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EventNewspaper editor John Tengo Jabavu dies
… John Tengo Jabavu, the founder of the first Black-language newspaper, Imvo Zabantsundu (Native/Bantu Opinion) and political leader dies in Cape Town. … Don…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way out of town, on high ground which sloped upwards towards a … and…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… and director (Molo Fish): November 2002. "The lion's share of monies earned from local cinema releases and television … Communications Officer. David Wicht,…
PlaceSimon's Town, Cape Peninsula
… One of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval base is Simon's Town … The dockyard was expanded in 1975, a large area of land was reclaimed, and the harbour…
EventGana Makabeni dies
… Gana Makabeni, trade union leader and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s, died in the Western…
PlaceMozambique
… the past, it was mostly overlooked in the greater scheme of African safaris. The voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498 … as a second language by about half the…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 2: Sources of the Cape Khoekhoe and Kora records Vocabularies, Language Data and Texts by Menán du Plessis
… ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis … Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 2:…
Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley West, a month after her son was killed in an accident.
… Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley West, a month … Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
… meeting, which was held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the … to the Borders of Particular States Extension…
ArchiveThe Role of the Black Sash (Port Elizabeth Branch) in the Walmer Removals and Pebco Detentions: Paper Presented at National Conference 1980
… The Role of the Black Sash (Port Elizabeth Branch) in the Walmer … The Role of the Black Sash (Port Elizabeth Branch) in the Walmer …
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… wrote an introduction to the book "Fatima Meer: Memories of Struggle," edited by Fatima's daughter Shamim, published in 2017. Every time I land at Durban…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… ago, a Gangai Amman Temple was Built at the lower end of Booth Road on the banks of the Umkumbaan River, popularly … Community was so strong that in 1918 a…
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
… The Town of Plettenberg Bay lies almost on the border of the Western … Isle Hotel. Built literally straddling a small strip of land between a lagoon and the…
Grade 10 Archive
… longer required in the curriculum. The Slave Trade : One of the most controversial issues regarding European … in Africa is the slave trade. The causes and…
EventAlexander Kerr is born
… Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (later the University of Fort Hare), was born in Kilmarnock,…
ArticleThe Basotho
… In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a … the Paris Evangelical Society, whom he had invited to…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s … fell so drastically that many farmers lost their homes and…
EventAlexander Kerr dies
… Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of Fort Hare), died in Alice, Eastern Cape…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… law passed by Parliament and it is the highest law in the land. All other laws must follow it. Other laws can be … Laws made by the national parliament are…
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
… predominantly neo-Gothic manner. It forms an integral part of the Porter Reformatory, established there in 1880. It was … Woodstock. This historic complex of…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… coastal pass on the R 326 links the small Farming Town of Riviersonderend with the quaint coastal hamlet of Stanford … that being on the open road evokes, it…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… Apartheid . James la Guma and Reggie September were two of the SACPO’s founding members, and served as President and … segregationist legislation was the…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part … higher education was closed to Black South Africans. In 1913,…
ArticleTransport on water
… by people, animals or engines. There are different ways of propelling ships and boats. Some are moved forward (or … but have enough space for the planes to…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… Professor H. W. van der Merwe former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert … And then look at how they interact with a broader…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… in minarets, it makes up for with position, for the Mosque of Cape Town lies right in the heart of one of the City's … Between 1966 and 1980 (it took 15…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… on the social grammars of property, relationship with land, family structure, and different gender roles. In such … their stores are not seen. Indeed the…
PlaceDelareyville, North West
… deeply rooted in South African Culture . It was founded in 1913, after the tragedies of the Anglo-Boer War , and was named after General Koos De … to be an…
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2009 to 2010
… Congress victory, Jacob Zuma was elected the President of South Africa and announced his first Cabinet on 10 May … on the On 31 October 2010. Portfolio…
PlacePageview
… Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of … by forced removals as a result of the Group Areas Act…