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EventAfrican Mineworkers' strike starts
A week long strike by African mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was…
PlaceuMgungundlovu, Dingane's Royal Kraal
… slag and spilt copper found at Kwambecini, West of the main complex, suggest that tis was, the coppersmithing Area. …
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Short Bio Johann Maree was one of the founders of the Western…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… always be kept on the reins; the taskmaster’s lash is the main stimulus for getting any work out of them." [3] While …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… or attempts to take over Israel. Thus, security became the main focus and a militarists retaliated swiftly to contain … began to mount guerrilla attacks on…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… on interventions to promote behaviour change. One of the main strategies was to inform people about the existence of …
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… whites could play a role in the liberation of Blacks. “The main thing was to get black people to articulate their own …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… their ranks. Dr Goonam , a young medical doctor, was the main organiser, and in March 1946 a well-attended meeting of …
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… and Slave roots of music whilst becoming one of the main voices of the mass democratic movement of the 1980s. She …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… with Mbeki as leader in Britain. The ANC YSS had two main objectives: looking after the welfare of the ANC youth …
ArticleDrum Magazine
… when you left Drum and entered the world outside of the main door that you knew you were in apartheid-land. But while …
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… more on F.W. de Klerk, go to http://www.fwdklerk.org.za/main_frame.asp and …
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… and a detachment of the Faridhkot Sappers and Miners. The main objective of this campaign was to cross the Rufji River …
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… mining was introduced and it rapidly grew to become the main industry in the region. Following the introduction of …
PlaceWagendrift Nature Reserve and Dam, Escourt
… and is a protected Area! Boating and fishing are the main activities. There is a 3 km self-guided Trail along the …
PlaceBuffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and East London
… Towns like: Bhisho and King William's Town. The main towns are Bhisho, King William’s Town and East London, …
PlaceNairobi National Museum, East Africa
The history of the institution dates back in 1910 when a Museum was established in Nairobi by the then East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society …
PlaceHobeni
… Amathole District Municipality's area of jurisdiction. The main administrative office of the Municipality is situated in …
PlaceFisantekraal, Cape Winelands
… material used to build the walls of the new home. The main findings of a study revealed very low-quality houses …
PlaceYzerfontein
… Village of Darling '. Having left the suburbs behind, the main arterial road, the R27, is a smooth, scenic drive …
PlacePrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi or Ulundi Airport, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Ulundi and Pietermaritzburg from Monday to Friday. The main runway can accommodate as many as 737 planes! Some of …
PlaceLuneburg, Kwazulu Natal
… Mountain biking, hiking, horse trails and birding are the main attractions, if one feels so inclined, but with the …
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate Library
The library at Vergelegen Wine Estate situated in Somerset West, Western Cape used to be a winery that was built during 1816. It was converted to a library in…
PlaceVilliersdorp
… the Theewaterskloof Dam, the largest dam in the region and main source of water to Cape Town, which offers some …
PlaceKoelfontein Wine Farm
… its name from a natural spring found within its gates. The main focus of this farm is the fruit and their orchards cover …
PlaceNigel, an East Rand Mining Town
The Town of Nigel began as a gold Mining Town in the late 1800's. It was named after a book the Prospector, (which is a person who searches for mineral…
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
… of the 20th century Fietas was famous for its bustling main street, 14th Street, which was one of the most popular …
PlaceSomerset Hospital, Cape Town
… 1937, when the Groote Schuur Hospital opened, it was the main academic hospital of the University of Cape Town. The … 1937, when the Groote Schuur Hospital…
PlaceMangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State
Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "Place of Cheetahs". Legend has it that when the first settlers arrived, they were stunned by the vast plains, that were…
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… abolition of slavery has been historically treated as the main cause of the Great Trek, there were other equally …