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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… popularising this manifesto of our democracy, in our work-places;in our schools and universities;in our communities and … and economic life;in our…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
… of our work, to control those hidden social forces that places constraints on us in a capitalist society and to … and extract new resources in more and more…
PlaceKwaMashu
… Indians, Coloureds and Africans who lived collectively in places such as Umkhumbane ( Cato Manor ) an Indian township …
Knysna, Garden Route- Western Province
… a convenience-oriented way of life providing people with places that meet their economic, physical, recreational, and … not have to commute for hours or long…
PlaceAluin Krantz West, a Farm Near Alexandria
… chiefly of sulfates of iron and aluminium. In some places the iron sulfate may have been lacking, so the salt …
ArchiveJoint Statement on the Durban Riots, by A. W. G. Champion of the ANC (Natal) and Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress [n.d.]
… our people to avoid congregating in the streets and public places and to remain indoors as far as possible, and to go …
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… slaves was the VOC’s return fleets from Batavia and other places in the east which sailed around the Cape on their way … been able to lead. Since they came…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… century ago. The chronology of Ndebele wall art therefore places it firmly into a time when formal resistance to white …
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
King Sarhili was the last King to rule over Xhosaland before it was fragmented by the consequences of the ‘Cattle Killing Movement’ of 1856-7. The movement was…
BiographyNongqawuse
History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her role and relations…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
… as many, if not more, slaves from India as from Indonesia. Places of Origin The slaves were almost invariably given Christian names but their places of…
Mission Stations - M
… they were of larger dimensions than those in many other places. Wood and grass are abundant here, rain being … March 1939 it was in ruins. "Mount Coke, like…
BiographyAbdullah Ibrahim
South African musician, Abdullah Ibrahim was born on the 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa. Born Adolph Johannes Brand, he converted to Islam in 1968…
BiographyCharles Nupen
Charles Nupen was born on 19 June 1950 in Durban. After starting a medical degree at the University of Natal, he switched to studying for a Bachelor of Arts…
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
David Webster was born in 1944, and grew up in the copper belt mines of Northern Rhodesia where his father was a miner. His family later immigrated to South…
PlaceRichtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
… have a strong oral tradition associated with different places and attributes of the Landscape. Recently inscribed …
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… been responsible for: 1. The removal of banished people to places of safety 2. The transportation of people overseas. 3. …
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… of the Union of South Africa. He has left a legacy of places and streets that are named after him, like Duncan …
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… and one foot in the Transkei. They are working for both places, which means that they are working for the … him. Students have had to return and then couldn…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… A general strike is declared. The Union Government places the Johannesburg district under Martial Law. 15 … At this time many Black residents were living in…
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… charge was made, we took the opportunity of showing our places to the district surgeon of Potchefstroom, and the …
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt's landscapes of high voltage by Melvyn Minnaar, 21 November 2014
… essay about the things humans put up in nature, and the places around them – specifically those constructions and … realities and lay of the land, this…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… from poor infrastructural conditions, had arisen in places such as Sophiatown (1903), Newclare (1912), Prospect … the richness and variety of sub-cultures…
PlaceObservatory
… WiFi while you tuck into the lunchtime plat du jour. Two places you must visit in Trill Road, just off Lower Main, are …
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
Dullah Mohamed Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. He attended the Kipling Street Muslim primary school in Salt…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane …
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… the paint is thick enough to show brush strokes. In some places the lines are so thin and delicate that they were …
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… are about 4,000, almost exclusively English!" There are places of worship belonging to the: Roman Catholics , … are about 4,000, almost exclusively English…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Olehile Bada Pharasi
… graduates. Owing to various reasons, at least 5 of the 30 places would already be taken. Thus, it was a reasonable …
On trial for treason
… plane, a Dakota or something. The people from the other places, Durban and Cape Town and so on, they were all on …