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PlaceLekkersing, Namaqualand
The small settlement of Lekkersing, established in 1926 by Ryk Jasper Cloete, lies 60 km east of Port Nolloth. It is said that its name (which means to sing…
PlaceRedelinghuys, Cape West Coast
Lying about two Hours' drive from Cape Town, Redelinghuys is known as the 'potato Capital', of the Sandveld. It lies on the R366 between Picketberg and…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… he said, on living, no prohibition of acquisition of land in the British Empire. We have a right to ask how such … 1885 have been closed in this Act. While…
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
Advocate Vernon Celliers Berrangé was born on 25 November 1900 in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). His lived and worked all his life in Johannesburg, having been…
PlaceNamibia
… merchant from Bremen, Franz Luderitz, bought up coastal land in the area in 1882. This resulted in Germany actively … , Khoi , San and Damara communities…
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 17 November 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel…
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
Several dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, Gerrit Bakker, Cornells Struik and AA…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… maintaining white control of the majority of South African land. As Christopher (2000) writes, “Each of these aspects … and more tangible concerns of…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… in agriculture and greater productivity of the land, as prosperity grew the population expanded giving rise …
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… east. As a result, the indigenous Khoisan started losing land and were forced to serve the colonists (South Africa …
44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
… are amongst the most oppressed of our people. Hungry for land, denied security, harassed by the squatter`s act and cast adrift with their families when…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… and cultural advantages of this rich and lovely land” [xi] (Boycott, 1965). Despite the efforts of other …
BiographyJeremy Vearey
Jeremy Vearey was born in 1963 in Elsies River. He describes the area as a ‘different Elsies River’ than today as it was only around 50% built houses. It was a…
ArchiveIsisebenzi December 1972 (English Translation)
ISISEBENZI COVER PAGE IS STAMPED (NATAL SOCIETY 1 DEC 1972 COPYRIGHT) LOCO ( WORKERS HAND HOLDING A CHAIN) EDITORS NOTES: We have a lot of issues…
PlaceTsaarsbank Beach, West Coast
The Cape West Coast of South Africa is known for its raw, rugged beaches and spectacular untouched landscapes. Although most of the little fishing towns dotted…
PlaceSahara Desert, in North Africa.
The World’s largest Desert – The Sahara – is comparatively well represented on the World Heritage Sites with four extensive sites featuring: Spectacular eroded…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… first record of white colonialist intervention into the land) until apartheid^Òs demise in 1990. Goldblatt confronted …
BiographyConstance Stuart Larrabee
Constance Stuart Larrabee was born in Cornwall, England and came to South Africa with her parents when she was three months old. Constance’s interest in…
Archive2000 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 4 February 2000
… released and the exiles began the journey back to the land of their birth. In the course of a mere decade, we ended … For these purposes, there can be no…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
… liberators proclaims from the height of the spine of our land - the sacred mountains of Ulundi - that the cause for …
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… liberators proclaims from the height of the spine of our land - the sacred mountains of Ulundi - that the cause for …
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… where people lived, worked and were educated. The best land, resources, facilities and amenities were reserved for …
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
Francois Pienaar was born on 1st January 1969 in Vereeniging into a working class Afrikaner family. Although he participated in various sporting activities as…
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
Curtis Nkondo was born on 1st February 1928 in Louis Trichardt, Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Tsietsi Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher in the Methodist…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… weapons were used have ended, large tracts of African land remain inaccessible due to the presence of these mines … of war. Our men and women are prevented…
PlaceBurundi
… CE [xv] . Some academics believe that a shortage of land created an increased conflict over cattle to be used as … say, but local chiefs and the king had a…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… ranks of the proletarianised who had been forced off the land by economic hardship, government policy and the …
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
George Bizos was born in 1927 in Vasilitsi, near Koroni in the south of Greece. During World War II, when the Germans occupied Greece in 1941, the young Bizos…
Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… the Pegging Act, which restricts Natal Indians from buying land in so-called European areas, must be supported. HOME … industrial colour bar." The need for…