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20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… for in the new Draft Ordinance before the assent of His Majesty in Council is given. Your memorialists beg most … to redress their grievances, and further to…
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… Indian in the Colony to contemplate the abandoning of his children while they are yet hardly sixteen years; how … your petitioners submit that he is entitled…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… that: Allah is our God, Muhammad is our nabi, our way is his sunnah, our religion is Islam, and our life constitution … for the birth of the Republic marks…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… African College, now the University of Cape Town. During his studies, having been denied entry to the Rhodes … now the University of Stellenbosch, because of…
EventGary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles
… regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. His first major championship win came at the 1959 British … the racial situation in South Africa,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1972
… the giant among giants that he is - a giant at least in his own Africa, on his own soil, if nowhere else. We must assert his imposing stature, White people…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… and isolated in the international world. Dr. Verwoerd and his colleagues went round the country and assured the white … goes back successful then he will…
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone died
… the most recognized South African in the world because of his mark he made in football outside of our borders. Before his departure in 21 October1955 to…
EventPrime Minister, D.F. Malan retires
… government that came into power in May 1948, retired from his position and withdrew from politics at the age of eighty. … minister of religion and editor of…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I'Ons (85) dies
… Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by his wife, moved to the Cape Colony in 1834. They settled in … Cape, shortly before the sixth…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… Gwala lecture, that as a young man he took a collection of his verse to Mafika Gwala to get his opinion. The “great poet…suppressed a giggle…[Then Gwala] ……
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… in Cairo. He served as the Imam of the Masjied until his demise in 1945. At the time the masjied operated a … appointed as co- Imam of the Al Azhar Masjied…
Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… to push man around, to tear him away from himself or from his privacy, to break and kill him. No, we do not want to … of man, and consisted of the…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… petered out. Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini and his camp asserted their dominance. While that does not mean … Once it was obvious that the numbers were…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… who, two hundred years ago in 1805, wrote these words in his poem, The Prelude: "Dust as we are, the immortal spirit … this painful and difficult task we…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… themselves and as an example of the thinking of Turner and his cohort of young radicals. This paper offers a critical … that is, ‘a situation in which each…
EventAndre Botha, South Africa’s bodyboarding champion saves a life
… Evan Geiselmann was rendered unconscious when he struck his head during the life threatening wipeout.[iv] Video …
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… at the Centre until 1981. Chabani Cyril Manganyi, began his art career at the Centre and went on to teach at Rorke's …
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… Jacob Zuma on arrival to the area. On the second leg of his four-day Eastern Cape visit, Zuma arrived this morning to …
PlaceSeychelles
… the Presidency to James Alix Michel in June 2004- 2016. His Excellency, Dr. Patrick Herminie is the current President …
ArchiveAcceptance of Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award, by Nelson Mandela, 1 November 2006
… and to know that Seamus Heaney is with us through his words. That I am being honoured by Amnesty International …
Giyani, Polokwane
… its premiere President Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned it in his Human Rights Day speech when he said South Africans are …
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… received extreme criticism which then led Dhlomo to write his own version of the story. Figures such as Sol Plaatjie …
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… Gray. However, he didn't like it. Both Bishop Gray and his successor William West Jones wished for a grander …
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
… the town mascot's story including newspaper clippings and his Royal Navy dog collar and many photographs. 'Just …
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a large dwelling designed in a …
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… 14 bedrooms, just perfect to be able to accommodate all of his 17 children! It was here that the De Waal family started …
PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… over Cape Town in 1795. General Craig had learnt from his own success The French Lines had not been carried through …
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… but had to later withdraw. Mr RF McGAW was appointed in his place. The design for the Memorial allowed for a small …
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the ANC - 20 September 2008
… has decided to recall the President of the Republic before his term of office expires. Our decision has been …