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BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
… 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German immigrants who met … , as well as such lesser towns of the…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… ramkie, a guitar with three or four strings, based on that of Malabar slaves. They used it to blend Khoi and Western … broadcasting across Natal, Transvaal…
BiographyDr Ahmed Ismail Limbada
… Transvaal (now Gauteng) where he was a member of the Progressive Forum. In 1951, two of Dundee’s sons, … Act from 28 April 1967 to 30 June 1968. The…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a … disrupt and disperse the night vigil. Monday 9…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh … been to put the Medical Officers under the control of the State, otherwise…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings … diamond and gold mines of the Transvaal and Orange…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Introduction December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is … in this Boer Republic. In 1894 the Government of…
Leonora van den Heever
… went on to complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria , and started to work at the normaalkollege in … LLB part-time through the University of…
BiographyWilliam George Ballinger
… William George Ballinger was born on 21st of September in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South … of Clements Kadalie . He found the union already in…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina
… Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina …
BiographyThys Dullaart
… in Journalism at Pretoria Technikon and did two years of a fine arts degree at UNISA and two years of his National … 1995 and 1996. In 1999 Dullaart set out…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… violence against women. In 1975, Anne Mayne, a survivor of both domestic violence and a gang rape, attended the UN … as a matter of principle, also did not…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… Other: (address, occupation etc.) Aba, Lickard Act No. 44 of 1950 (Suppression of Communism Act) Section 9 (1) 28 April … In January 1977 he fled to Botswana…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African National Congress (ANC) reacted … evidence that the ANC was violent. At…
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… The people of South Africa, particularly the youth of our country, are … tyranny. In spite of fierce repression under the state of emergency, torture,…
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
… Baloyi was born on 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but in 1925 he became a taxi owner. In…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… Introduction The institution of traditional leadership represents an early form of societal organisation. It embodies the protection of … leaders the…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, right wing, anti-Communist form of … all opposition and established a totalitarian one party…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their … in March 1960, the South African…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… While on a choir trip to the United States (US) Institute of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) with the … led by Charlotte Maxeke take place in…
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
… Patrick "Terror" Lekota was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 August 1948, into a working-class family. He was the eldest…
Archive1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987
… Conference held at Cape Town on 12 March 1987, discussing: State of Emergency, detentions, conditions of prisons, pass laws, … 1987, the year of the…
EventAs part of a defiance campaign against the apartheid Government, SA is hit by a nationwide wave of protests
… On 6 September 1989, the majority of South Africans witnessed the election of a national … election in South Africa. This election took place under a State…
ArticleThe impact of the collapse of the USSR in 1989
… The impact of the collapse of the USSR in 1989 …
Calendar of major events during the unfolding of total strategy
… Calendar of major events during the unfolding of total strategy …
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary
… Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary …
ArticleThe National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA)
… The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) …
Archive of documents used in compilation of Solomon Mahlangu feature
… Archive of documents used in compilation of Solomon Mahlangu feature …
League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929
… League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929 …
The establishment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1994
… The establishment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1994 …