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14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… 2 Sept. 1884, Mr. McEwan called upon me to say a Coolie of his was dead. At 10.15 a.m, I visited Mr. McEwan's place … a beam by a rope in the centre of the…
14. Suicide among indentured
… 2 Sept. 1884, Mr. McEwan called upon me to say a Coolie of his was dead. At 10.15 a.m, I visited Mr. McEwan's place … a beam by a rope in the centre of the…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… June, Passed the London Matriculation examination on his second attempt. Later in the year, he met two … it impressed him immensely. Later, it became the…
ArchiveConcentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019
… It’s time to set the record straight and to refute his inaccuracies one by one. I do this based on the … Project the Glasgow Centre for Population Health…
EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… retired in 1845, and practiced medicine in Wynberg until his death in 1864. …
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… and psychoanalyst and the author of Black Hamlet, to his informant, John Chavafambira, at the end of 1933. The …
ArticleInsurrections I: Tracks and Lyrics
… me I do also frighten See, I pull him by the tail Hear his screams, crying like a little cry-baby) 7. Grounding … the scent of invisible footsteps into…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 27 July 1987, Addis Ababa
… I have the honour to extend our sincere thanks to His Excellency Chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam for his warm words of welcome. We are happy to be in Addis…
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
… birth, he lived in exile due to the Dutch occupation of his hometown Macassar, where he had spearheaded resistance. … He provided refuge for fugitive slaves,…
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
… the travelling secretary for the SCA. He completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Cape Town. He was … heart bypass operation. It was mentioned that…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… to use jazz for political goals, the development of his career provides an incredible example of the convergence … apartheid, and it is through this lens…
ArchiveThe Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… dictated that he would be incarcerated apart from his Black comrades and colleagues. That segregation denied him both the companionship and the counsel of…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… was for decades regarded by the trekboers as a place of death for cattle and people alike, to be entered only in … hill that became known as the Nelsberg…
Hinduism
… creator of everything he is known as Brahma, but without his action the world can't continue to exist. His form that keeps everything going is known as…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… Oppenheimer and Mary Lina Pollock. Oppenheimer completed his primary education in Johannesburg and proceeded to study … politics and economics in 1931. Upon…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Islam at the Cape was observed by George Foster in 1770 in his book, A Voyage Round the World , [London, 1977]: he … Tuan Sa‘id served a prison sentence of…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… that the apartheid government was responsible for Machel's death. He was succeeded as president by the Minister of … He was re-elected in 1999, but stepped…
EventRoman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago, cleared of genocide charges
… of Gikongoro was cleared of charges against him regarding his alleged participation in the Rwandan genocide by a Court … that there was nothing he could do…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… was deeply embedded and had been so for decades. During his months as a Cabinet Minister in the post 1994 government, … shelter - would likely bankrupt the…
PlaceConstantia
… without gables and with small casement windows. After his retirement in 1699 he lived at Constantia until his death in 1712, upon which the estate was…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his father who was a migrant labourer in the South African … went to Adams College in Natal and…
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… known as Swede Wessels when he adopted the surname of his sweetheart, Martha Wessels. Theirs was a great love … story: Martha's husband disappeared without a…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… 17 June 1992: The Boipatong Massacre takes place, with the death toll later to stand at 45. 18 June 1992: Claims of … made on the government. 2 July 1992: De…
Business leaders pay tribute to Mandela by staff writer, December 8 2013
… and business organisations on Friday reacted to the death on Thursday night of former president Nelson Mandela. Here are some highlights: ”¢ Mandela…
EventSenzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born
… was used in the soundtrack of the American action film Death Race 3: Inferno.[iii] Kwesta has also released two … “Unkwestionable” in 2009, and “Rally 4…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… became independent Mozambique's first President until his death on 20 October 1986. In 1981, 13 exiled members of the …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… heard about Brenda and brought her to Soweto to live with his family. She soon joined the group Joy and later formed … on 9 May 2004 after spending two…
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… Reforms Following the Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin and his new communist government initiated many reforms. They … the communist leaders, were banned. Lenin…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho Moshoeshoe I. 1878 … Alfred Milner is appointed governor during this…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… and acted with nobility and courage. This was clear in his visionary, successful attempts to transform the … into the "intellectual home of the left" during…