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… Ministers Premiers and leaders of SALGA Mayors and leaders in our system of local government Our honoured traditional … I am certain that you will discharge your responsibilities in this regard sensitive to the important messages … of us as we campaigned for their votes. I wish you success in your work as you carry out your obligations as our …

… and students; Distinguished guests. I was honoured indeed in 1992 by your award to me of an honorary degree. It is an … such occasion - and there have been many, over many years, in many countries involving every kind of institution, … unique. Each one involves a relationship between peoples, in this case the people of South Africa and the people of …

… viaduct bridge (the first of its kind to be built in South Africa ) The bridge is simultaneously curved and … follows the track of the road, so ignore the steep spike in the middle of the vertical profile!") The Huguenot-Tunne l … over the Mountain. Geological surveys and design started in 1973, and excavation followed in 1984, tunneling from both …

… Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes throughout the … Reserve, where it proposed to erect a grammar school. In September 1856 a Mr Archibald was commissioned to prepare … of 1858 the school was ready for occupation. It was named in honour of the Governor, in recognition of his contribution …

… poetry and fiction. She wrote a few plays and appeared in some theatre productions, but it was only when her first … named because of the use of large font) was published in 1970 that she was taken seriously as a writer. Her poetry … use of language. Wilma showcased her acting abilities in television shows such as Mannakwalanners and Die …

… Anglo American Corporation, founded in 1917 by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to exploit the gold fields … Exchange (JSE) to the London Stock Exchange. This move was in order to provide a better base for international expansion … was the culmination of a hectic period of restructuring in the corporation. Anglo American plc was formed in May 1999 …

… Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was born in Bondo, Nyanza Province in Kenya in 1912. Odinga was a member of the second largest ethnic …

… life sentences escaped from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria in a canoe. This was after the prisoners hacked to death a … operation. After killing him they hid his mutilated body in a nearby bush. Under cover of darkness, the political prisoners escaped in a canoe to Usenge.  On arrival in Usenge, Kenya, they …

… policy, herded White women and children and Blacks living in the country into concentration camps. Emily Hobhouse brought the dire conditions prevailing in the camps to the attention of the British parliament, resulting in the appointment of a Ladies' Commission (Fawset …

… From the beginning of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', the Congo … the Congolese. Atrocities committed by colonial officials in the Congo were circulated in Europe, provoking widespread condemnation of Leopold's …

… South African soil was Bartholomew (or Bartolomeu) Dias. In December 1487 Dias sailed down the African coast, landing in among other places present-day Angola and Walvis Bay, … (Cape of Good Hope). On 3 February 1488 Dias landed in Mossel Bay. On 12 March 1488 Dias erected his first …

… Karamchand Gandhi was born into a Hindu Modh family in Porbandar, India. In 1893 he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian law firm work in Natal, South Africa. His time in South Africa was a …

… was first granted to the Native of Cape Colony in 1854, without, distinction as to white and black. Before … open for all to qualify for true citizenship and a voice in the councils of a State in which civilized men were bound for the same destiny. Under …

… on 26 February 1965. When Johannesburg was proclaimed in 1886 on the triangular site Randjeslaagte, the area of the … base running along Commissioner Street, from End Street in the East to Ntembi Pilisio Street in the West. This nine square km. remained the Municipal Area …

… better arrangements for the defence of the Transvaal and, in particular, Pretoria . The raiders had penetrated to … . Even though General Piet Cronje had succeeded in trapping them at Doornkloof on 2 January 1896 and forcing … Daspoortrand; Magaliesberg-Wes; Wonderboompoort (as seen in banner) ; Derdepoort; Strubenkop; Klapperkop in Pretoria …

… it will mean an extcnsion of Party activity particularly in the country districts. We have reached a stage now where, … thanks to the paper, the Party has become widely known in the country districts. What is wanted now is consolidation and the building up of branches in the areas where the paper now circulates. We have recently …

… Angela Thoko Didiza was born in Durban in 1965. Didiza became Minister of Agriculture and Land  Affairs in 1999 and in 2006 she became Minister of Public works under …

… Dumisani Abraham Mabaso, South African artist, was born in Soweto. From childhood until 1974 he received art … at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Dube, and also for 2 years studied art at the Mofolo Arts … is also a musician and director of a recording studio in Soweto. He exhibited in South Africa and in five group …

… Cosatu plus SANCO, Representatives of fraternal parties in SADC and internationally, Comrades Delegates, Our honoured … humbled by the confidence shown by the branches of the ANC in us. We will do our best in executing our tasks on behalf of the membership, and also …

… Monarch following the death of his father, King Cyprian in 1968 and brief regency that lasted until 1971 when he … Buthelezi , Chief Minister of Kwa-Zulu were strained, and in 1972 Zwelithini's position was declared as only … loggerheads. Buthelezi accused Zwelithini of interfering in party politics in violation of his role as a ceremonial …

… on the back page of my last essay ("Political Education in The Republic") "Good ideas, but style too literary. Use of … You'd smile again to see me seven years later, wintering in Florida between a set of eighteenth- century novels and … swim, a day of marginalia, lazy ambles on the shore in the late afternoon; eight thousand miles from where, last …

… George Heys, a young man from Durban, made his fortune in the diamond rush in Kimberley by establishing a successful coach … British architect WT Vale to design him a house. In 1886, the three-storey stately Victorian mansion complete …

… (prior to 1910) Philipton was established in 1829 as a station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of Dr John Philip, who was Superintendent of the … of the rights of indigenous people, his book "Researches in South Africa", published in 1828, antagonised both Dutch …

… He will be here to talk about his memoir. Allister will be in conversation with John Maytham . Please note this event … the restoration of the beautiful Château de la Creuzette in France.  Also available in Afrikaans. More here . Wednesday 16th March, 5.30 for 6pm …

… In 1922, following the strikes and bloodshed in Johannesburg in the early months of that year, of which much history has …

… The central African region in which the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) … when European powers competed for territory and resources in Africa. The Kongo Kingdom was first explored by the Portuguese, who traded in goods and slaves with local chiefs, but it was only in …

… protests at the University of Fort Hare that have resulted in the academic programme being abruptly halted. The … and university infrastructure development by years. In this age, where we are talking about lack of accommodation … level of vandalism that seems to be happening down there in Fort Hare University. It is said that we had thought the …

… own slaves. Canadian professor Wallace Mills noted this in his course on the Great Trek & the Encyclopedia Britannica … one century & a half earlier.  The British Imperialism in the region was simply the proverbial straw that broke the … relating to the abolition of slavery which might have in fact played a role in causing the Great Trek was that the …

… structure, content, and socialization that we have seen in discussing participation. Just as the organizational … structure of the factory socializes the worker in a particular way, so does the organize structure of the school, 3. The attitude to education in Africa is a prime example of cultural neo-colonialism, of …

… 1967. It all began wth the proper Housing of Slaves in Cape Town presenting the Dutch with a problem, when the … called Corenhoop Built for them just outside the Fort. In the 1660s, they were moved to a specially designated Slave … Because this Building soon fell into disrepair a new Lodge in the form of a Single Storey rectangular structure set …