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BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port Elizabeth. During high school, teachers encouraged students to attend…
BiographySir George Grey
… influence of witchdoctors. The Xhosa National Suicide took place in 1856. Faced with the rapid disintegration of their …
BiographyAlex la Guma
… Charter at the historic Congress of the People that took place in Kliptown, in June 1955. La Guma’s writing career …
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… 1894, he achieved the unprecedented distinction of first place in both parts of the law course. He returned to South …
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
… I feel deeply honoured to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg. For me personally this city has … history: the spirit that brought the…
PlaceBertrams, Johannesburg
… Bertrams “Bertrams is set to change, in fact the inner City is about to change. The ordered chaos that we all know … to have little to offer Global Economies…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
… arrested and charged with public violence. The arrest took place after a long police investigation. Terre'Blanche and … the then state president F.W. De…
A growing urban African population
… were growing in size. More and more Africans moved to the city. As the African working class grew in Johannesburg, the … numbers than other population groups…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… own accommodation. Usually they tried to live near their place of work to cut the cost of transport. We have shown how the inner city areas became crowded,…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… there. Conquest : The act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force. Empire : A group of countries or states … by other countries. Indigenous :…
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… or Sultan. In 1453, the Ottomans conquered the Christian city of Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul. They … the wind. The European voyages of exploration…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… upgrade. (LINK PROVIDED IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on layers of history and landscape. Beyond its … and down to the sea. These stairways…
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… 170 different species and provides a protective roosting place and breeding ground for thousands of birds within the city boundaries of Pretoria. It was…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Brickfields Housing Development, at the Newtown Cultural Precinct, Johannesburg, on 12 August 2005.
… Mbhazima Shilowa, Your Worship, Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Amos Masondo, MEC for Housing, Nomvula … where we are going. As those who know…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… had become known as Fietas. 1944 August, The Johannesburg City Council buys land in the Diepkloof area with the … of Indians for the scheme. 17 October, The…
Kutlwano Moagi
… and internationally. He is very much interested in the city of joburg and exploring different modes and mediums of working within the city. …
PlaceNdabeni
… of Pinelands and some 8 kilometres East of the city centre. . It owes its origins to the outbreak of Bubonic … its name was changed to Ndabeni, a Xhosa word…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
Ray (or Taube, her Yiddish name) Harmel was born in Lithuania in 1905. Strongly influenced by some of her six brothers, she joined the-then illegal Lithuanian…
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
Wolfie Kodesh was born in Benoni on 18 October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe. His mother,…
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
Marion Monica Sparg was born in East London and was one of six children. She grew-up in a white middle-class English-speaking South African family in the…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… Point Common was vested land, which was granted to the City of Cape Town in 1923 for public recreation and sport … a little piece of paradise in the middle…
ANC Gauteng Centenary Month to celebrate Oliver Tambo, 18 October 2012
… have created a partnership with the HIP alliance and the City of Reggio Emilia in Italy. During the Apartheid years, … by the Deputy President Kgalema…
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… The biggest strike by the migrant municipal workers took place in Johannesburg, the largest and most industrialised city in South Africa. The strike involved…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… people. At this time there was no apartheid policy in place, but the government did want to prevent black and white … to labour, the policy of protected…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… of the Industrial revolution in Southern Africa which took place due to the discovery of diamonds and the mining … of the Industrial Revolution, the social…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
… during the mid-19th Century when it became the preferred place of retirement for British civil servants returning from … merit, and is one of the few suburbs…
PlaceKwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
… www.literarytourism.co.za Durban announced as a UNESCO City of Literature! Durban became the first city in South Africa and on the African continent to…
PlacePolokwane Museum
… The Polokwane Museum is a fascinating and interesting place to visit, situated in Polokwane, across the way from … here you can learn about the History of…
EventDr D.F. Malan unveils the statue of Paul Kruger on Church Square, Pretoria
… 11 October 1954. The square was initially used as a market place and sports field. In 1855, the city’s first church was built on the site. Today the square …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… by a disturbing event. The ships Nadir and Courland were place in quarantine, due to the outbreak of plague in Bombay. … many were arrested. A march of 2000…