SAHO global search

… From:  Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris The struggle of tobacco workers in South Africa is a topic much neglected by historians and social scientists alike. In Johannesburg and Cape Town strong tobacco trade unions had …

… Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained independence in that order and subsequently named themselves after the region. French Guinea, became Guinea in 2 October 1958. Spanish Guinea, became Equatorial Guinea in 1968. Portuguese Guinea, became Guinea-Bissau in 1973, …

… Arguably the grandest marathon in the world, athletes flock to South Africa from all over the world every year to take part in the race. They run the 90 kilometers between the cities of … Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The first comrades took place in 1921, with only 34 entrants. In 2008, more than 10 …

… exact intersection of every latitude and longitude line in South Africa, and standing on that point, let his eye roam … result of that ongoing exercise. But Goldblatt found that in the execution of his project, standing on that precise … I once read about the approach of Robert Rauschenberg in the 60's, where the artist would select a New York city …

… Andries Dreyer was born on 10 January 1872 in Philadelphia, in the present day Western Cape Province. After studying at the Normal College in Cape Town, be became a teacher, and through private study …

… interview with Peter Donald Hjul who was a leading figure in the Liberal Party, which existed from 1953 until 1968. Born in Northern Rhodesia in 1929, Hjul lived in Cape Town where he became involved in …

… NEW FACTORIES, NEW WORKERS described how rapid growth in the manufacturing industry led to a change in the labour process in the factories — new machines speeded up production and …

… buildings along the False Bay Coastline and was built in the late 1600's as a lookout post for enemy ships entering … on the Battle of Muizenberg. First recorded on a map in 1687, the actual origins and history of this building are … of debate, but it is thought to be the 2nd oldest building in the Cape after the Castle, and the oldest in False Bay. In …

… Zuma was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African … active member of its military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), in 1962. In 1962, while on his way out of South Africa, he was …

… wide depression of the 1930s, which at its worst saw one in three people unemployed in the United States In South Africa, the Great Depression had socio-economic as …

… from the Mpinga clan, of the Xhosa nation, was born in the Eastern Cape in about 1873. It is believed that he received training as a … and was then sent to a Methodist Mission school in Nancefield, near Johannnesburg. He was also a choirmaster …

… 6 V. ¾ RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES ¾ (a.) Procedure in Relation to Treaties 6 (b.) Representation at … Policy 9 ( d.) Issue of Exequaturs to Foreign Consuls in the Dominions 9 Channel of Communication between Dominion … DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE - (a.) Compulsory Arbitration in International Disputes 11 Adherence of the United States …

… Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta was born on July 21, 1944 in Yaba near Lagos, Nigeria, to Igbo parents, Jeremy … Her parents were from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village in Ibusa, Delta State. [1] Due to the gender bias in her community, Emecheta was kept at home as a child while …

… A Moravian Mission Village in the former Humansdorp District, 26 km South-East of Assegaaibos Railroad Station, located in Cacadu District Municipality. It was established by Bishop H P Halbeck in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson. Clarkson was a local …

… for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In 1942, a strike was called at the Dunlop rubber factory in Durban The Natal Rubber Workers' Union had been organised in 1939. This Union opened its membership to European, Indian …

… race-consciousness that is stirring all coloured peoples in Japan, China, Egypt, the United States and the British … can no longer afford to ignore the manifes­tations in Native life noticeable in the various political and other organizations, in riots, …

… of diamonds marked the beginning of industrialisation in South Africa. A year after the discovery of diamonds, … Hole'. The diamond fields of Griqualand West Early mining in Southern Africa For many centuries before the arrival of Europeans in Africa, minerals were mined by Africans. Although only …

… July 1909, was submitted to the Secretary for the Colonies in London at the time that a closer union of the South … fourteen major signatories representing six organisations in their official capacities as presidents, vice-presidents, … Lutchman Panday. The petition was signed by 1 138 persons in all. Source: C.O. 179/253, 10 July 1909, Public Record …

… trying to build". These were the words of A.B. Xuma who in 1943 moved a resolution that the ANC bestow honorary life … influence on the course of events at some crucial point in the history of their countries. Consider past African … Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Seretse Khama and Samora Machel. In a very important respect they were the makers of the …

… of the Union of South Africa marks an important step in the political history of the country. The change that will be effected in the government of the four colonies from this day is momentous. It is one of those stages in the growth of a country that bids its citizens pause and …

… shook a black hand when the Malawian delegation arrived in South Africa. A clasped black and white hand was featured in most front pages of our dailies applauding this earth-shattering event. With Lesotho's independence in 1966, SA was prostrate in her support for the new Black …

… ANC. It was he who, on his return from long years of study in the United States and Britain, issued the call to Africans to meet in Bloemfontein in January 1912 to form a new national organization, At the …

… the social, political and cultural changes that took place in South Africa. Previously known as the South African Association of Arts in the Western Cape, the AVA Gallery was rooted in the South African Fine Arts Society. This was the first …

… The land was granted to the Garden Cities Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Richard Stuttaford … The first Pinelands Homes were thatched and fashioned in the Tudor style. The first of these, number 3 Mead Way, …

… Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa IT IS SIGNIFICANT that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose … to the black people. Our relevance is meant to be in the sense that we communicate to blacks things said by blacks in the various situations in which they find themselves in …

… without receiving royalties for his work. Linda was born in Pomeroy in rural KwaZulu Natal in 1909, and went to Gordon Memorial Mission School. At the … 2010]| Erlmann, V. (1991) 'African Stars, Studies in Black South African Performance'. Published by University …

… The Township of Imizamo Yethu is situated in the picturesque seaside Suburb of Hout Bay in Cape Town . Hout Bay is like a microcosm of South Africa , … White Community, living alongside the Black Community in Imizamo Yethu and another Coloured Community in the …

… the Martyr stands at the bottom of Parliament Street in Cape Town and was erected to provide a place of worship for English settlers of the Anglican denomination in the City. Construction on the Cathedral started in 1901 and has carried on ever since. The Cathedral is …

… the evening of 16 December 1961 five bombs were detonated in Port Elizabeth. The MK High Command selected targets for … buildings. For instance, an electrical substation in New Brighton, the building of the New Brighton Labour … installations were attacked with a majority of these being in the Eastern Cape. This may be because Port Elizabeth was …

… Cynthia Lindenberg Letty was born in Standerton, in the old Transvaal Province in 1895. She was the eldest of five children. At the outbreak …