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EventSouth Africans pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at the Grand Parade in Cape Town
On 6 December 2013, Capetonians paid tribute to Nelson Mandela a day after he had passed away. The crowd gathered together at the Grand Parade in front of the…
EventTwo limpet mines explode in Hillbrow
Two limpet mines explode at the South African Defence Force (SADF) Transvaal Medical Command, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. The limpet mines were seen by a member of…
PlaceVictor Verster Prison
The Groot Drakenstein correctional facility (the former Victor Verster, (“One of the proprietors of these grounds was Victor Verster, who, after selling his…
Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
… Mr President, we believe that everything that has happened places an obligation on the United Nations to reflect on a …
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
… system being extended to the Africans in the Reserves and places the chiefs into the position of Government Agents—a …
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… that they would never go hungry, and know the different places to get water so that they would not go thirsty. If …
PlaceHankey
Hankey is the oldest Town nestled at the confluence of the Klein and Gamtoos Rivers, is a treasure trove of History and natural wonders. Part of the Kouga…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… July 18th in Pretoria”¦when four women took up their places silently inside the entrance used by the ministers, …
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
The Ueckermann family features prominently in the history of Heidelberg, Gauteng. Heinrich Julius Friedrich Christian Ueckermann (1827-1883) is widely regarded…
Presidential Address to the Extended Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, April 1975
… meeting attended by delegates from such remote places. This is a sign of vigour and vitality, if it is a …
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… R26 forbade any disqualified person from going to places of public entertainment or eating in a … were being used as dwellings, if they were reasonable…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
Witwatersrand, ridge of gold-bearing rock mostly in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Its name means “Ridge of White Waters, in Afrikaans.” The highland, which…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
The picture above shows how dire the situation was in America during the Great DepressionImage Source Source 2A The source below describes the impact of…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 2 - The Development of a Colonial Slave Society by Wayne Dooling
… been able to lead. Since they came from such different places of origin, they would probably have communicated with … and valleys of the south-western Cape…
PlaceHlobane, Zululand District Municipality
The name is of Zulu origin, it is said by some to mean ‘beautiful place’, and by others ‘place of dispute’. Roughly 26km east of Vryheid, lies the rural…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… the contrary, the majority of the people are excluded from places of culture or entertainment, from libraries, from …
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… story of a nation requires a deep commitment to go into places of human sorrow, suffering, and death— but each time …
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
… TAMBO : This question is always put wrongly because it places the onus on us. We are reacting to a violent system. …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… goods. Most of these came from Britain and other places. Adapted from A History of South Africa by C.W. de … for trade as the big markets were far away in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… terms of this legislation, gatherings in open-air public places are prohibited if the Minister of Justice considered …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 5 - The Politics of Socialism
… river above my fishing grounds and poisons the fish, this places severe constraints upon my actions. There are always … transport system at all. It also, in…
PlaceWindhoek, Capital City of Namibia
… German colonialism, now houses the National Museum which places particular emphasis on the freedom struggle and … building and commerce industries! There are…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
The Star reported that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the necklace murder of M. Mpapne that took place in 1986. The…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
This article was written by Peter LaNasa and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract: This essay discusses…
BiographySydney Kumalo
It is appropriate that the final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a Zulu "imbongi" or praise…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… killed in one place and there were killings in other places as well. This massacre shook the conscience of the …
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
… normal or seemingly unremarkable about the spread of such places into what was not wasteland but land seized by whites …
Submissions & winning projects 2009
Learners First place: Fairouz West (Western Cape), ‘A history of sport’ Second place: Neo Panane (North West Province), ‘A history of my school’ Third…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… said that the Cape Natives vote is obnoxious because it places the Cape Native on a higher footing than the Northern … tutelage. This franchise is ethically…