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PlacePella
… met Sister Therese-Henriette, a true veteran of hot places. In her 50-odd years as a Catholic Nun, she had served …
Doing Oral History
… to be the main road to Johannesburg. It is typical of many places in northern KZN where black farmers were able to by … could include the following: general…
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
… This was in defiance of the forced removal of Blacks in places earmarked for Whites only. Sisulu urged the Blacks not …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… that Quayson identifies (2007, p. 149). The novel places an unnamed imperial Empire on an unknown frontier in … report of the death of a prisoner (Coetzee,…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… that Quayson identifies (2007, p. 149). The novel places an unnamed imperial Empire on an unknown frontier in … report of the death of a prisoner (Coetzee,…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… labour option. Slaves were imported from a variety of places, including the east coast of Africa (Mozambique and … expansion. These cattle farmers had no…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… extensively, especially across the Middle East, to places including Iran, Iraq, the Palestinan territories and …
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… place in eight stages. Preparations for food and sleeping places were made at each of the stopping points. The big …
ArchiveLetter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei
… wholesale removal of black people from their long-standing places of residences. The letter also stresses the negative …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… other similarities too. There are for example few, if any, places in the country where Black rural people are able to …
ArticleStalinism and how Stalin used his power to change Marxism-Leninism
… and his portraits were prominently displayed in public places. Stalin made sure that his regime was not criticised …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… along the present-day shoreline date back to 120 000 at places such as Klasies River Mouth, west of Port Elizabeth. …
BiographyDulcie Howes
"Nothing Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of…
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
Born on the 3rd November 1933, community worker Florence Barbara Ribeiro was the fourth of five children. Her father, Henry Mathe, was a labourer in a Coal…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
Johnson Mlambo was born in Johannesburg on 22 February 1940. He did his secondary school education at Kilnerton. After completing his studies, he worked at…
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo was born on 22 August 1924 in Omangundu near Ondangwa in the Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia. He attended the Ongwediva…
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
Moses Mauane Kotane was born at Tamposstad in the Rustenburg district of the western Transvaal on 9th of August in 1905, Kotane came from a devoutly Christian…
Ruth Alexander
Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was educated at schools in Cambridge, England and New York, United…
BiographyJustice Gizenga Mpanza
Justice "Gizenga" Mpanza was born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). Mpanza went to…
BiographyDenis Mayer
Denis Mayer was born in Parkwood, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1923. His father, Harold, was the Recruitment Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to…
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
Stanley Huette Uys was born on 27 April 1922, in Coalbrook, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). His parents, Dirk and Francina, were members of the…
BiographyEli Weinberg
Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World War and the October Revolution of 1917 as a…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended…
ArchivePromise of hope
… the best market and to live with their families at their places of work, a just share in the wealth they have helped …
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… that day, 11 July 1900, the British were engaged at four Places: Witpoort, East of Pretoria; Onderstepoort to the …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… the towns, people’s lives were separated from their work places. Large numbers of people lived close together, and … There were also many black workers who…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… the circumstances of Looksmart Ngudle’s death, the state places a banning order on him, as a banned person cannot be …
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… in traditional medicine. It's definitely one of the unique places to visit in Johannesburg. While Mutwa’s cultural …
EventThe body of the former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria.
… to the Union Building up until Friday. There were other places allocated for the body viewing which include Freedom …