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Julian Goldswain
… & documentary photographer in South Africa. Since 1998, his work has been exhibited extensively in South Africa, Germany and the USA. His photojournalism has…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… that is, to the worker's supposed income from his land. The evidence placed before the Commission of acute … stating that the matter was receiving attention…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… to make use of Portuguese teachers and craftsmen to train his people. He also allowed Catholic missionaries to work among his people. The Portuguese traded…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… the land, thus making him the guardian of the ancestors. His empire extended from the fringes of the forest in the … Mali [xxv] . Mansa Wali would, in turn…
The melody of freedom
… Da Gama may have been delighted when he was received on his arrival in December 1497 by a group of Khoi musicians … Jazz' took over the leadership of the…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… Air Force’s headquarters. [i] The bombing resulted in the death of 19 people as well as over one hundred injuries. [ii] …
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… ANC members. Woods, Smith and Conjwayo were sentenced to death and their sentence was later commuted to life …
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… From 1978 to 1990 he was bound by the restrictions of his 1950 listing. 1951 May, Walter Sisulu believed that … unity and was ‘dismayed by the attitudes he…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… by the Mandinka warrior-king Sundiata Keita following his decisive victory over the Sosso ruler Sumanguru Kante at … Khaldun corroborated the empire's early…
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 [i] . At the time of his arrival , King Mzilikazi and the southern Ndebele peoples … bought two farms, the Elandspoort and…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… in the suburbs of Cape Town 1985 Mandela rejects, through his daughter, Zindzi, South African President PW Botha's … FW de Klerk 1994 Mandela votes for the…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… Xalabile, for example, lay wedged behind a boulder, his arms behind him, still crossed – as if they had been restrained in some way. His eyes were still open…
Challenge to the church: A Theological Comment on the Political Crisis in South Africa | The Kairos Document, 1985
… Christians in South Africa to reflect on the situation of death in our country. It is a critique of the current … did not approve of what they did. It was…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… was in high school and on the verge of being expelled for his involvement in the student protests. Govender, along with …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 2 - The Development of a Colonial Slave Society by Wayne Dooling
… the persons of their owners, slaves could be put to death. codify - organise procedures or rules into a written … It is clear that Reijnier and Manika's…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… of the first to put to music some of Ari’s early poems. His Durban Noise and Scraps Works is a celebrated CD of new … and 1950s compositions. He is a…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… Lesotho in the 1930's, and like any other artist he made his tools with materials available to him. Brushes were made … in the Western Cape, and he is…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… in the Youth League. Five years later ' she agreed to his election as the first full-time Secretary-General of the … Her eldest son, Vuyisile Max, was…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… flag, went in to negotiate the release of the arrested, his fellow students stood outside singing hymns. All that … was a demonstration at Guguletu, called…
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
… days of ‘Northern Rhodesia’. She would point out the high death rate among children under colonial rule in Africa as a …
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… one of the longest serving MEC’s and at the time of her death had been the Limpopo MEC for Agriculture and Rural …
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… on May 24 1921. Leaders of the church dispute the 163 death toll as cited in history records. …
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… Party than the continued oppression, physical ruin, & death by starvation of hundreds of their white brethren of …
EventThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic (AIDS) is causing increasing concern in the United States
… the disease were spreading in the United States due to the death of 75 people who were thought to have been infected. …
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… ending with 100 Bondelswarts fatalities. This included the death of Morris and many women and children.. …
PlaceDundee
… 6 February 1838, Voortrekker leader; Piet Retief and 67 of his men were killed by Zulu forces under the Zulu chief; … Voortrekker leader called: ' Andries…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… commendable work done by the Special Committee under his illustrious leadership. His country, Nigeria, and his government and people have been … Marcus…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… In 1607 the skipper of the British ship Contest found his vessel becalmed in what is now Hout Bay and sent his pilot, John Chapman, to row ashore in the hope…
Address on South African Freedom Day 2001, Pietersburg, 27 April 2001
… body of Tshepo Matloha was found, cruelly taken from us in his youth. Today brings an opportunity once again to convey our condolences to his mother and his…
Postscript
… to honour Desmond Tutu, the Bishop of Johannesburg, on his return from Sweden with the Nobel Peace Prize. There he … father's message was one of proud…