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PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
… The name is Afrikaans for 'eland flat', referring to the oxen found there, TAUROTRAGUS ORYX! But Elandslaagte, … British in the conflict, despite their…
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… Location: back to this day in history search archive South Africa … and legislative powers over the territory, subject to certain guarantees. After the…
Chapter VI - A strange kind of goal bird
… anniversary of the Soweto shooting, 16 June 1977, was to be commemorated at St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg by … imaginative and, for a cathedral, very…
BiographyRoseberry Tandwefika Bokwe
… and then studied at Lovedale high school from 1911 to 1917.His father was reverend and his mother a teacher. … Institute near Durban, where he was headmaster…
BiographyNell Kaye
… sculptors, aside from Ivan Mitford-Barberton (qv.), to exhibit her work with SASA. Records indicate that she … 1950 and 1954. After this, she transferred her…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
… of the Location Advisory Boards Congress, and from 1935 to 1937 a member of the executive committee of the All … Council for the rural areas of the Cape…
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
… Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township … meaning something like “steamed maize bread”) developed to become an…
BiographyAbednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo
… campaign in 1960, and in March 1961 he was sentenced to a two-year term under the Suppression of Communism Act. He fled to Swaziland and became part of the…
An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)
… current terms. Jacob Zuma is 75. Mrs Zuma, who’s standing to try and be the next president, is 68. Which one? The one who’s standing to be president. Cyril…
PlaceAmandelboom, Town in Northern Cape
… Town developed. The name Amandelboom was used from 1845 to 1919. Should you ever find yourself on a Sunday stroll … Secretary of the Cape, Colonel Hampden…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… and bowls, which can also be found tucked away in the back Streets. In October 2003 the Clubhouse itself was … in 1956 when England won by 131 runs and it…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… unexpected and a development never known before were due to the discovery in 1886 of the greatest gold mines of all … this changed South Africa from an…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
… by Njabulo S. Ndebele; Mamlambo by Bheki Maseko; To Fly by Steve Jacobs; Go Away, We're Asleep by J. Makunga; … Masilo Rabothata; The New Anthem T. by …
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… had a special significance. The failure of South Africa to vote in favour of the Declaration was inevitable. The … which it was the primary purpose of the…
Doing Oral History
… employed by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, was to build capacity in Oral History practice, a vital methodology in giving a Historical voice to…
BiographyAlec Erwin
… (Alec Erwin) was born on 17 January 1948 in Cape Town to Dennis and Rosamund Erwin. Alec, as he became known, … matriculated from Durban High School in 1965…
PlaceNdabeni
… kilometres East of the city centre. . It owes its origins to the outbreak of Bubonic plague in Cape Town on 7 February … a full community and sometime in…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1947
… compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Statement to the Press by Mahatma Gandhi, 28 February 1947 I have … the African National Congress have decided on…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… came after negotiations with the WARC persuaded the church to renounce apartheid in its theological teachings. The DRC … Council meeting of the WARC in…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… Democratic Rights", Workers' Voice, 1, 2, November 1944 To some people in the Left movement it may still sound … rights. There are still some whose memories…
BiographySamuel E. K. Mqhayi
… African history was presented. Mqhayi wrote seven stanzas to Nkosi Sikelel' I-Afrika ("God Bless Africa") in 1927. It … South African Outlook devoted its…
Fenuel Mogatusi
… or post-mortem was held into Mr Mogatusi's death.In reply to a question in parliament on 29 March 1983 regarding Mr … further information is made available…
BiographyDavid Lurie
… Economics) and taught (Philosophy) at UCT before going to the London School of Economics where he did research and … commissioned by the Getty Museum, Los…
BiographyJo Ractliffe
… the Salzburg Summer Academy in Austria. She has been known to collaborate with many other artists on building … July 2004. In 2015 Ractliffe’s was one of the…
Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference … created a space for academics, students, and activists to contribute in…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference … extensive archive and interview material, this paper seeks to expand…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… on 19 March and over a million men and women took to the streets in a series of rallies. In addition to the right to vote and to hold public office, they…
PlaceClarens, Eastern Free State
… Town of Clarens, in Switzerland! Clarens often referred to as a ‘jewel’ of the Free State and one such ‘jewel’ is … the Titanic ship tragically sunk. This…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 3: The Sounds of Kora
… Menán du Plessis There will be many readers who would like to have a sense of how the Kora narratives would have sounded … exit for the air-current’. He…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… thing was there! All over the country people organized to come to that congress, and all the groups worked together to … who were stopped on the way in…