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ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… (voter turnout) was 16 228 462, the number of invalid or blank votes was 251 320, and the total number of valid …
ArticleSilverton Siege
… fire when he realised the police were in the building, or if the police fired first. Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… topic: South Africa before and in the build up to 1899 , or the background to the South African War, with a focus on …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… was because of Rajbansi’s self-proclaimed high principles or his unfailing instinct for survival, he re-emerged in the …
ArticleThe House in session
… of the Cabinet that I endorse decisions of the Cabinet or the policy of the National Party. . . . Our participation …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… By the late 1960s, the government had jailed, banned or exiled the majority of the Liberation Movement’s leaders. …
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… always been open to all irrespective of race, colour, sex or creed. As no censorship or artistic restraint has ever been imposed on works …
Imijondolo
… in 1985, Imijondolo, (the isi Zulu word for a shack or informal housing), is Omar Badsha's second book of … of a million people, all surviving without basic…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… with the interests of the UN only in view. And not to seek or accept instructions in regards to the performance of my duties from any government or other…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… the right to brew and sell the low-alcohol sorghum beer, or utshwala. The riots in Cato Manor began on 17 June 1959, … that some sources claim that the riots…
EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
… South Africa. It is boldly stripped in black and white or brown and white with a white underbelly and no two … which is a flap of skin that hangs below the…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… Government to repeal all discriminating Legislation before or on 29 February 1952. If this did not take place a mass … South African Indian Congress. More…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left … to Christianity, and accede to be subjects of the Crown, or Black 'settlers'. *Note:…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… underground activity, jail, exile, grass roots activism or cross-cultural innovation. Funny, insightful and incisive, flamboyant, occasionally bitter or…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… imposing verbal sanctions on an aggressor country or by economic sanctions against an aggressor country. It was … at the call of the United Nations Security…
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… element it has not been directed against any persons or sections of the community but rather at institutions that … suffering. It was fundamentally an attack…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
… and upheaval usually do, by recording extreme violence or suffering or protest. Like many photographers who came of age after … make a career of photography…
The curious case of the missing ANC members – and the crisis plan to win them back by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick),14 October 2015, South Africa
… some of these members have joined the Democratic Alliance or EFF, as reflected in their voting figures in the 2014 … whether membership lapsed through a slow…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… not deemed it fit to accede to the demands of the workers or to open up negotiations; nevertheless my Union feels that … strike action has been lightly taken…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… if she follows this Nazi doctrine. If the UNO, Europe or America do not do, the time may soon come when all of Asia … question in which all of us are…
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
… Africa! To all its people, whatever their race, colour or creed might be, and indeed, friends, I like to say, quite … our efforts in this struggle for peace…
Stuart Commission Report
… of either the ANC Mission in the RPA, the Regional Command or the Security Services. The Special Commission left for … described below manifested themselves…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… African photography, Goldblatt has lost none of his humour or his obstinacy. "Photography helps me overcome the dilemma of whether to live in this country or…
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… was acquitted of rape, there wasn’t much in common in Zuma or Khwezi’s testimonies. But one thing that was consistent is … as clothing both indoors and…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… was affected, but it was almost certainly disrupted or destroyed. Then the pioneer trekkers arrived and clashed … to Johan ton Gyldenhaus in Westphalia in…
Court Verdict Docket, 11 February 1978
… (Kaloti, 1974:12). Illiteracy was not considered a stigma or regarded as a drawback. However, there are indications … During the lifetime of the prophet (P.B…
Chapter five: A Historical Overview of Madressa Education
… (Kaloti, 1974:12). Illiteracy was not considered a stigma or regarded as a drawback. However, there are indications … During the lifetime of the prophet (P.B…
An historical overview of madressa education - Chapter 5 by A. Akhalwaya, I. Waja, A.H. Gabru, A.K. Dockrat, S. Pandor and E. Garda
… (Kaloti, 1974:12). Illiteracy was not considered a stigma or regarded as a drawback. However, there are indications … During the lifetime of the prophet (P.B…
ArchiveReflections on life in a rearview mirror by Jo Ractliffe, 27 Jun 2011
… I would never be so presumptuous. There are one or two waitresses who recognise me. And there’s a garage … I sit next to a window and look out and it’s a…
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… we can communicate something of his example so that one or more among us can be inspired to act as he did and thereby … of our people from possible death…