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EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… Standard Bank was established in Port Elizabeth in 1862, then known as The Standard Bank of British South Africa. It started doing business in a tent in…
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker IDEALISED WOMANHOOD One of the means by which men in male-dominated…
PlaceMaphikela House
… In 1912, prominent black leaders gathered here and forged the … the ruling party of the country. The house was built in 1926 and was Maphikela’s second…
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… 25 and 26, only five weeks from now, there will assemble in Kliptown, near Johannesburg, people from all corners of … will take place at a time when the…
PlaceAlgeria
… by the French to be the capital, after they colonized it in 1830. The city name is Arabic; 'al-Jazair' and literally means "the islands". This in reference…
Everard Read Art Gallery
… In 1912, in Johannesburg , one of South Africa’s most famous art … was established. The Everard Read Gallery has grown in sophistication and size, just as…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… On 10 February 1884, Bishop Jolivet purchased a plot in Clairwood for the erection of a mission church for "C reole ". A larger building was erected in 1886…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - White Students and Black Students
… and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu All true Christians in South Africa will have just cause for gratitude over the … A. Students. A Bantu Christian like myself…
51. The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign ends
… and such an end as, we believe, hardly any other movement in modern times has been crowned with. The foundation of the struggle was laid in Johannesburg in…
Address at the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 12 October 2000
… and Gentlemen, When we spoke at the National Assembly in June on the occasion of the discussion of the budget vote … did this because of the critical…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… the Apartheid government, for low-income Coloured families in the Cape Flats and District Six, in 1966. This was a result of the forced removal campaign by ……
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… to Cape Town to meet a pianist everyone was talking about in South Africa: Abdullah Ibrahim , then known as Dollar … the morning that Masekela arrived at the…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… History of Cato Manor Cato Manor was established in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) and is situated 5km west of … was the Nqondo clan who were replaced by the…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Chapter 3 - THE MOROGORO AFTERMATH
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The end of the 1960s was another important phase in the history of the exiled liberation…
Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
… 1981. On this historic occasion our message goes to all in our country, who stand for the complete destruction of the brutal racist tyranny. We speak to all…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… Michael Hathorn was detained in Durban Central Prison in 1960, for his role in the struggle. Recorded below is an extract from the prison …
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
… This structure probably dates from the 1890's and was built in sandstone in a predominantly neo-Gothic manner. It forms an integral part of the Porter…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On that day in August 1956, I was already fifty-one. I often wonder just … represented the oppressed people of…
David Goldblatt: oblique apartheid look by Kenneth Baker, 5 December 2012
… "South Africa in Apartheid and After: David Goldblatt, Ernest Cole, Billy … Modern Art last weekend, will induce simmering discomfort in its viewers as its…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… 10 April 2015) By Professor Paul Maylam Eight years ago, in 2007, Dr Saleem Badat stood on this stage to deliver his … has made an outstanding contribution…
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… (Afrikaans-'Oos-Londen'), is a Port City is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies at the … over-extended. Although efforts had…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… unionist, political activist and a women's leader both in the Eastern Cape and in national campaigns. It covers a period of nearly 80 years, … major portion…
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
… of four years of the revolutionary multi-racial union in South Africa, the Industrial Workers of Africa, and the … of African workers, and a handful of white…
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… unionist, political activist and a women's leader both in the Eastern Cape and in national campaigns. It covers a period of nearly 80 years, … major portion…
Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988
… As a young man, Sean MacBride, an Irishman, spent time in prison for his part in the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 … as United…
EventHip Hop Pantsula, the South African rapper is born
… Tsambo, stage name Hip Hop Pantsula or HHP was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 14 September 1980.[1] Hip Hop Pantsula was raised in Mmabatho, and…
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… prolific and powerful artists who played a leading role in introducing avant-garde art to the country. Born in 1894 in South Africa, Irma Stern receives her…
PlaceLiberia
… Joseph Jenkins Roberts , a former slave who was born in America became the first President. The founding of Liberia in the early 1800s was motivated by the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
… Sir Rama Rau's successor, Sir Shafa'at Ahmed Khan arrived in South Africa, Kajee had several talks with him on the … with the extinction of the identity of…