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Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… the sickly, poorly educated and otherwise unremarkable son of an English parson of meagre means. He knew from an early … more than “extra employment”. In his…
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… Restoration of South African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 … four months before the first South Africa non-racial polls of 27 April, 1994. More…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… (prior to 1910) The village of Nieuwoudtville was established in 1897 on the farm … which, as the name implies, was sited on the banks of the Groen River…
PlaceZinkwazi Beach
… The history of Zinkwazi Beach is fascinating, it was the time of the … was a certain Joshua Walmsley. The granting of government land was the official start…
EventThe new RSA Constitution Bill is read in parliament
… The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill received its third reading. Among its provisions were the abolition of the Senate and the creation of a sixty…
PlaceMsinga Local Municipality
… in the sea where air movement causes ripples on top of the water surface and ends up influencing the nearby … Area with 70% of its Area being Traditional…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah
… An attempt on the life of President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana fails. Nkrumah escaped an assassination attempt when … years previously he had passed the…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… Former National Party leader and Prime Minister of South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during … Freedom Charter, which embraced the…
EventThe Population Registration Bill is read for the first time
… the first time in Parliament. The Bill was a cornerstone of the Apartheid policy as it recognised three race … until a fourth racial group was added later…
Southern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… Phakamile Mabija Margaret Philpott Project: The Death of Tshifhiwa Muofhe Christopher Washington Project: Samuel … Marule Danielle Vazquez Project: The…
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
… Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at the Southern-most tip of Africa. With its headquarters in Bredasdorp, the Overberg … C Municipality governing the four…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… (The foreshore). The Green Point Common was vested land, which was granted to the City of Cape Town in 1923 for public recreation and sport fields. … Your…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled into Cape Town to attended religious services. However because of the distances…
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… Durban on the 12th August 1928. She was the daughter of Moosa Meer who was the editor and publisher of Indian Views a weekly publication aimed at the ……
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… to house the creatures. On the slopes just above the land presently occupied by the University of Cape Town, a cage like structure was built in 1897 to ……
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… than 30 minutes between police and Israelites, followers of prophet Enoch Mgijima , more than 180 people were killed. … issued an ultimatum demanding that…
The Detention Weapon
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman A number of … security legislation 1963. The General…
EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… The Ciskei was established under the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 as an 'independent republic'. The creation of Ciskei was in line with apartheid policies…
EventThe ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute
… the African National Congress (ANC), concerning release of political prisoners, return of exiles, obstacles in the Internal Security Act and suspension of…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the … banned the previous…
PlacePhiladelphia
… Not the Philadelphia one attributes to the Eastern parts of North America, this Philadelphia lies but 20 minutes outside of Cape Town, past Durbanville. …
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… 1928 Fatima Meer was born in Durban, daughter of Moosa and Amina Meer. 1940s Established literacy classes … community suffered the enactment of the first…
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
… Mitchell Park Zoo is situated in the Morningside suburb of Durban , KwaZulu-Natal. It is one of eThekwini’s best-kept secrets. Mitchell Park Zoo is named ……
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.1 1989
… Child, Ian Tromp; Insurrection, Wally Mondlane; The Waste Land at Station, Douglas Livingstone; An African Loving, … REVIEWS: Reading for Liberation, A.W…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
… Maowasha and Alex Mashaba Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of being police…
Class Struggle
… All of history, said Marx, is the history of class struggle. All societies are divided into classes. In … the struggle was between the nobility who owned the…
SASPU Focus
… 1982. This slogan called on students to understand, and act on, their university and their education. SASPU Focus … educational issues and to encourage…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… Opinion (1961-1968) was published by the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan Paton, … Liberal Party was forced to disband…
EventThe Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed
… passed, whereby every African is issued with a certificate of citizenship of his respective 'homeland'. The homelands in question at … 1, 2 million ha due to…