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ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… (5) Which two diseases caused many Khoikhoi to die? (2) 10. What was the meaning of ‘trek gees’ which the Trek Boers …
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black artists were not allowed to further their education and attend formal learning facilities such…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… in the political process. Results of the 1910 elections 15 September 1910 General Louis Botha's South African Party …
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… than 16000 people in paid employment in 1978. Of these, 15% were hired by the administration. Kangwane, called the …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… affiliation on the Witwatersrand remained stagnant at 15 000 between 1956 and 1961. The Rand committee was affected …
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… in Pretoria Central prison where he has already been for 15 years and where he is scheduled to remain for the rest of … found guilty of trying to overthrow…
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
… weeding and harvesting by hand and we employ about 15 people to cultivate about 5 hectares. We have a careful … that we grow. We have our own borehole that…
PlaceLimpopo Province
… around the province. The value added tax is charged at 15%. Visitors may claim VAT refunds at major border posts and …
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… his beliefs. Now in my old age I miss him even more.’ In 1993, Solomon’s body was reinterred at Mamelodi Cemetery …
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
… until the contextual meaning of the image is revealed. A 1993 shot, by the celebrated artist David Goldblatt, of a …
The Johannesburg Biennale by Bisi Silva (Artnet), 1998
… the Chinese artist Wenda Gu. Called United Nations Project 1993-2000, the work hung on the wall like a 30-foot-tall …
ArchiveSecret Histories | South African Photographer David Goldblatt Reveals the Effects of Apartheid on His Native Land by Miss Rosen, 29 September 2016
… the harrowing reality of the everyday. DAVID GOLDBLATT, 3:15 a.m. Going to work: The Wolwekraal – Marabastad bus is …
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
In the following article Patricia Storrar provides a brief history of the Harker graves in Plettenberg Bay. The piece was published in the 1977 edition of…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War, was said to have…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
Situated in front of the Rustenburg Town Hall, the work depicts Kruger during the last days of his exile. It was made by a French sculptor; Archard. A figure…
PlacePondoland
… including a customs house and a magistrate's court. On 15 September 1884 the sliver of land known as the Territory …
Document 79 - “What is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?”, Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934
… on and grinning. At one station where the train stopped 15 minutes, and where the mob was specially menacing, I got …
Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed)(1988). Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest story: Cape Town.
… questions arising out of this decision to report by 15 September 1990. Both sides once more committed themselves …
Document 1 - Keir Hardie, “Stoned in South Africa”, 1907
… on and grinning. At one station where the train stopped 15 minutes, and where the mob was specially menacing, I got …
PlaceGhana
Before March 1957 Ghana was called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th century found so much gold between the rivers Ankobra and the…
PlaceChintsa
Chintsa is a village in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is situated 38 km north-east from East London, at the mouth of…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… in 1976 under the Terrorism Act and was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 26 June 1979. Even after their …
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
… Alexandra township, where she discovered that there were 10 deaths for every 1,000 births while trying to establish …
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
… Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 10.54 %, Freedom Front (FF) 2.2 %, Democratic Party (DP) 1.7 …
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal's first ministry as Prime Minister
… On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir …
PlaceMsunduzi River
… Alexandra Park on 22 December 1951. Six days, 8 hours and 15 minute later Ian Player finished! This was after he had … Grame Pope-Ellis for most number of…
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… and audience participation / discussion. In the subsequent 10 days, the group will perform in various community halls …
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the…
PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
The Raadsaal building which currently stands in President Brand Street, is the fourth such to have been Built by the old Republic of the Orange Free State…