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Address By President Mandela - Opening Of The President’s Budget Debate Cape Town, 2 March 1999
… honour to stand once again in this chamber in the debate on our government’s budget. As the nation’s elected … their people to the full, for the enrichment…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… the year. These events indicated a new political outlook on the part of the African people. The events showed quite … guns and other weapons, wherein 19…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… in Town for fishing and boating. If you need a craftsman on the first day of the lobster season, forget about it, they … the wreck of the troopship…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
… or otherwise. It is sadistic or a bizarre sense of humour on the part of the execution authorities of any State. It is … a few hours before. These three had…
BiographyRichard Steele
… woke him to the reality of the effect that apartheid had on the country. This made him question the society that he … out. Eventually, Steele was instructed…
BiographyAlfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo
… Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo was born on 4 January 1879 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. At the age … he worked for the Goldsmith Alliance in 1898. His stay…
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
… John Tengo Jabavu was born on 11 January in 1859 near the Methodist mission school at … was of the great assistance to the ministers, especially on Sundays,…
BiographyStephen Vukile Tshwete
… Tshwete was born in Springs, just outside Johannesburg, on 12 November 1938. He grew up in the village of Nkonkqweni, … to a banned organisation and…
BiographyFeziwe Bookholane
… meals were leftovers and she was expected to read books on her own, because she was the only black nun. She wrote to … the risk of arrest by the security…
BiographyAnna De Koningh
… a portrait, was considered a true beauty in Cape society. On 10 September 1678, Anna married Oloff Bergh, a very well … the High Court of Justice. In 1687,…
BiographySidney Percival Bunting
… Sidney Percival Bunting was born on 29 June of 1873 in London, the son of Sir Percy William … Anglo-Boer War . When the war ended he decided to stay on and…
BiographyBasil Coetzee
… affectionately known) was born in District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a teenager … removals. He first recorded in…
BiographyDavid Hartman
… degree Hartman spent a year travelling around South Africa on his bicycle and taking photographs which he later … Africa.” (Interview with Hartman, 2009)…
BiographyAaron Mosibudi Mangena
… Aaron Mosibudi Mangena was born on 7th of August 1947 in Tzaneen, in the Northern Province … in October 1973 to five years in prison which he served on…
BiographyShaka Zulu
… be a way of life for him, and one that he was to inflict on thousands of others. Shaka usurps the Zulu Chiefdom On the death of Shaka's father (c. 1816),…
![”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/field/archiveimages/social_conditions_among_bantu_women_and_girls.jpg?itok=-8M0Ng6G)
Archive”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]
… naturally involved in a fair and wholehearted spirit. The woman, the wife, is the keystone of the … generation? She is their first counsellor, and teacher;…
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
… George Sewpersadh was born in Cato Manor on 7 October 1936. His father was a newspaper vendor and his … President of the NIC. When the NIC was revived we…
Chief Dingiswayo
… south-westerly direction, he encountered an armed European on horseback who told him he was trying to make his way to … under Zwide north of the Mfolozi, and…
BiographyPaul Alberts
… to Europe and lived in Paris. He worked as a journalist on various newspapers ( Die Vaderland, Die Transvaler, The … Cape Town, 1985 (text: Ray Hartman) …
BiographySylvia Neame
… was arrested at the Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, Gauteng, on 11 July 1963, leading to the famous Rivonia Trial where he was eventually sentenced to life…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… Indians who used it. There were established settlements on the road, mostly of Indians, the majority of whom … brought, time filled with its abiding solace…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… over this demand, as well as the insistence of whites on structural guarantees that majority rule will not mean … bravery and integrity;men and women who…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
… over this demand, as well as the insistence of whites on structural guarantees that majority rule will not mean … bravery and integrity; men and women who…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… messenger who assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on 06 September 1966 by stabbing him four times with a dagger … mother, his housemaid, Amelia…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… to South African history falsely isolate the lives and struggles of Indian South Africans from other … What histories are in danger of being forgotten? On…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… black nor white. He cultivated a luxuriant moustache on his upper lip like that of the slaves. He had an open … talents and contributions. Isaac wrote…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… for stick fighting. The length of the induku depends on the physical stature of its owner, but is generally about … around one end of the stick to secure the…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… Africa over the status of the territory, had bestowed it on the liberation movement. [1] The ANC, which regarded … in November 1979. My role was to advise…
Maggie Smith
… into exile in London in 1977. As a journalist her contacts on all levels, including the British government, the … extensive. Maggie Smith passed away in…
BiographyLouis Washkansky
… wife Ann, he met and married after the war. He was keen on soccer, swimming and weightlifting and lived an active … and strength post-operatively, he was…