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BiographySantu Mofokeng
… Mofokeng’s initial experiences with photography were as a teen when one of his sisters gave him his first … violently suppressed Soweto uprising in 1976…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… "Prisoner of Conscience" during this period. He was denied a passport until 1986 when he was issued with a highly restricted document; being granted limited…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… voice. Instead in 1969-70 she continued to play a leading role with her son, Peter in stopping white South … hailed originally from South West England and…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… to the industry was important to the Western Cape in a wider sense, because tens of thousands of people, including … century. The inevitable result of these…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… Joseph Chamberlain was a British statesman, a colonial administrator and politician who went from being a … his tour, Chamberlain visited 29 towns, and he…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… “Rev Isaac Wauchope was truly handsome in appearance, a broad-faced man, in height a little more than five feet, of light brown complexion, … from his…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… Achari, Achary, Archary - Sometimes the last name of a person. Caste of the craftsman -architects, goldsmiths. … root aham, which, in Tamil, has many…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… in the setting of the mountains of the Eastern Cape during a period of the male Xhosa initiation, which is referred to … assisting their initiates during…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… Campbell, who met Makhanda, described him: “We found Lynx a fine figure of a man, measuring six feet two inches in height… He had many … though some of his…
The Hawks letter to Pravin Gordhan by Berning Ntlemeza (Politics Web), 28 February 2016
… recruit even before funding approval is granted for such a capability to exist? 7. Kindly share with us or provide a copy of the Agreement between NIA and…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu family in Sophiatown on 1 August 1959. His parents were Roselinah Msuthukazi Mbuli, a Xhosa …
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… between 35,000 – 70,000 in present-day India itself, a significant percentage of whom live in the coastal region … Gujarat in western India [3] . The siddis…
The Battle of Square Hill
… led members of the ‘Cape Coloured Community’ to make a special representation to the Imperial Army Council via the … Government. This was adopted on 20…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report had been … contributor to an article…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… of electricity needed in the country, and this was causing a high risk of “the whole national power system” having to … and finances pledged to resolve the…
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… It started off with a small Jetty, built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Station at the Foot of Africa for the…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… (1922 - 24) TM Wadley (1924 - 26) HL Buzzard (1926 - 28) A Eaton (1928 - 29) Rev. A Lamont (1929 - 32) Oliver Lea (1932 - 33 ) Percy Osborn … Jackson (1957 -…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Key Terms Annexation : the act of taking control of a country, region, etc, especially by force Compound : an area surrounded by a fence or wall in which a…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… received numerous responses from the public, good and bad. A selection are reprinted below: ----- Original Message ----- … Hi I am very happy to see that at…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… in District Six, Cape Town on 8 February 1936.[i] He was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Moosa was a former human rights lawyer who defended…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… trough used for the watering of horses, and consists of a round cast-iron drinking bowl supported on legs in the form of horses' hooves. A post topped by a…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… the land route to India. 1503 Antonio de Saldanha, leading a Portuguese squadron, enters Table Bay (called Aguada da Saldanha until 1601) owing to a…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan … equality in South Africa. She does this through both as a teacher and a member…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… RE: MINISTER OF LABOUR GREEN PAPER ON POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A NEW EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS STATUTE COSATU welcomes the green … announced by the Minister of Labour…
PlaceBurundi
… Burundi is a relatively small country located in central Africa, and the name and approximate territory has a continuity with the Kingdom of Burundi which…
Dance For All (DFA)
… Established in 1991, Dance For All (DFA) is a non-profit dance organisation, originally known as Ballet … known as the Cape Town City Ballet. Philip Boyd,…
ArchiveNUSAS 1986 Congress Programme
Programme of the 64th NUSAS Congress held in Pietermaritzburg,1986
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… in the USA. Source 2A The stress of financial strain took a psychological toll- especially on men who were suddenly … of embarrassment or frustration. This…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… who had been dispossessed of land after 19 June 1913 as a result of racially discriminatory laws or practices the … Act 200 of 1993 for that purpose. The Act…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… left the shores of that country in 1914, Nana Sita holds a special place. Nanabhai, as he was affectionately known, … had been able to supress organized…