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Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
… For Melba 1970 The Present Is a Dangerous Place to Live January 1974 To the Bitter End June 1974 My Name …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can … will never be prosperous or free until all…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… for purposes of sanitation shall assign to them to live in. (c) They shall be inscribed in a Register, if they … to assign to them certain streets, wards and…
Classroom activities: Learning about history
… stories and opinions of ordinary people. "Your memories live longer than your dreams. Memories never fade, if you got …
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
… We would loose contact with our families and friends that live far away. There would be no radio or television stations …
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her father – a writer and, mother, a teacher – valued critical…
BiographyDorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams was born in 1928 in Wellington, 72 kilometres north-east of Cape Town. Wellington had been declared on the farm of Champagne in 1840, and it grew…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
Magasvarie ‘Maggie’ Govender was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Durban Central. When she was eleven years old, due to the Group…
The Children’s Charter
… right to a name. All children have the right to a place to live. Children should be able to grow up with love, affection …
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… which, if it is allowed to continue, we shall all of us live to regret. And it is not only as Africans, but also as … concerned with the future of our…
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
Wendy Heather Woods (neè Bruce) was born on 5 February 1941 in Mthatha (formerly Umtata), Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). An outstanding pupil in school,…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… the two races should be separated to ensure they can both live harmoniously and especially to protect the Blacks. … race is separated, all South African…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… that the then-present system would not be able to live up to the hopes and needs of the poorest South Africans, … who inspired millions [Online]…
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… is where the country’s laws are made. Because we live in a democracy, we vote for the parties we want to …
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… in the Sunday Tribune on May 20: ‘The OB is dead. Long live the OB.’ The issue was debated in Parliament for 37 … industries’ were created by the state so…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
Born on 1 November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded naval chief Hugo Biermann to take…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… marching; text: We call for an end to conscrption: We live in an unjust society where basic human rights are denied the majority of the people; We live in a…
Testimony of the Delegation of the South African Native National Congress, Ermelo, before the Eastern Transvaal Land Committee,January 8, 1918
… to us very fully the circumstances under which we are to live in future. It is repugnant to us that we should be made to live apart from the white people. We…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… year without pay on farms in exchange for being allowed to live there).The people in question were Black people for who … This included determining where…
BiographyAlfred Milner
… 1900 promising Boer fighters that they would be allowed to live in laagers with their families if they surrendered. …
Hinduism
… and the branches. This means that, if people want to live a good life they must respect creation and perform … as a God or as a rich and happy person, but if…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… Apartheid made laws forced the different racial groups to live separately and develop separately, and grossly unequally … 1959 This Act said that different…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… not more than five families of Blacks were permitted to live on farms. White farmers who allowed the stipulated number of Black families to live on their…
ArchiveUrban Africans and the Bantustans
… discusses the social structures under which South Africans live in, specifically in the Eastern Cape in relation to … He describes the feelings of those…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… which takes up almost a third of southern Africa. Where we live, it is very dry. The big rains come in January, February … of these is Gautscha. The happy…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… Act is passed. This Act states that Indians may only live where they had lived prior to 30 May 1939, and that they may continue to live where ‘coloured’…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… for purposes of sanitation shall assign to them to live in. c. They shall be inscribed in a Register, if they … to assign to them certain streets, wards and…
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… space to the environment, poverty and globalisation. The live Webcast in English and French featured on the United … along with background information…