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FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
… lifting of the prohibition on the said organisations places everybody in a position to pursue politics freely. The … free political participation is able to…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu…
ArticleAbout South African History Online (SAHO)
… programme capturing community voices and youth research Places Project: Researching cities, towns, and villages with …
PlaceHawston
… part of the building industry and in other work places. By that time there were many people living in …
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… Now used as a training room for inmates! Revisiting these places and reinventing the importance of Mahatma Gandhi's …
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
Albert Adams was born At the Crown Gold Mine near Johannesburg on 23 June 1929. Adams was a child of Indian and Cape Coloured parents. His father had emigrated…
BiographySir George Grey
George Grey was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Grey of the 30th Foot. His father was killed at the sack of Badajoz in the Peninsula War, eight days before…
BiographyAlex la Guma
Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his reportage and fiction writing depicting the oppressive measures of…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
General Jan Christiaan Smuts was born near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony on 24 May 1870. His mother taught him the elements of reading and writing in…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 1 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… when you go out from Cape Town you get all those little places like Worcester, well, Beaconsfield was just like one of those small places. We used to have to…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… on internal migrants from settling at their work places. Bonds of kinship determined production and …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
… population. This superiority of relation to Africa clearly places the Africans in a position of ascendancy and … the population. This superiority of…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… anger. Hare slipped under a bush. He ran through the dark places to his lair. But Mother Full Moon lay in wait for him. …
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
Dorothy Mary Benson – known as Mary Benson – was born on 8 December 1919 in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), where she received her early education…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… tolerance and occasional attendance at one another’s places of worship – including Muslim altar servers at the …
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… instead! After that Congress then we had to go back to our places and make sure that all the people knew about the …
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… Jo'burg Book: a guide to the city's history, people and places; Inleiding Tot Die Reg En Regsvaardighede in …
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… and frightened communities left their own areas in places like the Orange Free State, Natal and the Transvaal. … groups like the Xhosas who moved away in…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
The role of a Coat of Arms A national coat of arms, or State emblem, is the highest visual symbol of the State. Take a minute to consider the important events…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
… Explorer: A person who travels to unknown places in order to find out more about them. Feudalism : A …
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… Even then, Abrahams “was always yearning for far-away places” with a desire “to show the white man that he was …
Postscript
… "If our leaders are arrested, others will take their places!" That stands as true today as then. Others will take the places of the leaders who are removed…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… and a lottery system for a percentage of first- year places at UWC because "he felt matric was not a true …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the National Day of Safety and Security Vosloorus, 15 October 1994
… They must be able to travel to work, to school and other places without danger. But these rights are being denied to …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 83th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1995
… effort to ensure that our schools become, indeed, places of effective learning and teaching. We expect ANC …
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… had attended. At the same time he identified the “secret” places where they met. With great attention to detail he … had infiltrated. These included painting…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… they could enjoy boarding houses, restaurants and other places of pleasure. It is also important to note that before …
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… state resources and place those loyal to the regime in places of power. Judicial independence is thus rendered …
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… through postcards Heritage Tours Old and New places in South Africa Contribute Tell us your …
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… May 1956 in Cape Town. People picketed at terminuses in places such as Mowbray, Claremont and Wynberg and bus routes …