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ArchiveThe Final Prize - Contents and Preface
… the book: The Final Prize by Norman Levy “Everyone has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed me…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… Click on image to enlarge The South End Museum Trust was started in 1999 when a group of people from the disadvantaged communities of Port … of these was the…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… Please take note that this article was written prior to the answer that we have received yesterday afternoon from … continue. The economic windfalls have…
PlaceGriqualand East
… by the 1850's it was largely uninhabited, probably as a result of the Mfecane Wars of 1822-1836. Consequently … during the Colonial Era it was also commonly…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1948
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer … their rights ... They cannot even move from one…
PlacePiketberg
… that change colour with the seasons - from reddish brown to golden yellow in summer, and green in winter. Vineyards, … was given to the Church Council. The…
This doccie about a SA photographer is worth the watch by Garreth Van Niekerk (channel24), 28 May 2017
… of his extraordinarily prolific life and career – we get to see the man behind the camera with new eyes, and it’s … van – all of it in exquisite…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… after her. Born on the 14 September 1925, she grew up in a thoroughly rural environment. Between 1933 and 1940 she … within her community" She got married in…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… Deputy President Jacob Zuma has said he is stepping down to protect the judiciary. Defence lawyers had argued Bernard Ngoepe might be biased as he issued…
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… 16 December 1995 There are few countries which dedicate a national public holiday to reconciliation. But then there are few nations with our … conflict. And…
PlaceThe Owl House
… The Owl House is a Museum in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape , South Africa. Helen … of Owl House, turned her parents’ House and the yard into a “visionary…
David Goldblatt,The Transported of KwaNdebele by L'oeil De La Photographie, 26 September 2016
… and political developments of his native South Africa with a critical yet compassionate eye. Drawn “to the quiet and commonplace, where nothing ‘happened’…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
… as an anticoagulant. Initially, blood transfusions needed to be made directly from the donor to the receiver before … of blood banks. The first recorded…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… They were gradually, forcibly, moved off their land by a process of ‘legal eviction’ as claimed by the Government. … per month. Apart from health issues,…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION On the second day of January 1920, … labourers of the Denver Engineering…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… in people’s eyes. Words have so little value. You need to get under people’s skins. See what is inside.” [1] -The … of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda…
Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … emerged the world's first Socialist State, and we dare…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… rest of the African continent and India. In both spaces, a critical encounter between higher education, student … governments in many African countries and…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… Mashamba passed away at the age of 67 after battling with a long illness, the details of which have not yet been disclosed to the public. [i] Born on 25…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly established Settlement at the Cape. Jan van …
Event90-Days Act comences
… It is dubbed the 90-Day Act as it provides for any person to be detained, without trial, for 90 days. Further, on the … be re-arrested under the same law for…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… National Party, launched his "Total Strategy" in response to what he saw as the "Total Onslaught" of communism within … de Libertacao de Mozambique (FRELIMO)…
EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of 1833…
PlaceCR Swart Building
… Click on image to enlarge Known as the "Pride of the Free State", the CR … Building houses the Provincial Administration and features a 26th-floor revolving…
’Asinamali’
… Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1957 a message came through from SACTU that we must organize this campaign for one pound a day so that…
Famous Gatsha Buthelezi Editorial in SASM Newsletter, April 1973
… famous "daddy" of the "Zulus" with his "tricks" manages to confuse so many black people. Content, they relax, since … he has assumed. He must try, with…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… with Robert Mugabe as president. This was considered a positive development in the country, which had experienced … (MDC-T) sharing portfolio ministries. The…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… 1912 is a number that ought to be deeply etched in the minds of all Africans. For during … gave us Pixley Ka Isaka Seme — and heaven indeed sounded a trumpet…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… Claremont, a Suburb in Cape Town , is situated North of Kenilworth , … into two fragments; Lower and Upper Claremont. Prior to forced removals under the…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… Born : 29 June 1952, Magog, KwaZulu-Natal In Summary : A student activist aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), leader of the … (NOW) and former…