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Imvaba Arts Association
… exhibition of Imvaba was held at the trade union offices on Perl Road, Kortsen, Port Elizabeth. During the 1990s, the …
ArticleGreater St. Lucia Wetland
… first Natural World Heritage Site. It was declared on 1 December 1999 by Unesco and is South Africa's third …
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
… The discovery of a diamond on a farm in the British controlled Cape Colony in 1867 and …
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… by other national legislation. Since its inauguration on 2 October 1995, the Commission has taken up the challenge …
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… organisations in Durban in protest of Meer's banning. On the 19th of May 1977, the Federation of Black Women was …
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… On 13 November 2001 the Director General of the Department of …
Delegates in attendance at the SANNC Founding Conference in 1912
… Thomas Levi Mvabaza - delivered one of the speeches on the programme) Meshack Pelem – Vice President Solomon …
Fictional Cape Town
… day or two. I have spent months (summer season 2009-2010) on film sets, documenting the way the industry semi-colonises …
ArticlePondoland
… of the Xhosa speaking peoples. Pondoland area is situated on the South African coast of the Indian Ocean , in the …
Key players in the various passive resistance campaigns
… if you would like to add a biography please click on the contribute tab. The Satyagraha Campaign 1906-1914 …
ArticleHostel Dwellers Association (HDA)
… welfare of hostel dwellers. The association was launched on 1 June 1985 in the Presbyterian Church in Nyanga with 1000 …
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… White trade unions, which later withdrew their membership. On 22 February 1969, during its fifteenth Annual Conference … such a way as to debar Africans from…
ArticleThe Homelands
… were not developed. Bantustans relied almost entirely on White South Africa’s economy. Farming was not very viable … The South African Homelands or…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… gave to a local river in Pretoria, the Apies River. [viii] On 21 May 2005 thousands of protesters, who were … was changed to Tshwane. [xvi] This new name was…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… government. They are unwritten laws. Common law is based on Roman Dutch law (laws that were brought by the Dutch when …
South African Constitution 1996
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… the official mouthpiece of the TLSA made its position on the war very clear: ‘We look forward with calm confidence …
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
… the year. Following MAWU’s formation, a report (May 1973) on the role and future of the Benefit Fund, suggested that a …
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… public and the educational sector. A panel discussion on changes in the discipline of Art History and restructuring …
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape Seal lighthouse lies within the Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve on the seaward tip of what is known as Cape Seal in ……
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… The Confidence Reef was discovered by the Struben brothers on 18 September 1884. This sparked off a flood of prospectors … of the Main gold reef in 1886. The…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… Committee First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress …
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
… Communication through time, topic focuses on how communication has changed over time and how many forms …
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… the paper's registration status, the last volume appeared on the 28th of March 1963. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein, with the aim of fighting …
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) made a declaration on press freedom in Africa. South Africa May 15 2013 … party. South Africa June 11 2013 Julius Malema ANC…
EventLalla Hirayama, the Japanese-born South African television personality is born
… Lalla Hirayama was born in Hiratsuka, Japan on 10 February 1988. At the age of six, her family immigrated … model, dancer and actress.[ii] She is one of the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… involved, as well as the poor state of local roads, on 7 June 1829 it was resolved to establish a separate … and the first service of the new congregation…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… discovered. Link each description with the correct number on the map: These pots have existed since approximately … before they could become adults. They had…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… William Howley, at the Private Chapel in Windsor Castle on 6 September 1844. He was given the names Alfred Ernest … as midshipman in; ' HMS Euryalus " at the…