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EventThe State Theatre in Pretoria opens
… accommodate any event, from festivals, product launches to shows such as opera, ballet and musicals. Today, the … lost as well as hundreds of jobs. Despite…
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… oldest licenced premises in the City, its licence dates back to 1894. It is now a National Monument. This Building was … Tavern, which was also due for…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… The Hout Bay Museum is situated right next to the Hout Bay Tourist Office just off Main Road behind the … treasure with collections of Hout Bay’s history…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… and its increasing move away from democracy, resigned to form his own opposition party. The new party, Kenya … Democratic Party (NDP) but Kenyatta’s…
BiographyPaul Alberts
… but did not complete his studies. In 1965 he travelled to Europe and lived in Paris. He worked as a journalist on … Cape Argus, Die Burger ). At Die Burger…
BiographyAzaria Mbatha
… permanent home at Rorke's Drift, Mbatha was introduced to art and supplied with materials. Mbatha became interested … using lino- and woodcut techniques. In…
BiographyCharles Sidney Groves
… in Leicester, England, 1878. Stained glass was integral to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of … the Grahamstown School of Art, where…
Search for a United Front against racism
… in a united front of non-Europeans. They could only aspire to be free by their own internal strength, however much the … should, therefore, devote greater…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
… in a united front of non-Europeans. They could only aspire to be free by their own internal strength, however much the … should, therefore, devote greater…
BiographySaint Mokoena
… selling his pictures on the roadside he was introduced to the Co-ordinator of the Institute of Race Relations in Pietermaritzburg who motivated him to draw…
BiographySamuel Makoanyane
… by C. G. Damant, who discovered Makoanyane's work in 1931, to depict Basuto (Sotho) people rather than the missionaries … Makoanyane used materials such as…
BiographyMike Terry
… Movement of 1959. The AAM was established in response to an appeal by Chief Albert Luthuli , President of the … that the AAM was needed as a permanent…
BiographyBen M. Skosana
… interest in rural development and rural social problems. To follow his interests he joined Zululand Churches and … in London. After serving the IFP in London…
BiographyChris Kirchhoff
… early years in Norway and Massachusetts before returning to Johannesburg to complete his schooling. He studied Land Surveying at Wits … endeavours have…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary representation for Coloureds and … Whites-only representation. However, this…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
… The ANC Womens League is deeply saddened to hear that Comrade Nokuhamba Nyawo passed away on Monday … often associated with women, but rather took up arms…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… covers Roodepoort’s long and diverse History, which dates back to 1884, despite having had to shut its doors briefly in 2006 due to budgetary …
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, right wing, … fascist country under Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945. Here you can…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… residents and their descendants will campaign for the area to become a National Heritage site. District Six was declared … Davids, a member of the Heritage…
BiographyHailu Mergia
… Born in Debre Birhan, Showa Province, Ethiopia, in 1946 to parents of Amhara and Oromo descent, Mergia grew up … At the age of 14 he started playing the…
BiographyNils Severin Andersen
… Andersen came to SA when his mariner father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he studied engineering. Family pressures …
BiographyDr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla
… a member of the Students Representative Council from 1979 to 1981. The following year in 1980, he served as an … Hospital between 1987 and 1990. He…
BiographyNcumisa Chwayita Kondlo
… structures of these organisations. She later moved to Rhodes University, Grahamstown , Eastern Cape where she … the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) and…
BiographyJonathan Shapiro
… not imagine a career in architecture, so tried switching to Graphic Design and promptly got conscripted. While in the army he refused to bear arms and became…
PlaceEnon
… on request of the Area Landdrost Jacob Glen Cuyler, to serve as a buffer between the Xhosa, Tembu and Fingo … and towns inside the Cape Colony. The land was…
EventStander gang hits 3 banks
… banks in Durban before he was caught. He was sentenced to seven years in prison where he befriended two inmates, … The media soon coined the name ‘Stander…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… confirmed by the people of South Africa, who gave birth to the clauses of the Freedom Charter at a Congress of the … Today the ANC National Executive…
BiographyMuziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba
… Collection, ranging from gender issues and sexual taboos to HIV/AIDS, recent history and the spiralling crime rate in post-apartheid South Africa. The strong…
BiographyLeng Dixon
… from the Camberwell School of Art in London from 1937 to 1938 and a period in Paris in 1939. He subsequently became … the latter and SASA, there is evidence…
BiographyClive Zamani Xaba
… He takes a sensitive, private subject and subjects it to analysis. In this painting, which is set in a traditional … travelled nationally during 2001 and…