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… agreement on the desirability of unity as expressed in your letter. We agree to your suggestion that a special bulletin be attached to our respective organs, in which the problems affecting the revolution in South African be discussed. We feel, however, the need …

… 6 March 1929 Dear Victor, I must apologise for ihe delay in answering your letters, for which thanks very much. I take … book was confiscated by the authonties, as I sent them in a single package. I hope you will not create the … the CI will find the final programme fairly satisfactory in its immediate demands but I can see breakers ahead as far …

… Cape uprising was surely influenced by stories arriving in the Cape about uprisings in America, Ireland and the Caribbean, as well as the recent … persuading slaves and Khoi servants to join them. Only in one instance did the march encounter resistance.  In fact, …

… The Cape Town Civic centre is a Building in the centre of Cape Town , which is just under Signal Hill … Municipality of the City of Cape Town . It was completed in 1978. This building also houses the council chambers and … but I wouldn't walk around Cape Town at night. "Even in a group, I just wouldn't do it unless I was with a trusted …

… Rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen, at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. After a long battle with Motor Neuron Disease (MND), Joost was rushed to hospital on Saturday in a critical condition. The public memorial for Joost was … of the Springbok legend was another unifying moment in South African history, as it focused on the unity sport …

… from Kimberley became the youngest world record holder in any sport in the history of organised sport.[i] Karen Muir broke the … world record at the British amateur swimming championships in Blackpool on 10 August 1965.[ii] End Notes [i] Karen Muir … David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 149.|Former …

… The popular myth in South Africa is that the African natives were devoid of … advent of the Europeans. The Basotho have used mathematics in order to count, estimate, measure, philosophize, solve and model, among others. In this public lecture we show an African origin …

… Museum in a former synagogue featuring exhibits on Jewish life & History in Port Elizabeth. The Jewish Pioneers’ Memorial Museum is … expect when it is a Jewish Holy Day. The Museum is Housed in the original Raleigh Street synagogue, which was used by …

… including Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) in a Patriotic Front Conference held in Durban. The PAC initially demanded that deliberations be held at a neutral venue outside South Africa. In spite of the PAC's later secession, deliberations …

… of the Freedom Alliance (FA). Viljoen cited AWB behaviour in Bophuthatswana and doubted that he could ever work with … 14 March 1994, Viljoen led his party the FF to take part in the historic first democratic elections in South Africa. …

… The Minister of Local Government in Kwazulu-Natal applied to the Supreme Court to have voting in four rural areas declared null and void and for polling to be repeated in those areas. This followed African National Congress (ANC) …

… The defunct National Party registered a convincing victory in all three district councils during local government elections held in Western Cape Province. The elections were closely … became clear that National Party would emerge the winner in these elections. The initial results showed National Party …

… Ben Okri is a Nigerian author born in Minna, Western Nigeria. He received critical acclaim after … His third novel, The Famished Road, was published in 1991 and announced as the winner of the Booker Prize on 22 … material worlds through the life of a spirit child living in an unnamed Nigerian City. …

… The commuters were travelling from Katlehong to Germiston in a train when they set it alight. The train had earlier … started the fire. Setting trains on fire is not unusual in South Africa. Commuters often use this method to express … delays. The damage to trains usually run into millions, in this case, the estimated damage was R 30 million. …

… Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He is the central point in the alliance, in a fashion. So when he says that the expulsion of Numsa is … bad for the ANC, for progressive forces, and society in general”, you know it’s, well, bad. …

… Transvaal University College. The branch was established in 1908 and has since developed into a fully functional world … first twenty black students.  It has since opened a campus in Hammanskraal which caters for black students, and in 2004, it merged with the defunct Vista University’s …

… at a speed of 284km/h on the R59 south near Kliprivier in Ekurhuleni. The biker’s excuse for travelling at such … offender had ever been caught travelling at such speed in the Ekurhuleni District. Road accidents due to reckless driving have become disturbingly prevalent in South Africa. …

… non-specific health reasons. Lamari had played a key role in the fight against Islamic fighters. President Abdelaziz … military staff. Lamari had been an influential figure in the Algerian army, and led the army in a fight against Islamist rebels since 1992, when the army …

… The Department of Arts and Culture in partnership with the Oral History Association of South … (OHASA) hosts the 10th Oral Annual History conference in South Africa. The conference will be held from 08-11 October 2013 in the Kimberley, Northern Cape, under the theme “Centenary …

… Digging for gold in the Witwatersrand (now city of Johannesburg and surroundings) was authorised in September 1886 and further accelerated the influx of … People flocked from all over the world to dig for gold in the area. The city of Johannesburg was established a month …

… Township that was marked out on the farm Droogegrond in 1904. The area was inhabited predominantly by Afrikaans speaking people. In 1964 it was granted its City Council status under the name … combining the areas of Doornkloof, Irene and Lyttelton.  In 1967 Lyttelton was renamed Verwoerdburg. This was after …

… boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) took … 1974. Ali won the fight when he knocked out Foreman in the eighth round. The event is regarded as one of the … made about the fight. Foreman and Ali spent a few months in Zaire training and getting their bodies accustomed to the …

… In 1935, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University … to compile the Revised English Version only began in the 1940’s. A team of experts was organized and the … March 1961. The new English version was revised yet again in 1989 and was published as The Revised English Bible. …

… John Paul II who was pope of from 1978 until his death in 2005 toured Africa in 1980. The pope spent eleven days and toured five … with the Masai of Kenya and met the King of the Ashanti in Ghana. …

… Around the world on 24 March each year, people partake in activities that they anticipate will raise awareness about … Group of States (ACP countries) can strengthen each other in the fight against tuberculosis.” In South Africa, the occurrence of TB has tripled over the …

… for better housing for Johannesburg's Blacks, was born in Georgedale, today part of Cato Ridge. Mpanza was the only … on both sides of the law: first as a court interpreter in his younger days, and then as a condemned murderer. He was reprieved at the last minute and later released. In his heydays he was regarded as the father of Soweto.     …

… The tenth address in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Emory Ross, in which he discusses the conflict of race and colour from a … African American community and their political condition in the United States of America again, with reference to the …

… of Communism Bill was passed, the freedom of people in South Africa would be in jeopardy. The Bar made this point with reference to a speech in parliament by Justice Minister C.R. Swart, wherein he … Joyce, P. (1990), ' The Rise and Fall of Apartheid' , Cape Town: Struik. …

… published. Mgqwetho was the first woman poet to publish in Xhosa. From 1920 to 1929 she contributed more than ninety … life, she supposedly came from the rural area of Peddie in the Transkei and settled in Johannesburg. …

… president of the Transvaal Indian Congress. This was done in the recognition that all 'non-Europeans' should unite in the struggle against the National Party government and … Congress of the People, which drafted the Freedom Charter in 1955. …