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… From the book:  All That Glitters by Emilia Potenza Up to the … on borders. For seven months this committee heard evidence from all four groups who were making a claim. On the basis of … diamond industry After the discovery of diamonds people from all over Southern Africa and many other parts of the …

… 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, wrote that, ‘ from its founding, the League had a vision to unite South … issues for the league. After years of no direct activity from the league itself in South Africa, people were concerned …

… autocratic powers to ban meetings and prohibit anyone from attending any gathering what­soever. "Gathering" was … any person who was served with this order, prohibiting him from attending gatherings, was liable to three years' … could also suppress newspapers and banish citizens from any area in South Africa. Victims had no protection …

… through a network of cracks and fissure—openings ranging from intergranular spaces to large caves. The water eventually emerges from below the surface, in the form of a Karst Spring. The … elevation opening. Non-Artesian Springs may simply flow from a higher elevation through the earth to a lower …

… in South Africa and Ai-Ais in Namibia. The hiking routes from Ai-Ais, are a very popular attraction and vary from very easy to quite challenging. The most strenuous one … The water is particularly soothing for people suffering from rheumatism, yet everyone, young and old, enjoy the …

… over the Apies River and the only such structure remaining from the ZAR era in the centre of Pretoria. It The ‘Leeubrug’ … withstand floods. It is unclear where the name comes from but suggestions are that it possibly came from the amount of lions that were hunted in that area at the …

… was twice dethroned, first in the 1970s when he was exiled from Lesotho and in 1990 when he was stripped of constitutional powers and removed from the throne.  The latter dethronement followed a coup by … Lesotho without negating the role of the king, presidents from South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe spearheaded …

… From the book:  Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 … British Empire, the last meal was served with greetings from his/her majesty. I doubt if anyone awaiting execution … Jo listened to a jazz programme on the Voice of America from 12.00 - 1.00am. Jo, one of the cleaning squad, was about …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South … This letter written in Gujarati by Mohamed Ebrahim Seedat from Newcastle on 12 November 1901 may be typical of the kind … I have sent you money. Previously I sent a £40 draft, from which £15 was for Aunt Rasool's Ahmed, and the balance …

… of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) from its founding in 1987 until 2009, was both a man of his … Boards in urban areas to remove black townships from ‘liberal’ white municipal control. Petrus and his fellow … and Co-ordinating Council (TUACC). TUACC had emerged from the 1973 strikes in Durban. It had recently become a …

… of party members some of whose testimony is derived from first hand experience. Joe Matthews was a member of the … was present. This corroborated statements taken by police from party members they had arrested in 1961 and 1962 which … to 1961. So, there are independently elicited statements from a range of authoritative sources that indicate that …

… 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 from, in the first place in Sir Abe Bailey’s time … The first one was on students and the next one, 1976, 75 or 6, was on the role of universities. And there …

… The private collection of sculptures that he constructed from 1974 to 1986 juxtaposes African folklore and art with an … alongside various dwellings and tribal homesteads drawn from a variety of building styles.   Some of Mutwa’s followers believe that one of his statues, from 1979, predicted the coming of HIV to Africa, while one …

… the donation of Sir Thomas Butterworth's personal Gallery. From an initial bequest of 45 paintings presented in 1871 by … and FK Kendall, was completed in 1930, with funds from the Government, the City Council and the Hyman Liberman … are made to fill the gaps in the collection resulting from the Apartheid past. Since 1990 one of the major tasks …

… on 21 August 1953. James Somers Kirkwood, an auctioneer from Port Elizabeth, arrived in 1877 to auction off the farm … Belooning\". A flooded Sundays river prevented him from reaching the farm and instead he climbed a hill, known today as The Lookout, from where he had a view of the entire valley. He also had a …

… extended to not only targeting Africans, but also people from Central and Eastern Europe. Five months down the line … Indian mineworkers, protesting the Immigration Act, from Newcastle to the Transvaal. References: Anon, (1999), … Immigration and human rights In a democratic South Africa,’from African Affairs, [online] Available at …

