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PlaceRust en Vreugd, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… notorious Cape Fiscal, who owned the estate between 1777 and 1782. Boers was reputed to have been a corrupt official who gained much of his wealth through…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… half of the nineteenth century, the territory was claimed and occupied by an expansionist European power, in this case, Germany. Their rule was oppressive…
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… southern Africa was mired in warfare, rebellion, protest and unrest. One hundred years on, it is an opportune moment for historians to reflect upon and…
Introduction
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai It is common knowledge that Indians came … Africa in two categories, namely as…
Black Reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973 - Address to the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association by O. R. Tambo, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, 1973
… to apartheid during the period 1948-1973 is topical and should help us to understand what is now happening in … But the black reaction was a reaction to a…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… Niger. Long before the arrival of French influence and control in the area, Niger was an important economic crossroads, and the empires of Songhai, Mali, Gao…
PlacePiketberg
… seasons - from reddish brown to golden yellow in summer, and green in winter. Vineyards, fruit farms and beautiful examples of indigenous fynbos . Believed…
ANC statement on more lies inside the Cape Town story, 14 May 2011
… the blatant falsehoods, deceits, relentless misinformation and unbridled malicious campaign, which is the basis upon … 2011 election propaganda is founded…
ArchiveUnlike The Gambia’s Jammeh, Mugabe may not disappear, 22 November 2017, AZAD ESSA
… is shown with his arms wide open; a Qur’an in one hand and a short staff in another. Passers-by and passengers look up at the ceiling and chuckle at the…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
… Omar Latiff; Councillors; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, I feel deeply honoured to be awarded the … tribute to their achievement in building…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… to strike should specifically include the right to defend and promote social and economic interests of workers. The report of the Fact Finding and…
ANC Press Statement presented by Oliver Tambo, 16 August 1985, Lusaka
… Last night, the people of South Africa and the rest of the world were treated to an arrogant … At a time when every thinking person in our country and abroad…
ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991
… It brought together leading fighters against minority rule and apartheid from ANC branches throughout the country, from … ANC, from the camps of Umkhonto…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… constructed for the insurance company 1905, was renovated and extended to facilitate the merger of collections in 2010. … The renovated building boasts a…
ANC Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 16 August 1985
… Last night, the people of South Africa and the rest of the world were treated to an arrogant … At a time when every thinking person in our country and abroad…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Investment Against Crime Seminar 19 August 1998
… Chairman of the China Express, Mr Chu-cheng Kan; Ladies and gentlemen, Any meeting to share ideas on topics of such … importance to the future of South…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1946
… precedents that when members of a race have gone and settled in another country and have been subjected to unfair treatment, the mother … creators of the…
Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
… War photographers are either sleazy and glamorous, or noble and glamorous. At least this is what you will think if you … is The Bang Bang Club, very loosely…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Nelson Mandela an International Tribute for a Free South Africa, 16 April 1990, Wembley Stadium, London
… Tribute - For a Free South Africa" is an historic and unique event. Artists from across the world are gathering in Wembley Stadium to greet Nelson Mandela…
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… Johannesburg has many historic landmarks and the Rissik Street Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the city’s oldest surviving buildings…
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… necessary for the job on his last voyage to the Cape, and used them in 1701 to build for himself a thatched cottage … turned it into a double-storey mansion…
PlacePaternoster, West Coast
… "Think of Fishermen and Fishing Boats, hardy Fynbos growing on whites Dunes, and of Bokkoms (dried Fish), drying in the wind. Paternoster, … Building which…
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1977 the Government proposed a new … separate parliaments, one each for…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… (And the Address by Dr Martin Simon, Executive Board Member of … explores the past in order to heal, to reconcile and to build the future. In this sense, it…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… is as inclusive as possible. If we wish to have a peaceful and stable future, it is of the greatest importance that as many of our people and parties as…
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… In early 1966 John Lennon was reading about Christianity and when he was interviewed by Maureen Cleave for the London … on 4 March, said: "Christianity will…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… India Messrs Sorabjee Rustomjee, S.R. Naidoo, A.S. Kajee and A.A Mirza left for Mombasa at daybreak on Wednesday by … cause of the South African Indians…
Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, “Boycott as a Political Weapon”, Liberation, 23, February 1957
… Legislative Council in India by the Indian Congress. And we in this country are in a particularly good position to … effective the boycott weapon can be,…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
… story would to tell the story of the Builder of a Nation and the heroic efforts he made by military strength and by diplomacy to save that nation from the…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Prof Johan Rockström, Chair of the 3rd Nobel … on Global Sustainability, Ministers, Ambassadors, Ladies and…