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PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… The property was granted to Matthys Coeymans in 1669 and its homestead was subsequently erected in a Cape Dutch … Grey's term of office as Governor he…
Forging Solidarity: Southern Perspectives of Popular Education
… In what ways are popular educators in the ‘south’, and particularly in South Africa, responding to various, precarious economic, political, cultural and…
ArchiveA Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1963
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1963 and includes chapters on: Policies and attitudes; New non-White organizations and their activities;…
Document 98 - “The All African Convention”, Umlilo Mollo /The Flame, 1, 2, October 1936
… Convention held its conference of the Transvaal section, and once again as in the July and December conferences the fatal weakness of the convention ……
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… the 1998 budget. Both in discussion in Parliament and at NEDLAC, it has been clear that the Department of … to subject its macro-economic parameters to…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… by right of conquest, Schweizer-Reneke, is where we ended and the third Boer War, another South African war, will start … steeped in bloody relations between…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… time. England won at Newlands in 1889, 1892, 1896, 1899 and 1906. South Africa finally turned the tables in the … cricket memories, it was also blemished by…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… is a unique museum that reveals much about the life and the spirit of this great statesman. Soldier, scholar, statesman and philosopher, General Jan…
EventBritish Parliament passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… Parliament on 24 August 1833. It became law in 1834 and emancipated all the slaves in the British Empire. This … for the slaves was to be collected…
EventThe New Zealand Mounted Rifles leave Wellington for the South African War
… contingent comprised of 214 officers including the crew and 251 horses sailed to South Africa to fight along the … volunteers who were expected to provide…
PlaceFlagstaff
… In 1877 Zachariah Bowles and his partner, a Mr Owen, established a trading store on … of South Africa located some 80 km South-East of Kokstad and 45 km…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… includes: ' Mamre ; Genadendal ; Wuppertal ; Steinkopf and Elim '). Both Towns are under-explored and dependent on Tourism for their survival. Their…
PlaceNqamakwe
… relatively few links to their former rural tribal economy and, at a relatively early stage, came under the guidance of … they began, on their own initiative,…
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… Oudtshoorn was originally part of the District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in about 1858. The local economy was based primarily upon…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… after anti-pass demonstrations at Sharpeville, Langa and Nyanga, organised by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) on 21 March 1960, led to bloodshed and chaos…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… Bhavani Lutchmia. 17 November 1998. Westville Newspapers and Magazines Fiat Lux. February 1970. Volume 5. No. 1 The … of the NIO. 16 March 1952. Secondary…
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
… This structure probably dates from the 1890's and was built in sandstone in a predominantly neo-Gothic … 'Fort Knocke; the Hollandse Redoubt; the Franse…
PlaceLadysmith
… Ladysmith is one of the most important industrial and commercial centres of the South African province of … fascinating history, with a range of substantial…
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… of South Africa brings you this urgent call to unity and mass action, by political prisoners on Robben Island to all patriots of our motherland. Nelson…
Introduction to a Message from Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Smuggled Out Of Prison, 10 June 1980
… of South Africa brings you this urgent call to unity and mass action, by political prisoners on Robben Island to all patriots of our motherland. Nelson…
PlaceJonkershoek
… Reserve is home to the majestic Jonkershoek Mountains and parts of the Jonkershoek valley, it is a UNESCO World … ideal for hiking enthusiasts. The Eerste,…
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
… became a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he completed his Senior Certificate. After … from Robben Island he was restricted…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe to study at Rorke's Drift. This he did for a year, beginning in…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black unions and civic groups in protest over increases in rent…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… with his family after fleeing South Africa via Lesotho and Botswana. Woods was prosecuted seven times under the apartheid government's publication laws and…
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… was viewed as a threat by the government. COSATU officials and members were subjected to physical attacks and arrests by the government agents. In the early…
PlaceState President Swart Park, Bloemfontein
… the Park has many sculptured flowerbeds, rolling lawns and shady spots. The facilities at this Park include a Rugby, a Cricket and Athletics Stadium. The…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
… elite group, distinguished by its technical competence and secure organisation, rather than by its size or … failed to establish itself as the means of…
22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By 1911, the public outcry in India … to send sirdars to India so as to…
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… will not know who was responsible for his interrogation and his death, until the security police from the old … child? I want to know who was responsible for…