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PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… relationship to the original lines of delimitation. When William Burchell visited the region in April 1812 he …
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… 1914 and 1918. Designed by the local Architect and Artist William Timlin, it was unveiled by four Mothers, each of whom …
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… On 12 June 1917, Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor, novelist and … Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1944. In 1946, Dr Singh returned to…
ArticleThe San
… in its entirety, thanks to the work of a German linguist, Dr WHI Bleek. /Xam speakers originally occupied a large part … rituals. A comprehensive /Xam…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… known as the Beaumont Commission) is proclaimed and Sir William Beaumont is appointed as its head. The commission is … for African people. A delegation made…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… The site is currently occupied by Woolworths. 1 October, William Dunn appointed Customs Officer and in January 1822 … course of a meeting held in Korsten, a…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… group of Indian girls matriculate in South Africa. 1936 Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman's daughter Zainunnisa Cissie Gool … Council. 1946 Passsive resistance…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… or activists. The most prominent founder was Dr. M.G. Buthelezi, a former member of the ANC Youth League … founding members of Inkatha were the late Rev…
Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) meet in
… in Johannesburg. The Presidents of the three Congresses -Dr Xuma, Dr Naicker and Dr Dadoo sign a "joint declaration of cooperation" - The …
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… Roman Catholic Archbishop Rt. Rev. Dennis Hurley, Dr. Alan Paton, Mr. P. R. Pather, President of the South African Indian Organisation, Dr. Naicker,…
EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… first early human fossil found in Africa. With his find, Dr. Dart upset orthodox scientific thinking, inspired the … Professor Tobias , the Leakey family and…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… was born and christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley, at the Private Chapel in Windsor Castle on 6 … was born and christened by the…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… William Morris, one of England's foremost Socialists, poet … all the meetings and social gatherings; the home of William Morris was famous for these. Bernard…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.1 Oct-Dec 1958
… No Revolution Round the Corner, Julius Lewin. An Addendum, Dr. H.J. Simons. An African Diary, Rosalynde Ainslie. Political Trends in Kenya, Dr. Gikonyo Kiano…
South African Tragedy: Jail Part Lovers by Joseph Lelyveld (New York Times), 5 January 1983
… 21 when a magistrate, dismissing all the evidence that Dr. Aggett had been tortured, exonerated the security police … for his suicide in their headquarters…
PlaceTenterden, 60 Durban Road, Wynberg
… part of the Vredenhof Estate which had been allocated to William Hawkins on 8 April 1856. Its U-plan dwelling was … part of the Vredenhof Estate which had…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… the eve of the Second World War. Among the NEUF's leaders, Dr Yusuf Dadoo and D.A. Seedat were imprisoned in Benoni and … racists laws. In 1945, the Natal…
PlaceWinnie Mandela Drive, Johannesburg
… The road was named after William Nicol , the Administrator of the Transvaal, at the … namely via Jan Smuts Avenue and Ferndale, using: ' William Nicol Drive …
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
… of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris Stals. Mboweni, the first Black person to head this … ANC. Click here to read Mboweni's…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… for £250 has been received from Rangoon and according to Dr. Mehta, Secretary of the Fund Committee there; there is a … Gandhi wrote in Indian Opinion,…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… every year. In 1932, with the help of Superintendent Dr Andrew, the new hospital introduced an Indian section … malaria and bilharzia epidemics in the early…
EventThe Joint Declaration of Cooperation ("Three Doctors’ Pact") is signed
… as “Three Doctors’ Pact” was signed by three doctors, Dr. A.B. Xuma, president of the African National Congress (ANC); Dr. G.M. Naicker, president of the…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… Xuma’s closest mentor at the University was a man named William Riley, the head of the Department of Entomology and … on the Xumas’ plight in 1955: “As far…
Epidemics Affect Everyone By Elron Kleinhans
… of smallpox were diagnosed in Grahamstown in April 1859, Dr Atherstone, the Chairman of the Board ??of what?, and the … a case of smallpox in Estment’s Row…
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… name of Liesl, and the couple shares a son named Marcus William.[vi] Wayne partnered up with fellow tennis star …
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… in a small glass case in the Amathole Museum in King William's Town , a homemade sword stands as the symbol of a …
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… in February 2011. In the meantime send all queries to: William Awusi at [email protected] ”¢Conference publication: A …
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… (assuming that ‘orange’ referred to the tree and not to William V of Orange, the Dutch monarch after whom the state …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… the Zulu Royal Family and the Ideology of Segregation . In William. Beinart and Saul. Dubow (eds.), Segregation and …
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… handwork without allying herself with the socialism of William Morris (1834-96) and John Ruskin (1819-1900) that … with references to John Ruskin, Thomas…