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ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… motions of the spiritual dancing of whirling dervishes to the mesmerising qawwali [1] performances of the likes of … between 35,000 – 70,000 in present-day…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… the quaint coastal hamlet of Stanford and the coastal road to Hermanus. The original gravel road dates back to 1776 and … in Stanford. Stanford, named after…
PlaceSharpeville, Gauteng
… Sharpeville Township holds many sad memories and is Home to the Memorial at the 'Human Rights Precinct'. Sharpeville … +/-14 km from Vereeniging . In 1960,…
Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo's Statement In Court In Trial For Passive Resistance, June 1946
… 1946, at the beginning of the passive resistance campaign, to three months` imprisonment with hard labour. He had been … I am pleading guilty against the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… Distinguished Guests; Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great privilege to host you and your distinguished delegation. We hope that … of us. As you know, Mr…
Statement by Nelson R. Mandela on his relationship with his wife 13 April 1992
… of much media speculation. I am issuing this statement to clarify the position and in the hope that it will bring an … Comrade Nomzamo and myself contracted…
EventSmallpox Epidemic Strikes at the Cape
… station at the Cape, after arriving with the crew on a Dutch ship. The disease wreaks irreparable havoc amongst … Hardest hit are the indigenous Khoisan…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Province. Initially the Town was part of land granted to White farmers, in 1885, for their support of King Dinuzulu … against the wishes of people. In this…
Remembering Sol Plaatje as South Africa’s original public educator (The Conversation), 05 October 2016
… completely stripped black South Africans of the right to own land. Plaatje, known as Sol, came from a family that had been associated with Christian missions…
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
… black consciousness leader, Bantu Stephen Biko. Arrested a healthy man on August 18 1977, he died three weeks later as a result of subarachnoid haemorrhage…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… two qualities he valued so highly in others. The first is a relentless rationality. The second is that law is nothing … by the moral commitment of those who…
”Report on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee” by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
… the Pan Africanist Congress: "The Committee decided to suspend the assistance granted to the P. A. C. until such time that the Standing Committee on … In…
ArchiveReport on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
… the Pan Africanist Congress: "The Committee decided to suspend the assistance granted to the P. A. C. until such time that the Standing Committee on … In…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… The first farmers For a period of time that is almost impossible to imagine, all the inhabitants of Southern Africa were Stone … and shows how the arrival of…
Postscript
… Side by Side by Helen Joseph ... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, And that has … all the difference. Robert Frost, "The…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… A reflection on photography I intended this book as a documentary to show what life is really like for Africans. The government … Apartheid - a vigilant…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 14. "africanism," T.A.S.A. [Transvaal African Students' Association] Bulletin, 1, … B.A., LL.B., on "Africanism," which,…
Accredited Events
… The National Centenary Task Team (NCTT), has established a sub committee referred to as the Content and Copyright Sub Committee whose primary function is to…
Event’Purple rain’ used on women protesters
… in Adderley street, Cape Town used their new water cannons to suppress a Cape riot that had, for the third time, spread to White areas. The rioting spread…
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… Empowerment Consortium (NEC) signed an agreement for Anglo to sell almost 48 percent shareholding in Johnnic (an … of Johnnic's 30,4 million shares - would…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… foundations of our own republic, whose creation stands as a monument to Chaskalson’s legal creativity and political fealty. The … rule of law under stress,…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison … capitalism flourishing in South Africa. Cecil Rhodes set…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… Congress will submit its protection order application to afford its staff, members, its assets and the public at large protection against a threat posed by…
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… and respected around the world for its pioneering approach to human rights - is the symbol of a remarkable negotiated transition, one that turned a country…
PlaceNelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
… are housed in two Buildings framing the entrance to St George's Park and consist of South African art … built in 1927 and the second building which was…
EventANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education
… mass boycott of Ba ntu Education. Bantu education referred to the administration of education for blacks under the … the government warned that those who did…
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Vietnam
… rule under way, the Republic of South Africa opened itself to the outside world. Diplomatic ties were signed between … sectors such as infrastructure. And in…
EventStudents at Durban
… unrest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) owing to political activism and a continuing struggle between the Azanian Students' Movement … National…
EventAfrica Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… Train was launched in Kampala, Uganda, on 15 August in a ceremony in which a Peace Torch was received. It was destined to run through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi…
EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… in Scotland on 5 January 1789. Pringle sustained an injury to his hip as a result of being accidentally dropped by his nanny when he … interested in writing,…