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Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… felt as if she had to leave England. It was her mother’s death, the crumbling of her marriage, and just everyday … copy of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography out…
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…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… of 1 April 1960. He stated that in the course of his discussions with thePrime Minister of South Africa, "so … as being now so exceptional as to be sui…
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
… and the decisions of this, its Eighth Summit Meeting, His Excellency Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has handed over the baton of leadership of this Movement to…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… was in high school and on the verge of being expelled for his involvement in the student protests. Govender, along with …
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…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… P.W. Botha declared that he would not hesitate to send his forces back into an independent Namibia, if Pretoria … asked for six months to remove apartheid…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… P.W. Botha declared that he would not hesitate to send his forces back into an independent Namibia, if Pretoria … asked for six months to remove apartheid…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
The strangulation of activity
… an international outcry from a world still shocked by the death in detention of Steve Biko in September 1977. At the … birthday, Steve Tshwete's house…
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…
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…
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… was an Anglican clergyman, evangelist, and founder, with his brother Charles, of the Methodist movement in the Church of England. He had a vision of the…
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…
ArticleThe South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950
… of each member is that he must posses some skill in his selected branch of art, and that he must be earnest in his pursuit thereof..." …
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…
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. …