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Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
… aware of the difficulties and injustices that they faced on a daily basis and how the sacrifices of some can make all … have made a significant contribution…
ArchiveOmar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary by Niren Tolsi (Mail and Guardian), 17 September 2020
… by the familiar sense of Badsha’s effervescent activist spirit; one that embraces struggles that are continuously … challenged. But the news is not good: …
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
… CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS, ON 5 MARCH 1955, AND INCLUDED AS A PREAMBLE TO ITS … are unable to improve their wages and…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Ulyate Sisulu was born in the Engcobo area in the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu worked as a miner, baker's assistant, … was charged again in the Rivonia…
ArchiveRobert Shell: A tribute By Martin Plaut, 05 February 2015
… Martin Plaut writes on the passing of the foremost scholar of slavery in the Cape … not just with his time and his hospitality but with his spirit. Rob lit…
BiographyGeorge Naicker
… George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the Natal Indian Congress in 1941 … and became an executive member in 1956 until…
Address at the National Council Of Provinces, 12 November 2002
… our society. I am certain that your constant reflections on these and other matters has helped us to improve our … forward, always driven by a common…
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… to fall into the same trap. Taylor: I have already written on that issue, because I agree very much that there is a … that...the problem was not apartheid…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… the stone pillars or padroes which the explorers raised on headlands along the African coast during their voyages, … de Sito Orbis, in which he records his…
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
… came to SA in 1889 to help a widowed sister stranded on the Kimberley diggings. He never returned to England. Pre-Raphaelitism was a formative influence on…
Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A. Washington, D.C., June 26, 1990
… whose creation and integrity many men and women lost their lives in the war of independence, the civil war and the war … went to prison, for which many have…
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
… with just a few people who generally spoke softly in one-on-one conversations. Now there was a continuous babble with … our decision to take up arms. One…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… Between then and 1911, 152,000 Indians had come to work on the sugar estates, most of them from Calcutta and Madras. … Cartwright, editor of the Transvaal…
BiographyMampe Mosia Makhaya
… Mosia Makhaya was born on 6 December 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Makhaya … position until he joined the South Africa Foreign Affairs on 1 August…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… Southern Africa begins with the arrival of the Dutchman, Jan van Riebeeck, at the southern tip of Africa on 6 April 1652. He had to find a half-way station…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… from Lithuania. Graduating from working as a dockhand on the reclamation program around what today is the … had inherent wine making skills and was awarded…
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
… The land on which this house is situated originally formed part of the … ARTICLE: MONDAY JUN 13, 2016 New residential development on historic Mowbray site. …
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It was … also provides an opportunity to reflect on…
Archive2003 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2003
… who are with us here today, the first time in their lives that they have visited this seat of democracy, for … tip of Africa that houses our national…
Acceptance speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1993
… and fellow laureate, State President F.W. de Klerk, on his receipt of this high honour. Together, we join two … both inside and outside our country, had the…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… 1824 The Matabele, underChief Mzilikazi, settle on Thaba Bosiu. 1833 The Baralong under Chief Moroka II … post office is accommodated in the Old Parliament…
EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… occurred outside Hani’s house in Dawn Park, Boksburg on 10 April 1993. Hani couldn’t escape the scene as the … the murder. Hani died instantaneously after he…
BiographyGaus Shikomba
… Born on January 27 1935, at Onashiku shaLaban near Oshakati in … Shikomba participated in the Omugulugwombashe battle on 26 August 1966 and was shot,…
Archive2002 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2002
… is not with us today because he had to attend a summit on NEPAD in France, at the invitation of President Jacques … of the United States. These are Marco…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… and white servicemen by embarking educational programs on communism and socialism, trade unionism, ‘Native, Indian … This was aimed at attempting to educate…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… was decided suitable for a new Town to be founded on the Mpumalanga / KwaZulu Natal border . The name Volksrust … Concentration Camp Memorial to honour those…
BiographyBheki Zacharia Mvulane
… Bheki Zacharia Mvulane died in detention on 29 March, 1985. A fellow-detainee of Mvulane said: "I saw … Station fling Bheki against the wall, and when he…
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… On 22 February 2007, a category 4 cyclone named Favio struck … despite its severity, the cyclone claimed very few lives. UNICEF praised the Mozambican…
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the AAC, February 15, 1936 46
… touched rock bottom before you came and now a more buoyant spirit is in the air. The boys are recovering. Big propaganda … of educating +organising the…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr … a part time student. Whilst at university, Maharaj served on the Students…