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ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… cadre), it was “very difficult in exile to be completely a Xhosa group, or a Tswana group, even if you were in …
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
The 52nd African National Congress (ANC) National Conference took place from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. This conference…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… all, and generally behave with decorum at all times. This Xhosa song was the favourite of the freedom songs at that … boycott. Literally 'We are living',…
The diary of Maria Tholo - October 18 - November 1 by Carol Hermer
… till midnight but I got tired. It was in both English and Xhosa. It has been broadcast on and on all during the day. In … as single men. Feast that takes…
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… way of communicating. We reversed letters in words (in Xhosa). Then I called Steve ‘Ntuba’ (for Bantu).” “The …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day Celebrations: Landsdown Stadium, Cape Town, April 27, 2008
… richness that comes from the meeting of Khoi, San, Xhosa, Malay, Dutch, French and English languages and …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.4 Dec-Jan 1980
Contents and Contributors The Cane is Singing by Narain Aiyer, A Normal Day by Kenny T. Hurtz, My Dear Madam by Nokugcina Sigwili, Poor Business for the…
PlaceCacadu District Municipality
… colonial names. Cacadu, meaning “bulrush water”, is the Xhosa name for the White Kei River, which rises in the …
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
ANC Deputy President, Secretary General and Treasurer General will on Tuesday lead the movement`s election campaign in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free…
Treasurer General`s PBF Breakfast and Networking, 24 March 2009
Durban- the Treasurer General of the ANC, Dr Mathews Phosa was the keynote speaker at a PBF Breakfast and Networking event which took place at the Chief Albert…
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
On the evening of 10 November 1993, Winnie Mandela and her bodyguard, John Lawrence, were driving through the centre of Johannesburg, when Lawrence had an…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… became secretary of the "Orlando Brotherly Society", a Xhosa organisation, which prompted an interest in tribal … returns to Johannesburg after undergoing…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… the ANC as Josephine. He spoke English, Afrikaans, French, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Russian and Malagasy. He returned to …
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… the first translator of Milton's Pilgrims Progress, into Xhosa, who returned to South Africa in 1857 after studying in …
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… became the focus for military operations against the Xhosa , in the frontier war of 1811-12 , and in 1815 its …
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932 to a Swati mother and a Xhosa father. Her mother was a sangoma and a domestic worker …
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… most common language spoken in Cape Town followed by Xhosa . English is the most common language. The first … J (1989), The Dead will Arise, Nongqawuse and…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… citizens. The black population of Cape Town was mostly Xhosa-speaking and classified as belonging to the Transkei or … Maria attended nurses' training…
The diary of Maria Tholo - November 2 - December 1 by Carol Hermer
… in the end and that it'll be just like going back to the Xhosa-Boer wars. Except that only Matanzima has an army. Then … of a spear for calling someone 'Your…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… Africans were divided into 'ethnic groups' such as Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana or Sesotho. The already existing 'native …
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… favourite subject was history and Makana, the great Xhosa chief and the legendary Zulu king, Shaka, were his … journalist for East London's Daily Dispatch…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… Swazi nation. Hintsa was paramount chief of the Gcaleka Xhosa (ca. 1790-1835). Makana (Makanda) (ca. 1780S-1820) was a prophet, war leader and counsellor to…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… meetings and that solutions, such as including English and Xhosa translations or only singing the House Song in English, …
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
Oral interview with Ms P Khosa, an art teacher who was residing at R740, Umlazi at the time and place of the interview. Please note that the times are for…
The appointment of Judges
In June 1994, Arthur Chaskalson, senior counsel and the national director of the Legal Resources Centre, was appointed as President of the Constitutional Court…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… ex- British colony to be properly English.) Which borders Xhosa speaking Transkei, language and norms are duly …
UCT Summer School 2020
… the frontiers of the Cape Colony: colonists, Khoisan and Xhosa 4. Massacre, Aboriginals and settler …
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
… West, Bishops and Prophets in a Black City. Teacher (Xhosa) - but usually used as a term of respect for ministers … would have been circumcised but not yet…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… and sectional lines. Van der Heyden learned to understand Xhosa although she had difficulty speaking it. The African … enjoyed doing. In the yard they talked…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… This service was available in English, Afrikaans, Tswana, Xhosa and Zulu. The whole process of media communication with …