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ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… sits to negotiate South Africa's first constitution. 1909 19 August, The South Africa Act, South Africa's first … inviting public views on the new…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko Museums of Cape Town Some years ago, a small body of artists clubbed together…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… on the land question and traces it as far back as from 06 April 1652. The land issue is the most critical pillar of …
ArticleTswana
(seTswana [language], baTswana [people]) The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
The opening moment of education in South Africa coincides with the foundation of the colonial experience at the Cape in 1652. Six years after the Dutch East…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… embodied in the Union of South Africa. By the end of the 19 th century, two forms of administrative models had evolved …
PlaceThe Company Gardens, Cape Town.
When the Dutch first settled in the Cape in 1652, Governor van Riebeeck's brief included the construction of a fort and the setting out of gardens where…
PlaceOld Biscuit Mill, Woodstock- Cape Town
The Old Biscuit Mill is a vibrant hub of art, design, and food, right in the heart of Woodstock. It’s the capital of cool here in Cape Town, and it’s one of…
PlaceCairo, Capital City of Egypt
It is also the 19th largest City in the world and among the world's most densely populated Cities! On the Nile River, Cairo is famous for its own history,…
Notes from Books
Jean Gelman Taylor, THE SOCIAL WORLD OF BATAVIA: EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN IN DUTCH ASIA. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983 The book…
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
… Africa must address a number of challenges, including: 19.1. Identifying the kind of institutional reform, at the … undergo to establish an effective…
The Pioneers
… for a number of black craftsmen. From 1937 until 1959, Tivenyanga Qwabe and numerous other carvers displayed … formed the greater part of the work done in…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… career. Steve left Heracles in the middle of the night in 1959 and people hadn’t heard from him ever again. He sort of …
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… supposed to leave their cells to exercise. In my first 19 days, I had exercise on only two occasions. In reality, … letters of complaint about the lack of…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… as the sole governing body of soccer in South Africa. 1959 The National Football League (NFL) is launched as the …
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
For the last few weeks millions of fevered eyes have been fixed on South Africa, host to the World Cup, which ends next weekend. For half a century the probing…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… Nature Reserve, Still Bay) as the Garden Route. Posted on 19 January 2026 By Lee-Ann Steyn Encounter sharks safely …
PlaceEastern Cape Province
Before 1993, the Eastern Cape was part of the Cape Province. Today it includes the old homelands of Ciskei and Transkei. Many of South Africa's leaders were…
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… 460 000 to over 1,6 million members today, organised into 19 affiliates. COSATU committed itself to the unification of …
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
… also the Women`s March against beer halls in Cato Manor in 1959 and the tragic Sharpeville Massacre in 1960. There were … reconciliation and justice among…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
… to say this in respect of the Group Areas Act. By June 1959 we have a very important task to fulfil in making the …
86. Non-racial sport
… first non-racial cricket organisation in South Africa in 1959 ”” the Western Province Cricket Board. At the time the …
Document 15 - ‘A document to create a climate of understanding’; Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… "Communique" by SASO, July 1969 For the first time after 1959, Non-White student leaders met at Stutterheim in July …
PlaceKnysna Forest
The Knysna Forest has a rich history spanning thousands of Years, from indigenous use to colonial exploitation and modern conservation.Indigenous people who…
PlaceKwaxolo Cave Adventures, South Coast
… year, KwaXolo Caves Adventures was halted during the Covid-19 lockdown , but with new Level 3 regulations, the business …
PlaceAngola
… No. 1 (2009), pp. 1-22. Cambridge University Press. Page 19. ↵ [lvi] Thornton, John. 1983. The Kingdom of Kongo: Civil … Civilian casualties” in Portuguese…
Now You Have Touched the Women - African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960 by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… are determined to follow your courageous example." (19) The National Executive Committee of the African National … the equality of all human beings, of both…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
In 1977, a group of "cultural workers"from the townships fled into exile in Gaborone, Botswana; including Molefe Pheto, from Mhloti Theatre. Thami Mnyele…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
Prehistory of Southern AfricaFarming people did not inhabit the Greater Johannesburg region until the Late Iron Age. Then, beginning in the 15th century,…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… older women, and most of the accusers boys younger than 19. Amid condemnation from the press, UDF-aligned leaders …