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… Jim Mollison completes his epic flight from England to Cape Town in just over 114 hours. …

… the Dutch newspaper De Zuid-Afrikaan is published in the Cape Colony …

… Steve Biko. Born in King William's Town in the eastern Cape in 1947, Biko had been introduced to politics as a … Biko Late on the night of 18 August 1977 banned eastern Cape political activist Steve Biko was detained at a police … that at the time of his arrest he was on his way to Cape Town to distribute 'inflammatory' pamphlets . . . …

… in 1962. After completing a B.Comm at the University of Cape Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of … for communities in his immediate surroundings and Cape Town home base. Tillim spends much of his time out of … Art of Rome, Italy  Museum of the Revolution, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa 2015       Points of View: …

… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed … and a teacher’s diploma at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). She was still active in politics, especially the … (1999),  A concise Dictionary of South African Biography ( Cape Town)  |Gastrow, S. (1987), Whos Who in South African …

… Africa. They settled in rural Hogsback in the Eastern Cape , thirty kilometers from Alice . Godfrey joined the Red … of Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The young Francis attended the … in Grahamstown . In 1957 he proceeded to the University of Cape Town where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in …

… Schechter family were then living. The couple settled in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and subsequently had a son and two daughters. The Alexanders moved in liberal Cape Town circles and their home was a particular meeting … Alexander, E. 1953. “Morris Alexander: A Biography”. Cape Town: Juta Hirson, B. 1992. “Ruth Schechter: Friend to …

… became a platform to articulate struggles of people in Cape Town. She served on the organising committee of the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee  (CAHAC), the Housing Committee and she became part of the Cape Youth Congress  (CYC). Her work did not just end in Hout …

… (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1948, he went to the University of Cape Town where he obtained a BA in 1951 and an LLB in 1953. … 1956. After graduating, Didcott was admitted to the Bar in Cape Town, but then joined the Cape Argus for a year as Supreme Court reporter. That …

… fortune from mining. Rendered insolvent there, he came to Cape Town in 1901. He served on the British side in the Anglo-Boer War by doing duty at the Cape Town Castle, and then turned to painting full-time. He … under Charles Rolando (1844-1893), a former teacher at the Cape Town School of Art in the 1870s. He brought a number of …

… only a few years of primary school. In 1937 she moved to Cape Town , where her husband was employed. In 1948 she … on the grounds that more than 15 years’ residence in Cape Town entitled her to remain there. Annie Silinga was … in December 1956, the only African woman from the Western Cape to be among the accused. After the Treason Trial Annie …

… and Tempo moved to Ireland until 1914 when she returned to Cape Town . She continued her work with the young girls, and … Street. During World War One many young men came into Cape Town when their ships docked at Table Bay. Tempo decided … recognition of the work she had done with prostitutes in Cape Town. Tempo died in 1946, and Nannie House was moved …

… the Guardian newspaper and later became secretary of the Cape Town Peace Council. In 1951 she attended the World Youth … (ANC) and CPSA, Sonia and her husband Brian returned to Cape Town where they continued their political work. Sonia was a founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society. She died in Cape Town in …

… Fanie Jason was born on the 15 May 1953, Heathfield, Cape Town. Under the South African Group Areas Act, Jason's … eighties when he worked for Drum and Pace magazine in Cape Town. Jason's photographs have appeared in most South African newspapers:  Die Burger, Cape Times, Cape Argus, Rapport, Sunday Times, City Press …

… Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the Western Cape, and in the late 1940s he served on the CPSA district committee for Cape Town. He was one of the first leaders banned under the … Act in 1952, at which time he was chairman of the Cape western region ofthe ANC. He defied the prohibition on …

… he graduated as an architect in the 1950s. He moved to Cape Town in the late 1970s where he worked as an architect … book with photographs called "Black Housing in the Western Cape".  In 1984 a fellow architect started to publish the ADA … The special edition they did on Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town, gave him his appreciation for the diversity of …

… and local houses have been established in the Northern Cape, and this province is now represented in this House. Chairperson and … Gwadiso, a member of the National House and the Eastern Cape Provincial House of Traditional Leaders. We also mourn … Leaders, 23 February 2010, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town …

… in a charge office in the furthest corner of the Northern Province, to prisoners getting together to discuss clauses, and to residents of Peddie in the Eastern Cape who continued with their meeting in pouring rain to … at the end of his speech to the Constitutional Assembly Cape Town, 8 May 1996 May I add that one principle influenced …

… Sibasa” in the Northern Transvaal [now Tshivhase, Limpopo Province].Make, and several others, including Mahomed “Bob” …

… area of the former northern Transvaal (Northern Province).  Mokgatle started his primary education in 1925 at …

… was in the running to become premier of the new North West province after the ANC’s victory in the democratic election …

… He organised a civil disobedience campaign in Northern Province, the so called Cha-cha-cha campaign, which consisted …

… Centre of Jewish Studies and Research, University of Cape Town. 2016. Paperback, illustrated. 258 pages. ISBN no. … of Jewish settlement in South Africa and throws light on Cape Town social history in the two decades before World War … Lithuania and his youngest son, Harry (1895-1980), born in Cape Town and hence a first generation South African. There …

… of his tune in church and intellectual circles at the Cape. As a preacher he was famous for his impressive style … Graaff-Reinet in 1818, he was called to the Groote Kerk in Cape Town in 1822. Here he was the moving spirit behind the … administrator. He pleaded for a second church building in Cape Town - a matter which led to grave discord in the …

… When she was quite young, her father brought the family to Cape Town , her mother’s birthplace. The family stayed with … Miss Verinder, then the principal of St Cyprians School in Cape Town offered her a teaching post which she accepted, … one in District Six and the other in Bridgetown on the Cape Flats Robb was one of the founding members of the Black …

… Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. He was educated in South Africa and for a few years was … taught African law and administration at the University of Cape Town, where he became one of the most popular and … in 1965. David Welsh, his successor at the University of Cape Town and an activist in the Progressive Party, has …

… from 24 organizations. In the late 1950s Desai moved to Cape Town,changed his name to Shabaan Desai and became … in 1962 to replace George Peake as city councilor for Cape Town District Six,he was prevented from taking up the … a member of underground Communist Party and the Western Cape regional structure of Umkhonto weSizwe .Desai was the …

… born on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and … area of Klerksdorp and Orkney in the North West Province. He was also a uranium plant clerk at Vaal Reefs … in 1987 at the Klerksdorp region in the North West Province. Subsequently, he was fired from AngloGold following …

… 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when … money to ask for her hand in marriage, Ngudle went to Cape Town to look for work. In Cape Town he moved around from job to job until he had enough …

… of the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. She lived in Johannesburg and worked as the South … South Africa:  The Cordoned Heart  [Badsha, O (ed). 1986. Cape Town: The Gallery Press] which was prepared to accompany … collection of the South African National Gallery, Cape Town. …