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EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… raided townships to prevent these activities. The only place where African men could drink legally was in municipal … like those in Orlando, Johannesburg,…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… the curved spine of hills associated with it define the city of Cape Town. The prevailing summer and winter winds, … the middle of Table Bay is Robben Island…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… gold rushes - earning it the name of 'Egoli' meaning 'place of gold'. As the most powerful Commercial Centre on the … World Cities, yet the cost of living is…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… UN International Year of the Women Conference in Mexico City and subsequently visited the US – experiences which were … this practice fell away. As a result…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… majority of Indians are indentured workers employed by the City Council. Most of them are housed in the Cooperation … War breaks out. 22 January, The Battle…
Durban an Overview
… areas and in 1935 Durban was raised to the status of a city. Because of its proximity to both the Free State and the … was opened on the site adjoining the…
Speech on Receiving the Freedom of Durban, Durban, 16 April 1999
… to me the privileges of the citizens of this gre3at city you are, I know, honouring not one individual, but the … in a ceremony which reflect the diversity…
PlaceRooigrond
… of Bophuthatswana, (now the North West Province). The place Rooigrond derives its name from the Afrikaans language … declared the area as their own. They…
The French Revolution
… On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This … there was a very strict social order that determined your…
Capital Cities Activity
… Which capital city belongs to province number 1 ? Bisho Bloemfontein …
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… to accommodate the large number of Black Migrants into the City. These are basic Houses that are relatively small in … half of Johannesburg’s Population, it…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… which people used as transport to work throughout the City. Moreover, Lower Claremont comprised of independent … socialising. Arderne Gardens was also a…
PlacePietermaritzburg, Umgungundlovu District Municipality
… Pietermaritzburg is the Capital and second-largest City, in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa . It … race between Pietermaritzburg and Durban ,…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… leaving behind. It was located about 300 meters from the City Council sewerage. The housing was a V shaped shack … distance between whites and blacks, it was…
Grade 6 term 1 classroom support
… 3 of the following areas: 1. The geography of the city of Mapungubwe. How does the city look like etc. 2. Trade practices – describe what … Stone…
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… earlier and were planning a coup d'etat, which was to take place on the South West African border, in the Free State and …
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… Meeting of the NIC for ratification scheduled to take place at the Durban City Hall on 4 June 1939. Copies of the proposals were … members throughout Natal. …
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… General Tito Okello. The new government only remained in place until 26 January 1986, when the NRA entered the capital city of Kampala to disintegrate the…
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… the Angolan ceasefire between the FAA and UNITA took place in the city of Luena in the east of the Moxico province at 15:00 on …
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
… Roodepoort is actually a City of its own, although it has now merged with the Suburbs … - Gardens , formerly the Wits Botanical Gardens and the City’s most…
ArticleSita’s story
… grandfather’s farm, which was fifteen miles away from the city, and in those days around us were plantations of sugar … Grandfather has wished it to be run…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… the National Party (NP) in 1914. The new Union had no place for Black people, despite their constituting over 75% … between World War I and World War II. The…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… the National Party (NP) in 1914. The new Union had no place for Black people, despite their constituting over 75% … between World War I and World War II. The…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… side by side with the Africans on the perimeter of the city? Why the orgy of violence and rape against defenceless … ultimately rise above their passions and…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… gutted". Manenberg is only about, 20 km away from the City centre of Cape Town . It is separated from Nyanga and … a living room and a kitchen. Another phase…
PlaceNorth West
… that borders Botswana. Capital : Mafikeng (it means “The place of rocks”) Principal languages : Setswana, isiXhosa, … very popular in jewelry. History was…
Jason Laure
… in Cape Town. Studied at Columbia University, New York City and Sorbonne, Paris. Awards: Pulitzer Prize finalist; …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
… there. Conquest: The act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force. Corruption : Dishonest or illegal … other countries. Indigenous: Belonging…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… held in Johannesburg. 1917 The Russian Revolution takes place after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1914. 1919 The … of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… and baton charged. UCT students march towards the city centre giving the Black Power Salute to black people … 2 September, The coloured students march to the…