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… battle are a matter of considerable debate. The background to this event can be found in two concurrent historical … on the Eastern Cape frontier with British rule, leading to more than 15 000 of these frontier farmers trekking in … later, while Hendrik Potgieter beat an ignominious retreat back to the highveld. Port Natal was razed to the ground, the …

… Then, as now, the forces of imperialism intervened to try to turn back the moment for Africa's liberation and the achievement …

… Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner At this point I want to make a small excursion into the field of education, for … and inefficient disciplinarians. The teacher is bound down by this weight of role, expectation, and … and intellectual development of children by pushing them back into themselves and developing only their capacity to …

… of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice and action. That said, one year before the … in 1947, India had been the first international country to appeal to the UN on the basis of how South African Indians … democratic struggle or any of its objectives.” Going back to 1927 the Pact Government passed the Native …

… expansion into Africa began with the desire of King John I to gain access to the gold-producing areas of West Africa. The trans-Saharan … able to control it until 1648 when the Portuguese took back control again. Angola only became a Portuguese colonial …

… since the early nineteen fifties. We have been able to create a unity amongst freedom loving people this country … conferred by nor derived from the State; you have to back beyond the dim mist of eternity to understand their … white people to realise that their destiny is inextricably bound with our destiny and that they shall never be free …

… was little change in the situation from the late 1970s to the early 1980s in South Africa. After the crisis of the … mid-70s, the government's 'total onslaught' had managed to suppress much unrest and had it under some measure of … on building up allies outside of the freedom movements. < BACK   …

… the 18th century by Governor Willem Adriaan van de Ste l to a rich merchant, Reynier Smedinga. Tradition has it that … materials necessary for the job on his last voyage to the Cape, and used them in 1701 to build for himself a … façade, a fine example of neoclassical architecture, dates back to the late 18th century.  …

… she's going to travel very far I was born in 1925 and grew up near … climate in Paarl was not good for his health so we moved to Cape Town where he worked as a gravedigger in the … cemetery. We stayed there for a short while and then came back to Paarl where we settled down. My father was interested …

… and the thing decided one way or the other. Another point to which we wish to draw the attention of the committee is that there has been … has given his child cattle he does not go behind his back and take them away again. Our father gave us the right …

… Educational Institute for Photography before returning to Zululand. In 1997 he created a CD-ROM about Zululand and …

… of these organisations and ran successfully for election to the Natives' Representative Council in 1949, winning the …

… but golf was his first love. In 1984 age 14, Els rose to prominence, when he won the Junior World Championship in …

… mid-1920s onward in the Western Cape , and the first woman to stand trial on the 'hostility' charge. An ally of the …

… Arts Workshop in Durban which offered art tuition to artists from disadvantaged communities. He has …

… Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he … was appointed its first postmaster. When the inn was sold to WH Coghill in 1861, these duties were passed on to the new … and rumour has it that Depeche Mode rehearsed here back in 1994 for their world tour - quite a history for one …

… From the book:  Side by Side by Helen Joseph When I began to give evidence, my knees were actually trembling for the first time in my life. Somehow I managed to make my opening statement: I did not accept any of the … were leading me to and I became defensive. Always at the back of my mind was the knowledge that my answers could …

… more with commercial than industrial capital. From 1652 to 1805 the Dutch used the Cape as a military outpost and … of the country (e.g., the cities) forward, while throwing back others (e.g., villages and farms). COM- BINED AND UNEVEN … of those toiling on the farms are not semi-serfs, half-bound peasants but wage-labourers (1,000,000 strong), the …

… in force after Union. They made it a criminal offence to breach the contract of employment. Desertion, insolence, … also criminal offences. Theoretically these laws applied to all races, but the courts held that the laws were … a tenth of the wages of a skilled White worker.) The 1922 strike was caused by the mine owners’ attempt to replace a …

… MAASDORP , Stockenstrom, Cape: UC. Believed to have acted as an outstation only. MABAALSTAD , also known … The roof of our cabin consisted of a thin layer of reeds, bound rather loosely to the rafters which formed their … cabin was quite finished. The storms which forces us to strike work at Thaba-Bossiou had caused him to lose some …

… served as president of South Africa from September 1989 to May 1994. He is widely recognized for orchestrating the … democracy that resulted in giving equal rights to all South African citizens. De Klerk jointly received with … new dispensations started in South Africa, if one looks back, there are reasons to be positive and say we have …

… into lush vegetable gardens. Their produce was hawked door to door around Durban. They experienced flooding many times … Queen Street and was a keen soccer player. He was married to Ponnama and they had seven children. Sabapathy Periyasamy … they set out and pulled strongly when they would be rowing back. The men would have to coordinate their efforts …

… Nkomo and Dan Tloome.  The aim of the Youth League was to galvanise the youth to step up the fight against segregation within the country. … 69 demonstrators dead after being shot, mainly from the back, by security police. Scores were left injured and others …

… Women’s Christian Association) in Dube in Soweto. In 1970 to 1974 he studied art further at the Mofolo Arts Centre and … annually brought together artists from around the world to exchange ideas and share knowledge. In 1987 he …

… of the game with stakes so high that something might have to give. But Mbete, the poet and veteran leader, is making … poet left South Africa in 1976. She was a teacher, linked to activities of the Black Consciousness Movement and her … executive committee in Lusaka. “It's very traumatic coming back after years of exile,” she said in a 1991 interview when …

… Durban, was burgled. On Monday the complainant was taken to court at 7am to escape abuse from a hostile crowd. She had come to court … Shaking and with tears in her eyes, Mooitze tried to get back into the court building. After police intervened, …

… The Pass was constructed between 1984 and 1988.  Leading up to the Huguenot Tunnel from its South side, is an … high-altitude viaduct bridge (the first of its kind to be built in South Africa ) The bridge is simultaneously … Kloof Pass , has a long and interesting History that dates back to long before the Italian Prisoners of War , during …

… and nephew, who all depended on him financially. According to his mother, Mavalithibuba Jijase, “I was heartbroken and …

… 3 young children and three grandchildren. According to his daughter, Vuyiswa Mangcotywa, “I did not think he …

… Administration Act of 1927, which made it an offense to promote "hostility" between the races. During the …