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… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South … wooden partition wall, the corpse could be seen suspended from the roof inside. I broke open the door and found the deceased hanging from a beam by a rope in the centre of the room quite dead. …

… The Hill is 1 535 Metres high and is found 26 Kilometres from Lady Frere. The name is said to mean 'jump for joy hill', derived from the Languages of: Afrikaans; German; Khoikhoi. The …

… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Gordon Battaliou, a pastor in the Stirling Baptist …

… History of the Mfengu people and their forced removal from their lands in the Humnasdorp-Tsitsikamma area. Canaan … area after the Mfengu people were forcibly removed from their land. …

… at the South African Library, Queen Victoria Street, from 12th July to 29th September. Illustration of a page from an old manuscript. …

… This is a letter from the secretary of South African Students Organisations to … held at the University of Natal (Alan Taylor Residence) from 4th-10th July, 1970. …

… of Africa - a phase which derives special significance from the entry into PAFMECA of the independent states of … by the South African government, to travel freely from country to country and from continent to continent, to canvass our point of view and …

… in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates` Court. Chancellor House in Fox Street … I ran the gauntlet of patient queues of people overflowing from the chairs in the waiting-room into the corridors. South … weekly the delegations of grizzled, weather-worn peasants from the countryside, who came to tell us how many …

… birds – including migratory swifts on their journey to and from Europe. "This recognition is not just a global … of stewardship by local communities,” says Fomba Kanneh, from Gola Rainforest Conservation. “I feel honoured and … (groundnuts); Palm Oil and Kernels'. The first peoples from Europe to explore here were the Portuguese . They gave …

… Ridge and North of Kensington Ridge. Takes its name from the Farm purchased in September 1861 from the Widow of BP Viljoen, by Frederick Jacobus … this was around the time various boer families coming up from the Cape Colony settled in the Transvaal.  The main reef …

… and led big strikes in 1911. In 1912, Dunbar was ousted from the IWW, which faded away soon afterwards. From 1914, he was in the War on War League, which set up the … being applied against the Coloured and Indian minorities. From June 1917, Dunbar was part of an ISL team running study …

… North West Province). The place Rooigrond derives its name from the Afrikaans language meaning ‘red ground’. The small … believed they were defending their claim to Machaviestad. From as early as 1904 there were plans to move Africans from Machaviestad, but this was not done. In 1948 the …

… are situated in the Western Indian Ocean. It is 3572.4 km from the 'Mother City", Cape Town, South Africa! The Comoros … Africa and Madagascar Island . The name Comoros is derived from; the Arab word ' kamar ' meaning the moon. In 1841, the …

… The following list is taken from Frank R. Bradlow and Margaret Cairns, The Early Cape … says that the list of names is a random selection culled from various sources. The date after the name in brackets is taken from the relative source. Some of the names have been …

… ‘The Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty,’from South African History Online, [online] Available at … Anon, (2011), ‘South African seeks death penalty in US,’from The Citizen, 01 May, [online] Available at … 11 May 2011] Anon, (2011), ‘Madondo wants death penalty,’ from News Time, [online] Available at www.newstime.co.za  …

… progressive Hotels in Cape Town. Taking the lead from the original Owner, they have developed and adapted into … Contemporary interior styling and luxury features expected from a modern Hotel.  While time and progress took its toll … Solar Panels. The Hotel is also supplied with Green Energy from the Darling Wind Farm. They also harvest greywater and …

… to Irma Stern who was among the most renowned artist from South Africa. During Stern's life from 1894-1966, she was among the most unappreciated artist … next year. The Irma Stern Trust Collection will be moved from The Firs, where it occupied the home-and-studio of the …

… Kamuzu Banda sworn is as the country's first president. From the beginning of his 30-year rule in Malawi, Banda … to the autocratic style of government which Banda adopted from the start. The aging Banda continued to rule Malawi with … constitution, and on 17 May Malawi voters streamed from impoverished villages to take part in the first …

… labour in a variety of ways such as recruiting Africans from the then Portuguese East Africa in 1901 that would serve … of South Africa recommended that labourers be imported from China on short-term contracts that terminated with … was very successful in increasing the production of gold from mining, but in the long run it faced stiff resistance …

… policeman on the New Brighton railway station. People from the nearby 'location' rushed to the scene and, on … crowd, killing seven people. After that, the mob retreated from the station and surged into the streets. In the rioting … (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). From this date planned acts of defiance of unjust laws were …

… 70th birthday. Includes newspaper tributes, messages from friends and family, heads of State and Government, … the media, political parties and organisations, and from the ANC. …

… of an exhibition of photographs, covering South Africa from 1984 to 1986, by Gideon Mendel at The Market Photo Gallery. From the 16th March to April 5th 1986. Photograph of people …

… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Columbus Malebo, and a press statement issued by the …

… of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from 29 to 31 July 1994, discussing: Reports from headquarters, regions, finances, magazine, advice …

… the involvement of foreign investors and this letter sent from BPC to 31 foreign firms calls on foreign investors to disengage from the economic system of South Africa …

… ancient times African families derived their surnames from the behavioural tendencies of its people. The Msimang surname is derived from the Zulu word isimanga, as this family continually … was to inform him that Seme, who had recently returned from a spell in Britain where he had won Oxford Brookes …

… WWII. Here’s a small sample of what they were capable of, from Wikipedia: “Physiologist Yoshimura Hisato conducted … allowing the limb to freeze. Once frozen, which testimony from a Japanese officer said “was determined after the … “experiments” included the purposeful removal of organs from live, human subjects and the infection of prisoners with …

… Cape was the first place in the country where people from Europe settled . The Europeans brought slaves from Malay to serve them, and the Malay culture became part … days where there are no clouds, the mountain can be seen from 200 kilometers out at sea. It is called Table Mountain …

… of history which summons us to achieve our own freedom from tyranny, from injustice, from hunger, from deprivation and from the indignity and …