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EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… Sixteen runners completed the 87, 9km (55 mile) race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. According to Sian Theron from Comrades Marathon Association the 1921…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… of welfare services for the World Council of Churches from 1953 to 1954. She was also involved in working for the … of Race Relations (SAIRR) and served on…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade into a … workers, keep wages very low and gain…
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… his attention to the British Empire, laying cables first from England to Portugal, then to Gibraltar, and across the … Siemens eventually won, Bright's…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… of the epitomes of the so-called `Berea Style' which arose from local interest in Spanish Colonial Architecture as … above was a maze of small Rooms, which…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Glossary
… From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the … ore stockaded villages - villages that were protected from attack by walls all around them. The…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… of being extremely well documented by first hand sources from the time. Background The inspiration for an open-air theatre at Maynardville came from the…
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … (iii) It welcomed the expressions of Unity which had come from the Coloureds his during the year,…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… In about 250 AD, African farmers came to Southern Africa from further North. Archaeologists call this period of … moved South around the same time as the…
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… of 1837, parties of disaffected Dutch farmers , emigrating from the Cape , began to spill over the Kahlamba or … Fearing that these incursions would bring…
12. The pickled money-order receipt
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … and your image is always in my sight and it is not apart from me even in my sleep. I pen you these…
PlaceElgin
… on the town of Grabouw . The Elgin name, was derived from the farm 'Glen Elgin', a portion of which was given over … for the erection of the local station…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … slavery and humiliation, the "dom pass" is being extended from the African male dog to the African…
ArchiveBefore Dawn Culture in Another South Africa (CASA)
… BY 300 SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS, OF WHOM 120 CAME DIRECTLY FROM SOUTH AFRICAN AND 180 AS EXILES FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD 'BEFORE DAWN' IS A CO-PRODUCTION …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 27 January 1977, Volume 93
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Preston Mareka, a reporter for the Daily Dispatch; …
ArchiveDont Pay For Apartheid
… Don't Pay for Apartheid; if you vote, MPs will get R43 000 from GST, Tax, Cabinet Ministers will get R75 000 from GST, Tax, and GST Up, train fares up, food…
ArchiveMeeting with Secretary of State Shultz during a working lunch at the Department of State, Washington D.C. on 26 November 1982
… the Secretary of State together with other representatives from the United States Government about the situation on the South African border including Cuban…
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … a community is therefore entitled, as of right, to receive from all true democrats in the other…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… South African race hatred. The men and women who came back from the war, and the tens of thousands who had helped the … progress. The one thing needed to…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … stature assign to paid agents. Though massive investments from overseas continue to predominate in…
PlaceWinthrop Building, 8 Durban Road, Wynberg
… The U-plan structure with a thatched hip Roof dates from 1830 and is one of the oldest Houses in the Historical … Mess but came into the possession of the…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Financial Strangulation of Native Education
… From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by … of education shall we give him, but what will he accept from us? The people are keen, and so…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… landscape studies, three beautifully executed portraits from 1972, 13 recent colour works and three vintage District … of an individual, the photograph draws…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
… a common practice for the authorities to take documents from those they regarded as enemies. Sometimes they used … or sell them to a wealthy collector in…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… Alexander Simons was involved in the liberation struggle from an early age, and remained committed throughout her life to the liberation of the South African…
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
… Africa. This picturesque town is situated about 70 km from East London on the N6 Highway to the north. Stutterheim … has a rich history that makes for…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… our last respects to the fallen spears of the nation from a generation now reaching the end of a long and heroic struggle. Those of us from that generation,…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… or Laurens, Geldenhuys was a farmer who had trekked from Swellendam, and from the 1870s was showing a lively interest in gold … farms on the Witwatersrand…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their fodder was infested with … a settlement of mostly tin shanties…
5th Jozi Book Fair
… College invites you to the 5th Jozi Book Fair taking place from 25-26 October 2013 at Museum Africa in Newtown, … author and human rights activists, Walter…