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PlaceLovedale Missionary School
The missionary school where so many Black intellectuals of the 19th and early 20th century—from Tiyo Soga to Thabo Mbeki to Steve Biko — were to be educated. …
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
Built as a gentleman's club in 1894, this is one of Durban’s few remaining links with its Colonial past. It is the oldest licenced premises in the City, its…
Address by Mandela to the CBI conference London, 10 July 1996
… increased to about 12-billion pounds in the key sectors of mining, manufacture and telecommunications. Total trade …
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
… when a South African-born Indian for example with a mining-engineer’s degree cannot find employment in the …
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
… Nourse, was also a great sportsman, a fine soldier and a mining magnate. 'Nourse Mine' on the Witwatersrand still … death, Dwarsvlei was bought by Nourbet…
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EBF) also known as Ebola virus a virus that kills its host by attacking the lining of the cells and coagulating the blood in the…
PlaceBethal
… seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount of mining activity in and around Bethal, with 20 coal mines and … of Bethal in Mpumalanga , known for…
Post-Election Political Violence
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As South Africa went to the polls on 27 April 1994,…
PlaceDannhauser
The Town of Dannhauser was named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler, who purchased the Farm: 'Palmietfontein', from the Natal Government, in 1872. The…
ArchiveSechaba as mondstuk in die ANC se stryd teen blanke oorheersig, 1967-1989
Voorgele ter vervulling van n deel van die vereistes vir die graad D. Phil. in die Fakulteit Lettere en Wysbegeerte, Universiteit van Pretoria. Die ontbanning…
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its…
PlaceKoingnaas Diamond Minning Town, Northern Cape
… in 1970, Koingnaas was once a flourishing diamond-mining town, but after De Beers departed the population has … a Census taken in 2011. A gravel road leads…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… any trade union confederation. The Act also excludes the mining industry from its terms. The ANC is represented at an …
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
In 1925 the Township owners of Houghton Estate, the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd. Donated the original portion of The Wilds to the…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
Emoyeni, the ‘Place in the Air’ in Nguni, is located on the highest point, of the highest ridge in Parktown, keeping its original name through the decades…
ArchiveKeynote Address at National General Council Meeting, by President Thabo Mbeki, 12 July 2000, Port Elizabeth
… since then. Recognising the continuing importance of mining and minerals in our economy, we have supported the … of Mineworkers when it has argued that in…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… occurring among the small number of Indians within the mining circle, 16 died from phthisis and 8 from pneumonia, …
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… she joined the board of directors of the international mining company Barrick Gold, once again sitting on multiple …
14. Suicide among indentured
… occurring among the small number of Indians within the mining circle, 16 died from phthisis and 8 from pneumonia, …
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… with the Chamber of Mines. The agreement deprived the mining unions of the right of any real trade union activity …
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… have for too long submitted to the oppression of the mining barons. We should take a leaf out of the book of the …
1. The Way to Fox Street
… schooling. A friend arranged a job for him as a guard at a mining operation where gold was smelted into bars. He …
PlaceHlobane, Zululand District Municipality
The name is of Zulu origin, it is said by some to mean ‘beautiful place’, and by others ‘place of dispute’. Roughly 26km east of Vryheid, lies the rural…
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
… historical landmarks that transport visitors to the gold mining days. Visitors can pan for gold, explore the Royal …
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… The Ziwa and Gokomere communities survived by farming and mining the land. The area marks the earliest Iron Age …
PlaceBritz, Bonjala Region-North West
… Farms. Brits plays an important role in the South African Mining industry: 94% of South Africa's Platinum comes from …
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… of Anglo American, its relations with the other big mining houses, with Barlows, an industrial conglomerate, and … had, for example, given them control in…
Archive2003 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2003
… action in specific growth sectors such as agriculture, mining, tourism, cultural industries, information technology, … in the Limpopo Province to provide…
PlaceDundee
… KwaZulu-Natal, Dundee has long connections with: 'Coal mining; Military conflict and a rich and varied History'. Although coal mining is no longer as…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
Contents 1910-1950 Apartheid ideology and implementation from 1950 Conclusion 1910-1950 By 1950, the population of New Brighton had grown from 3,650 in…