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… Mbete 10am - 11am: Comrade Baleka Mbete is interviewed by the Jewish Radio Station 11am - 11.15am: Briefing with … and NEC members taken on tour of Lilies Leaf farm by CEO Nicholas Wolpe 1pm - 2pm: Lunch 2pm - 2.10pm: Vote of thanks by Comrade Fikile Mbalula 2.10pm: Departure for Luthuli House …

… The Conservatory was designed and erected by Boyd & Son, of Paisley, in Scotland, who dismantled the … of Mr Fraser of Boyds. It was officially opened by John X Merriman on 12 September 1882, and was named after … deterioration and weathering of its construction materials by the extreme variation of internal and external …

… The announcement by President  F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February … prison, unconditionally the next day, took many people by surprise.  The Apartheid government attempted to negotiate … that he renounce violence. This offer was rejected by Mandela, who said the African National Congress (ANC) had …

… Six", narrowly escaped their scheduled hangings by fifteen hours. A huge sigh of relief came to the … Jacob Kuzwayo Dlamini, who was beaten and burnt to death by an angry mob on 3 September 1984.  They faced execution … residents were protesting against rent increases by the town council. The rent boycott was also a general …

… in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King Shaka's Zulu army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of time. By the 1830's, a centre of Mfengu settlement had been … Cape), where missionary John Ayliff was stationed. By 1835, the relations between the Mfengu and the Xhosa …

… for the red soil of its area and was primarily occupied by smallholders. View Larger Map In the late 1840s, the first … Boer guerrilla volunteers under General Jacobus de la Rey by Tswana chiefs in the 1880s, and became the Boer republics … and Stellaland. During the war, Rooigrond was occupied by the burghers (citizens) of the Transvaal, who by 1903 had …

… countries including Ethiopia that were not colonised by the European Countries. The country was formed by former African American slaves. Joseph Jenkins Roberts , a … The founding of Liberia in the early 1800s was motivated by the domestic politics of slavery and race in the United …

… the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 for the building of … the recently constructed Molteno Reservoir, which bordered by the road leading up to the Oranjezicht farm, Camp Street … for trees, the wall along Camp Street was built followed by the wall up Upper Orange Street. In 1905, the bandstand …

… was set to participate. Opposition to this initiative by the government became apparent just over three months … the same time, similar bodies were formed in the Cape and by the NIC in Natal. The committees actively campaigned for a … Indian political rally since the 1950s. This was followed by mass leafleting, press statements and house-to-house …

… the Transvaal Republic. Originally the site was occupied by a simple elongated thatch cottage with end gables and a … way for the new Government Building. The design was drawn by Sytze Wierda, of the PWD, in April 1888 in an Italian … in February 1889, with its Foundation Stone being laid by President Kruger on 6 May. Despite problems encountered in …

… made up of 115 small Islands. They were first settled on by the French, leading a small party of Whites, Indians and … from humble beginnings to attain a population of 3500,  by the time Seychelles was ceded to Britain under ' The … the British, Seychelles achieved a population of some 7000 by the year 1825. Important Plantation Estates were …

… one of the most atmospheric, Graaff-Reinet lies enclosed by a bend in the Sundays River, overshadowed by the rocky Sneeuberg Mountain within the Camdeboo National … the ‘gem of the Karoo’, Graaff-Reinet was founded in 1786 by the governor Cornelius Jacob van de Graaff, whose wife’s …

… most unscientific and blatantly racialistic statement made by Dr Malherbe, Principal of the University of Natal, … Dingaan showed this, was severely criticised and condemned by Dr G. M. Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress, … the bigoted racial theories openly advocated by Afrikaner nationalism as represented by the South African …

… and like all other municipal houses, the plan was drawn up by their own draughtsmen. The outbuilding was built, if I remember correctly, by Mr. Molefe. Ma Diomo's late husband. The garage, as you know, by my gym mate, Peter, who is probably now back at his home …

