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ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
… his personal loss Andrew never lost his love of creating. Creating was, after all, his life. At his … has meant that I have to be versatile and develop a…
PlaceSidwadweni Village, Queenstown-Eastern Cape
… Cape which has produced a Celebrity! Mthatha - Hundreds of people descended onto Mthatha Airport in the Eastern Cape … and broke into traditional songs amid…
PlaceBethal
… seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount of mining activity in and around Bethal, with 20 coal mines … October 1880 and was then named after the…
PlaceNelson Mandela University, in Gqeberha
… University (NMMU) opened on 1 January 2005, the result of the merging of the PE Technikon the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) … first Dual-Medium,…
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
… At sites such as Thulamela, in the North of the Kruger National Park . Here traces of ancient traders are still being found which proves Man to have been…
PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
… Named after Lewis Peter Ford of the Jeppe and Ford Estate Company, Fordsburg was built on the outskirts of the Johannesburg gold reef to house miners. The ……
PlaceSuurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
… lies in what could easily be termed a little piece of heaven, and because it is not a commercial centre is left … serve the Khoikhoi. It is situated in a…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
… The consequences of capitalism on the lives of working class people extend beyond the workplace per se. … in that area alone, and no new work-seeker permits…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… activist. 16 November 2023, marks the 163rd anniversary of the arrival in South Africa of indentured labourers from India. From the start, the … the past,…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South African leaders who influenced … and ethnic support base…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… by Emilia Potenza Between 1921 and 1936, the number of Africans in the cities increased from about half a million … and a half million. This population…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… me so long to find the road to what must surely be one of the highest peaks of my whole life. On that day I walked with seven other women … His physical…
PlaceDrakensberg Mountain Range, Lesotho
… backdrops. It creates a natural border between the kingdom of Lesotho and the province of KwaZulu-Natal . Its name, Drakensberg, roughly translate … passion…
PlaceKaroo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape
… Mountains, in the Western Cape. It falls under the domain of the Karoo Hoogland Municipality. South of the larger Karoo - the Great or Groot Karoo occupies…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… Act. This apartheid law authorised the forced removal of Africans from “any area in the magisterial district of Johannesburg.” This Act was specifically…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… anthem and a flag, and significantly adopting the Bill of Rights. Another significant development was the formation of the Communist Party of the South…
The French Revolution
… On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which would last…
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
… was delivered in Zulu. Friends, comrades, and the people of Natal, I greet you all. I do so in the name of peace, the peace that is so desperately and…
Chapter 1: Introduction
… Before embarking on an investigation of vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, it is important to give an account of what the situation in…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… ban this book. If I were them I would distribute thousands of copies for whites to show their children if they were … with eventual survival. (Ernest Cole…
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 age that he was doomed … accept the…
“What I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi”: An Article, September 16, 1948
… South Africa. I could not understand then the intricacies of politics or the meaning of the struggle which for two decades he had to wage against … Bapu was…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… On January 18, the world lost an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer … overlooked and often forgotten, especially in…
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… and Personal Observations written in December 1991 as part of group reports at the end of our studies at Institut Tadbiram Awam Negara (INTAN), the … are…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… new Cold War conflict fought along racial lines. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger soon committed to defusing the … and South-West Africa-Namibia. But he…
PlaceLimpopo Province
… Area that lies Northern most in South Africa , just South of Zimbabwe . It was first called the Northern Province, but … this was changed in 2002. The…
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
… the land routes. Vasco da Gama, sent by Manuel I of Portugal, was the first to reached India in 1498 sailing … established a refreshment station in 1652 at…
22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … By 1911, the public outcry in India against the system of…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman South Africa can heave a collective sigh of relief…
NANNA’S LIFE STORY
… secretary Providing political support Marital Struggle Being banned Back to union Politics in the 1980s Detention … those days children were not allowed to…