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ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… a truck transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretoria’s Central Police Station to a dark hall at the … and was routinely burned in furnaces…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
… belongs to all of humanity. An ancient Tamacheq saying from Mali still echoes amidst the sun-scorched mud houses and desert sands of Timbuktu: "Salt comes…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… by Dr Theuns Eloff and staff consisting of civil servants from the department of constitutional development and the … Boipatong in June 1992 resulted in the…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… of the South African War and the uncertainty that resulted from it, try to reassert their autonomy. The formation of the … of labour activists. In 1924…
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
… most prolific writers. He received an M.A. in English from Cambridge University, a M. Fine Arts from the University of Iowa and from Rand Afrikaans…
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… to take disciplinary action against Prince came not only from various political parties, but also from the South African public. Prince was subsequently ……
EventAndre Botha, South Africa’s bodyboarding champion saves a life
… rescued an American surfer by the name of Evan Geiselmann from drowning whilst surfing the Pipeline reef, situated … Video footage showed Andre helping Evan…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… war he held regimental commands, and was a military school from 1933-1938. His highly regarded textbook on … in recognition of his success in forcing the…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was months away from his final exams in 1980 when he was expelled from RAU for putting up campus posters that supported…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… Allan Boesak graduated from the Belville Theological Seminary and worked as a pastor … in Paarl between 1967 and 1970. After received his PhD from a…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… Party. After the death of his father in 1957, he resigned from his parliamentary seat but continued to express his … Consolidated Mines for over 25 years…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… in 1899 with its first contingent of 1000 troops sailing from QuÁƒÂƒ©bec to South Africa on 30 October 1899 and landed … weapons. Consequently, some of its…
PlaceMohodi
… tried to reconcile the two but failed. Their move from the reserve sat well with the government’s plans to … in Mohodi in 1977 and continued to arrive in the…
PlaceSenegal
… and northeast by the Sénégal River, which separates it from Mauritania; to the east by Mali; to the south by Guinea … consists of a narrow strip of territory…
PlaceSophiatown
… Clearance programmes with the aim of removing Black people from the inner City of Johannesburg. The JCC was controlled … . This Act allowed the ruling party,…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of … abscond - to leave hurriedly and secretly to escape from custody or arrest annex - add to one’s…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… trading post run by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) from the Netherlands. Sailing ships on their way to India … chose to come to the Cape to settle. They…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… original occupants. The 47 families were then evicted from their homes to make a way for the proposed resettlement site. About 37 extended families from…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 11 February 1977, Volume 105
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Samuel Moss from the West Rand Bantu Administration Board, to the …
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… And there is also this other influence, and that comes from the concern in the United States about the … behind much of apartheid. So we shifted the emphasis…
The CASA Conference
… and to take an organised stand against apartheid from an arts and cultural perspective. They did so whilst …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… a sign of wealth and success. Minerals are also extracted from the earth and land that is rich in gold or diamonds can …
Independent Electoral Commission
… Sixteen high-profile individuals (eleven local and five from abroad) were appointed as commissioners. The mandate of …
Buddhism
… India. However, by that time, it had spread to Sri Lanka. From there, it spread across Asia, and later throughout the …
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… Council of Provinces (NCOP). The NCOP has 90 members, 10 from each province. This council is supposed to make sure …
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… we find out about them. Content and concepts South Africa from 10 000 thousand years ago: people of the Later Stone Age …
Lerato Maduna
… group exhibition a collaborative workshop between students from the Wits School of Arts and the Market Photo Workshop, …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 25 February 1977, Volume 119
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Z Z Mashao and others from the Joint Advisory Board of Atteridgeville and Mamelodi, …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 7 February 1977, Volume 100
… Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence from Dr Aaron Matlhare, a medical practitioner in Soweto and evidence from Aubrey Mokoena, to the…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… Wits University Cultural Precinct and is just three blocks from the Nelson Mandela Bridge . Its’ collections begun in … collection was founded through…