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Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… forget that night of tears. I lay in bed, sobbing until early morning. The next day, we returned to our farm and, for … floor of the house and the stoep …
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… Foundation of Gandhis' ashram in Kochrab, Gujarat. First settlers arrive, including Kasturba. September, An …
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
… for more comprehensive sanctions on South Africa in the early 1980s. A mass grassroots campaign under the direction …
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, is born
… Maxeke showed musical talent. She finished primary school early and her parents moved to Kimberly, where Maxeke …
PlaceJagersfontein
… 1909. Due to the Great Depression, the Mine closed in the early 1930's and reopened in the late 1940's. Thereafter it …
PlaceGroutville
… to be non-drinkers in order to be Christians. Most of the early residents of Groutville became sugar cane planters. The …
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… especially took away from her to benefit themselves. The Early Years …
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
… had been joined inside the country by Ronnie Kasrils in early 1990, a few weeks before the ANC's unbanning. Kasrils, …
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… James. This was used in the whaling industry during the early 1800's as a place to haul the carcasses ashore. Kalk …
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
… 1985. Although fortifications were a necessary feature of early Dutch settlement at the Cape, neither the Fort of Good … Although fortifications were a…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… Home to stone age utensils dating as far back as the early Stone Age era from around 2,5 million Years ago …
EventSolomon Popoli Linda, singer and composer, dies
… at weddings and events around the community. In the early 1930s, Linda moved to Johannesburg where he worked at …
PlaceOld Presidency
… repairs were carried out in 1864 and 1874. In the early 1880s the Volksraad decided that the cost of …
PlaceLadysmith
… this town while spending time in the Drakensberg. In the early years interestingly, Ladysmith was initially a Boer …
PlaceOrigins Centre
… meanings in tools and other artifacts; exploring how Early Artists made pigments, brushes and various methods of …
PlaceEgypt
… streets, monasteries, houses and workshops in this early Christian holy city were built over the tomb of the …
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… were Housed in the Building during the nineteenth and early twentieth Centuries. For example, the Governor’s … 24, 2003) p. 1559. https://www.sahistory.org…
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… Europe and a period of study at the University of London. Early Political Formation: The New Era Fellowship In 1937, …
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… in that they practised agriculture. The first white settlers in South Africa were led by Jan Van Riebeeck , … many Khoisan had become labourers on the farms…
PlaceStrandfontein
… spotting whales during season from the late winter into early spring. Strandfontein was initially a nature reserve …
PlaceVlakplaas, Pretoria
… shut down during the transition to democracy in the early '90s. "Government plans to turn Vlakplaas into a …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Thwala. Her career skyrocketed in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Things seemed to all go downhill in the mid …
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver 'OR' Tambo, is born
… President in 1969 after the Morogoro Conference. In the early hours of 23 April 1993, Tambo suffered a massive and …
EventMike Gatting's rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… the second leg of the tour, which would have taken place early in the 1990-91 season. In return, NSC agreed not to …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… is to be found” . Here military posts were set up, British settlers were granted farms and according to Stockenstrom, …
1. The Way to Fox Street
… sought sanctuary in Moshoeshoe's kingdom from Afrikaner settlers. Moshoeshoe sent his son Molapo to accompany the …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… lie some of the earliest and most respected Muslim settlers of South Africa: Imam Abdullah ibn Kadi [Qadi] Abdus … by non-Muslims in Muslim community affairs…
Mission Stations - A-F
… of the miserable appearance of the village, the settlers are by many people reported to be extremely … with regret concerning the indolence of many of the…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… spread Eastwards, from the port of Durban, Natal. Settlers pushed Northwards, further and further into the land …
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… safely. What a relief. Veronica had been on her way to the Early Learning Centre 1 when she saw what was happening and … Nomsa and went back to my school. We…