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PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
… The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… One morning, in the middle-class suburb of Johannesburg where he lives, David Goldblatt found his … guard at the entrance make no difference. Since the end…
5th Jozi Book Fair
… children, youth, activists and the public! The theme of the Fair is ‘Reading the word and the world: the role of libraries’ and we will have a Conference on…
PlaceCape St Francis, Eastern Cape Peninsula
… is a village on a headland on the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa, in the Kouga Local Municipality. The quiet fishing settlement of Oyster Bay lies some…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the ‘Voortrekkers’. … first church building (1857-1882) was…
PlaceGoedverwacht, West Coast of Cape Town
… The Moravian Mission Station of Goedverwacht, is nestled between the Piketberg Mountains … well-watered Valley and is characterized by gardens full of…
PlaceDal Josafat, Paarl
… The name is of biblical origin, also spelled: "Dal Josafat or Dal … Dal Josafat has an interesting and varied selection of Buildings dating from the 18th…
PlaceKakamas, Northern Cape
… is a rather small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. This interesting town was originally built … Khoi word, “gagamas” (brown), referring to…
PlaceuMgungundlovu, Dingane's Royal Kraal
… "ungungu we ndlovu", which means: 'the secret conclave of the elephant'. Dingane's Kraal was more or less oval in shape and it consisted of some 1700 huts…
Chapter XV - House arrest
… furthering or were calculated to further, the achievement of any of the objects of communism. Because of this … declared to the press that when the General…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… Balthazar Johannes Vorster stepped down as Prime Minster of South Africa after the holding office since 1966. John Vorster, as he became known, was a former…
Statement at the International Labour Conference (extract) by O. R. Tambo, Geneva, 19 June 1986
… struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. … as the underling and another as the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Labour Conference,19 June 1986
… Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. … as the underling and another as the…
1. The whole Coolies petition the Durban Corporation for better wages
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … whole Coolies in this Barrack' wrote to the town clerk of…
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … wrote in support of the Europeans and of the Black Act, they…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission … of State for Colonies, Sir Michael Edward Hicks…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently been adopted by the South African … been described by Brink (2009) as an …
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… the 'Daisy Town', was named after Henry Barber on 24th of July 1884 by the Gold Commissioner David Walson, after … his cousin Fred discovered gold in the…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… were hosted by the Botswana National Museum in July of 1982 in Gaborone, Botswana as part of The Culture and Resistance Conference. The Culture and … was…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… November at the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. On 20 December 1991, the … South Africa (CODESA I). The first…
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… the young Paul Kruger becomes witness to the battle of Vegkop against Mzilikazi. 1838 Paul Kruger's parents cross … Kruger collects signatures to object to…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… DECEMBER 2019 31 December – Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, informs its regional World Health Organization … of America (USA) considers invoking the…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… Street, Sophiatown, it was the first establishment of this kind for Africans. According to ‘Bantu World’, Mohl … encouraging African talent through bringing…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… the Kariega River , approximately 35 kilometres north of Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth). In Uitenhage you can … square. In this case also, a stretch of…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… AND CIVIL SOCIETY ABOUT A MONUMENT AND SOME KIND OF OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THE ARRIVAL DAY OF INDENTURED … in the preamble to the National Heritage…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… Mangcu. Ngugi wa Thiong'o is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and one of the most…
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… David Goldblatt (87) has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex…
PlaceChintsa
… Chintsa is a village in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is situated 38 km north-east from East … includes a mix of…
PlaceNairobi National Museum, East Africa
… The history of the institution dates back in 1910 when a Museum was … History Society (EANHS)]. The group consisted mainly of colonial settlers and…