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PlaceRobertson, Route 62
… establish a new congregation to serve the spiritual needs of residents in its Southern region. To this end it purchased … The 1865 census indicated that…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… wa Thiong Today, just over a century after the discovery of gold on the Rand, the nature of South Africa’s future is in the balance. But the future … the…
PlacePacaltsdorp
… (prior to 1910) The settlement of Hooge Kraal was established in 1813 as a station of the London Missionary Society (LMS) . In 1818, its name was changed to…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
… [Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed … deep sorrow and great personal regret that I inform…
New Generation Sculpture
… During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of the country, Gazankulu and Venda, came to the attention of …
PlaceKenilworth
… Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens , between the suburbs of Claremont and Wynberg . A leafy suburb, upper Kenilworth is a well established part of Cape Town and…
PlaceMalay Quarter, Cape Town
… The area, known as the Malay Quarter of Cape Town, nestles against the steep slopes of Signal Hill. It formerly covered a much larger piece of land but this…
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… Museum is committed to collect, conserve and exhibit works of art which represent the heritage of South African art on behalf of and to the advantage and…
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… Africa. Speakers included Julius Nyerere, future President of Tanzania and long-time fighter against apartheid, K.Chiume, press secretary of the Nyasaland…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… populated. All eyes are focused on the speaker, who is out of your line of sight. In this 1989 photograph of a trade union meeting at the University of Cape…
African History Books
… During the month of May we celebrate Africa Month as a way to commemorate the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OUA) in 1963.. As a way to value…
Mines, Masters and Migrants - Life in a Namibian Compound by R. J. Gordon, (Ravan Press), Johannesburg 1977, reviewed by Philip Schemer
… near Windhoek, and the book presents a sociological study of the black migrant labour force on the mine: in the words of the author, his motivation was " t o…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… in 1888 by EF Bourke, who later became the first mayor of Pretoria. It is one of the last remaining examples of the kind of elegant mansions which…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… President of COSATU, comrade Sdumo Dlamini, ANC chairperson, Comrade Marius Fransman, General Secretary of the SACP, Comrade Blade Nzimande, Leadership of…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… Located in the heart of Soweto , the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village is a museum-cum-outdoor exhibition of astounding sculptures and buildings created by…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The story of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa epitomizes the history of South Africa itself during the last thirty years, the …
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… was privately tutored at home and matriculated at the age of 14. Two years after her matriculation she enrolled at the University of Cape Town to study for a…
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… former Chief Justice would never have been a secret member of a political party Speech by George Bizos SC, … Litigation Unit, Legal Resources Centre, in…
PlaceChad
… country in Africa [i] . Chad is estimated to be one of the areas for where the human species originated [ii] . … has a long and complicated history. It was a…
PlaceSteenberg Farmstead, Tokai Road, Constantia
… was granted to Catherina Ustings in 1688 and was one of the first farms in the Western Cape. Its Cape Dutch … its verandah and outbuildings were added at the…
Black ViewPoint - The New Black by Bennie A. Khoapa
… is an experienced social worker and currently the Director of the Black Community Programmes WHEN YOUR SRC President … to you, I replied that I did not feel…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - White Students and Black Students
… will have just cause for gratitude over the consummation of this first All-Student Congress held under the auspices of the National Union of S. A. Students…
EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
… 10:04pm on 29 September 1969, the Boland farming towns of Tulbagh, Wolseley and Ceres experienced the most … earthquake in South African history.[i] The…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… the Malay Quarter of Simon’s Town. [i] The Noorul Islam Mosque looks down … curved lines and intricate Detail. From the Entrance of the Mosque one looks down…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
… and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education This chapter looks at how archaeology and the … to the public. It examines the past hundred…
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
… nor whether a warning was issued. Audio-visual depictions of the event demonstrate a systematic attack on strikers, … and the ability to cordon off the…