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Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… to Taipei to obtain a degree in advertising. He completed his MA in New York, where he worked as a sneaker designer and …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… nicknamed “Muis” (English translation for mouse), due to his petite physique when he registered as a member of the …
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… ruled Libya since its independence in December 1951. After his deposition the king went into exile in Egypt. In 1970, …
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… From 1900 to 1907 it was the home of Rudyard Kipling and his family who stayed here during the summer months. The …
PlaceGrabouw
… laid out a Village on the site. He named it Grabow, after his home town in Germany. Grabouw is situated in the Elgin …
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.
… had spoken on trade unionism. Com Gosani reported that in his weeks organising tour he had visited in turn Benoni …
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… African government's policy of apartheid while declaring his support for the African National Congress (ANC). Jonathan …
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… or when he died but it is known that he was outlived by his widow, Anne de Berault de la Magre, from Normandy. …
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… marched into town to see the mayor who maintained that his hands were tied. The women then burnt their passes or …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… Aristid due to the poor human rights record of Haiti under his presidency. Read more on : The Haiti Archives …
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… offering to the revolutionary movement by sealing it with his approval and recommendation? We shall indeed be grateful, …
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… After being with numerous people, he left behind only his friend Hermann Kallenbach and a few Africans who lived …
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… 1914-15, its leader, General CR de Wet, as well as many of his supporters, were held here during their trial. In 1930 it …
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
… this local farmer became indebted to them they took over his Farm on a 99 year lease holding basis as a way to pay off his debts. There was also a more…
Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil, 14 December 2000
… ideas differ from that of Herr Eugen Duhrring, who offered his views as ordained truths and deemed himself to be in sole … anyone who dared to differ to be…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… order to enslave the Bantu completely, to deprive him of his few remaining rights, and to shut fast the door for his economic, political and social…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… 3, p. 195-6. [25] See Liberation , June 1956. [26] From his statement to the court, dated April 20, 1964. It should … trial to make as clear as possible a…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… on the 11th January 1498 when Vasco da Gama anchored his ships up the coast off a small river identified as … south of Cape Corrientes. This was after Vasco…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… the case for the Indian subjects of Her late Majesty. In his dispatch dated the 4th September 1895, he stated: In … have to ordinary civil rights in British…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… in South Africa in July 1960, was obliged to postpone his visit repeatedly as a result of developments in the Congo … in January 1961. He was here for 10…
Chapter 6. A Daughter of the Free State - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… madly. Very soon I heard a shout from the manager, who had his cutting table in the centre of the room and who bawled: … for she was most helpful and, when…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… scupper the group and form another type of alliance, since his view of COSAG was that 'maybe it has outlived its … South Africa would be a federal republic,…
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… W J McWilliams, with the consent of Mcintosh, then offered his services in an honorary capacity to design a simpler … in County Tyrone, Ireland, and came to…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… a Teacher, in the Rijdende Artillerie en Politie in 1888. His appointment as a Teacher was an early attempt by the … of whom would later hold the rank of…
Search for a United Front against racism
… who was released on Tuesday morning, after serving his term of imprisonment as a Passive Resister. Mr. Naidoo if … in a spontaneous burst, both Indian and…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
… who was released on Tuesday morning, after serving his term of imprisonment as a Passive Resister. Mr. Naidoo if … in a spontaneous burst, both Indian and…
PlaceMpumalanga
… oxen died after they were bitten by tsetse flies, his business was ruined. He had to find a new job in … new owner thought he was a stray dog that was…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… and the people who lived there were not a real part of his narrative. Nevertheless, he did try to provide his readers with some understanding of the naming…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… from the Pietersburg Afrikaans High School in 1958. His political career blossomed during his academic studies at the University of Stellenbosch, … leader of…
EventLegendary artist Johnny Clegg dies
… On 16 July 2019, Jonny Clegg died at the age 66 years at his home in Johannesburg , Gauteng after he was diagnosed … the social cohesion of young South…