… was established in 1957 when Black People were resettled from Alexandra and other Areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Midrand and Germiston . The name Tembisa comes from the Xhosa word ‘tembisa’ meaning ‘promise’. It came … named and called Thembisa but as more and more people from the Northern parts of the then Transvaal came to settle, …

… and Gqongo Makwetu. He served as a political activist from 1954-1996 and was a Pan-Africanist stalwart. Before separating from the Pan-African Congress, Makwetu had represented the … we now live in.” –Professor Itumeleng Mosala, Statement from The Azanian People’s Organization [i] Endnotes [i] …

… so called because they took place amid strong disapproval from several governments, the United Cricket Conference and … of 1982 and 1990, a time when South Africa was banned from International Cricket. In 1990, when South Africa went … with mass demonstrations and such strong opposition from the time the English team, under Coach Mike Gatting …

… European men, many of whom were free burghers or officials from the Dutch East India Company, and some of whom were … of 1,425. By 1904 it stood at 8,839. The railway line from Cape Town reached Sea Point on 1 December 1905. … employees of the Tramway Company, and so new inhabitants from a diversity of backgrounds moved in to both Tramway Rd …

… and then east for about 1,800 km, to the Indian Ocean . From its source the river flows Northward to the Magaliesberg … where it is joined on the left bank by the Marico River. From there it is known as the Limpopo River. (The name may be … until its confluence with the Olifants River , 209 km from the coast. Though partially blocked by a sandbar at its …

… between South Africa , Zimbabwe and Botswana , 75 km from Messina. It sits close to the point where the Limpopo … The civilization thrived as a sophisticated trading center from around 1200 to 1300 AD, trading gold and ivory with … University established an Archaeological Committee, which from 1933 to 1947 oversaw research and excavations.   The …

… one of the largest Missionary Societies in Germany. Formed from smaller Missions founded as far back as 1799, the … bell, the Historic Uniting Reform Church, which took over from the Rhenish Mission church, is a Landmark in Sarepta. … in the Area on a Farm, belonging to a certain Mr Bosman from 1833 until 1841. Reverend Francois Esselen took over …

… as Cape Town expanded around it, the space shifted from food source to green space, and it remains one of the … historic statues and a central sundial dated 1781. A well from 1842 still has a handpump set into an oak tree and … A memorial ‘slave-bell’ (actually an old fire-alarm bell from Greenmarket Square’s original town hall) dates to 1855, …

… offering interesting glimpses into a Culture far removed from the stresses of Modern Life. Apart from Port St Johns and Coffee Bay , most Villages North of … an ideal Destination for peaceful, laid-back Holidays away from the Tourist hordes. The Wild Coast is well known for its …

… kick open the door next to the stage and holding his rifle from the hip he opened up on us spraying bullets across a … the centre of the church." "There was this trail of smoke from the grenades and a few puffs of smoke from the first shots fired. The grenades were still in the …

… and 18th centuries, the Dutch sent political prisoners from the Dutch East Indies to the island. There is a Kramat … 1754, and the first chief imam of the Cape spent 13 years (from 1780 to 1793) imprisoned on the Island. When the Brits … the escape. The first person to successfully make the swim from Robben Island to the mainland – no easy feat given the …

… during the Napoleonic Wars , Britain took the Cape Colony from the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische … the English took over, the two Dutch Guns were removed from the Imoff Battery and placed in Town as Signal Guns. The … upset people nearby. The guns were eventually moved from the environs of the City itself to the somewhat more …

… which means; 'Valley of Grace'. Is located just 5km from Greyton South Africa, was originally called … suffering under the influx of White farmers, were reeling from a smallpox epidemic to which they had no immunity! As a … returned to resume Schmidt’s work. (A famous story from Genadendal is that, when the men returned to the …

… controlled ‘Bantu’ settlements. Umlazi got its name from the Mlazi River, on the southern bank where the … The name Umlazicould also conceivably have been adapted from " umlaza " (Zulu for the sour acid produced from fermented milk or sour milk). According to Zulu …