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PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line , was extended by the … of Whales…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… men in the Cape Province had a limited franchise. One of them, Dr. W.B. Rhubusana, represented the Wodehouse … of the ANC Central Executive refused to resign…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national reconciliation, died after a long … the homes as…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Mandela, to the International Solidarity Conference Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… There are certain moments that capture the essence of life itself. Today is such a moment for me. For you are … five continents who kept hope alive. You took…
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… the first genocides in the twentieth century. By the start of the twentieth century, the Herero people, among the original inhabitants of Namibia, found…
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… Johannesburg – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost … morning I have to clean up the mess people leave in front of the museum…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… Clifford Hume Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a … in a neo-Renaissance style with features reminiscent of a…
PlaceCoornhoop Dovecot, Dixton Road, Mowbray
… In 1657-58 land in this area was granted to 14 free burghers, who were expected to devote themselves to the planting of wheat for the new settlement. Their…
PlacePampierstad
… Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuthatswana in the late 1960's. It was located 31 km North-West of Jan Kempdorp and 12 km West…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.1 1992
… Contents and Contributors comment-AW Oliphant, Fragments of a dream by Zachoriah Rapola, The House of Raydon by Patrick Sekhula, Independence by EM Macphail,…
PlaceGreat Brak Rivier
… The village of Great Brak Rivier was founded by Charles Searle, an … in 1859. They landed at Mossel Bay following a sea voyage of 68 days. After a few months…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a victim of the government repressive…
EventNational Party wins general election
… The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of votes in a parliamentary general election, Verwoerd's last … before his assassination in office…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… The Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) refused … to Janusz Walus and Clive Derby-Lewis, the assassins of Chris Hani, leader…
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… " cultural weapons " during their marches. The intention of this ban was to curb growing violence resulting from the use of these weapons to attack…
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act made it illegal for Black students to be educated in the city.The laughter of sewing women, the…
EventLalla Hirayama, the Japanese-born South African television personality is born
… born in Hiratsuka, Japan on 10 February 1988. At the age of six, her family immigrated to South Africa. Lalla is a … presenter, model, dancer and actress.[ii…
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… for justice and freedom. Sisulu was the founder and editor of the New Nation newspaper. He also founded the Media Workers Association of South Africa (MWASA)…
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) a White, student … protests against laws decreed to limit the freedoms of Black South Africans at…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park staged a consumer boycott in … Black and Coloured residents, followed the reintroduction of petty apartheid…
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February 1985. Two other White men in the same case were found…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… (Paper flower). The ceremony was held at the University of Pretoria. The Hertzog prize is named in honour of General J.B.M. Hertzog, former premier of the…
PlaceMolweni, Kwa Zulu Natal
… The Population of Molweni is made up of mostly Black Africans, with Females … There is a complex mix in terms of both housing and land ownership. The meaning…
PlacePhuthaditjhaba, Free State
… Phuthaditjhaba is a Sotho town in the province of the Free State. Flanked by the drama of the Drakensberg Mountains and the Maluti Mountains, … hunter…
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… On 15 October 1989, five of the eight African National Congress (ANC) long term … Mhlaba, Endrew Mlangeni and Elias Motsoaledi. Three of the eight prisoners…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… The trainees cited their unhappiness with the slow pace of integration into the SANDF and conditions in the camp. All the dismissed recruits were former…
Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… I came face-to-face with the "Poor White" problem, one of the major tragedies of South Africa. People abroad believe … Kaffir Wars, the seizure by Whites of…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, called for a National Convention of all races in South Africa to make a…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… Congress has on many occasions broughtto the attention of the United Nations and its Member States thecondition of … their homes. The self-professed aim of…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.3 Jul-Aug 1979
… Ntuli, Seth 'n Sam by Peter Wilhelm, Three Days in the Land of a Dying Illusion by Mtutuzeli Matshoba. The Road is Much … reviews The Hajji, Ashok P. Josshi…