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… On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and … been banned for political reasons and was routinely burned in furnaces across South Africa from the 1950s to the 1970s. … year the same happened in Lebanon to Tripoli’s historic Al Sa'eh Library. The apartheid era – from the middle of the …

… more likely to be infected with the Aids virus than men in South Africa. The concert was made possible through the … 46664 concert is held in Fancourt …

… Bee Berman was born in 1949 in Cape Town ,  Western Province (now Western Cape).After her … exhibition), depicts the poverty faced by the Coloured and Black communities in and around the Western Cape town of …

… Sylvester Stein was born on 25 December in 1920 in Cape Town, and was brought up in Durban. He studied … , where he spent three years working with a staff of black writers, who would later become well known for their …

… Jurgen Schadeberg was born in Berlin, Germany on 18 March 1931. He was raised by his … and teacher, who was open and knowledgeable about black life and culture. By the mid-1950s Drum had grown as a … drastically. Protesters on the streets of segregated Black townships clamored for change and for the release of …

… born on 30 November 1913, Teddington, Middlesex, England. In 1956 she went out to visit her brother, Fr Tom Stanton CR, in South Africa and decided to stay behind and work. She … Tumelong Anglican mission in Lady Selborne, then a mixed black township on the edge of Pretoria. Stanton's own role …

… preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches, first Black Archbishop of the Anglican Church in South Africa, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, and chair … Bishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo …

… photographer for the Daily News took a picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban which was immediately published around … by the apartheid government's attempt to forcibly remove black people from Cator Manor, an area inhabited by both … continued to be part of the life of newspaper readers in Durban for at least 45 years. He worked as a photographer …

… Caesarina Kona Makhoere was born near Pretoria in 1955. Her father was a policeman and her mother worked as … domestic worker.  At a young age she was forcibly removed in terms of the Group Areas Act and relocated to Mamelodi … in South Africa. After her release, she worked for the Black Sash counselling victims of discriminatory laws and …

… Black and white poster. Artwork of Yusuf Dadoo with a pipe. … Yusuf Dadoo: lived in the struggle: died our leader …

… Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool was born in Cape Town in 1897. One of South Africa's most popular and renowned … had helped to form in 1902. Abdurahman was also the first black South African to be elected to the Cape Town City … (2004) Every Step of the Way: The Journey to Freedom in South Africa. HSRC Press: Cape Town, pp. 210-211.| “The …

… Black and white poster. Cartoon of a man and a woman and two … Den Haag, 29 October: geen nieuwe kernwapens in Europa …

… Photograph of a black hand nailed to a tree, holding a fountain pen. Words … Worldwide reading for democracy and media freedom in Zimbabwe …

… Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo …

… marks the anniversary of the longest cricket test match in history. The game was played between South Africa and England in Durban. The game continued until the 14 March - 9 days in total. England needed 41 runs to win at the close of the … The longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in …

… united at the encouragement of Prince Maurice of Orange in the Netherlands and Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. This number … XVII (Lords 17). The Chartered Company was established in 1602 and was granted a 21 year monopoly by the … of the Netherlands to carry out colonial activities in Asia. With its headquarters in Batavia, the company …

… South African television producer Adele Lorenzo is killed in an air crash in Nigeria in which 117 people die.  News was receiv …

… A photo exhibition is opened in the studio of Samuel Barnard in Adderley Street, Cape Town, in which the work of several local …

… Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Molepo, east of …

… Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the Reformed Church in South Africa in 1858, is born in the Netherlands.   Together with the Re …

… The South African cricket team arrive in Calcutta, to play in three one-day matches against the Indian team in South Africa’s f …

… The suspected killer of two young women in Knysna is arrested in Hornlee. Nineteen year old Jessica Wheeler’s body was found in …

… In response to a car bomb attack in Pretoria which killed nineteen people, the South African air force bombs ANC bases in a Map …

… Gabriel Adolf Ode is born in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Ode was the acting secretary of education in South Africa in 1891. He w …

… Prof. Charles Frederick Saint (86), the first professor in surgery at the medical school in Cape Town, dies in Sark, Channel Is …

… Eleven people die in Sundumbili, Natal Midlands, in an alleged attack by IFP members, in collusion with Kwa-Zulu police and for …

… In what is believed to be a first in Cape Town, lightning strikes a Brooklyn resident in her home.  The N1 freeway is closed t …

… In the Natal Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg, at the end of the longest trial of its kind in South Africa, thirteen defendant …

… In a major move in the process of privatisation in South Africa, the Conversion of Iscor Bill is passed, …

… Opening Address by National President Jenny De Tolly at the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg on 5 … Im longing to sing and dance in the street, …