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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…
Document 6 - M. Lopes, “Socialism and the Labour Party”, The Bolshevik, April 1920
… Labour Party", The Bolshevik, April 1920 In a recent issue of our esteemed contemporary, the International, appeared a … eye upon the Labour Party which has…
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…
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
… It has been 26 years since the youth of South Africa marched in all parts of the country on a lonely journey for a better education, a transformed South…
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…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… me and inspires me to write this to you now, with the hour of your death still a fresh wound in our peoples’ hearts. We … other ‘Madala’ – old man – it…
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…
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…
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…
Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… a united front against the slave morality and mentality of these Bills, determined to voice their disapproval and to … All-African Convention met with the…
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…
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…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… Street, Rorke's Drift is notable for the central role of women. The Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft … in 1962 and had a significant impact on the…
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…
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,…
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…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… Suburb of Kimberley to the South of the Big Hole and North-West of New Park. It was established when the Newton Township, was … New Dictionary of South…
Chapter 7 - CONCLUSION
… - 1990 The Party, as an organisation, underwent a number of changes during the exile period, some of which were revisited after the unbanning in 1990. To…
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…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the…
Address on South African Freedom Day 2001, Pietersburg, 27 April 2001
… Ngubane Mayor Thabo Makunyane Distinguished Guests People of the Northern Province: In the past seven years we have … the people, so that government could…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Industrialisationand rural change were key … life and politics in a particular way. In the…
Freedom Day Call by Albert Luthuli, 3 June 1956
… ANC President-General Albert Lutuli calls on all lovers of freedom in our land to commemorate the past deeds for freedom and to rededicate themselves to the…
PlaceWelgelegen Homestead, next to Mosterts Mill
… In 1657 the VoC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma, who then established a Farm…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… At a farewell meeting of the Tamil community in Johannesburg on July 15, 1914, Gandhi said that the Tamils bore the brunt of the satyagraha struggle and that…
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… Cape Town - The University of Cape Town has defended its protection of freedom of artistic expression, after the David Goldblatt Collection …
PlaceBlyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
… One of the largest green canyons in the world, the Blyde River Canyon is a masterpiece carved over millions of years by the Blyde River as it cut through…