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Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… those who say they want to see an end to apartheid. This places the Western Powers in the position in which they have …
PlaceSenekal
Senekal was established on 7 June 1877 on the farm De Puk in the district of Winburg. It is the panoramic Eastern Free State on the main route between…
PlaceOld Durban Brook Street Cemetery
The historical Cemetery has been encompassed by West Street Cemetery, lying in its far Western corner, closest to Berea Station. What makes it so interesting,…
PlaceUmzinto, South Coast
Umzinto is located on the Umdoni Coast, in KwaZulu Natal. The Umdoni Local Municipality is located in Kwazulu-Natal within the Ugu District Municipality. …
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
It is 20 years since the first Truth and Reconciliation hearing took place... The TRC was a unique political compromise forged during the years of…
PlaceReneen, Northern Cape
Reneen is a populated place and is located in Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 271 metres. It has 60 odd…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 3: The Sounds of Kora
… provides a sketch of the vocal tract in which the various places of articulation referred to in the chart are … Figure 3.2 Sketch of the vocal tract, showing…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
Prehistory of Southern AfricaFarming people did not inhabit the Greater Johannesburg region until the Late Iron Age. Then, beginning in the 15th century,…
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… sitting there, I did not know what was happening in most places outside my cell. Suddenly, one day, a man in a suit …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
… But by the very nature of the case the trade union places merely a negative check on management, which retains …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XII - End and Beginning
… Department wants is to make all the principal day-schools places of manual industry as well as of book instruction." In …
PlaceSonderwaterkraal
Sonderwaterkraal is a populated place and is located in Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal…
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
… New Dictionary of South African Places Peter E. Raper …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…
PlaceSteynsrus, Free State Province
The Town was established in 1910. Directly translated from Afrikaans; it would mean Steyn's Rest! The beautiful sand stone Church was well placed at the end…
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners at King…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… It has been made perfectly clear that registration places no obligation on the voter to exercise his vote. He or … an articulate and incensed section of the…
PlaceEntabeni Safari Conservancy, Waterberg
Entabeni Safari Conservancy, rightfully dubbed “The Place of the Mountain”, is situated in the World Heritage, Waterberg Biosphere. Approximately a three-hour…
PlaceBlinkwater
Like many isolated rural villages, Blinkwater in the Eastern Cape has never had access to any electricity. A plan supported by the United Nation Development…
ArchivePreface by Denis Goldberg
… do so. I have always wanted to speak about the people and places and events and ideas that shaped me and in a complex …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
1970 16 February, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of Communism Act, in May 1969, are acquitted. Three are…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… the trial proceeds. The Coloured Person’s Education Act places control over ’coloured’ education under the Department … the 90 day detention clause because…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… no one who attended would be arrested because in other places outside people have had meetings with leaders and … they were a group from Nyanga East. They…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… morning; and in the Pretoria Location there are sixty-five places of worship! While missionaries have taken tender care …
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… labour option. Slaves were imported from a variety of places, including the east coast of Africa (Mozambique and …
Fictional Cape Town
South Africa, thanks to the 2010 World Cup, has been topical lately. But what I have to offer is not a football story, but an unusual reportage located in…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
… between the reflexes in Biko's arms. This evidence places it beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. Biko had suffered … the fact that amid the host of irrelevant…
PlaceFort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
Fort Beaufort (Xhosa: iBhofolo). Fort Beaufort is situated in the Eastern Cape Province. The town is surrounded by magnificent Mountain Ranges and it is known…
PlaceVarsche River, Table Mountain
To the Cape’s indigenous people – the Khoi pastoralists and the San hunter-gatherers – the area now occupied by Cape Town City Centre were known as- Camissa,…