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My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… of the high court sitting in Vereeniging, a riverside town near the famous Vaal townships of Sharpeville and …
PlaceSouth African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House
… at the Castle Military and Maritime Museum in Cape Town. In the mid 1970’s a part the naval collection was transferred to the Martello Tower. in Simon’s Town…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… the Sea and the Harbour is still the point of gravity in Town for fishing and boating. If you need a craftsman on the … if not a challenge in many cases. “…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… but they lacked fresh water. The best alternatives were Simons Town, Bay and Hout Bay The problem being- they were …
BiographyLefifi Tladi
The thinker, poet, and painter, Lefifi Tladi, was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… Two others were killed, and 49 were wounded in Langa, Cape Town. The Sharpeville massacre “signalled the start of armed … The ANC opens its membership to…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… People of the Western Cape, A History for Schools . Cape Town, Juta, 2003. Beinart, William and Saul Dubow (eds.). … Vivian; Elizabeth van Heyningen and…
Vusi Mahlasela
Vusimuzi Sidney Mahlasela ka Zwane was born in Mamelodi in 1965. His grandmother ran a shebeen from behind their home. He grew up listening to people singing…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… Two others were killed, and 49 were wounded in Langa, Cape Town. The Sharpeville massacre “signalled the start of armed … The ANC opens its membership to…
BiographyReverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu
… was living under banning orders in Ginsburg, King Williams Town. In October 1977, BCP was banned and Xundu was detained …
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… his return to South Africa in 1976, to his parish in Cape Town's Bellville South. Boesak increased his political … helped launch the UDF at Mitchells Plain…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
… pp.285-291| Smith, C, (1997), Robben Island , (Cape Town), pp.106-107| Johnson, S (1989), South Africa: No …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… Government and an Indian Government delegation in Cape Town. 1927 Dadoo returns to Krugersdorp at the age of 18. … The Indian community hosts a reception at…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) 30 June 1970 31/12/1974 Cape Town Abrahams, Elizabeth Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) 28 … organisation for black trade unions …
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… record breaking numbers during their performances at Cape Town and Johannesburg in an area called Sophiatown, which was … a paragraph without mentioning New…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
Little is available in the public to construct a thorough biography of Evelyn Ntoko Mase before and after her relationship with Nelson Mandela. She may have…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… South African Communist Party (SACP ), and Ray Alexander Simons explored the idea of a women’s federation that would …
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… Iziko, South African National Art Museum, Cape Town 2007: Invoice, Standard Bank Art Museum, Johannesburg … Photographs collective exhibition, Area Gallery,…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the leading … who formed the Ovamboland People’s Congress …
Bibliographical note and further reading
… History of South Africa (Pretoria, 1977); H. J. and R. E. Simons, Class and Colour in South Africa, 1850-1950 … of the South African Indian Question, 1860…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party Cape Town, 28 July 1996
… interest. Nat Bregman, Michael Harmel, Bram Fischer, Jack Simons, Ruth First and Joe Slovo - privileged and capable of … 75th anniversary of the South…
BiographyNorman Levy
… the PRC’s Deputy Chairman. At this time he moved to Cape Town, where he became Professor Extraordinary at the School …
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town, 9.00am-12.00pm Taylor: What we’re doing, I mean these … of Sociology, Edward Bateson, at the…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943] Document 4 - B.M. Kies "The … Conference held at Banqueting Hall, City…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… Democratic Front was launched at Mitchells Plain in Cape Town. 1984 8 January 1984 Max du Preez, together with a … 16 members of the ANC ( Alfred Nzo , Thabo…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Women’s Day Celebrations, Atlantic Park Stadium, Witbank, Mpumalanga, 9 August 2004
… of our struggle as Charlotte Maxeke, Margaret Mncadi, Ray Simons, Ida Ntwana, Francis Baard, Helen Joseph, Lilian … on the achievements of heroines such as…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… Two others were killed, and 49 were wounded in Langa, Cape Town. The Sharpeville massacre “signalled the turn to armed … The ANC opens its membership to…
ArticleKey sites
… fruit and vegetable hawkers sold their produce. The Durban Town Council in the 1890s attempted to close down this market … leased or bought plots of land on…
ArchiveKenneth Alexander archive
… art work of Kenneth Alexander and his writings on Simon's Town. Much of his work is on display at Art in Athlone, which …
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer holiday between school and … on the part of some of us, though Jack and Ray…