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EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… Vasco da Gama's Voyage of "Discovery" The reason for putting "discovery" in inverted … discovered by them. The land was already occupied and was being used…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker To Protector of Indian Immigrants, 27th June 1916. Dear Sir, Bearers wish … twentieth centuries Indian women were at…
PlaceEhlanzeni District Municipality
… Ehlanzeni District Municipality (EDM) is one of the three districts in Mpumalanga Province and is located … the Northern Eastern part covering the whole…
Commemorating the 55th death anniversary of Suliman Saloojee
… 9th September 2019 marks the 55th anniversary of the death in police detention of Suliman “Babla” Saloojee (aged 33). He was a legal clerk … infamous…
PlaceUniondale
… the Langkloof, which winds its way through the foothills of the of the Tsitsikamma Mountain range in an Area renowned for its scenic drives. Uniondale came…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army'
… Frere who was appointed in 1877 wanted to pursue the idea of creating a Confederation of all Southern African territories, with a view to being appointed…
PlaceTheewaterskloof Dam, Villiersdorp
… The Theewaterskloof Dam is one of the features of Villiersdorp , and is significant for being the seventh-largest Dam in the Country. Here, you can … The…
PlaceHellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
… Africans . Hellenic competed in the lower amateur leagues, of Cape Town . But by the 1970's they were one of the leading teams in the Country and regularly…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede On Easter Sunday 1944 a group of young political activists gathered at the Bantu Men's … His family remembers him herding the…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape
… to as: the "friendly city" or the "water sport capital of Africa". Nelson Mandela Bay is also recognized by the … Seawaters. The Bay is home to the largest…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… Against Humanity, edited by Max Coleman THE MANY FACES OF APARTHEID REPRESSION Repressive regimes abound in the … record but few can have raised repression…
From retirement to parliament
… (Including 'The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa' and 'Bill of Rights,' adopted by the ANC … the Right…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… emphasis on the national unification and organisation of the non-European for the purpose of achieving full democratic rights. There are still some … rule…
Notes from Books
… Jean Gelman Taylor, THE SOCIAL WORLD OF BATAVIA: EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN IN DUTCH ASIA. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983 The book…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… Glitters by Emilia Potenza Up to the 1860s the economy of South Africa was based on agriculture and trade. Then the discovery of diamonds marked the…
Archive2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
… Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo, … at any meaningful rate…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… go on tolerating the ill-treatment they suffer in the land of their birth. Today our people are suffering as never before under this Nationalist Government…
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… Presidential Address to the 46th Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Durban, December 12-14, 1958 Sons and Daughters of Afrika, Nationalist…
Political Overview by the Gauteng ANC Chairperson, Paul Mashatile, at the Provincial General Council, 8 June 2012, St George`s Hotel, Tshwane
… National Chairperson of the ANC, Comrade Baleka Mbethe Deputy Provincial … Comrade David Makhura Provincial Office Bearers Members of the Provincial…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of … the muscular Christian value of …
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… and Pass Laws, and Africans in countryside towns, weary of tightened restrictions and growing unemployment, began … their grievances, the Communist Party…
PlaceSenteeko Dam
… , Mpumalanga, South Africa, is facing an imminent risk of failure due to severe erosion and undercutting of its spillway after heavy rains, prompting urgent …
PlaceMsinga Local Municipality
… in the sea where air movement causes ripples on top of the water surface and ends up influencing the nearby … its breeze." Msinga is a largely rural Area…
PlaceUmdloti, North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… with: 'beaches, rock pools and sea'. There are a number of activities for the more energetic - the inshore reefs … proficient lifeguards. Known as the…
PlaceSandton, Johannesburg
… to present modern self-catering apartments in the heart of Sandton City CBD conveniently located within walking distance of the Morningside Medical Clinic,…
PlaceKleinzee, Northern Cape
… km and then veer left at Springbok , following the course of the Skaap River, which merges with Buffels River on its … was a diamond mining town, tourists…
PlaceAntipolis and Romelia Shipwrecks, Cape Town
… tugboat named the Kiyo Maru 2 had the arduous task of hauling the two tankers all way from Greece. Unfortunately there was the misfortune; of running into a…
PlaceSt. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (also known as the: 'Parish of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt'
… This Cathedral is known as:'The Parish of Our Lady, Flight in to Egypt'. The German architect, Carl … associates from Calcutta, the Vicar Apostolic and…
Intensify the Revolution by O. R. Tambo The 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April – 1 May 1969
… Contents Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the Consultative … require our consideration and solution. Our struggle is…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… Amersfoort , arrived in Table Bay with a valuable cargo of 174 slaves. Henceforth, the Cape entered the global stage of slaveholding societies. Slavery in…