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EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… Chief and Patriot, Struik: Cape Town.|South African History Onile, Seetsele Modiri (Silas Moliri) Molema,medical … 20 August 2013]|South African History…
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… president of the IFP. Sources: http://www.ifp.org.za/History/history.htm …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… publications." It is notable that this day in history marks both the birth and death of this important figure in South African journalism and its history. …
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… independence on 27 April 1961. Sources: "August 22nd in History". Website: tnl.net Sierra Leone - History. Website: nationsencyclopedia.com …
Foreword
… the AAM's role and impact, about the significance of its history and about how to ensure that its oral and written … also to all those who helped compile the…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… A tumultuous history has left women in present day South Africa with a …
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… Stalin's regime is recorded as one of the bloodiest in history. Millions were killed through the purges, through …
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… movement, or its course. The people who migrated used oral history to continue their beliefs, traditions and history. When a group was destroyed or scattered…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Photograph by Drum Photographer. Permission: Baileys History Archives Golden City Post Can Themba was born a Black … Photograph by Peter Magubane. Permission…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… the changing and many faces of South African culture and history through its buildings. Many of the photographs that … coffee table book and trophy of South…
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… and later Cape Town, and because of his interest in church history, he was appointed the first full-time archivist of … and the Great Trek). Dreyer published…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when … Guinea Gains Independence from Spain’ from African History [online] Available at www…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… the enigmatic histories of these institutions of Afrikaner history and to piece together their origins and links with … were not enough to uncover what was…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… sun-kissed beaches; Robben Island’s allure lies rich in History. South Africa’s first democratically elected … and fortifications. While the Island has a…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… adults, and displays concentrating on Tswana culture and history tell interesting stories of the heritage and history of the region’s people. One of the most…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… al Qalam; The Jo'burg Book: a guide to the city's history, people and places; Inleiding Tot Die Reg En …
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… is entirely the wrong conclusion. This volume adds to the history of Jewish settlement in South Africa and throws light on Cape Town social history in the…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… museum is a hidden treasure with collections of Hout Bay’s history that goes back to 1652. When the Dutch colony … Bay valley and her inhabitants. There is…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… He is among the most prominent figures in South African history. Rhodes rose to prominence as a Financier, … Founder of the De Beers Company of mines. In…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… knowledge of the Northern Cape. Displays include natural history, the Siege of Kimberley , a Hall of Religions and the … Ancestors Gallery, depicting three…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… river. Port Elizabeth, now known as Gqeberha, has a rich history rooted in British colonialism and the influx of … in the Eastern Cape's economic development…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… 19 May 2011] Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in African History: 27 June,’from African History, [online] Available at www.africanhistory.about.com, …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… and left for Europe. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘The history of the War,’ from Paperspast, [online] Available at … Johannes Paulus "Paul" Kruger, from South…
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… and the most exciting years of this country's recent history, Norman Levy's autobiography combines a narrative of … experience with South African economic…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… the most significant political events in the 19th Century history of Cape Muslims. In commemoration of the 124th … Centre to the Tana Baru Cemetery. Related:…
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… by now. References: Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day In African History’, from About African History, 01 June, [online], available at …
Side By Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph
… forces, this book is a contribution to their courageous history by a woman who is herself a part of that history. “a history of struggle told from it's heart…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… and it stands tall as a testimony to the constructive history of South Africa. The thatched roof revolves to allow … popular tourist spot for young and old,…
The National Anthem
… note that the sheet music is in .pdf format (245 KB). History A proclamation issued by the (then) State President …
ArticleRock Art
… possible (Lewis-Williams, D. 1981). Ethnology and oral history has been used to obtain information about "Bushman" …