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A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… 9 hours a day and 6 days a week. If I was asked to work extra time there was no overtime pay. I worked here for 6 … MANOR GOVT AIDED INDIAN SCHOOL. Here, I…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… complaint. The article explains that Zuma was on trial in 2006 for rape and was later acquitted. However, the league … M. (2003). Political party quotas in…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… the oldest liberation movement in the continent, has had 12 Presidents since 1912. They were John Langalibalele Dube …
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… the building and restore it to its former glory. In 2011/12, a tender was awarded for the building’s rehabilitation – …
PlaceGreen Point
… South Africa! The Green Point Lighthouse was first lit on 12 April 1824. It was the first solid lighthouse structure on …
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… the padrao de Sao Gregorio , was erected at Kwaaihoek on 12 March 1488. The second one was called the Padrão de São … at: dingeengoete.blogspot.com ,…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Sisulu was born in the Engcobo area in the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu worked as a miner, baker's assistant, … was charged again in the Rivonia Trial in…
PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
… and the contract was awarded to JJ Kirkness for £12,500. The building was eventually inaugurated on 5 June …
PlaceRiverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban
… Africa in 1895. He was responsible for the construction of 11 other mosques, the establishment of 13 Madrassas and the …
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… defence of the Six in an attempt to avert their deaths. On 11 July 1988, fifteen hours before their scheduled hangings, …
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
PlaceFish Hoek, Cape Town
… an early stone age Historic site where the remains of the 12 000 year old Fish Hoek man was found. More History of the …
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… official census revealed that this figure had dropped to 11% with only 1.3% having three wives or more. The practice … and by the time the British annexed…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… part, to blame. History classes were an endless stream of dates and names to be memorized. Teachers never tried to …
PlaceNamaqualand
… well and in a few places, such as Pella and Henkries, (Dates are successfully cultivated here). When there is enough …
The New Generation
… and America. This list of art centres, and their founding dates, represents a significant new force in the field of …
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… roots from the historic Cape Muslim community, which dates back to the 17th century). In the 1940s, a type of … and gangs in South Africa". IRIN Africa…
PlaceIsandlwana Battlefield Site, Nqutu
… running along the East coast. Umzinyathi is one of the 11 District Municipalities, of KwaZulu-Natal Province. The …
PlaceVhembe District Municipality
Vhembe District Municipality is a second-order administrative division and is located in, South Africa, with a population of 1 240 035 habitants. The estimate…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… her mother in the creche, had her Matric and Nomsa, aged 12, was a pupil in Standard 4. Midday in Adderley Street, … intended for the thousands of contract…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… the Abrahamses, began attending meetings in June 1962. [11] Van der Heyden joined in mid-July. As she later recalled: … in APDUSA, serving on its finance…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… of a protestant work ethic and religious proselytizing. On 18 December 1843 Montagu was ordered by Governor Napier to … below includes the magisterial…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Racism against Indians
… 317; Transvaal, 37 758; Cape, 15 174; Orange Free State, 11." The community has continued its opposition to the …
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… (White Workers' Protection League) and was being paid £11 2s. a week by them. Van der Walt was charged before the … over to principal Industrial School,…
PlaceBaavianskloof Pass
… The gradients are generally fairly easy and never exceed 1:12, but the road surface can vary between quite good (the …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philemon Raul Masinga dies
… On 12 January 2019,legendary Bafana Bafana striker Philemon … in the United Arab Emirates. The late Masinga scored 18 goals during his 58 international…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… in Newton, having bought a second-hand sewing machine. Extra work was necessitated in view of the arthritis … was started after the Black Flag Rebellion of…
PlaceLesotho
… that an alliance be formed between the two territories. On 12 March 1868, acting in the face of continued Voortrekker … Heights, later renamed Leribe. In…
PlaceBonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
Bonnievale is a quiet Town in the Breede Valley of the Western Cape. Bonnievale is surrounded by the Langeberg Mountains. What makes Bonnievale so unique is…