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PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… Alexander Bay is way up the West Coast of the Northern Cape in South Africa . Virtually on the … Northerly, than this Seaside Town that lies on the mouth of…
Black ViewPoint - Introduction edited by B.S. Biko (1972)
… IT IS SIGNIFICANT that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose entire economic structure is … Community Programmes to all those…
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… Bantu Steven Biko , leader of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and pioneer of the Black Consciousness philosophy, died in police custody at…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… Mangcu. Ngugi wa Thiong'o is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and one of the most…
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… are situated in Umgeni Road, and are now an integral part of the city centre. The first formal European settlement of the Bay of Port Natal took place in…
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… Church square is in the historic centre of Pretoria! The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius declared the square to be … significant buildings surround…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Bank, A., C. Malherbe and P. van der Spuy. People of the Western Cape, A History for Schools…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Nelson Mandela an International Tribute for a Free South Africa, 16 April 1990, Wembley Stadium, London
… National Congress to pay its tribute to the millions of people who have made it possible for Nelson Mandela to … campaign. Our people within South Africa…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… Ocean to the South East and South. The Eastern portion of the former Griqualand East (surrounding the Umzimkulu River ) which is now an exclave- (a portion…
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg . The gardens were established … rose garden and subsequently…
PlaceTsolo
… in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign Parts. It was located on the Inxu river, near…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education Bibliography Caton-Thompson, Gertrude. Mixed … . Gabarone, The National Museum, n.d. Fage, J.D…
PlaceConcordia
… The village of Concordia was established in 1863 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society. It seems probable that its founding coincided with the…
PlacePort St. Johns
… The wildness of the Coast of the Eastern Cape, with its deep Gorges and impenetrable … Forests, mangrove Swamps and the primitive force of freak waves that…
PlaceState Theatre, Pretoria
… the theatre was completed in 1981. Situated on the Corner of Sisulu Street and Pretorius Streets, the Theatre covers the Eastern portion of the block…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… The year 1859 marks the founding of the Reformed Church, in Pretoria and its first church was … tender by Daanen & Dorlas was accepted. The corner stone of…
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… prepares to assemble for its new session, the people of South Africa face the grim prospect of more fascist attacks from the Strijdom police state on ……
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 SAIC in Court The refusal of the President and…
EventBram Fischer born today
… man, from staunch Afrikaans descent (he was the eldest son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, Judge President of the Orange Free State, and a grandson of Abraham…
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa . The name is of Afrikaans origin and…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… ("Voortrekker Heights") in 1939 by the government of the Union of South Africa , following the beginning of the building of the nearby Voortrekker Monument ,…
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… in Roodepoort for the second time. After the outbreak of the Student Uprising in 1976, the government responded by detaining several members of the South…
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… A passionate lecturer pioneering the teaching of radical political philosophy, Dr. Richard Turner was … assassinated. Turner met his untimely death on the…
EventWorld War I begins
… 19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian…
PlaceRobert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
… Cape, the fourth oldest in South Africa and certainly one of the most atmospheric, Graaff-Reinet lies enclosed by a … its slave cottages, Graaff-Reinet has…
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… The legacy of apartheid is characterized by great political and … African National Congress (ANC) along with the Congress of South African Trade Unions …
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… at the Beijing Women’s Conference about the importance of including lesbian rights in discussions about the empowerment and upliftment of women. She was the…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a … Settlement at the Cape. Jan van Riebeeck, an employee of the Dutch East…
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… the Apartheid University? Interrogating the transformation of the South African Higher Education landscape. Sub-themes to be considered as focus of papers,…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British maintained a favourable command of several strategic points in the Transvaal area. Western ……