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ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… it concentrated on the Boer War years and the experiences of Emily Hobhouse as the compassionate, strong willed woman … engaged to provide considerable…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Bordering the City of Polokwane in Limpopo, the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the pursuit…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… With the inception of apartheid in 1948, numerous repressive laws limited the freedom and movement of black South Africans. External resistance to the policy…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg . The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought to be named in honour of Queen…
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
… between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one which is well … used by travellers in former times…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… nobody can cross! It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married, Jacobus … Wessels, whose son, Sir John Wessels, became…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… experiences that had never been accessible to the people of Durban. KwaMuhle is in no sense an apartheid museum. Nor … and confrontations that made up the…
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), … the University College, London (Development Unit)…
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) was formed at a meeting in Port … motoring organisation to protect and promote the interests of motorists in…
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society . The 1875 census indicated that the Village had a population of 291. It was…
PlaceConstantia
… The other picture of a Mansion, 'owned by Deputy Minister- Paul Mashatile , in … Reading .) The Former estate in the magisterial district of Wynberg , 24 km,…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
… A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the newspapers denying … television programme permission to quote exiled president of…
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… Carter Ebrahim, Minister of Education and Culture for the mixed race community, announced that 454 out of a total of over 900 schools were going to be closed…
PlaceWindermere
… Cape Town near the Ysterplaat airbase. The Group Areas Act of 1950 declared that the space be occupied by Coloured residents and all other residents, the…
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The aim of the monument was to commemorate the role of women in the struggle and marked the 44th anniversary of…
Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
… 5 September 1928 British Association/or the Advancement of Science … UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW … from the continent. When I left Moscow the question of the new…
ArchiveAppendix 3 The Freedom Charter
… We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to … can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people;…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Western Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; Chief of the SANDF; …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Western Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; Chief of the SANDF; …
PlaceNyanga Township
… Nyanga, a sprawling, poverty-stricken illustration of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, Nyanga is one of the oldest Black townships in Cape Town. It was … is located…
PlaceMali
… Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian … and on the west by Senegal and Mauritania. The countryside of Mali is…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 By December 1982, the government of Lesotho…
Document 29 - Kenneth Hendrickse, “The Opposition in Congress”, The Citizen 3, 3, 4 March 1958
… to add my voice to their criticisms than to deal with some of the oppositionists themselves. BLIND TO CONGRESS RACIALISM On the question of the elections…
PlaceNaval Hill
… An extremely popular spot providing excellent views of the Town and the Franklin Game Reserve forms part of the Hill. Several types of big and small game can…
VI - The Inquest
… The inquest was postponed until 14 November. At the end of October, two weeks before it was due to start, … Synagogue, Pretoria. The Old Synagogue has been…
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
… The small town of Stutterheim lies at the foot of the Amatola Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This picturesque town is situated…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… Democratic Movement merged. Under the combined leadership of Zach de Beer, Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan, the DP won 36 seats in Parliament in the general…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… hosted by the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, commemorates the sinking of the SS Mendi that occurred during the First World War,…