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2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… If a life could be mapped, that of the Honorable Arthur Chaskalson would surely appear as a … human rights, and leading, without deviation, to the bench of…
PlaceEgypt
… many, year old Monuments here: Including: the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx; the Karnak temple, with its infamous hieroglyphics and the Valley of…
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… political activist and theorist from about the middle of the 1930s until his death in 1979. His major contribution as an activist was to the development of…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to Kwazulu-Natal Black Management Forum Gala Dinner in his Honour Inkosi Albert Luthuli, 11 July 2008, International Convention Centre Durban
… Mr Jimmy Manyi, President of the BMF Ms Tembakazi Mnyaka, our host and chair of BMF KZN, Prof William Makgoba, Vice chancellor of University of KwaZulu-Natal…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… Magistrates' Court. Chancellor House in Fox Street was one of the few buildings in which African tenants could hire … offices: it was owned by Indians. This…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… to higher education in South Africa over a period of twenty-five years, and particularly to Rhodes University during his eight-year term of office. A career…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… South Africa Freedom News, Dar es Salaam The University of Algiers has conferred an honorary Doctorate of Literature on Chief A.J. Luthuli, President-General…
PlaceUtrecht
… British troops occupied Utrecht during South African War of 1899 - 1902 as their headquarters. The British were wary of having to camp in high altitude area…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… So far, this feature has described how the development of a racial capitalist society affected the lives-working … and how, day-by-day and year-by-year, they…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
… The Right Honourable Rev. Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission;…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Tomichi Murayama Tokyo, 5 July 1995
… Your Excellency, Mr. Tomichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan; Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen. Since we … your beautiful country, we have been treated…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… ago, a Gangai Amman Temple was Built at the lower end of Booth Road on the banks of the Umkumbaan River, popularly known as First River. This was constructed…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
… ‘”¦ when historians assess the democratic credentials of Thabo Mbeki’s government in future, it is likely that … pandemic ”¦ What explains Mbeki’s apparent…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… and Golden City Post in Johannesburg. Lewin at the launch of Stones Against the Mirror in 2011. Image source In July … in the African Resistance Movement, a…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin
… when I stepped off a British India steamer at the end of a long journey. Fresh from the rural life of northern India, South African Indians and their complex…
PlaceZimbabwe
… The earliest settlement of the area now known as Zimbabwe goes back about 100 000 … an Archaeological site in present-day Zimbabwe, just North of the Limpopo…
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
… Situated on the west coast of Africa, the banks of the River Gambia have been inhabited for many centuries. The first known written record of The Gambia is a…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… anything about the man and his work. That I was ignorant of his more than 60 years of photography, mostly in KwaZulu-Natal, some 30 of them in the service of…
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… Fugard, a theatre based in Cape Town, was built within one of the five interconnected Sacks Futeran buildings in … Six . [1] It opened in early 2010 and was…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… never forget what I saw on 9 August 1956 ”” thousands of women standing in silence for a full thirty minutes, arms raised high in the clenched fist of the…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… in Cape Town. It was started in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas Butterworth's personal Gallery. From an initial bequest of 45 paintings presented in…
PlaceRichmond
… The Village of Richmond was established in 1844 on a portion of the Farm Driefontein, owned by P J van der Merwe. It was named after the Earl of Richmond,…
Chapter III - The world outside
… in house arrest, the 1960s inexorably became a decade of disgrace, of repressive legislation. Sadistic incarceration, even … extract information from…
PlaceRosebank, Cape Town
… Rosebank is a residential suburb of Cape Town , located between Mowbray and Rondebosch . The … suburbs train route) on 19 December 1864. The Suburb of…
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
… reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur of the setting…
PlaceXamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. … a small town in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
… was opened on 16 February 1834 and was extended a number of times thereafter. In October 1854 the original church was … 1980. On 5 September 1832 Bishop…
Court Verdict Docket, 11 February 1978
… Madressa education does not exist in isolation but is part of the practice of the religion and grew and spread with the religion. Its primary objective has…
82. The President’s Council
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Council was appointed in September 1980 with the task of…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… 1. Bill of Rights A. Right to Strike The right to strike should … right to defend and promote social and economic interests of workers. The report of the…