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… for Africa. Slaves freed from slave ships were sent to Liberia instead of being sent back to their countries of birth - these colonists formed an …

… A couple of days back I had a dream where I visited the renovated premises of … Rip van Winkle waking up in a shell of a building trying to find what use to be there. Then in real life the next day someone that I …

… of international sanctions against South Africa dates back to the late 1950s. In 1959, the Anti-Apartheid Movement …

… It is now believed that the disease first emerged as far back as the 1960’s. On 13 September 1985, the World Health … South Africa having the highest of any country. According to the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), … Avert " History of Aids up to 1986 " from avert [online] Available at: www.avert.org …

… An advocate at the Johannesburg Bar for 25 years, prior to becoming a provincial and thereafter appellate judge, … the Centre for Human Rights where he lectures from time to time to students in the Masters course in Human Rights and …

… died about two months after he was killed. According to his mother, Nomawabo Mabhengu Sompeta, “Every month we … and supported us just like my son did. My son used to give us money for his father’s medical care. His father …

… the  African National Congress (ANC)  in 1948, was elected to the Transvaal executive of the  ANC Women’s League  in … a leading role in protests against the extension of passes to women in the mid-1950s . In December 1956 she was one of …

… and as a gardener on the Berea in Durban. He first went to the African Art Centre, Durban in 1985 where he received … Mines. In July 1988 he completed his contract and returned to his home in Dumisa. He has received various commissions. …

… a captain in the Active Citizen Force, and in 1914 decided to join the rebellion in protest against Prime Minister  Louis Botha ’s decision to invade German South West Africa as part of the …

… at the Onderstepoort Veterinary laboratory. Here she had to record in detail the post mortem appearance of various … the time of colour photographs. In 1927 she was moved to the Division of Plant Industry in the Department of …

… councilor0f Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Blackburn returned to black Sash in 1982, and immediately teamed up with fellow … a car accident near Humansdorp, Eastern Cape while driving back from Oudtshoorn to Port Elizabeth with Di Bishop and Bishop’s husband, Brian …

… student of Professor Hoernle at the South African College back in 1908. As an introduction to the lecture, there appears some background information on Professor Hoernle with regard to his involvement in academia in especially the field of …

… student of Professor Hoernle at the South African College back in 1908. As an introduction to the lecture, there appears some background information on Professor Hoernle with regard to his involvement in academia in especially the field of …

… 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 Day campaign, was forced to leave her home at age 24. “I was born and bred in District … it took another decade for any former residents to move back into District Six. The Land Claims Commission, an …

… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Liquor Act, … bill was withdrawn, and Indians were once again allowed to enter licensed premises. Despite this, Africans were still … a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997. Westport: Greenwood. …

… settlement at the cape, however, before the island began to grow into its modern legacy as a place of sorrow. It's unique geography - close to the mainland, yet at the same time separated by frigid … Autshumato, was exiled in 1658.  He had attempted to take back cattle that his people believed to have been unfairly …

… in the Richtersveld with Geographical History dating back Millions of Years!  A Spring may be the result of Karst … and fissure—openings ranging from inter-granular spaces to large Caves. The water eventually emerges from below the … in the form of a Spring. The forcing of the Spring to the surface can be the result of a confined aquifer in …

… The Pump House was named as such because it is used to pump water from the Robinson Dry Dock in the Victoria & … is also the building where the first dynamo was installed to help illuminate Table Bay Harbour, 10 years before the rest of Cape Town. The building dates back to 1892.  At the beginning of the 19th century an …

… Their baby lived only a couple of days. According to his brother, Motlalepula Monesa,""My brother supported his … we only had each other. The situation at home forced him to go and look for work at the mines. I don’t know how we …

… of South Africa  (CP) in the late 1920s and was elected to the CPSA political bureau in 1933. He was the western Cape … he was secretary of the Tin Workers' Union and continued to be active in the Communist Party. …

… in any of its exhibitions. He most likely saw no need to exhibit since his work appeared in the Press on a regular … in Cape Town, where he remained as cartoonist from 1915 to 1940. Boonzaier played a key role in the careers of many …

… over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary representation for Coloureds and … Whites-only representation. However, this attempt to apparently broaden political representation excluded Black … that the issue was referred to a commission and eventually back to the NEC. Very heated debates were held at all levels, …

… on the African continent and abroad.  Of particular import to the ideological formation of the OAU was the late 19th … centred on the belief that in order for black civilization to prosper, it was necessary to establish their own nation … the Black Star Line, aimed at transporting Black Africans back to Africa. This venture was unsuccessful due to …

… 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 read about the Nazis rise to power in … He hated the Treaty of Versailles and wanted to take back the land Germany had lost. His aggressive foreign policy …

… situated about 70 km from East London  on the N6 Highway to the north. Stutterheim is a town with a population of … From the Xhosa groups that were moving into the area to the German settlers of the 19th century, to the English … the world. The oldest gem is a Mietz & Weitz engine dating back to 1905. Forgotten names like Ruston Hornsby, Wholesly, …

… Britain and then returned home. They were both sentenced to 12 years in prison for illegal activities. I was … the National Security apparatus. Thereafter it had to come back step by step through the whole system. When the letter … each was a soldier in the revolution and therefore duty-bound to escape. I found myself in the same position except …

… in the South African Forces in Italy. Before returning to South Africa he studied drawing under Heinrich Steiner in … he studied at the Technikon Witwatersrand and from 1947 to 1950 he studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and … a BA(FA). In 1951 he visited Europe. On his return to South Africa he joined the Non-European Affairs Department …

… Location: back to this day in history search archive Odile Harrington, … espionage in Zimbabwe in 1987, was released and returned to South Africa. On her arrival, she was greeted by President …

… after completing his primary school, aged age 17, he went to work for a firm of building suppliers and joined the Shop … When HA Naidoo and his wife Pauline Podbrey left Durban to settle in Cape Town, Errol took over the secretary ship of … on 6 December 1941. In 1943 Errol failed in his bid to enter Parliament as the CPSA candidate for the Umbilo …

… Natal. When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukhatole tear Germiston in the Transvaal. He attended … as a private student with Peter Hayden. After he moved to Johannesburg in 1962 he studied privately with Cecil … In 1973 he became a full-time artist. 11974 he travelled to London and met former British Prime Cluster, Harold …