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PlaceLanherne Building, Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth
… and the Norfolk pines next to the building were cultivated from seeds obtained from the Canary Islands, and were included in the … Island, of the Canary…
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…
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…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph We shall not … the Congress salute. Twenty thousand women of all races, from all parts of South Africa, were…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim … as a penal settlement for convicts and political exiles from the East. G M Theal, the…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… Moïse Kapenda Tshombe, finally released from prison by Mobutu Sese Seko refused to end the Katanga … secession following the independence of Congo in June…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… city of Cape Town. The prevailing summer and winter winds, from the south east and northwest respectively, had carved … routes lent it an extremely…
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… And I fully agree with this, having just returned from my vacation there." Cape Town is one of South Africa’s … was layers of sandstone, set atop a granite…
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…
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…
ArchiveAfrican Liberation Theology by Dr.Gwinyai H. Muzorewa
… African liberation theology arose from a desire to express the Christian faith from an African perspective, breaking free from western theological and…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… role in the furthering of equality within South Africa. From its creation in 1918 as the Bantu Women’s League up … elected as an ANC member of parliament,…
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…
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, …
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…