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Eye of the Needle - Chapter 6 - Education for Freedom
… How exactly does one test whether the child is ready to pass from one level to the next? How many different kinds of … be those of the family or of the…
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
On 20 October 1820, the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, which became known as the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) was founded. It is the…
PlaceTokai, Cape Town
… Kilometers) to get there. This drive is very scenic as you pass: Tokai Forest; Pollsmoor Prison; University of Cape Town …
PlaceBontebok National Park, Swellendam
… base of the Langeberg mountains near to the R62’s Tradouw Pass , Swellendam is in the perfect location from where to …
PlaceKatberg, Eastern Cape
… as a section of the Winterberg Mountains. The Katberg pass, almost unfeasible in an ordinary car as the condition …
PlaceVilliersdorp
Lying in the centre of a flourishing apple-growing region, which also happens to produce grapes, onions, peaches and apricots, it’s not hard to imagine…
EventClements Kadalie dies
Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in…
EventIvory Coast's new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
After emerging as an independent country following French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of 'Cape Coloured men', called the Cape Corps, is established
… on the hill, making it impossible for British soldiers to pass. They needed to be dislodged. The Cape Corps broke …
PlaceZonnebloem College, Cape Town
The College was founded in the 1850s on the farm Zonnebloem (sunflower) by controversial Cape Governor Sir George Grey in his drive to strip the Xhosa people…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… impositions; the 50th anniversary of Zeerust anti-pass campaign, in which large numbers of women burned their pass books, actions which were met with severe…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… have a grid structure for better surveillance and have pass laws enforced. The new township needed plans for water and …
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… feats of achievements occurred when there were draconian laws targeting journalists who reported on the suffering and …
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
… us are becoming reality. Oppressive and discriminatory laws have been swept away. Literally millions of our people, …
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… these children who are victims of the pernicious apartheid laws under which we lived for so long. Local councilors will …
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
… should prevail in the event of a conflict between these laws. Ground for refusing access to records: The bill should …
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… of moves to dismantle job reservation and all the laws in support of what they saw as an economically … and proposed that this could be done by the scrapping…
PlaceArthur Newton's- Rock Seat in the Comrades Marathon
This Area has a Plaque of Comrades Marathon achiever Arthur Newton. This is aslo the resting place of many other brave runner's during the race! Arthur, the …
ArticleSouth African Film
… of the film. Lack of respect for intellectual copyright laws : Unfortunately there is much piracy in Africa. Let’s …
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… great challenges during this time because of the harsh laws of the Dutch, we see a number of instances where these …
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… in such area. This Act was complimented by the Native Laws Amendment Act of 1952, which tightened influx control …
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
The shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the core is a struggle for equality and visibility. Over the course of the…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… been born during the Campaign of Defiance against Unjust Laws of 1952. The Freedom Charter is the foundation of our … mobilised working class coloureds in…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… would require us to have identified firm regularities or `laws' of historical development. Developing such laws requires us first to choose instances from…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… on this day. The historic Defiance Campaign against unjust laws in which 8,000 people went to jail was inaugurated on 26 …
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
The Town of Ottosdal, was established as a Dutch Reformed Church on the Farm 'Korannafontein'. This occurred in 1913 and was named after its owner, GP Otto…
PlaceGouda, Cape Winelands
… of Porterville, at the Western entrance to the Nuwekloof Pass that links Tulbagh to Wellington. "The Town does not … of Porterville, at the Western entrance…
PlaceTsaarsbank Beach, West Coast
… an excellent place from which to watch the whales as they pass the shores of the Western Cape. These are most commonly …
EventTreasures are discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun was pharaoh during the Egyptian period of the New Kingdom. Descending from the eighteenth dynasty, he became pharaoh at the age of nine and his…
PlaceSahara Desert, in North Africa.
… There are long narrow defiles- (A defile is a narrow pass or gorge between Mountains or Hills.) just West of the …