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Chapter 9. The Struggle against Sweating - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… the four provinces in South Africa enacted its own laws. One of the earliest labour laws is the Master and Servants … and here I must pay tribute to the late…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… back to 1904, the University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in South …
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… many years, either by the City or the Province, so when one of the guns toppled over it was a clear signal for the …
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… apartheid state. During 1973, all office-bearers except one were served with banning orders. In 1974, when the BPC …
PlaceGanesha Temple, Mt Edgecombe
… to be the oldest surviving ‘solid’ temple in Africa and one of the finest examples of temple architecture in South …
PlacePlumstead
… morning as people commute in and out of the City, and it’s one of the few Stations that lie almost in the heart of the …
PlaceGrabouw
… or you could consider taking a tour of the Valley with one of the many local tour operators. …
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 62 - Minutes of the …
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 61 - Minutes of the …
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 46 - Letter from …
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… as the sole governing body of soccer in South Africa. One year later, professional soccer was introduced to South …
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… was built up into a multibillion rand group that was at one point second only in size to Anglo American, currently; …
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… United Nations (UN) on 7 November 1945. South Africa was one of the original 51 founding members of the UN from its …
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… found refuge in Zambia or in Swaziland and at least one MK guerrilla managed to reach Durban, South Africa, but …
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… 1939 and in 1940; the Johannesburg Art Gallery purchased one of his pictures. This was to be the first picture painted …
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… Democratic Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, …
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… king. Maj-Gen Metsing Lekhanya became head of a military. One week after the coup, 60 members of the ANC were deported …
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… , from where he took three journeys into the interior, one of which was past the Orange River . Baines recorded the …
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… the way to Mozambique. Manuel de Mesquita Perestrello was one of the survivors of the wreck, who managed to survive the … A Historical Archaeological…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… the protest, though all sources agree that it was in 1913. One* source mentions that on 28 May 1913 a mass meeting of …
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… a police force near Greytown and killed four policemen, one of whose body was mutilated. He fled to the home of chief …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… had perished. Most historians observe that this is the one single incident that inspired the rise and growth of …
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… over the past 3.5 million years have been found, but one of the most significant discoveries was made in 1947 by …
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… and Kallenbach's deep admiration for Count Leo Tolstoy. One of the aims of establishing the farm was to serve as …
Introduction
… of free Indians into Natal. A law of 1897, replaced by one of 1903, devised a literacy test to be applied in a …
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… One of the most striking buildings in Port Elizabeth is the … the structure in its original concept and siting, one is struck by its dramatic form -…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… regular publications by organisations; and theses. Section One INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY AUTHOR AND APPEARING IN … Cooper, C., et al (cmplrs.), Race Relations…
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
… described as his country’s Walker Evans. Though Evans was one of Goldblatt’s models when he was starting out more than … reshaped, both underground and above…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at Waseda University Tokyo, 4 July 1995
… of ideas. Fewer still reflect the respect they accord one another better than the recognition of their mutual … the Rugby World Cup recently held in our…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
… the blanket of incredible flowers that brighten this part of the world makes a visit here worth the drive. … Koranna people- (offshoots of the Khoi-Khoi) who…