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PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… Wynberg is certainly one of the most interesting Areas in Cape Town. It is home to one … has a torrid History of contested space in the Group Areas Act …
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… Africa by the apartheid government, including Group Areas Act, Immorality Act, Pass Laws and many others. Under the provisions of the Group Areas Act, urban…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… South Africa is a country of relative prosperity, with vast resources and a modern … of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act . The law allows…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a … a boundary to the Settlement by ploughing up a strip of land 3.6m wide and …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… 90th anniversary. Initially known as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the party changed its name to the … 30 people ... read more The Suppression…
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
… The Phoenix Settlement comprised of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. … for liberation, nonviolence and spirituality. Here on this…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… 1960 Mar- Norman Phillips of the Toronto Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to … 30- New Age is banned under the Suppression of Communism Act and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 1941 Born in Cape Town of British parents c. 1947-58 At school in Cape Town 1953 … school 1959 Registers for BSc Engineering at University of Cape Town 1960…
ArchiveNotes from meeting with Pete Hathorn and Ross Harker
… Notes of a meeting held between Pete Hathorn and Ross Harker pushing for the complete abolition of the Trespass Act of Section 1 of the Illegal Squatting Act…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment of slaves to arrive at the Cape, yet although the Amersfoort … with a large inheritance of 6 495…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… government enforced the Newspaper and Imprint Registration Act no 19, a version of an earlier act that required that all newspapers be registered and …
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… Girls’ College. She then went on to receive a Master of Arts degree from Natal University, which is now the … house arrest and banned under the Suppression…
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… The memory of District Six , also known as Kanaladorp (kanala is a Malay … was declared a ‘White area’ under the 1950 Group Areas Act of the Apartheid…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… Egypt The ancient Egyptian civilisation grew for thousands of years intact because the Nile River Valley and … a communication and trade route across a huge…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National Congress (SANNC). This organisation was ……
PlaceMogwase, Bojanala Region
… Platinum District Municipality juristriction and the seat of Bojanala Platinum, is Rustenburg. The majority of its 1,507,505 people speak Setswana. There is…
Archive91233 trees uprooted
… Multicoloured poster. Impact of land seizure on olive trees in Palestine. Artwork of Olive trees and flag. …
Notes from Books
… Jean Gelman Taylor, THE SOCIAL WORLD OF BATAVIA: EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN IN DUTCH ASIA. Madison, … of intercourse between Europeans of all nationalities and…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
… Mohamed Adhikari The Education Bill, 1906 The School Board Act, No. 35 of 1905 1 Throughout his public career, Dr … manner that showed what an intense desire…
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… The legacy of apartheid is characterized by great political and … level, has been leveled at housing, health care, water and land reform. This is based on…
PlaceLiberia
… means ‘freedom’ formerly known as the Grain Coast, is one of the few African countries including Ethiopia that were not … the local leaders resisted American…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… 1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central … jobs in the mines safe for white miners…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… serious atrocities against the Black majority. A number of brutal measures were adopted by the regime to deal with … on the Promotion of National Unity and…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December … such as the Pass laws and amendments to…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers … wrote: "According to local Legend the then…
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… Louis Trichardt was one of the Voortrekker leaders. He was born near Oudtshoorn in … 1840s who left the Cape Colony moving into the interior of South Africa…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… The outbreak of the First World War was precipitated by the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his … First members of the…
ArchiveCloete
… Handwritten notes about the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land …
PlaceOld Stables, Oatlands, Simonstown
… was originally erected in the 18th century as a set of stables on the well-known Oaklands property. Shortly after … the valley as a viable residential…