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BiographyEbrahim Rasool
… Ebrahim Rasool was born on 15 July 1962 in District Six , Cape Town. At the age of … He remains chairperson of the ANC in the Western Cape. On 22 April…
BiographySheila Cussons
… of Natal (now University of kwaZulu-Natal ). She went on to study graphic art in Amsterdam. Cussons has stated that … stayed in hospital for two years. She…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… of their towns initiated by the Boer’s declaration of war on the British, and by besieging their towns subjecting … the history prior to the implementation…
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
… catch, taking any unusual specimens for the museum. On December 23rd, 1938, the Nerine entered port after a stint … an attempt to preserve the fish she had…
BiographyYvonne Bryceland
… Yvonne Bryceland, née Heilbuth, was born in Cape Town on 18 November 1925. She worked as a newspaper librarian … The Road to Mecca , which marked her…
BiographySathima Bea Benjamin
… with so many of her contemporaries, Benjamin found herself on foreign shores where she felt she could fully explore her … York and her home in Cape Town,…
BiographyMohamed Hajee Joosub
… away in India in1900 after which Joosub married Hoomera on a visit to India in 1902. A few months after his return to … , who had just qualified as a lawyer…
BiographyRev George Wauchope
… the University of Fort Hare in the early 1970s, and went on to join the Black People’s Convention (BPC) . After BPC … Wauchope trained for the ministry in…
BiographyArthur David Bensusan
… for many years. Dr Bensusan was a world-renowned authority on the history of photography and the founder of the Bensusan … division of the Wits medical…
BiographyIsmail Ahmed Cachalia
… the then Transvaal Province (now Gauteng) of South Africa on 5 December 1908. At the time Cachalia’s father, who was … secret meetings with Chief Albert…
BiographyMary Maria Burton
… Mary Burton was born on 19 January 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of three … for English speaking children. in 1958, Burton went on a skiing trip in…
BiographyJessie Yasmin Duarte
… Jessie Yasmin Duarte was born on 19 September 1953, one of nine children, in Newclare, … as a special assistant to Nelson Mandela (1990-94); was on the ANC…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… rush in South Africa in the 1880’s. Image Source (Accessed on 18 November 2020). This Section is divided into the … by Boer generals such as Louis Botha ,…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
… and the advances that have been made to better the lives of our people. A few months ago, Comrade Zweli Mkhize, … immense responsibilities, undoubtedly…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… and some of us were privileged to accompany him on a preliminary visit to one of these speakers, Oupa Dawid … four or five decades that followed, several…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… of Mr. A. M. Lembede M.A., LL.B at the B.M.S.C. on Friday 26th July 1946. The "function" was organised by the … could be translated into practice. Hegel…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the … the middle of the 20th century – had its own variation on the theme. Thousands of books were…
Address at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 4 March 2002
… Your Royal Highnesses Distinguished Delegates: On behalf of my fellow Commonwealth colleagues, I have the … years ago, we focused through the Fancourt…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… pamphlets and books. There is no shortage of information on the origins and progress of the NEUM but there is only one … elements, including the main…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… of the economy of Natal were dependent to some extent on Indian labour. In 1901 the Protector remarked: “There is … whole of the Cape and the Transvaal what…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… artificial periodisations such as decades and centuries on historical developments, in a very real sense the 1940s … of the cities, and people tried to build…
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… His father was housed in a camp at the sports club on Gezira [Zamalek] island in Cairo, and the young Bizos was … to South Africa. They went by train to Suez…
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
… South Africa. Ahmed has also been the production manager on the feature, Gandhi, My Father , in India. His first … in South Africa in February 2016. Junaid…
BiographyWilliam Philip Schreiner
… the pressure his government has been brought to bear on the Zuid Afrikaansche Republic (ZAR), or Transvaal, in an … educated Black people included. William P…
BiographyNombuso Mchunu
… On her completion of Matric in 1972, Nombuso did casual work … Union, during her time with the union, she was visited, on numerous occasions by the special…
BiographyBarry “Anderson” Richards
… Barry Anderson Richards was born on 21 July 1945 in Morningside, Durban in Natal. Richards … batsman. His blossoming career coincided with South Africa on…
BiographyMichael Gagashe Zondi
… Michael Zondi was born on 10 March 1926 in Msinga in Greytown, Natal. Zondi spent … that left him paralysed and unable to work. He passed away on 15 March…
BiographyMoebien Wadee
… as their points men in Nelspruit. After 1994, Wadee served on the Nelspruit City Council, and was sent on a trip to London to study the workings of English…
BiographyDr Gomolemo Mokae
… and started a general practice in Soweto before moving on to Ga-Rankuwa. He is an ardent and active promoter of … activism. The following year, the…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… and disadvantageous for women. An introductory background on South African customary law will be presented by way of … the development of customary law over…