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PlaceSenteeko Dam
… an oversight, to assess if there's value for money on the work by the Department, but also to assist and guide in …
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Pretoria, 4 December 1997
… In the same period, the UN took a strong stand against apartheid;and over the years, an international consensus was …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
… narration of the African past cannot take colonisation and apartheid as the central piece in history. The historical …
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… such person may have trans-shipped into some other boat on his way to Natal. Your petitioners can have no objection … go to the Transvaal, a foreign…
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… separate (Picasso's) anxiety about (African) influence (on his art) from Europe's larger anxiety about the mask of … of colonial tyranny. The liberation of…
EventLord Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
… patrol had a leader. This scheme was so successful that on his return to England, he decided to continue the programme … of these pioneering young women. …
PlaceGallery 101
… Swiss Fernand Francis Haenggi (b. 1934, Dijon, France) and his mother Mrs F.M.L. Haenggi founded Gallery 101 to showcase …
PlaceDiep River
… in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he inherited a halfway-house near …
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… to grow. The younger van der Stel set aside prime land for his own wine farm. Known as Vergelegen, the farm became the …
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… was an Anglican clergyman, evangelist, and founder, with his brother Charles, of the Methodist movement in the Church of England. He had a vision of the…
PlaceLeliefontein
… story of a bushman called- 'XiXo', who lives happily with his tribe of San , until one day a coca cola bottle falls … from the Gods, Xixo goes out and tries…
Event90-Days Act commences
… In a remarkable example of double-speak, Vorster outlined his motive for introducing the bill, saying it is "because … of security laws and Vorster justifies…
EventMandela's last major address to parliament
… President Nelson Mandela delivered his last major address to parliament at the opening of the …
PlaceYsterplaat, Cape Town
Ysterplaat is an old Northern Suburb of Cape Town and home to: An Airforce Base; School's and a Museum. Amongst many Churches and a nearby Synagogue. This Area…
PlaceHalvey Hotel, Bloemfontein
This was intended to be a Boarding House for the late-night Theatre Attendees in 1893. However this Building is now a Four Star Heritage Hotel. (The innuendo…
PlacePilanesberg International Airport, North West
Pilanesberg International Airport is a small Airport located in Pilanesberg, in the North West Province of South Africa. This Airport is located close to Sun…
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
… and smaller Towns. After 1948, and the beginning of the Apartheid era , the District changed character, as white …
PlaceHawaan Forest, Umhlanga
Across the M 4 the Forest rests on a 2 000 year-old sand dune. Sounds old enough but Hawaan, by contrast, stands sturdy on a sand Dune that is 18 000 years old…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… the results and said he would not seek re-election when his term expires in 2015. The Bush Administration negotiated …
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… a few years a number of other missions were established in his footsteps. Despite this a general shortage of potable …
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… stance of neutrality in World War II and voted against his motion in favour of Jan Smuts. Upon becoming Prime …
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… T. Leutwein was prepared to negotiate a settlement, but his government was determined to suppress the revolt with …
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… dismissed on the grounds that it cited Mphahlele alone. In his court papers, Mphahlele – who has been ruling the PAC by …
Introduction
… Take the case of Narayanan. For months he pined away for his wife and child, searching for them. Nobody had told him …
PlaceEshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Chief Zwide of the Ndwandwe community. Shaka had concealed his civilian population and livestock in the Mhlatuze River … Chief Zwide of the Ndwandwe…
PlaceEcho Caves, Limpopo
… Klipfonteinhoek ', whilst he was searching for water. His cattle had mysteriously disappeared into the Cave. After following after his cattle he discovered…
PlaceBritstown, Northern Cape
… at Hopetown and Kimberley, Brits realised that he and his neighbours could earn good money serving the growing … Brits arranged for a Town to be laid out on…
PlaceClarens, Eastern Free State
… that President Paul Kruger was in voluntary exile for his his last days in the Town of Clarens, in Switzerland! Clarens … that President Paul Kruger was in…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… had rejected an application by an Indian, Dr Pereira, for his children to attend a white school. State schools had a … as an alternative to the regular…
Document 38 - “How to Build o Revolutionary Mass Party in South Africa: A letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International, “Umsebenzi, 12 December 1930
… tenants will be converted into "servants", obliged to work 180 days a year for the right to live on the land. This … trade unions. Communist Party Weaknesses…