of the national anthem, combining Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika and Die … publicly at the official hoisting of the national flag…
BiographyBasil Coetzee
… as he was affectionately known) was born in District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a teenager showed keen interest in…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… on 1 November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully … reports from the Silvermine listening post…
BiographyGeorge Edward Peake
… Peake was a founding member and national Chairperson of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) in the 1960s. He was born in the Cape in…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… and Banning For many years there was tension inside the African National Congress (ANC) between those with more … protestors, killing 69 and injuring 180. In…
BiographyJean van der Poel
… Jean van der Poel was born in Cape Town in 1904, and went on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT) , and…
BiographyAllerley Glossop
… in Twickenham, England,1872. She came to SA in 1900 after the demise of the Sphinx Studio in London, where she had … "Joe", she was a SASA Council' member…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… The Empty or Vacant Land Theory is a theory that was … as the Europeans had begun to migrate northwards from the Cape settlement, with the two movements…
BiographyEmile Maurice
… Born in 1955 and based most of his life in Cape Town, Emile Maurice was an artist, curator, author … in Fine Art, Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… by Dan Cameron in Art Forum as “what may turn out to be the most important exhibition of the 1990s”, the 2nd … South African) to curate exhibitions in…
BiographyIlse Naude
… Ilse Naude was born in 1913 and grew up on the Moravian mission in Genadendal near Caledon . After … got married at Genadendal a mission station in the…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a … couple at Wittebergen near Herschel in the…
Rebecca Lan
… Rebecca Lan was born in 1933 in Cape Town and grew up in Oranjezicht and Athlone. Her parents … at home. Her parents ran a second-hand furniture shop. The…