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PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… celebrates the unique collection of Marine Life that lives off South Africa's Coasts , where the Atlantic and … as unprecedented changes in ocean temperature…
BiographyNicolaas Cornelius Carstens
… travelling musician, often spending vast periods of time on the road playing in small towns and villages as well as … and enjoyed spending the money he…
BiographyMuziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba
… life and contemporary events in KwaZulu-Natal. He reflects on this experience, as Andy Mason has noted, with elements of … realism with the surreal’. Another…
BiographyNell Kaye
… born in Johannesburg, 1912. Nell Kaye's reputation rests on her work within a single genre with specific challenges … in 1970. She died in Rondebosch, Cape,…
BiographyMoritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein
… the name, O.R. Tambo and T.X. Makiwane (see illustration on the right – click to enlarge). From 1963-1965, along with … Movement in Bombay, India and from…
BiographyBenedict Wallet Vilakazi
… Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi was born on 6 January 1906 in Groutville, Natal . Vilakazi was … to receive the degree of doctor of literature. He died on 26…
ArticleZulu
… was a Zulu story written in English titled "A Talk on my Native Land" . In 1903 he concentrated in editing the … bad luck and illness is considered to be…
Some remarkable women who helped Gandhiji in South Africa by E. S. Reddy
… errors and many omissions. Little is said, for instance, on how these women helped the Indian cause. Not a single … of Boer leaders like General Louis Botha…
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
… Molteno. With her siblings, she accompanied her father on diplomatic trips in Europe and Africa, and developed an … activist However she and Gandhi disagreed…
Nicholaas Frederic de Waal
… ideas. He took over a newspaper owned by Heathcote on December 20 1881, renaming it De Middelburg Getuige, and … Party met to decide the issue of…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 19 September 2003
… bitterness and pain and began to rebuild our country in a spirit of togetherness and co-operation. It is therefore not … respect for the views and positions…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Some Aspects of the Native Bills
… influences that have induced him to do what he has done. On the contrary, we all owe him thanks for his endeavour and … to indigenous Africans by the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Millennium Debate of the Joint Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 19 November 1999
… Premiers; and Honourable Members We meet today on the premises of the National Assembly to join in what has … tongues that we too can claim to be as human as…
Henry Reed Ngcayiya
… the South African War (1899-1902) . In 1907 he served on the executive committee of the Orange River Colony Native … later, after he had moved to the…
BiographyVeerammal Naidoo
… stay. Eventually, Thambi Naidoo took his family to live on the farm. Veerammal worked as a cook at Tolstoy Farm and … article published in the Harijan (a…
BiographyProfessor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu
… Turfloop). When students at University of Fort Hare went on strike to protest against the refusal by the rector to recognize the University Christian…
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
… civic leader. Matseke represented Africans of Pretoria on the PLAB from December 1928 to June 1931, July 1933 to … from a provincial to national level and he…
BiographyHelen Zille
… growth, and create employment, in the Western Cape. On 6 May 2007, Zille was elected as the party leader for the … drugs and violence, and to improve service…
BiographyAlexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'
… Practices Consultant for Anglo American, focusing on training Black workers and improving their work … Government conferred The Order of the Baobab in…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… from a wealthy family of Scottish descent. No information on her father exists other than that he was a black man who worked as a groom on the Emery estate…
PlacePella
… , Vergenoeg and Pella. “There’s a lot of love in our lives here in Pella,” said Sister Therese-Henriette. “We also … Roman Catholics, who obtained their …
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… later, the School was officially opened amid great fanfare on Thursday 12 July 1923 at 1.00pm, by Mr Runciman. It was a … be subjected to such disintegration…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… of Jewish settlement in South Africa and throws light on Cape Town social history in the two decades before World … signals. These are personal stories of…
Address at the Opening of The XIII Summit Conference of the Non Aligned Movement 24 February 2003
… relation to the G8 countries, at Cologne, we concentrated on the issue of debt eradication. In Tokyo, our leadership … apart by merciless conflicts that have…
BiographyMandla Langa
… In 1976, he was arrested and imprisoned for 101 days on charges of attempting to leave the country without a … his first novel. He published his second novel…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
… body by the apartheid government to advise government on Indian affairs. The organisation was viewed as puppet of … the State of Emergency to harass them…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… Mabhida was born in Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923, into a poor family which was later forced … to the NEC, his appointment to the…
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… jazz musician who led various touring bands. Meekly passed on his infectious passion for jazz to his youngest brother, … education in Queenstown and…
BiographyArnold Selby
… Arnold Selby was born on 14 November 1918 in South Africa. He joined the liberation … However, Selby, was undaunted. The Sharpeville Massacre , on 21 March…
ArchiveThe apartheid city and its labouring class: African workers and the independent trade union movement in Durban, 1959-1985
… of Durban's economy, which significantly changed the lives of Africans. It shows how, during an era of economic …