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EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… Prince Charles, was killed with her companion Dodi Fayed in a car accident in Paris. Her funeral was broadcast in South Africa by the SABC. The Funeral…
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… at Phefeni Secondary School started boycotting classes in protest against the use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in certain subjects in schools. The…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… category of ‘ethnomathematics’, as if mathematics here was in some way linked to tribalism. The contribution of African … graphs, which forms part of modern…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
… Congregation, which built the Great Synagogue, was founded in 1841. This makes it, after the Sydney Hebrew Congregation, the oldest Jewish congregation in…
Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase, 1 July 1997
… tasks of the organisation and the challenges that it faces in the current phase. In this process, it is natural and … Democratic Revolution (NDR) remains the…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… Garden is a large Public Park and Botanical Garden, set in the heart of Cape Town . This Garden features: a Rose … and ' Tuynhuys ', (the President’s…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… poor whiteism, and mass poverty-played a prominent part in the life and activities of the union. The epic story of … still get more emotional satisfaction…
ArchiveThe United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s
… Political and Historical Studies, African Studies Centre in Leiden. This research concentrates on the United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… the Prime Minister outlined South Africa's involvement in the Angolan War. He stated clearly that South Africa … African states that do not believe that the…
EventMinister reports 23 acts of sabotage in RSA
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Two years after the formation of … At the time the government had already arrested sixty Black suspected…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1970 Trusteeship of … , 1971-1974, it concentrated primarily on arousing Islamic…
BiographyJames la Guma
… James Arnold la Guma (Jimmy) was born on 23 August 1894 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). … 1920s by expressing a desire for the…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… hunter-gatherers. The wheel of change had begun to turn. In about 250 AD, African farmers came to Southern Africa from … These four changes influenced the…
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British but worked in a bank in South Africa. He was…
9. In search of better employment
… E. Somasundram was unhappy as a teacher and enquired in a letter dated 3 June 1891 whether the Protector knew of … man who came over to Natal from Madras by…
EventCardoso’s murderers convicted in Mozambique
… who escaped from pre-trial detention, was tracked down in South Africa and extradited to Mozambique. Anibalzinho, who led the death squad, was tried in…
EventZulus attack Indians in Durban
… The attack on Indians by Zulus in January 1949 has generated a great deal of debate about … to advance this explanation as the reason for the attack, in the…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… status, we have to ask ourselves, “at what cost”? " Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary " gives the account of three … moments, as they try to shape the…
ArchiveThe Plural society in Africa
… The twenty first in the Heornle Memorial Lectures delivered by Meyer Fortes in which he describes and evalutes pluralism in Africa. The social and political…
ArchiveInvestigating womens participation in protes
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of … Abstract: This study investigates women's participation in…
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… Congress (ANC) leader Oliver Tambo, died at her home in Johannesburg. Ma Tambo, as she was lovingly called, became involved in politics at the age of 10…
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… than seventy-five organisations represented at a meeting in Durban to initiate the creation of a united front in negotiations with the South African…
ArchiveThe Higher education of Blacks in the United States
… The twenty-fifth lecture in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Alan Pifer, and discusses the "experience of Black Americans with higher…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 36. "MR. … quarter it comes. It visualises the rise and emergence of Black Africa as a…
ArchiveYou said yes to one person, one vote in a
… Black and white poster with yellow lettering. Issued by NUSAS … Education for a free South Africa. Statistics of voting in South African Universities. Black…
PlaceAmandelboom, Town in Northern Cape
… the so-called coloured township of Williston Village in the Upper Karoo, best you not be hung-over. That's … might turn the corner and encounter the…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… Gille de Vlieg was born Gillian Ruth Hemson in Plymouth , England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on … It was not until 1982 that she joined the…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… The Natives Representative Council was established in 1937 in terms of the Representation of Natives Act 12 of … had not yet succeeded in impressing its…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… know. Event Country Month Date Year Person / Organisation SA Cyclist, Burry Stander is killed. South Africa January 3 … 3 2013 Exiled Officers Film director…
PlaceAlicedale a Village in Albany District
… A Village in the Albany District, some 42 km West of Grahamstown. Named … the reception of the 'Resort Hotel'. The Town was named in honour of Mrs. Alice…