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PlaceCR Swart Building
… named after. Someone [who] has made a difference to their lives and living conditions.” According to Economic Freedom …
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… It is estimated that 11 South Africans lost their lives during the devastating Tsunami that lashed large parts …
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… which they could construe their environment and also their lives (Shell, 1994:404). It is argued that the dehumanizing … despite the significant control…
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
… the only conception of democracy to be found in Mandela’s writings, but it is the one most extensively described and … one of the ANC’s main proponents of…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… some momentary escape from the desolation of their lives. This hysteria is familiar to anyone with experience of … Prison; three days later, a similar brawl…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Dr. John Philip, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.), who…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… life for black and coloured people. He also documented the lives of Jews in SA and of destitute whites. But in the … African citizen. “It will have an impact…
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… own social reality. One Xhosa-speaking black student who lives in a shack argued that apartheid had no lasting effects … the past as having a particular…
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… of the world against a silent killer that threatens our lives and the very fabric of our existence. On this day, we … in our nation to take responsibility…
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
… and discrimination is no quick or easy task. Although the lives of millions of South Africans have begun to improve, we … the needs of the large part of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Accepting the Deutscher Medienpreis Baden-Baden, 28 January 1999
… and providing the means for people to improve their lives, nor of the length of time it may take. Perhaps it will … progress had been made in bringing change…
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
… restoration of “order” becomes more important than the lives of countless workers? If we want to prevent this from … its workforce, sparking the wild-cat…
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… 1976. Patel has been manager of the museum since 2013 and lives in a flat above it. Visitors to the museum include …
PlaceSt Cyprian’s School, Gorge Road, Oranjezicht
… that will stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives, to play passionately and to give generously of …
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
… Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in … Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lives up to its…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… longest and deadliest conflicts in history, the loss of lives in World War 1 amounted to over 15 million. Amongst …
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… Available at: news.google.com [Accessed 7 July 2009] SAHO Lives of Courage Feature: information on banned persons and …
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… casualties as a direct result of the Tsunami). Measured in lives lost, this is one of the ten worst earthquakes in …
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… hailstorms, rainsqualls and lightning, claiming the lives of at least 14 people and leaving hundreds injured or …
EventWorld War I begins
… longest and deadliest conflicts in history, the loss of lives in World War 1 amounted to over 15 million. Amongst …
PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… celebrates the unique collection of Marine Life that lives off South Africa's Coasts , where the Atlantic and … celebrates the unique collection of Marine…
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… 360 University Avenue, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War . It was designed by Walter Seymour … 360 University Avenue, in memory of…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… negroes in the world came back to Africa… I admired [his writings] because here was a boy writing something like the …
“What I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi”: An Article, September 16, 1948
… the age of reason I began to make a deep study of the writings of Gandhiji, and although I became an adherent of …
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… struggles and related ideologies. Gumede's historical writings are to be found in archives and libraries in South …
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… Slavery affected the economy of the Cape, as well as the lives of almost everyone living there. Its influence also … economy of the Cape depended heavily on…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
Ancient: Belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past. BC: Before Christ. Used in the Christian calendar to show a particular…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… languages. Religion has always been central to people’s lives in Africa. Islam and Christianity are two of the most … which could further enhance development…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… who had once tended to their farms and lived simple lives now had nothing to sustain themselves. As the men of … had so few legal rights and choices in both…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… wish to pay tribute to two people who gave their very lives for this cause - Ruth First, whom I knew as a fine … idea of human freedom repulsive. These…