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… Q: Until the early 1960s, the tradition of resistance to apartheid was one of nonviolence. And [then] this idea of … this somewhat abrupt transition from one form of struggle to another? I don't know whether it was abrupt. It came in... … and... people were killed. Most of them shot in the back. It was becoming clear that the reaction of the …

… “Through the eye of a needle? Choosing the best cadres to lead transformation.” [‘The eye of the needle’.] Among … requirement that, “A leader should constantly seek to improve his capacity to serve the people; he should strive … had written that my “sell-by date” was ‘stapled on (my) back’. She even thought that what might happen would be that …

… became the controlling body of the park, and reported to the Minister of Lands. However, the proclamation, was made … after it had rejected his ultimatum of 9 October 1899 to withdraw its troops massed on the borders of the ZA. The … stewards of the conservation of the area we are legally bound to protect these sites. Sites that are currently open …

… of Natives of the district of King William's Town to hear the Native Deputation to Cape Town on the Native Pass Bill give an account of their … men who had ventured where nobody had ventured and come back again. Thank you. Don't be tired even tomorrow. Thanks …

… of study in the United States and Britain, issued the call to Africans to meet in Bloemfontein in January 1912 to form a new … had given in 1906. But the ANC had good reason not to look back to Seme’s presidency, and even his role as the founder …

… asunder, with dramatic suddenness, the chains that have bound his mind, solving problems which for ages it has been regarded as sacrilege even to attempt to solve. The tremendous epoch-making scientific … of work and are being told by the foreign ruler to go back to a "home" which he has assigned them, whether that …

… education among the masses so that the people will be able to take an adequate part in government and a full and … backward areas and service; the question of tribalism and to what degree tribal traditions should be maintained; … of industrial legislation. Workers would have the right to strike, for even if strikes might be costly and wasteful, it …

… changed the focus of human evolution from Europe and Asia to Africa. In many ways this discovery marked the birth of … australopithecines represent the first human ancestors to walk upright, and they are only found in Africa. In South … in defensive positions on hilltops and spurs. The front-back orientation of these settlements conforms to the shape …

… motions of the spiritual dancing of whirling dervishes to the mesmerising qawwali [1] performances of the likes of … saint Bava Gor, who was also of African descent. Unbeknown to many, the migration of Africans to the Indian sub-continent dates back as early as the first century.Unlike Africans who fell …

… has a game Reserve in the heart of the City.  Contrary to popular belief, the two naval guns are no longer on Naval … Hill is currently the only nature Reserve in the World to be located in the middle of a City. The Reserve was … British naval guns. Many years ago, Naval Hill was home to Back in 1928 the Mayor of Bloemfontein opened the …

… Click on image to enlarge The South End Museum Trust was started in 1999 … the forced removals of the Group Areas Act, saw the need to commemorate the past history of the suburb of South End. … was steeped in History, with beautiful Buildings dating back to the 19th and 20th Centuries. Such structures boasted …

… Art Museums reopened, and with them another addition to Harvard’s museum landscape: the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery … designed the respective spaces. These events took me back to a difficult 20-plus years fight to bring African art into …

… gathered at Kliptown on 25 and 26 June 1955, resolved to unite 'all democratic elements around a common programme’ and to consolidate 'the organisational forces of the liberatory … in the people's ability to defend themselves and to hit back despite the tremendous obstacles placed in their way by …

… The name of the Observatory refers to W.J. Hussey and a good friend of his, R.P. Lamont. Hussey … in the late 1880's. They were ambitious, Hussey wanted to be a great and well-known astronomer, Lamont wanted to be … and in 1975, the telescope's optics were removed and sent back to Michigan, where it is in safe keeping to this day. …

… ghettos, with their own experiences, histories and issues to be confronted. This chapter describes some of the … In addition, this chapter argues that it was inappropriate to label the political consciousness of coloured communities … laws. For example, it was very difficult to have a legal strike and it was illegal to engage in stayaways. With the …

