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ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… decline. The Kingdom was centered around the great city of Mbanza Kongo, located in what is now northern Angola, … south of Kongo, and that Lukeni lua Nimi…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of … history has an uneasy relationship with depictions of the city in tourist publications as…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… the Western Areas (Kane-Berman, 70). This initiative took place in full throttle after 1948 with the inauguration of … from the Governor-General. The second…
Key terms and definitions Grade 12 topic 4
… or punitive reasons Ghettos an area, usually outside a city, that is occupied by a minority group Imposed use of …
Mission Stations - A-F
… it was a station of the London Missionary Society. At this place, which is represented in the annexed etching, there … cruel, he did not scruple to display,…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… announced that the 2014 fifth national elections will take place on 7 May 2014 from 7am to 9am, and that South Africans … April - 17 April 2014, applications…
BiographyMadi Gray
… It was an uphill battle to persuade the Africa Group to place priority on work on South Africa that they decided to …
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… succession battle, Brand convinced the Volksraad to place the Barolong areas under Free State guardianship, and …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… Ela was still a member of the TEC when the IFP march took place on Luthuli House. “People don't know the fact that from …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
… how Nazi Germany came to power, how the World War II took place in Europe, and how the World War II occurred in the … In mid-February 1945, the Allies bombed…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… West Province. 1913 A strike of 9000 African miners takes place at Jagersfontein Diamond mine, after a fellow-worker is … , ANC bases in a suburb of Maputo,…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… notes in a caption. They look confident, at home in the city. From 1964 comes another Johannesburg picture far less … extensive commitments of time and…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… of the Lansdowne Commission would not be implemented. In place of the recommended improvements, only a small wage … - ten shillings a day minimum wage;family…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… Mission Reserve near Durban. Our meeting must take place almost in the dead of night at the home of a mutual … world finally, and therefore we must know what…
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… , a farm worker in a rural area that later became Zion City, in the Northern Province. Lekganyane was educated by … members for several days of religious…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… cross between social clubs, a bar and a general meeting place. A shebeen tour offers an entertaining 3 – 4 hours of … The museum is situated in the…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… about 15 - 20 miles away. Two of my brothers worked in the city of Durban arid they had to walk about 7 - 9 miles to and … up. In 1924 we moved to a suburb…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… 1971 Molvi Cachalia retired and Mosie was appointed in his place. In 1972 Mendi was transferred to Tanzania and Mosie …
BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
… joined them there. Another child, a boy, was born in their place of exile a few years later. In Swaziland the couple …
BiographySumboornam Pillay
… , Cape Town , Port Elizabeth and made Durban a buzz place of cultural activities (Govender, 2017). In 1970, …
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was born at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban, in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or…
The Battle of Square Hill
… October 1915 the first recruitment station opened at the City Hall in Cape Town. Although the response was such that … for battle through a series of…
PlaceeThekwini Municipality
… alongside Cape Town , Nelson Mandela Bay , and Buffalo City . Category A Municipalities are characterized by their … conferences of a global scale. Durban is…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… Depression had gone on long before the crash of ‘29 took place. One of the ways it affected the black community was … Depression had gone on long before the…
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… is a sure-fire way to obtain a deeper understanding of the City of Cape Town and its History. Maynardville The land of … of Wynberg was further developed,…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… 1875. In 1877, the lending library housed in a room in the city hall where the citizens of Bloemfontein could borrow … social activity after 1895. Two…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… and honoured to be a free citizen of Boksburg. It is a city whose own history embodies our country's past and its … the East Rand industrial heartland of our…
Early civilisations from around the world: Mesopotamia, China, Indus River Valley, the Mesoamerican empires
… the kings. One of the Gods worshipped in the city of Eridu was called the House of Water, or Enki. He … The people also worshipped Enki as a god of knowledge…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… to D Brutus’ right on platform of a meeting held in PE City Hall Sep 6 to mobilise support for a boycott of coloured …
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
… in 1979. The 5000 hectare piece of land was located in the city of Morogoro, Tanzania. The area is known as Mazimbu. Mr …