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Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … as "Lembs," Lembede was a political neophyte when he moved from the Orange Free State to…
PlaceSalt River
… with Woodstock in one Municipality. The Railway Line from Cape Town, reached Salt River on 13 February 1862. … visitors a taste of the people of the Mother…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… in fact right where the two Suburbs meet, just 10 minutes from the City Centre of Cape Town. Actually the beautiful … is popular, particularly with sea…
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… by Emil Kessler of Esslingen in Germany. It was brought from the coast by ox-wagons and was unloaded piece by piece … Baden State Railway (Großherzoglich…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… 1942 the SS Mendoza sailed without an armoured escort from Mombasa to Durban under Captain B.T. Batho. On board the … that the SS Mendoza was sunk. At about…
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… for the suspension of the South African Olympic Committee from the Olympics. In 1969 he published his study on the … to the 50th General Conference:…
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana and is located 75 km from Messina. One thousand years ago, Mapungubwe appears to … The civilization thrived as a…
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
… In the centuries to follow, tribes of Mandingoes and Susus from the Fouta Djalon Plateau of Guinea established … parts of the Gambia ruled by Britain were…
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
… The transition in South Africa from Apartheid regime to democratic dispensation was not … period was characterised by demands and counter demands from…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… the United States consul general's office after escaping from detention in Johannesburg Prison. While in detention, … within the UDF it was agreed that they…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… the "Total Onslaught" of communism within the country and from neighbouring states. An embattled Botha toured Europe in … agreed to expel the African…
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
… human jewellery. The newly discovered beads were made from the shells of a type of mollusc and were found with … human ornaments were perforated teeth and…
EventMother Teresa is buried
… Culcutta, India. The 87-year-old nun died on 5 September. From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High … impression on her that in 1948 she…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… and was a leader in the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914. From 1907 to 1910 de Wet served as minister of agriculture in … a fine of £2 000. His fine was paid…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… school and, like Sekoto, later choose to go into exile. From 1934 to 1938, Sekoto taught at Khaiso Secondary School … full-time. During this time he…
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… made for housing its garrison, and that the site suffered from a shortage of water.Consequently he relocated the post to a new site closer to the river,…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… Day to mark the liberation of our country and its people from a long period of colonialism and White minority … to note however, that "freedom" should mean…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… (ANC) were believed to be in hiding. Meeting no opposition from Lesotho's tiny 2 000-man paramilitary force, they … The raid met with a chorus of…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of … House, 2003. Da Costa, Yusuf and Achmat Davids. Pages from Cape Muslim History . Cape Town, Shuter &…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim … almost the entire history of Muslims in South Africa - from 1652 onwards - since the time of…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… Although banned and house arrested after his release from Robben Island in 1973, Indres Naidoo immediately began … Indres’ banning and house arrest orders…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of … went, under the auspices of various organisations ranging from trade unions to Merchants' Chambers…
Address by the President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of Civil Society Forum of the WSSD, Johannesburg, 23 August 2002
… We are very pleased and inspired that you have come from all corners of the globe to the city of Johannesburg to … you and the peoples you represent engaged,…
PlaceMuizenberg and Marina da Gama
… and later commander of the Cape garrison. The railway line from Wynberg reached Muizenberg on 15 December 1882. Cecil … boards, but things changed when WWI…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… work and thought. In this article, we approach that story from our other locations: the rest of the African continent … in France. Children of local elites…
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… who would later train to be a teacher. Coming as they did from different tribes and from different parts of rural colonial Africa, they did not … Moyo. At…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… much of the picturesque, Cape Peninsula. Extending for 2km from east to west, the level edge of its cliffs which tower … 1968. The massive Table Mountain…
Chapter 6 - TOWARDS HOME
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 … that the world was going through an era of transition from capitalism to socialism. Thus the…
Address to CODESA by comrade Nelson R. Mandela, President of the ANC 20 December 1991
… Political Parties and Movements; Distinguished Observers from International Organisations; Members of the Diplomatic … us, today will mark the commencement…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… hatred for non-Europeans may vary, few are completely free from it. Strange as it may seem, the non-Europeans show … of a modern capitalist economy upon…