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South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… his family, relatives, friends and the writing fraternity in the country, continent and all over the world. In fact, his impulse to testify through…
Memorandum by Ben Turok before the ANC`s Morogoro Conference and a "Reply" by Joe Matthews, 5 April 1969, Morogoro
… The present discussion will be based largely on experiences in Dar es Salaam and on information obtained from other … from time to time. . . . WHAT IS WRONG?…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 8
… 10 O'clock, there was a scuffle outside the Avalon Theatre in Victoria Street, Durban as the patrons were leaving after … partner Mr. A. B. Moosa. It is a…
PlaceBotswana
… of Botswana shares a common border with South Africa in the South, Namibia in the West and North, Zimbabwe in the East, and Zambia in the North. Botswana is…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… The Port Elizabeth City Hall, which is located in Market Square, was built between 1858 and 1862. The attractive clock tower was only added in 1883. The City…
PlaceTunisia
… 800,000 people, though over 60% of the population lives in urban centres. The large majority of Tunisians are Arab … what is now Tunisia when she founded the…
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
… of Africa. Naturally, as we review our work, we will do so in the context of our common desire to consolidate the … within the framework of the new approach…
Document 26 - Nelson Mandela’s reply to F. W. De Klerk
… the working class and the need to consolidate democracy in our country. Various inputs were made in the workshop. The workshop focused among others issues: -…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… In the late 1950s Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the … of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie Schimming…
The Polly Street Era
… of these early figures had produced artworks unprecedented in terms of the history of art by black South Africans. It … changing conditions of black…
Stuart Commission Report
… 1984 COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA March 14, 1984 Lusaka … the developments that have taken place within…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… to the labour needs of the employers on the Rand. Housing in Towns Housing before industrial times In traditional society, families built their own houses, ……
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… the reflection on the life of one ANC President is in essence a review of the period during which they lived and led the ANC. The Moroka presidency in…
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… to facilitate our participation at this meeting. This is in character, for Tanzania, under the unsurpassed leadership … struggle into a struggle. It has…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… and umadlandawonye, a system of socialism, or a system in which food is shared with a common community of concern.” … Africa’s leading sociologists, as well…
PlaceMalawi
… Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi … species like turtles and manatees…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… her biological mother and father. While important people in her life, they separated while she was still young, and so … her life at different points. Her…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… the most shameful session of the South African Parliament in the middle of 1951. The all-white Parliament had placed no … Act, depriving African building…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… Chauke, South Africa's most wanted fugitive, was captured in Nelspruit. He was arrested at a roadblock in Nelspruit near South Africa's border with Swaziland…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… possible by a donation from Durban businessman T.B. Davis, in remembrance of his son Howard who killed in the Battle of the Somme in WWI. The Natal…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… after 1935 can quite justifiably be called a renaissance in the history of struggle by the oppressed in South Africa after the "dark years" of the early…
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… Interview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa, a leader in the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) at the time of this interview, was born in 1952 and graduated from…
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… John Thomas Baines was born in England on 27 November 1820. Apprenticed to a coach painter at a young age, he left for South Africa in 1842 to work as a…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… and the Botswana National Language Committee was born in Moruleng, Rustenburg district. His teaching career started in the Orange Free State in 1935. He was…
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… 60 feet on Smith Street, bought from the widow, Ms.Rossouw in 1801. The purchaser, Johannes Bissinger, wasted no time in erecting the Building and in taking…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… of 76 after a 30 minute performance for Roberto Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama Africa' or … and entered the global stage. Makeba…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… make recommendations on a definition of political offences in the South African situation; to discuss, in this regard, time scales; and to advise on norms…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power in 1962 but was ousted by Idi Amin in 1971. Nine years later, Amin was overthrown, and Obote … has…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
… 'Swartkrans'. They are believed to have been discovered in about 1896 or 1897, and were opened to visitors in about 1900. Previously, in 1895, geologist Dr D…