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EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… child. The skull was the first early human fossil found in Africa. With his find, Dr. Dart upset orthodox scientific … the ''missing link'' between apes and…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… career went into steady decline. He had returned to South Africa soon after the creation of the new Union in 1910 the … he had made at Columbia University on…
Message sent to Canon Collins by ALbert Luthuli, 1 March 1956
… We have not forgotten your inspiring visit to South Africa some time back. One wonders whether we shall be given … in their struggle for freedom in the Union…
Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil, 14 December 2000
… and the distinctive fossil plants found in South America, Africa, India and other parts of the world. As we all know, in our own country, South Africa, lies…
BiographyMichael Nkolo Maapola
… from the political struggle return to the new South Africa’, Monash News December.| Duby, G. (1978) ‘Self taught … and Hammond-Tooke, D, eds. (1989) African…
BiographyAndries Raditsela
In 1982, Raditsela became deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), an affiliate of the Federation…
BiographyDavid Perumal
David Perumal lived in Derby Street, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and worked at College Clothing in Albert Street. He was educated up to standard six …
BiographyHelen Zille
Helen Zille attended school at St. Mary's Waverley in Johannesburg. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. A…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… of the struggle for freedom and equality in South Africa for the next half century. However, the person the … day a vibrant strand of African political…
The Johannesburg Biennale by Bisi Silva (Artnet), 1998
… many emerging nations as a good idea. One such is South Africa, which after decades of cultural isolation launched … in fact originated in Indonesia and only…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… as a reason why these men left their homes in rural South Africa to contribute to the war effort. It also aims to … on the sea, the oceanic, and the littoral…
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… thirty years. Mandela was hardly known outside South Africa until he was sentenced to five years in 1962 and then … in October 1963. But he was a popular…
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
… and other artefacts from the many conflicts that South Africa has been involved in through the centuries including … War, World War I and II, the conflict in…
PlaceMauritania
… Mauritania, Country on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Culturally it forms a transitional zone between the Arab-Amazigh (Berber) populations of North Africa…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… and the Arts TERKEL: Here in a suburb of Durban, South Africa, we are sitting with Albert John Lutuli, winner of the … an area arrest by the Government of…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… when Nelson Mandela was first arrested for leaving South Africa ‘illegally`. Although a regular reader of the … the university`s investments in companies…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.4 1991
… Movies and Monopolies: The Distribution of Cinema in South Africa, Jeremy Nathan; Dance in Search of Commonality, Jay … Strange Business: The Independent…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… to the King and General Smuts, his government and South Africa, your land of adoption. In remaining loyal to the … on a white enemy and hoped that it would…
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… The people of South Africa, particularly the youth of our country, are renowned … observe the 70th birthday of that outstanding son of Africa, Nelson Mandela…
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… The people of South Africa, particularly the youth of our country, are renowned … observe the 70th birthday of that outstanding son of Africa, Nelson Mandela…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
… will only serve to spur the ANC and the people of South Africa to redouble their efforts to remove once and for all … Pretoria regime, the common enemy of…
Ubuntu Awards 2018
… criteria of: 1. Creating a favourable image for South Africa. 2. Engaging with, and influencing, international … international media coverage which has…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian passport by Haile … of British opposition parties. He returned to…
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
… Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, died in Pretoria at the age of 72. He came to South Africa as Sir Alfred Milner's private…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. He made geologic and archaeological discoveries in…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… in intelligence. In 1990 she returned to South Africa just after the unbanning of the ANC and became a … the Minister of Human Settlement of the Republic of…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… in Kenya and thought to have significant knowledge of Africa. Notcutt ran the unit and decided to use local actors … became one of the most sophisticated…
Article1994 Cabinet
… Minister / Incumbent Deputy Minister(s) President of South Africa Nelson Mandela Deputy President of South Africa FW de Klerk , 1994 until July 1996 when the…
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… sailed south and reached the coast of present day South Africa. Whereas previous explorers, such as Bartholomew Dias, … and subsequent development of a half…
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… support from the Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa (FEDSEM), located close to Fort Hare. Figures such as … Christian Movement, the Christian…