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EventSANDF soldiers strike
… aware of the difficulties experienced by ex MK cadres and all non-statutory forces, it strongly appealed to all soldiers to go back to SANDF assembly points,…
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
… and 1930s, most of the tailors and dressmakers in South Africa had come from Eastern Europe. They had brought with … under the Suppression of Communism Act …
ArticleState of the Nation Addresses
… of the Nation Address (SONA) by the President of South Africa is a speech given by the sitting President of South Africa. It is normally an annual event but…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… the small settlement on Melville Koppies was abandoned. All that is left are the kraal walls and two iron smelting … for the real riches to be discovered,…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the … U-Gear300x250-5.png Xuma’s time at the University was…
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… the Cultural Heartland of the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. Middelburg serves as the Agricultural, Industrial and … Ndebele people. Of course, the…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… gave tremendous momentum to the armed struggle in South Africa. Jacob Zuma recalls that when Angola and Mozambique … 1975 up to the first half of 1976, many…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… Great Trek was that the former slaves were now wandering all over often attacking local residents. Piet Retief only … accepted uncritically and without…
PlaceSwakopmund, Namibia
… attempt to construct the artificial harbour (as South Africa owned the only natural harbour in the area at Walvis … litter the shoreline, from the beaches…
PlaceKwaNzimakwe, South Coast
… trails with different sites, it is recommended to try all the trails to get the full experience. The walks offer … who wish to stay in the area a little…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… one of the most multi-racial residential areas in South Africa. [v] An approximate 60 000 people resided in District … CirajRassool, District Six Revisited …
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
… his way along the dark moral landscape that was South Africa, a South African colleague insisted we walk from our … the writer soon had an armload of reading…
The ANC and the Women’s League
… was the national committee and the president, which we all elected. For a long time the women were not proper … their sons and their husbands being arrested…
PlaceCameroon
… in the north-western parts of Cameroon [xxi] , and were all formed between the 14th and 16th centuries [xxii] . At … European population into supporting…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… the most poignant accounts of the township's and South Africa's history in the last sixty years. Many of them were … texture of Sophiatown and life in early…
PlaceThe Space
… and defied the Socio-Political Conditions, in South Africa. The Documentary looks at the dangers of apathy, … the dangers of censorship and highlights the…
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… dozen different nations, among them Britain, the US, South Africa, Russia, and Germany. Smuts's opponents in the … that Germany was not able to produce, let…
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
… of Luderitz has a quiet charm under cobalt blue skies. All visitors to this coastal town in Namibia are encouraged … the spot where Bartholomew Diaz first…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 September 1967. It all began wth the proper Housing of Slaves in Cape Town … this Museum explore the long History of…
PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
… upon the site. This was opened on 17 November 1800 and by all accounts was considered by citizens of Cape Town to be a … people called it, the first …
PlaceGriquatown
… desolate; a solitary peach-treeand a few fig-trees were all that survived in the former; and few ofthe Griquas … of a number of little 'outback' towns found…
PlaceEmalahleni Municipality, Mpumalanga
… Municipality , in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Emalahleni is a Nguni word meaning; 'place of coal'. … seen as providing migrant labour to the…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… at this meeting sought to protect colonial farmers of all kinds, to secure the election to Parliament of candidates … ‘The organisation started in Albert…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… until farm prices reached their pre-1914 figure to give all farmers a guaranteed minimum income. The Agencies … Works Progress Administration of 1935 The…
Remembering the Artistry of Photojournalist Ranjith Kally by Kalim Rajab (Daily Maverick) 21 June 2017
… titan Howard Hughes. Ali said: “Howard Hughes dies, with all his billions – not a single tear. Joe Louis dies – … Forgetting. By then, we’d been invited to…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… died on 8 June 1988 while attempting to return to South Africa from exile in Swaziland. A member of the African … Online. July 30, 1999. www.iol.co.za/news…
PlaceGariep River Mouth, Namibia
… The Orange River, Southern Africa’s longest waterway, rises high in the Drakensberg … called ‘The River of Diamonds’, stones from the heart of Africa have…
References and links: Local History
… Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The … D. J. (ed) 1973. Standard…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… legislation on 26 October 1984. Emoyeni offers a venue for all occassions. Depending on the nature of your event and … this spectacular 1905 Edwardian…
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… Immigration Restriction, Trade Licenses and Uncovenanted. All were later enacted. The general objective of all but one was to curtail the immigration of…