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… the Tsolo District of Pondoland in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He completed his primary education at Mbokothwana … went to study at St John’s College in uMtata, Eastern Cape. He won a scholarship to Fort Hare University College, … Yeminyana , a tragic epic about the conflict between Western-style education and traditional beliefs. This novel …

… Article on African farm labour in the Eastern Cape, Bathurst district. … An Eastern Cape Postscript …

… Schechter family were then living. The couple settled in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and subsequently had a son and two … Alexander, E. 1953. “Morris Alexander: A Biography”. Cape Town: Juta Hirson, B. 1992. “Ruth Schechter: Friend to … South Africa Vol. 3, No. 1. Hirson, B. 2001. “The Cape Town Intellectuals: Ruth Schechter and her Circle, 1907 …

… the quiet of the surrounds of Cathcart, in the Eastern Cape Province, is a small town 146 km by road from East … renamed in honour of Sir George Cathcart, Governor of the Cape Colony from 1852 to 1854. The 1891 census indicated that … on the African continent. Many people from the Eastern Cape find a spiritual home here bringing their cares and …

… a very picturesque and Historical Town just 35 km outside Cape Town. From the Toy and Navy Museums to the eateries and … being added mid-Century. In 1885 the government of the Cape Colony transferred the assets of the Simon’s Bay Dock … after the Earl of Selbourne, the High Commissioner of the Cape . Work on the Simon’s Town Dockyard was completed in …

… dissected by meandering streams. In 1763 the burgers of Cape Town planted a number of oaks around this area, and in … Grand Parade, Cape Town …

… It was founded in 1849 and named by the Governor of the Cape Sir Henry Smith, 1847-1852. To commemorate his victory … Aliwal North, Eastern Cape …

… Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945.  Solomon lived in Mitchells … 1976 and 1979, she worked as the office secretary of the Western Cape region of the Black Sash. She helped set up …  . Accessed 8 July 2025 The Voice of the Cape News. (2025). Tributes Pour in for Former Cape Town …

… and Botha was offered a post as party organizer in the Cape. He left the university before completing a degree in … to the national parliament from the town of George in the Western Cape, as a member of the National Party in 1948 at … to take part in a clandestine initiative to install a pro-Western government at Luanda. The Americans, Prime Minister …

… as Historian - Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, University of the Western Cape …

… Located in the Siyanda Municipality of the Northern Cape. It was possibly named 'Pypklip', after Trechardt who … in 1779 or 1780 by Robert Jacob Gordon, a commander of the Cape garrison, probably after reading this diary of Trechardt … Albaster Klip, Northern Cape …

… Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the …

… campaign. With the war over, Sarah and Fred moved to Cape Town in 1945 with their first-born. Fred was secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in Cape Town. In 1946 he was elected as the Native … a local councillor and the treasurer of the SACP in the Western Province, and both remained active in their local …

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… later moved again to the Lovadale Institute in the Eastern Cape, where he matriculated in 1958. Hani was exposed to … the Department of Bantu Education. During his years in the Western Cape Hani participated in protests against the … ANC) in 1962. Hani went on to become a member of the MK's Western Cape leadership dubbed the “Committee of Seven.” His …

… Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, died on this day at the age of 69. … , he was the first non-White to become a member of the Cape Town City Council (from 1905-1940). His death raised … (eds) (1970).  Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1, p. 4. …

… was born on 24 December 1936 in Somerset West in the Western Cape . He grew up in Blythswood in the Transkei (now a part of the Eastern Cape ) where his father was a principal at a school founded …

… Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg …

… Western countries continue to provide arms to South Africa …

… Bester-Kieser, S.A. sculptor, is born in Schweizer-Reneke, Western Transvaal. …

… D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 3, p. 661 … Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, dies. …

… his own band, the Bobby Hendricks Sound. Hendricks died in Cape Town from kidney failure on 7 March 1999. Though he … his funeral, one of the biggest ever held in Overberg, Western Cape Province. … Saxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town …

… Cooper was born on 22 May 1926 in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) and lived in Mowbray until he finished … Cape Bench in 1 March 1989 and then transferred to the Western Cape in 1991 where he remained until his retirement …

… Sandile Dikeni was born in Victoria West, Northern Cape in 1966. He began writing poetry while in detention for … after for his performances and rose to prominence in the Western Cape as a major voice against oppression. Dikeni attended the University of the Western Cape (UWC), obtained a diploma in journalism through …

… culture. Bouws died on 26 January 1978 in Parow in the Western Cape. He is survived by his wife Juliana currently living in …

… She headed the media department at University of the Western Cape between 1987 and 1989. Between 1990 and 1995, she became …

… . The exhibition was launched at a conference held in Cape Town in 1984, and the book was published in 1986 and … of the ANC in 1990, Badsha became the head of the ANC Western Cape Arts and Culture Department. He spearheaded the … and served on the political committee of the ANC's Western Cape 1994 election campaign. Unlike many other …