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… Sir John Barrow, author and explorer of the interior of SA, arrives at the Cape and has to start immediately to …

… sculptor, heaven-herd and philosopher. He lived in the Ceza district where he received training as an inyanga … the 1950s he recorded Zulu cultural and religious myths in words and pictures. SchlÁ¶sser’s collation of his texts … at Ohlangeni and for a short time he was a member of a Black separatist church and was undoubtedly familiar with the …

… a presence throughout the modern history of South Africa, Black trade unions never managed to establish a permanent presence until the emergence of unions in the later 1970s and 1980s. The Industrial Commercial Union … of blocs: there was Fosatu; there was Cusa, the Black Consciousness-aligned federation; and there were Coloured …

… to become co-sponsors of the Congress of the People. In the event, however, the Congress Alliance, which had taken … and comprehensive plan to call the people of South Africa, black and white, to come together and adopt a people's … of the Congress Alliance who would not reject those, black or white, who had made a great contribution as leaders …

… born into a family of musicians. Her father, Alfred, was in a jazz swing band and her mother, Patty, was a soprano … his daughters to perform with him. All the children in the Nokwe household were taught how to sing by their … sister, Marilyn, and a friend, Nonhlanhla, they formed the Black Angels and recorded an album. Tu also formed the group …

… The growth of trade unionism in Cape Town and the formation of early political …

… Speech BY President Nelson Mandela at the State Banquet in Honour of King Juan Carlos …

… of the Congress Youth League." Article by A. M. Lembede, in Inkundia ya Bantu, May 1946 …

… Mda13, "Report of Communist Activities among the Natives in Johannesburg", Catholic Times, July 1942 …

… Message by President Nelson Mandela at the celebration in honour of his 80th birthday …

… Speech by President Mandela to Toast an Official Banquet in Honour of President Flavio Cotti …

… The Role of the People’s Republic of China in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle and MK …

… Responses of different groups in South Africa to the outbreak of the First World War …

… John Barrow indicates on a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity of either the Witwatersrand or … criticizes the living conditions that Johannesburg's Black citizens are forced to live under. 1906 Pass Laws for … 11-12 June, UDF rival, the National Forum, a Black Consciousness-aligned grouping, is launched, with Azapo …

… Gert Johannes “Jakes” Gerwel was born on 18 January 1946 in the town of Kommadagga in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Province (now … College in CT before joining UWC, he was one of only two black UWC lectures at the time. In 1978, he was appointed UWC …

… Cape Town.  André Philippus Brink was born on 29 May 1935, in Vrede one of the small towns in Orange Free State. His writing began at the age of nine … in 1976 and focussing on the death in detention of a black activist was also banned. This novel was turned into a …

… In the final stages of the South African War (Anglo Boer), … mining town of Okiep. Okiep was a small copper mining town in the Cape Colony, that eventually became the headquarters … Battalion members, consisting of a sizeable number of Black and European miners It is claimed that Colonel Shelton, …

… Notice of a Laity Conference. Light green and black poster. Artwork of people in church. … The Laity Conference is in October: how will you be represented? …

… Offset litho; black and brown; 10 years Soweto : Children and youth in the struggle against apartheid … 10 years Soweto: Children and youth in the struggle against apartheid …

… them through a referendum to accept this strategy in their own interests, in the interests of continued white … the light of reactions to it of the vast majority of the black people of our country - by black again I mean "Coloured" Indians and Africans. They are …

… Offset litho; black, green and red; OASSA 4th National Conference : Social Services in a changing South Africa … OASSA 4th National Conference : Social Services in a changing South Africa …

… Silkscreened; black, green and brown on yellow; Deaths in detention and apartheid wars are tearing our country apart … Deaths in detention and apartheid wars are tearing our country apart …

… Potenza Between 1921 and 1936, the number of Africans in the cities increased from about half a million to over one … created for Africans, Coloureds and Asians, the wages of black farm labourers and mineworkers still remained very low. … that they should have the same low standards of living as black workers. They demanded help from the government to …

… Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan), Cape parliamentarian, is born in Cape Town.   He died in London in 1909 as member of the dele …

… Pretoria News, 18 October 2003. Today in History. … Four Osama bin Laden followers convicted in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa are sentenced in New York to life w …

… Kevin Williams, member of a gang, dies in the regional court in Stellenbosch when his throat is cut while the court is in sessi …

… Penny Heyns beats the world record the sixth time in three weeks by winning the 200 m breaststroke in the Pan-Pacific Games in …

… WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden …

… Joseph Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France is born in Paris, France. He was killed in Zululand in the Ang …

… Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses on Cape Town's black African population, tracing the development of regional … Africans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73 …