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PlaceHindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban
… Community the prominent and almost 70-year-old Building of the Hindu Tamil Institute (HTI) in Cross Street, Durban, … Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. He was the…
PlaceVhembe District Municipality
… and is located in, South Africa, with a population of 1 240 035 habitants. The estimate terrain elevation above … is 1206 metres. Vhembe is situated in the…
PlacePrestwich Memorial and Garden
… were uncovered! These were decided to be unmarked graves of slaves, dating from the 17th and 18th Century. Archaeologists from the University of Cape Town…
PlaceSteenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
… coastal fishing. The Steenbras Nature Reserve forms part of the greater Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve . The area is often referred to as ‘ the heart of the…
EventAmina Lawal's sentence upheld
… 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal. The 31 year old woman … to the…
Event5 bodies found: Kempton park killings
… On the 15th of September 2026, Police confirm that the death toll in the investigation into the bodies of women found in Gauteng has risen to seven. The…
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… Canon John Collins passed away. With his departure, many of us lost a dear friend. As a people, we lost a … a dependable ally in the struggle to abolish the…
Address by Deputy President Thabo MBeki at the Conference on Infrastructure Investment, 28-29 March 1996
… Executive Council members, Directors General, Leaders of the union and civic movement, Firstly let me welcome you … with the private sector regarding the…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… what considerations he had in mind. Despite the plethora of articles and books on Nelson Mandela, little is written on … little writing attempts to unpack…
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
… The Town of Plettenberg Bay lies almost on the border of the Western and Eastern Cape. "Built on the hillside, most of the Town is on a steep slope leading…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… ruled that in 1971 the SACP’s Timol was pushed by members of the Security Branch out of a window in John Vorster’s 10th floor or off its roof, … hands of the…
ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
… African police today launched a campaign to fight a spate of urban bombs. There have been about a dozen bomb blasts in … Town - the latest today in Pretoria…
Address at the French National Assembly Paris, 18 November 2003
… Distinguished President of the National Assembly, Honourable Representatives of the People of the French Republic: I am certain that you, … about a French…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that process, the ANC, PAC and other parties were unbanned, hundreds of political activists…
Doing Oral History
… Dr Johan Wassermann (2002) This publication is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator was Dr…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… ALBERTI, Ludwig. 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape … OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. 1927…
4. Conclusion
… The decisions made by the Party executive at the end of 1938 proved to be a lifesaver for the Party. Although … leadership to emerge. Branches were given a…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… early 1980s the government took steps to control the level of resistance in the country. Its solution was to arrest key people and charge sixteen of them for…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… The period after the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African … anti-apartheid politics that only…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, in the then Transvaal province of South Africa. 1961 Desmond Tutu is ordained as a minister … scene." From Desmond Tutu's speech …
PlaceHobeni
… in Mbhashe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The Mbhashe Municipality is a remote outpost of the Eastern Cape of South Africa…
EventLord Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
… was founded by Baden-Powell during the South African War of 1899-1902. During the war Baden-Powell, a British officer enlisted boys to act as messengers and…
PlaceLuckhoff High School
… established in 1935, the school is a very important part of the Stellenbosch Community. It has produced great South … committed to the principle that all…
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of 1833 was passed by the British House of Commons and by the House of Lords. Although the Bill…
PlaceRedelinghuys, Cape West Coast
… Cape Town , Redelinghuys is known as the 'potato Capital', of the Sandveld . It lies on the R366 between Picketberg and Velorenvlei , North of Aurora and on…
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
… Established in 1894 to the west of central Johannesburg, Fietas (today known as Pageview) was … and home to a large Indian community. In the first half of…
59. The South African Federation challenges Congress over the settlement
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Congress's leadership: the 1927 settlement was one of the…
Opening Speech at the International Solidarity Conference, on the Theme "From Apartheid to Peace, Democracy and Development" by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… Chairperson, Ambassadors and Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Distinguished delegates and special … the world anti-apartheid movement, Leaders and activists…
Domestic work
… Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS on September the 6th, 1989, placed our country irrevocably on the road of drastic change. Underlying…