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PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… cottage was, for many years, the property of the Stadler family, and is a typical example of the type of vernacular …
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… the building, thus enabling him to accommodate his growing family. The cottage is a typical Cape Coastal vernacular …
PlaceNiewoudtville
… the Bokkeveld escarpment. It was named after the Nieuwoudt family, who owned the land until 1897, when it was purchased … including: caravanning, bird…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… Britroyals.com (2011). ‘Queen Elizabeth 1’ from Royal Family History [online]. Available at www.britroyals.com …
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… chieftaincy and they even approved of his marriage. The family recognized him as Kgosi (King) and Ruth, as his wife, …
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… commander before joining the NIA, as well as Mdluli’s own family, alleged that he was murdered. Later, one of NIA …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… Africa. By the 1920s, one or more members of nearly every family spent some time every year working as wage labourers … families could become sharecroppers…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
… Leepile Boitumelo Kondile Bolente Ngqengqeleka Bolisi Biko Bomwana Rala Bonakele Mpondo Bongani Mpondo Bongani …
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… become state schools. A week later, on 12 September, Steve Biko was murdered. In October all Black Consciousness … Mzamane, M., Maaba, B and Biko, N., The…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… here to announce any fair departures. And in any case, my family and advisors have warned me not to tell my favorite … to spend time, while I am still in…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… for example, spread rain medicines on the fields. Later, family heads would take burning cattle dung from the capital …
ArticleKora
… the original name for Pacaltsdorp, near George. Korana family names tended to signify a special characteristic or …
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… people about politics and values. Gcina comes from a mixed family and was born in KwaZulu Natal. Her father was Zulu and …
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
… had to flee into exile after threats to her and her family's life. Thamm says that tragically, Kuzwayo (on so …
PlaceGreen Point Common
… of the Mother City. For a fun day out, school tours, family picnics, children’s birthday parties, outdoor …
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… Africa. Fatima was the second of nine children in her family. She attended school at the Durban Indian Girls’ High …
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… about." After the announcement, Mandela visited Diana's family home and placed a wreath on her grave. …
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… the provincial barriers. I am the seventh child in the family. We were seven brothers and one sister. Two brothers … My father died in 1921 and my mother…
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
… service cheaply available for their household and various family responsibilities, White women have theoretically all … peasants. And they are females in a…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… 1900 to 1907 it was the home of Rudyard Kipling and his family who stayed here during the summer months. The property …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… that our young democracy has found a niche within Africa's family of nations, to learn and to contribute her utmost. …
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… held in solitary confinement, without access to lawyers or family. The statute said nothing about the conditions under …
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… on 14 November 1922 into a prominent Coptic Christian family. He studied International Law and International …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… The Final Prize: Contents and Preface The Final Prize: Family - Chapter 1 The Final Prize: The Politics of War - …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
… you love me and that I enjoy the good wishes of countless family members. I wish neither to be sick nor sickening. Only … wrong with the bone formation. Last…
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… war, he found his farmstead completely destroyed and his family living with relatives. When my father married, he … sisters and Johanna went to board with a…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… at least 150 000 years. That must be one very long and big family tree! Today we still see evidence of cultural … shared as there would usually be enough…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the launch of COP 17 Legacy Projects in Groutville, Kwazulu-Natal, 08 December 2011
… pay our respects to his memory and legacy. Last week, the family buried his son, Mr Sulenkosi Luthuli. We extend our deepest condolences to the family during…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… in the life and work of Kally. Rajab, the son of a family whose friendship with Kally goes back “several … which Kally is frequently quoted. Born in 1925 to…
Address during the 90th Birthday Celebration of Mr Walter Sisulu 18 May 2002 Mr President, Ladies and Gentleman, Comrades and Friends
… in entirety. And one cannot forget the rest of their family either. Many families suffered a great deal during … jailed, driven underground and into exile…