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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
By the 1970s a number of leading figures in the ANC were in prison while others were in exile. Those that remained inside South Africa faced arrest, detention…
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
Nelson Mandela Family Tree
The Mandela family tree drafted by Nelson Mandela and K.D. Matanzima. From the book Higher Than Hope - 'Rolihlahla we love you' by Fatima Meer. Click here for…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
1940 Born in Cape Town. 1960s Graduates from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the…
Introduction
IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo…
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
Author: Chris Ledochowski This book is the culmination of 10 years of documenting life in the Cape Flats African and Coloured townships of Cape Town by one of…
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… this case. The Opposition to the Issue of Reference Books to African Women Magnificent effective mass … such as the obnoxious control permits, reference…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli`s passing away, 4 November 2007, Thembeni, Ilembe District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… Union and many others not formally registered in Congress books but fully sharing Congress aspirations and accepting …
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… with us. South African refugees could now read most of the books banned in their own country. Some 'met' Nelson Mandela …
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… during apartheid. The court questioned her for the many books she had in her home. Throughout her life, Desai prided … “He (Timol) used to sit and study in…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
… and priests, all well paid by the king. Many manuscript books coming from Barbary are sold. Such sales are more …
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
I first met Aziz when I was a student at the London School of Economics. I met him through my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
Along the Western shores of South Africa there are many myriad fishing Villages which lie sleepily on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. While Paternoster is…
PlaceBiedow Valley, Western Province
The beautiful, fertile Biedouw Valley that lies hemmed in by the Biedouw Mountains to the North and to the South, by the Tra-Tra Mountains, just 32 kilometers…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
Mooi River was originally named: 'Lawrenceville'- after the Irish farmer who formalized its settlement during the 1800's. The Village took its enduring name…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… of Law where he has been since 1996. He has written many books such as Constituting Democracy in 2000 and The …
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… like this, from all over South Africa. You will find books with South African folklore in most libraries. …
Community histories of Rustenburg
… in the ZAR. He emphasised the importance of school books, a proper syllabus and an improved school inspection …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… strike in protest of the Sharpeville massacre. Pass books are burned in countless bonfires. At one of the events …
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… Uitenhage area were recorded in detail in the Blue Books for the Public Works Department of the Cape of Good …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… 1956 African women are issued with reference books amid a storm of protest. The Federation of South …
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… Search [ ONLINE] Available at: https://booksgoogle.co.za/books?isbn=0857203894 . [ Accessed 09 February 2015]. 4. …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… arranges with his legal counsel, Harry Bloom, to bring him books under the pretext that he is studying. On one … the country and remove papers, letters,…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
… once remarked admiringly, 'Nanise had a box full of books (Webb and Wright, 1976: 77). Early interest in the … SNA, file 112, 1879, 1/1/33)11 She had…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
… wrote. Longing for home A gentle soul with a passion for books, he longed for his home. I can imagine how much he … passionate activists or committed…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
Jock Strachan – who died this month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban by deliberately…
Rafique Mayet
Rafique (Rafs) Mayet was born in 1955 in Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). Mayet matriculated in Durban and worked at various jobs since completing school,…
ArticleThe Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
This Order is to be awarded to foreign nationals (Heads of State and Government) and other foreign dignitaries. It is to be awarded for friendship shown to…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
Divested of names and birthright Autshumato and Krotoa were ferried oor die see, oor die see, in die eiland stemertjie every time they incurred the wrath of…