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BiographyDulcie Howes
… all." (From Marina Grut's book T he History of Ballet in South Africa ) Dulcie was born in Little Brak in 1904, when "fancy … Cape Town, in 1934, as the…
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… nurses working at a military hospital during the Crimean War at Scutari, Turkey. She was appalled by the conditions in … Today, International Nurses Day is…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… of the atrocities against the Jews during the Second World War, there is no evil that has been as condemned by the … for teachers visit www.pbs.org The…
BiographyEulalie Doreen Stott
… influenced by her school principal who was a member of the South African Institute of Race Relations. At the age of 12 … working at the censorship department…
BiographyZola Budd
… Budd was born on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. Budd burst into national prominence in 1983. In 1984 … when, at the age of 17, she…
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
… the only university opened to Black, Indian and Coloured South Africans as well as students from other English … BA degree in Fine Arts at The University of…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… at how these first generation workers acted to change the world they found themselves in. We shall see how they coped … rapid development of industries on…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… "South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report, on behalf of the … been recognised by scores of countries throughout the world, is a major blow against the…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… injustice through the study of law. Upon his return to South Africa, he worked as an advocate in Pretoria. By 1895, … Free State (OFS), and at the outbreak…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
… It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world. Therefore, what…
Afrikaner
… a biased image of a ‘hostile’ Africa to the Western world. Nevertheless, for the commercially active Dutch the … from the indigenous Khoi and San and also…
South African athlete Paul Harwood Nash is born in London. He was viewed at one time as the fastest White athlete in the world.
… South African athlete Paul Harwood Nash is born in London. He … was viewed at one time as the fastest White athlete in the world. …
BiographyTraci Mackie
… she was nine years old, her parents decided to move to South Africa. The family settled in King William’s Town , Transkei … in the murder of Biko. Mackie…
BiographyManfred Zylla
… confront reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience … was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1939…
BiographyLeigh Davids
… was born on 25 March 1979 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was a transgender woman, and a prominent … conferences and other sector meetings all…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… Bongani Mnguni was a South African photographer and photojournalist who dedicated … images for publications he worked for, including The World, Sowetan 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.
… ancient black ideas about whiteness, the ideas of an old world in which distance always induced distortion. By racism … by the almost complete liberation of…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… Introduction It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact … for South Africa. The SAP also had to govern while…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Honoris Causa Degree Ceremony, at the Salón de Diputados, Old Congress, Santiago, Chile, 7 June 2005
… accolade from one of the pre-eminent universities of the world. In all humility and with sincerest gratitude, I accept … this Honoris Causa degree on behalf…
"Peace and Development in our Region" Speech at "War on Want" Conference by O. R. Tambo, London, June 1988
… to self-determination. We are greatly encouraged that War on Want, representing the ordinary British people, … of the winter's end. When we speak thus, we…
BiographyClive Edward Butler Rice
… times. In 1988/89 season Rice captained Scotland. When South Africa was re-admitted by ICC in 1991, Rice captained the … India. In 1992 Rice was not selected…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… but recall and salute the contributions of all sectors of South African society and millions across the world to the great victory of the cause of freedom…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… group, Khuyhangano, Mbuli performed for the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in 1979, a group he would … Mbuli’s reputation within the artistic…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… people who worked with him say. Decades later, as South Africa's President, he hasn't lost his touch. Lampooned in … to the U.S. government, a charge that…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… POLITICAL HARASSMENT FAROUK ASVAT was banned by the South African regime between 1973 and 1978; and nominated an … Farouk Asvat won the Vita Literary Award…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… was these mineral resources that encouraged and motivated South Africa to try and hold on to Namibia throughout the … also believed that by holding onto…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… Tiro, Mashinini started reading about the history of Africa’s struggles, American slavery, the Human Rights … shoes, and had a vibrant social life. Mashinini…
BiographyProfessor Carel Boshoff
… as Secretary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Southern Africa. In 1967 he became member of the Theology Dept. at the … University of Pretoria. He later left…
BiographyMaxwell Mduduzi Malinga
… Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga, was one of South Africa’s most gifted and beloved fighters in the 1970s and … (the only other organisation at the time was the WBC,…