… - indeed, from the 1960s. Vula would be the final attempt by the ANC - or, more precisely, by a section of its leadership which had been given an open … and punish bad: members of the RC and PMC were appointed by the National Executive Committee (NEC); and ordinary ANC …

… Belgium [ii] . The post-colonial period was then marked by ethnic violence, political assassinations and civil war … [xix] . The kingdom was strictly hierarchical and ruled by a king with several princes beneath him [xx] . The royal … lost its independence with after they were conquered by Germany in the late 19th century [xxiv] . The German …

… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 141 "Apartheid Spells Disaster", … the Europeans cannot be expected to be agitated and roused by discriminatory measures against the Non-Europeans. But they will be irritated and incensed by the rising cost of living, the acute housing shortage, …

… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Industrial Conciliation (Natives) Bill … allowed in the Cape, for which they were "compensated" by the right to elect three European Representatives  to the … of free trade unions, as is traditionally understood by the working class. For a union which must have its …

… front of non-Europeans. They could only aspire to be free by their own internal strength, however much the outside … This observation was made in the course of an interview by Mr. M.D. Naidoo, Joint Secretary of the Natal Indian … Africans, but also robbery of their fundamental rights. By this Bill, Herrenvolk South Africa has thrown us a …

… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 2 April 1895, Chief … document below, the first part of the petition submitted by Indians in the Transvaal to Lord Ripon is reproduced. … with their position in the S.A.R., especially as affected by the award lately given by the Chief Justice of the Orange …

… The building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first … municipality. It was extended in 1918 after a design by the firm of Baker & Fleming, and continued to fulfil its … Roodepoort Town Hall in 1936 and the building was built by Bennet and Company at a cost of £30 875.   …

… 2006, Mabhida's remains were transferred to South Africa by the South African government for reburial at his home in … at Herry Gwala Stadium on 2 December 2006 was marked by controversy as a section of the mourners disrupted the … Thabo Mbeki. Click here to read the funeral speech by the African National Congress (ANC) president Oliver Tambo …

… replaced Jacob Zuma, who had been fired from his position by President Thabo Mbeki on 14 June 2005 for his alleged … relation with Schabir Shaik. Shaik had been found guilty by the Durban High Court and the testimony had implicated … Public Prosecution. Her appointment has been well received by the business sectors, parliamentarians, opposition parties …

… released from prison. In the meantime investigation by the Mozambican authorities and their South African … Intelligence Agency (NIA). This claim was later denied by the Deputy Minister Intelligence, Joe Nhlanhla. Click here to read McBride's book published by SAHO.   …

… to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by mrs Annie Botha, the widow of General Louis Botha, after an address by the then Prime Minister, Gen J.B.M. Hertzog in … during the Second World War too. The Memorial was topped by a sculpture of Castor and Polloux holding hands and was …

… paying a visit to the Sudwala Caves. Used as a shelter by prehistoric man , by far the most impressive feature of the caves has to be the … concerts including the 2012 Innibos performances by South African artist Chris Chameleon along with the …

… facilitated the dispossession of their ancestral lands by more sedentary agriculturalist groups. Originally the … of the northern Cape. One such group was the Griqua who, by the end of the 18th century, had moved into the region … Up to the early 1800's this area had only been penetrated by the occasional party of hunters and explorers. By 1861 the …

… indigenous farmers whose main product was grain. However, by the 1880s the influence of training institutions such as … of whom 3,384 were literate. Fort Peddie was erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1834-35 … the mission of St James was established on a nearby site by the South African Missionary Society. Originally designed …

… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins and development of Trotskyism 171 … were rejected on Saturday. Overtures made on Monday by the Labour Department on our suggestion were ineffectual, … to strike was taken and carried out the following morning by 100% of our members, who drew out half the non-union men …

… University of Cape Town (UCT). It was broken up violently by university authorities, and I still have a copy of a … When my post came up for renewal in 1968, I was informed by a new Head of Department that my reappointment would not … of the possibility that there might have been another side to the story.” A Senior Lecturer in Architecture called …