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BiographyManonmoney "Ama" Naidoo
… people in the freedom movement. Mononmony participated in all political activities with her husband and took her … to this home, as were Walter Sisulu and…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer … to turn the tide around and ensure British…
EventThe National Library of South Africa is founded
… years, among others Sir George Grey who when he left South Africa in 1861 presented the Library with his remarkable … The National Library of South Africa is…
Communist Party of South Africa, What is the Native Independent Republic? (1934)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … whilst the Communist Party is the leader and organiser of all the workers and…
EventFirst recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa
… discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa, with the very first becoming known as the Eureka … followed by the discovery of gold, which…
BiographyBernard Lazarus Sigamoney
… with some success and to focus on enhancing the lives of all people. He was not only a man of religion, but was deeply … his indentured labourer grandparents…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… Chapter 1 Break down the walls Chapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 Chapter 3 University … of Palestine Appendix 6 Studies in Asia …
BiographyManilal Gandhi
… . He had three brothers, with whom he first came to South Africa in early 1897, when Gandhi's family joined him in … tended to look down on africans,Manilal…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… artist whose work has always been deeply rooted in South Africa. “It is the photos and stories from Goldblatt’s native … and meaning of human displacement in…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… , Xhosa , Ndebele and Swazi (Nguni) societies of Southern Africa. Her father died when she was five years old, Miriam … when it was a vibrant place and one…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
… 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education The … and the rise of African polities with ethnic…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… decides to strengthen its trade relations with South Africa. Within a decade, French exports to apartheid South Africa, excluding arms sales, would increase…
BiographyRamnie Dinat
… be turned away as the seats for Blacks in the gallery were all taken, many by the police. Dinat spent four months in detention and escaped from South Africa…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… got a scholarship to the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. While there, he joined the African National Congress … became aggressive and adamant to…
Vella Pillay
… house where my mother had several more children, six in all. By then, as I remember, I attended school which under … European migrants and the native…
Gandhiji’s vision of a free South Africa: A collection of articles by E.S. Reddy
… "If we look into the future [of South Africa], is it not a heritage we have to leave to posterity, that all the different races commingle and produce a…
BiographyAlex la Guma
… Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his reportage … . la Guma was born in 1925 in District Six , South Africa…
Document 54 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers Party of South Africa, 24 July 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … to BOTH groups our opinion in a comradely manner. We all place great…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations (UN) on 7 November 1945. South Africa was one of the original 51 founding members of the UN … on…
BiographyJosie Palmer
… , a leading member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) – which later became the South African … Transvaal (now Gauteng), it was decided that a…
EgyptAir Flight 990 bound for Cairo from New York’s Kennedy Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe
… Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe …
EgyptAir Flight 990 bound for Cairo from New York’s Kennedy Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe
… Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe …
Sybrandis Abbema (Sibrand), who visited the Cape in 1660 as V.O.C. commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he
… commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he …
News 24 reports that the all-girls choir of Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria won first place and gold in the folklore w
… https://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1970864,00.html … News 24 reports that the all-girls choir of Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in…
”Circular Letter to All Congress Branches of the Province.” Review of 1952 by the Working Committee of the ANC (Cape), December 1952
… ”Circular Letter to All Congress Branches of the Province.” Review of 1952 by the …
Sybrandis Abbema (Sibrand), who visited the Cape in 1660 as V.O.C. commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he
… commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he …
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson promises in his opening of the Cape parliament that all Cape rebels who fought in Anglo-Boer War 2 w
… promises in his opening of the Cape parliament that all Cape rebels who fought in Anglo-Boer War 2 w …
An 18-seater plane, owned by Bop Air and chartered to Comair, explodes in mid-air near Germiston, killing all seventeen people
… to Comair, explodes in mid-air near Germiston, killing all seventeen people …
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson promises in his opening of the Cape parliament that all Cape rebels who fought in Anglo-Boer War 2 w
… promises in his opening of the Cape parliament that all Cape rebels who fought in Anglo-Boer War 2 w …
The formerly Whites-only National Party opens its membership to all race groups. Date is given as 19 October in another source.
… Whites-only National Party opens its membership to all race groups. Date is given as 19 October in another …