… ghettos, with their own experiences, histories and issues to be confronted. This chapter describes some of the … In addition, this chapter argues that it was inappropriate to label the political consciousness of coloured communities … laws. For example, it was very difficult to have a legal strike and it was illegal to engage in stayaways. With the …

… is very attractive, ranging in height from 400m to 1800m and therefore, give Ixopo a very distinct and … , in 1870. The first wagon road from Pietermaritzburg to Cape Town was found in what now is a, nature reserve. In … outside the old Post Office buildings, and was once used to carry death and funeral notices; and the Ixopo Prison …

… and the utilisation of the language during Apartheid to discriminate, dominate, and repress cannot be disputed. … the extent of White Afrikaner hegemony and the need to ‘decolonise’ the language. The #AfrikaansMustFall protests … ambiguity faced by Coloured Afrikaans speakers (on the back cover of a book which focuses on the role of Coloured …

… Reserve covers an Area of 117000 Hectares and is home to: Baboons, Dassies, the Cape Sugarbird, Black Eagles, the … as I googled the Krom River Hiking Trail – I simply had to experience it for myself. Our hike began with a huge … the river for a good three hours before making our way back to the start of the trail. Heading back there was less …

… in Sierra Leone. Gola is a biodiversity hotspot, home to more than 1,000 plant species, 55 mammals (including … 450 birds – including migratory swifts on their journey to and from Europe. "This recognition is not just a global … The outbreak of the war in Sierra Leone caused set back to many areas in the country. The conflict in Sierra …

… adventures combine outdoor fun with cultural wonder! Want to do something other than the beach while on holiday? Once … inside the KwaXolo Caves, visitors are taken on a journey back in time as they view the ancient San rock art that … is a climbing route using steel cables and rungs fixed to rocks.) Visitors are kitted out in safety gear and …

… which is Lesotho, the SADF came with enormous firepower to kill "ANC terrorists" but NOT women, children and Basotho. … a Mosotho from a South African ? The SADF knew the answer to that question. Their government had invented a pen/pencil … the babies came, it was overnight in hospital/clinic and back at work the next day. What, no maternity leave? No, damn …

… the child soldiers and abductions in northern Uganda, to human interest features such as women's boxing, the …

… by imperialism. If imperialist control is not going to be challenged, then it follows that the ‘nationalisation … are a cover for a section of the black middle class to become junior capitalist partners of imperialism in South … a national development of capitalism is to attempt to step back in world developments. On the other hand, the existing …

… the beginning of the settlement at the Nile river through to the uniting of Upper and Lower Egypt under one Pharaoh. We … outline the contribution that ancient Egyptians have made to the development of writing, mathematics and medicine. The … time to empty out into the Mediterranean Sea and return back to its normal size and flow. A Shaduf used in ancient …

… Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950 A people desiring to emancipate it must understand the process of its enslavement, In South Africa this process begins far back, but it is in the last 80 years that the history of … working class. Thirdly, the migratory labour system is bound up with the system of low wages. In any other country …

… became famous in the latter part of 2010 for its proximity to the missing tiger known as Panjo. The tiger, only … But usually Delmas serves as a stopover for those en route to the further reaches of Mpumalanga or for those who have … South Africa’s first new clinker producer since 1934 date back to 2006 when its hugely successful Greenfields project …

… it is necessary that the slogan should become clear to every toiler in South Africa, that every toiler should … big farmers and land owners will never voluntarily give back a single acre of their land to the Natives, even if it … the boycott of the beer halls in Durban, the railway strike in East London, the burning of passes) the leaders of …

… Tanzania.] I am a journalist. Briefly, I would like to state that it will be an honour for me to give evidence to … torture has begun on me, and that I would go on a hunger strike. Now, let me give you some idea as to the days of … Branch car which followed me picked me up and brought me back to Marshall Square in my old cell. Well, I was back …

… that nineteenth-century colonialism should finally come to its end there, because there it reached its ultimate … and later that of Zimbabwe, the past has begun rapidly to drop out of sight, even for those who would have liked to … report and the secret police keep watch, as we prance back and forth ever closer to the fine line between being …