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The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
… resolved. It also suggests agency and a utopian instant from within a maelstrom: the storming of a bastion which … ends with renunciation, restitution and…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … national campaigns. It covers a period of nearly 80 years, from her birth until the 1980s…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to The Progressive Professionals Forum on the occasion of their launch, 2 August 2013
… of our country. South Africa has come a long way from a past of exclusion and discrimination on the basis of … dawn of freedom. One of the symbolic moments…
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
… This rural non-profit is home to many business ventures from equestrian activities to art workshops. In a large … Dutch geele klinkers or klompie bricks were…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… inhabited the Area before the arrival of the Nguni people from the North of the Mpumalanga province . As part of their … San mined Red Ochre in an Area known…
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… in a storm many years later. In 1928 Miss Ethel Rubery from England bought the property and started the "Cypress Tea … keeper of the high culinary standards,…
EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… appointment of the new Headmaster who had just returned from military service. The strike was organised by an … recognised by the school and its leaders were…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free State. He matriculated from the HoÁƒÂƒÂ«r Jongenskool in Paarl in 1956, obtained a … and novitiated to become a priest, but…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… In 1972, conscription (national service) was increased from 9 months to 1 year, as well as 19 days of service … was handed over to the South African Defense…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… chief of Lesotho, succeeding paramount chief Seeiso from 1960 until Lesotho gained full independence from Britain in 1966. He was king of Lesotho from 1966…
PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
… as the Elephant House after surviving numerous attacks from local elephant herds. A sandy track that later became … the elephants used on their daily trek to…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… life of the South African Indian community, can be gauged from the fact that up until the late 1930's, the they formed … the Cities Municipal boundaries. The…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… fight against the threat of the removal of Coloured voters from the Common Roll) to discuss a joint campaign of civil … "It is my contention that no matter…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… Museum of Natural History, which in turn developed from the 1892 Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek’s Staatsmuseum. … Africa, exhibits at the museum include hominid…
PlaceNewlands
… established at about the same time. The railway line from Salt River reached Newlands on 19 December 1864. Today, … the eastern slopes of Table Mountain only…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… and drawings. His widow, Yoko Ono, received condolences from celebrities, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and legions of stunned fans from all over the world. …
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… The quote comes from a press conference held by the British Prime Minister at … To be fair, however, the "cuckoo land" remark likely came from a spokesperson…
PlaceChad
… scale war with Libya and a protracted internal conflict from 1966 to the 1990s [vi] . After clashes around the border … internal conflict which ended in…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XII - End and Beginning
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by … beginning of the task of rewriting history that is free from the distortions and falsifications…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… remained in Natal, some because they had been recruited from the impoverished south of India and saw no opportunity … Indian family life, as it effectively…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… King Lois XVI of France. His mother impressed upon him from an early age the desire for serving the people … Clairwood and the adjacent Areas were served by…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… then constantly. You can tell where a family has settled from its fire. The family hangs its possessions in the bushes … available all around us. We gather…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… were children had been moved to Dimbaza. 203 families came from Middelburg, 67 families originated from Burgersdorp and 39 families from Cape Town. Most of…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… them to carry passes, the merchants, mainly Muslims from Gujarat, were in the lead. But soon most of them dropped … and women were invited to join, seventeen…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Factories, New Workers
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and … that were needed. We have seen that much the profit from the mining industry went back to investors…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph In January 1957 … a black man having the same surname caused some confusion from time to time, but not as great…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Early Writings
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … about by the mentioned factors, drives many Natives from country to town. How should I work to…
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
… statement of ‘no work, no pay’ to workers who stayed away from work on June 16. The statement was released after the … their businesses properly when their…
EventSoweto Town council asks SADF troops to stay
… that the South African Defence Force troops be withdrawn from the township and that the councillors resign. On 4 June, … Radebe reported that such demands…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… Our research, educational work and public engagement is from the perspective of working (and workless) people, from the losers rather than the winners in…