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“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… effects of modernity. Steinberg, for instance, argues that one of its underlying assumptions is that “Nothing good can … evident when Paton emphasises how…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… women in different ways than they affected men. For one thing, women were subjected not only to racial … of Cato Manor’s history. It was a settlement, which…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… Levin worked and headed the medical team in Ward 22 of One Military Hospital in Pretoria. Apartheid South Africa is …
BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
… Matthews born in Durban, on 17 June 1929, Matthews was one of five children of Frieda and ZK Matthews, a professor, …
BiographyHenry Selby Msimang
… if a connection existed between this newspaper and the one with which D.S. Letanka was involved in 1911, …
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… of Kagio Trust Investments had contributed to it becoming one of the country’s largest empowerment groups.Yunus Ismail …
BiographyCarol Moses
… was born on 7 April 1968 in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, one of seven siblings. She grew up on a farm outside … of the Karoo. Moses was arrested more than…
BiographyS .G. Sekano Ntoane
… competed for the S.G.S. Ntoane trophy. Besides being one of the pioneers in the DRCA, Ntoane maintained his … was married to Lydia Seduku. They had three…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… the direct result of some twenty years’ efforts on Fehr’s part as an active and vocal member of the Historical … Burgersdorp became a cultivated little…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… Where and what is America? 'America' has more than one meaning. It is usually taken to mean the United States of … and islands of North, Central and South…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… at F.W. De Klerk’s home in Groote Schuur in Cape Town. One of the major issues tabled for discussion was the release … those killed were Russian seamen…
BiographyNkosiyakhe Amos Masondo
… Nkosiyakhe Amos Masondo was born on April 21,1953 in Soweto,one of nine children,his parents were tenants on a white farm …
BiographyNtloe Mabe
… [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province]. Mabe was one of five counsellors of the Bathlako community, together …
BiographySeth Moanakwena
… Transvaal [now North West Province]. Moanakwena was one of the five counsellors of the Bathlako community, …
BiographyGodfrey Sekhukhune
… Mogaramedi Godfrey Sekhukhune was one of the ‘most important’ of the Sekhukhune revolt leaders. …
BiographySimon P. Mkalipi
… One of the first-string accused in the Treason Trial, he was …
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… Dr WHI Bleek. /Xam speakers originally occupied a large part of western South Africa. By 1850, only a few hundred … protected from the elements, has made the…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… Where is Thulamela? Thulamela is in the north-eastern part of South Africa near the South African border with … Anatomy at the University of Pretoria who…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… They were nomadic which means that they did not settle in one place. They moved around to find different plant foods at … had many conflicts over cattle and…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… Xuma starts working as a teacher at two primary schools; one in a settlement known as Newala and the other in Ntibani … Black fraternity. December 1919…
Mxolisi Moyo
… mostly in Alexandra and Tembisa, Johannesburg. He was one of the founding members of Afrapix . Works featured in …
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… before he was given leave of absence from Parliament, he, one evening, drove for several hours looking for his home at … capable political leader, an…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… competitive diplomacy. France moved to occupy Tunisia, one of the last of the Barbary Pirate states, under the … in 1884. This, in turn, partly convinced…
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… African National Congress was a live organization in that part of the country. His name and that of the late Kenneth … this respect is unique and worthy of…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… recounted such a visit. He also mentioned the name of one De Lange who was present. After the Italeni incident in … At that time, the present Pretoria-area…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… draconian repression of the black population or that part of it displaying tendencies towards toppling white … been the same for apartheid power had to be…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… through to the uniting of Upper and Lower Egypt under one Pharaoh. We learn about their beliefs and religion and … and built their civilization. In its lower…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… in Bloemfontein, where Bram excels both in academics (one of only two boys to receive a first-class pass) and sport … distinctions in economics and history…
Sifundile Matalazi
… that Mr Malazi had joined his pairs of socks and had tied one end around his neck,the other to the window.He then …
BiographyMothebang Mopeli
… Mothebang Mopeli was alleged to have been one of the agitators in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve, …