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The oldest South African college of education and the biggest in the Cape Province, the Wellington College of Education, is ope
… The oldest South African college of education and the biggest in the Cape Province, the Wellington College of Education, is ope …
BiographyPeter Becker
… Peter Loubser Were Becker was born in Rivonia South Africa the youngest of the three sons of Harold Paley Becker and his … of other people took root. Becker…
BiographyVuyani Goniwe
… (his MK name), from Ntselamanzi Location, Alice in the Eastern Cape, left South Africa in 1977 together with Bandile Ketelo and Mgcini Mali to join the…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
… mother, a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC).In 1921, his parents succeeded in getting him enrolled at the…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… Odd one out Over the years many people have asked me how it came about that I, … Australia, who went to the same school in the Western Cape as I, encouraged…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… Friends and Fellow South Africans; In the history of our country there have been many decisive … to be living at a time when our nation is emerging from the…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from December 1952 until … this stage Adams College was reputed…
BiographyAlex la Guma
… both for his reportage and fiction writing depicting the oppressive measures of Apartheid . la Guma was born in … Guma, 1991:17 in Mkhize, 137) he dropped…
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… artist, was born on 1 June 1926 in East London, Eastern Cape. In 1946 he studied drawing under Henrich Steiner in … Technical Art School in Johannesburg…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… Popular violence in the decade between 1984 and 1993 is well documented. Existing … as her agent during her stay in Brandfort. Charterists in Cape Town…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… son, Fabio, was born in 1950. In about November 1953 the family moved to Rome, where they lived until February … to read towards an M.Arch, and a few months…
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
… Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. During the 1920s Strijdom practised law in Nylstroom, now known as Modimolle, in the Limpopo Province. He was…
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… On 6 October 1902 the 3200km long railway line between Cape Town, South Africa and Beira in Mozambique was completed. The construction of the Beira Railway…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… Review of The Reb and the Rebel Jewish Narratives in South Africa … Centre of Jewish Studies and Research, University of Cape Town. 2016. Paperback,…
ArchiveMeeting between the South African Government and the Western Contact Group in Cape Town on 28 October 1981
… delegation led by R F Botha and representatives from the USA, UK, Canada, West Germany and France to discuss the process for a negotiated settlement in…
BiographyRev. Mangena Maake Mokone
… 1863, his father, a junior chief of Bogaga, was killed in the Swazi – Pedi war. In 1870 he went to work in … schooling began. To keep his employment, he…
Jeannette Ndhlovu
… Africa and completed half of her tertiary education at the University of Zululand before she went into exile. … Jeannette and her two sisters, Thandi and…
BiographyNomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)
… Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini was born on the 9th of May, 1935, in the rural Bengu village of Lady Frere in the former Transkei … about the use of Afrikaans…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… was born on 17 October 1945 in Swakopmund, Namibia. At the age of four his family moved to Johannesburg where he … of missionaries, the earliest of whom…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… Ruth Foley, Jean Sinclair, Jean Bosazza, Helen Figure 1 Cape women stand in mourning over a book draped with a black … to telephone others, who then reached…
ArchiveConversation with Berney Perez, Cape Town, October 1985
… Conversation with Berney Perez, Cape Town, October 1985 …
ArchiveConversation with Gideon Mendel, Cape Town, November 1985
… Conversation with Gideon Mendel, Cape Town, November 1985 …
ArchiveConversation with Chris Ledechowski, Cape Town, October 1985
… Conversation with Chris Ledechowski, Cape Town, October 1985 …
ArchiveConversation with Bea Berman, Cape Town, November 1985
… Conversation with Bea Berman, Cape Town, November 1985 … Cape Town … Conversation with Bea Berman, Cape Town, November 1985 …
ArchiveSheila Chisholm papers -City of Cape Town correspondence
… Sheila Chisholm papers -City of Cape Town correspondence …
Let's Winner - Social Muscle Club, Cape Town Style
… Let's Winner - Social Muscle Club, Cape Town Style …
ArchiveCape of Good Hope: For Vasco de Gama
… Cape of Good Hope: For Vasco de Gama …
ArchiveHealth and safety - grain workers in Cape Town
… Health and safety - grain workers in Cape Town …
ArchiveUWO and Womens Front form Cape Towns UWCO
… UWO and Womens Front form Cape Towns UWCO …
Zonnebloem Cottages, Cambridge Street, Walmer Estate, Cape Town
… Zonnebloem Cottages, Cambridge Street, Walmer Estate, Cape Town …