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PlaceGoedverwacht, West Coast of Cape Town
… When the emancipation of the slaves was in sight, he asked his slave,' Maniesa', (originally from Bengal, India ), and … to stay on the farm with him and…
PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
… built up a booming wine export business. After starting his life in South Africa as a butcher boy in what is now the Cape Town CBD, he later opened his very…
The French Revolution
… the French Republic, Liberty, Equality andBrotherhood – or death. Source: unknown The peasants and the urban workers … King Louis': The first “Louis” was…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… I ask you all to rise for a moment's silence in tribute to his memory. Even as we do so, let us also remember those who … the problems that plague the rural…
South African and World leaders
… he was thrown in jail more than once. He spent 27 years of his life in jail, most of which were on Robben Island. … People held protest marches, made posters…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… warfare spreads, a woman grieves over her husbands death, following a night attack by residents of nearby Zulu … Inkatha Freedom Party support bases. In…
ArchiveReview since last Conference
… to SACC regarding the review of the conference about the death of Steve Biko. Also asking the authority to institute the judicial inquiry into Steve's death…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… for ivory and, presumably, to further investigate his find. This time, Kruger was accompanied by a party of … of Potchefstroom stands today. All but Erasmus…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… South African liberation movements derives primarily from his two crowning achievements: President of the African … elected Zulu chief) engaged the world of…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… proficiency and sabotage operations. Subsequent to his release from prison, Lang began sourcing financial … the operation was cancelled after Eddie Daniels…
Closing Address of Comrade Nelson R Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC 16 December 1990
… of the peace process being derailed. We met De Klerk and his delegation and presented to him a document in which we frankly criticised him personally and…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… and traditions. Historian Basil Davidson, writing in his book, African Civilisation Revisited says that: "When our … our common world, especially the…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… of the Sharpeville Massacre. The reason given for his expulsion was that he ‘incited students to be involved in … activities’. On 24 September 1985 Ndondo…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… petty criminals” that were targeted. They announced the death toll at 61 but doctors reported it at 128. Doctors also … pressures on the TMC to some degree…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… Inkosi Sigweje the previous leader, related the history of his people and their struggle to find land security in an … to the Umsundusi River to a place…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… to erode' its independence. In its present form, on his meticulous analysis, the Bill does exactly that. But he … newly-established Constitutional Court, and…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… of BCP, which he joined in August 1972 after quitting his medical studies at the University of Natal. He described … being who finds it very difficult to…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… Trial (October 1963) after which Mandela and seven of his colleagues were sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben … and South African Communist Party banned…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… Vogel in 1697 but it was almost immediately transferred to his youngest son, Frans van der Stel, on extremely favourable … Dwelling, on Stellenberg with her…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… Mayor Jacob Kuzwayo Dlamini, who was beaten and burnt to death by an angry mob on 3 September 1984. They faced … arrested, tried and sentenced. They spent…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… between Africa and the West. A giant literary figure in his own right — strictly speaking, Senghor who started the … literary movement in 1920’s is Bâ’s…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… by the Africans, for the Africans, with everybody who owes his only loyalty to Afrika and who is prepared to accept the … 1969, he was placed under house…
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… properties since 1899 before acquiring Vergelegen. His wife and eight children lived with him in the Old … modernizing the estate. When mining magnate Sir…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… still characterise our people today. Jan van Riebeeck and his Dutch companions were received with the same hospitality … During the course of that long…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… on an anti-pass campaign on Monday the 21st. According to his "Testimony about the Launch of the Campaign," Sobukwe … to us. And we have sworn that we are…
Southern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… Project: Phakamile Mabija Margaret Philpott Project: The Death of Tshifhiwa Muofhe Christopher Washington Project: …
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… Central Prison in Durban by deliberately standing with his young wife Maggie between them and white apartheid police … without trial in the prison. The…
ArchiveThe New South African Revolution by Prithiraj Dullay, 03 April 2017
… and former head of the S African Revenue Service, plus his deputy were recalled from London in the midst of a … returned to the economy. The president was…
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver 'OR' Tambo, is born
… deregistered from the institution and could not complete his Bachelor of Science honours degree. The son of Nzimeni and Julia, Tambo dedicated his entire…
EventCardoso's murderers convicted in Mozambique
… and extradited to Mozambique. Anibalzinho, who led the death squad, was tried in absentia while he was still on the run and received a twenty-eight years…