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… him. After the shooting, Chapman sat and read a copy of Catcher in the Rye as he calmly waited for police to … to kill the world-famous musician. The instant outpouring of grief that followed Lennon's death was on a level with that of the sudden death of a world figure such as John or Robert …

… Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Bonner, Philip. African Urbanisation on the Rand … Consciousness. Inaugural address at the University of the Witwatersrand, 25 August 1993. Brink, Elsabe. Man-made Women: Gender, Class and the Ideology of the Volksmoeder. In C. Walker (ed.), Women and Gender in …

… banning order expired in September 1975 and thirteen years of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from … reception fell into disarray, the rank and file ran ahead of the 'leadership', someone swooped up Winnie and paraded … a roundabout route through Umlazi and residents rushed out of their houses to see this Mandela. At last Winnie, dressed …

… is the teaming business and residential Indian sector of the Durban City Centre , and is also the educational, cultural and business heart of; the Natal Indian Community. The significance of the area, in the life of the South African Indian …

… various groups speaking languages related to those of the present day were living in the area. These peoples … and Bandi, all founded in the 19th Century. The region of the Central African Republic was not directly connected to … , Gabon , and the Middle Congo (which became the Republic of the Congo ). Later in the mid 19th century the Bobangi …

… now.” – Ray Phiri You can’t relegate the activism of the late Ray Chikapa Phiri to the past; as the quote above … them. That’s the point: much as the present proliferation of media creates the illusion we can access everything in the … often presented as ‘personalities’, evading the content of their work. If a project has no big commercial impetus …

… 295 metre span that is lit up in all the colours of the rainbow at night. (It's one of the really striking attractions of Johannesburg!) The Bridge, which spans the railway tracks …

… Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) President and the … petrol bombed. Her second ban followed the re-emergence of FEDSAW. Through her organisation, Meer was one of the initiators of the Free Mandela Campaign launched in … Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, …

… French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of independence, he had formed the first agricultural trade … with the French government, which promoted the increase of the French population on Ivory Coast. Houphouët-Boigny …

… The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Policy of Apartheid of the Government of South Africa (Special Committee Against Apartheid) …

… French, Dutch, Polish, Hindi and Zulu. The collected works of Jonker, including several short stories and a play, were … published in 1975 and re-issued in 1983 and 1994. Much of Jonker's early writing related to the episodes and trauma of her early life. Yet as a mature poet, Jonker never failed …

… proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid policy of separate development. The Transkei was to have its own … foreign affairs and justice would remain in the hands of the central government in Pretoria. On 26 October 1976, … was elected as Prime Minister. The constitutional status of the Transkei was a source of constant friction between …

… took place near Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal. The first signs of discontent started at the end of 1905, when government introduced a new £1 poll tax on top of existing hut and dog taxes. After the Second Anglo-Boer … Reader's Digest. (1988). Illustrated History of South Africa: the real story , New York: Reader's Digest …

… Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an … consul at Quelimane (now in Mozambique) and commander of an expedition to explore east and central Africa. He then led an expedition up the Shire River, a tributary of the Zambezi, and discovered Lake Nyasa, one of his many …

… Peak is named after John Chapman , the Captain’s mate of an English ship, the 'Consent'. The Peak which can be seen … mountaineer, but a lowly ship's pilot. In 1607 the skipper of the British ship Contest found his vessel becalmed in what … sent his pilot, John Chapman, to row ashore in the hope of finding provisions. The pilot later recorded the Bay as …

… had a House erected upon it. During WWII Italian prisoners of war were used to build Improvements on the estate. One of which, a windmill, was built in accordance with a magazine … furrows so that all the chicken runs had a fresh supply of water daily. Italian labour was also responsible for the …

… time as East London, and was located immediately south of the town. By the early 1900s it had been overtaken by … residential development, and in about 1909 a portion of the Farm was developed into the Suburb of Rosemount. This Suburb is very near two Nature Reserves …

… In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. … and, at a relatively early stage, came under the guidance of European missionaries. Realising the need for an education … funds and to lay down the groundwork for the establishment of a technical training institute. or what later was a High …

… photographer David Goldblatt has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex-Offenders, show men and women at the scene of their crimes, with accompanying texts that relate the …

… and much-loved family Home. Situated at the Crossroads of what were once four oak lined Avenues in Upper Kenilworth … Gardens and mature trees, Stellenberg is the last example of its kind in the Central Southern Suburbs. Simon van der Stel originally granted an Estate of 57 morgen to Jacob Vogel in 1697 but it was almost …

… The Luthuli Detachment was one [of] those detachments that were well prepared and well … I personally participated in the preparations. A lot of time was allocated for the detachment to be together in … need for us to forge an understanding between the forces of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the forces of ZAPU and to understand …

… Mitchell, who has died aged 83, was an active opponent of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and later used her political skills in an equally determined critique of Robert Mugabe’s regime in the 90s. A suburban housewife … networks and political relationships that were a source of inspiration for liberals and nationalist fighters alike. …

… on 31 May 1926 under the newly formed National Parks Board of Trustees , which became the controlling body of the park, and reported to the Minister of Lands. However, the proclamation, was made possible and … tps://www.krugerpark.co.za/krugerpark-times-5-4-an-overview-of-krugerpark-timeline-24896.html …

… to forming a broad united front so as to rouse the whole of South Africa against "the fascist measure." Response "I am … Dennis Hurley, Dr. Alan Paton, Mr. P. R. Pather, President of the South African Indian Organisation, Dr. Naicker, President of the S.A.I.C. and others have informed me that they are …

… 1849 it was purchased by John Goodrick who, with the help of his son, built a two-roomed wattle and daub cottage upon … it to George Robinson in 1858. Robinson was the publisher of the Natal Mercury, the first daily newspaper in Natal and whose son Sir John was the first Prime Minister of Natal . First opened in 1954, and now features a …

… The National Library of South Africa, as we know it today, was formed on 1 November 1999 as a result of the amalgamation of the two former National libraries: the South African …

… Art is an act of resistance. It asserts our agency. Omar Badsha has … identified not only as an artist, but an activist for most of his life. Born in 1945, he grew up under the oppression of apartheid, facing injustice on a daily basis. He was …

… Mountainous country of western North Africa, Morocco borders Algeria to the east … to extensive migration and has long been the location, of urban communities that were originally settled by peoples from outside the region. The indigenous people of Moroccan are primarily Arab and Berber, as in other …

… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 … that, unlike other pandemics such as malaria, the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) was not confined to geographic locations. The aim of World AIDS Day was to bring to people's attention the …

… Sharia law refers to a body of Islamic religious laws and deals with aspects of everyday life, such as politics, banking, family, … Since 1999, 12 states across the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria have begun reintroducing Sharia principles into …