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… The district of George was originally part of the district of Swellendam, and was proclaimed a separate district on 23 …

… Cape Maclear or Chembe is a town in the Mangochi District of Malawi's Southern Region. The town, situated on the Nankumba Peninsula, is on the southern shore of Lake Malawi and is the busiest resort on Lake Malawi. Cape Maclear is close to the islands of Domwe and Thumbwe on Lake Malawi and is in Lake Malawi …

… to have a Union Jack (the British flag) in the centre of the national flag. The controversy followed the introduction of a bill to provide a national flag for the Union of South Africa in 1925 by D.F. Malan. The introduction of … (Accessed: 22 May 2012)|FOTW Flags Of The World website(2011), ‘South Africa 1928-1994’ , 10 …

… The official policy of the African National Congress was one of non-violence. However, after fifty years of non-violent struggle, Umkhonto we Sizwe (meaning Spear of …

… Libyan capital in this World War Two battle. This was part of a series of battles that initially started with the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. This thrust was eventually supported by the …

… a Christian monthly journal, reflects a theological point of view towards the ideologies of the ruling National Party. Christian viewpoints on such issues as conscientious objection, equality of economic opportunity, education for social change, …

… did not publicly announce its existence until the state of emergency was declared by the government after the police massacres of Sharpeville and Langa in 1960. The delay had been due to … as a whole. But growing pressure from the rank and file of the SACP for a more structured system of propagating …

… Dam at the foot of the Soutpansberg Mountain Range. Named after Joao Albasini … Settler in the Lowveld and he subsequently became head of the Magwamba Tribe, Vice-Consul for Portugal and Superintendent of the African peoples in the Soutpansberg under the ZAR. The …

… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the African … delegations were led by Jay Naidoo (General Secretary of COSATU), John K Nkadimeng (General Secretary of SACTU) and … [Accessed: 05 January 2014]|ANC,  Communiqué of the meeting between COSATU, SACTU and the ANC 5-6 March …

… Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, the first Black archbishop of Cape Town rose to fame in the 1980’s. After the1976 Soweto Uprising, Tutu supported an economic boycott of South Africa. The boycott became successful as … disinvestments took place and the rand plunged. At the end of apartheid, Tutu was appointed head of the Truth and …

… for financial gain. She married three times and killed two of her husbands and her son. All the men she married were … two that she allegedly poisoned, left her with large sums of money. She used the substance Strychnine to poison both … and arsenic, to kill her son. De Melker was only convicted of the murder of her son and not of her two husbands because …

… confrontation with the Botha constitution. Thousands of millions of people around the world, including the Security Council of the United Nations, are confident of a total rejection of …

… General Pieter Arnoldus (Piet) Cronje, commandant-general of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR, also known as … and his wife Hester, with about 1 000 Republican prisoners of war, left Cape Town for St Helena as prisoners of war during Anglo-Boer War 2 (1899-1902). Cronje …

… Day was first celebrated in 1989 to increase awareness of haemophilia and to bring the needs of those affected by the disorder to the attention of the wider public. The day is celebrated by haemophilia …

… in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject of History at the University of South Africa. This thesis …

… Digging for gold in the Witwatersrand (now city of Johannesburg and surroundings) was authorised in September 1886 and further accelerated the influx of people to the area. The influx had initially been caused by the discovery of gold. People flocked from all over the world to dig for …

… 1. I have received the response of Mr F. W de Klerk to a memorandum which I addressed to him on the 26th June 1992. I enclosed the statement of the Emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC adopted on the …

… The district of Clanwilliam celebrates its second centenary on 1 February 2008. On 1 February 1808 the territory north of the Great Berg River, at the foot of the Cedarberg Range, was annexed to the new district of … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 248. …

… had changed at court. Our van drove through the gates of the old synagogue. We heard shouts of greeting as we were driven in and knew that friends were … to court the previous day, surprised to find the rest of us missing. They had come free but they left in police …

… to build a Church and a School on the wooded Hill West of the Bay. He named his Mission, Berea, in honour of St. Paul. The land upon which the Mission Station stood subsequently became a part of Christopher Cato’s Estate. In the 1860s, Cato gave this …

… 1975.   Diagonally opposite - in West Street, corner of Gardiner Street - lies Durban's second National Monument … some 100 years ago, but it’s still the pulsating heart of Durban’s civic life. Many of the Municipality’s departments have relocated to buildings …

… the 'Amersfoort', anchored at the Cape with a cargo of 174 Slaves. The Amersfoort's arrival in Table Bay, with … in its hold, firmly brought the Cape Colony into the fold, of one of the most terrible Institutions of the last Centuries that … https://www.iziko.org.za/static/page/the-history-of-the-building …

… Tourism Folk from Darling, believe that peace and quiet of the foremost importance!   A calm and peaceful Retreat from the stresses and strains of the hectic City life. A chance to escape the daily grind … an Hour’s drive from Cape Town .  Darling has a variety of Tourism offerings that will appeal to all members of the …

… as a pastor to the exiled and destitute in the inner-city of Pretoria. It was during this time, that he became acutely aware of the difficulties and injustices that they faced on a daily basis and how the sacrifices of some can make all the difference. Thus began his journey …

… on 12 November.  He spent his childhood in the village of Peelton, and later in King William's Town and East … the extra income. As he was growing up, the treason trial of the 50's dominated the headlines and was a catalyst for … left school and immersed himself in ANC work as secretary of Border regional command of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). In June …

… ago on 12 June 1986 I was re-detained for 27 months. 18 of these were in solitary confinement due to my being the … white detainee. I had been released after my first spell of 5 months detention plus 7 and a half years more as a … three years earlier. I had anticipated the possibility of re-arrest and now it happened. The previous year had been …

… Paper presented at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 16 July 1970. Paper discusses the history of student organisations internationally, gives a brief …

… Martins , an outsider or self-taught Artist and Owner of Owl House, turned her parents’ House and the yard into a … passed. Martins created the Owl House between the years of 1945 and 1976 with the attempt to bring light, colour and … life into the House . It would eventually become somewhat of an obsession that would yield a masterpiece. Martins, …

… to the late Dr. W Duncan Baxter’s bequest for the purpose of building and establishing a theatre. Dr. Baxter made a generous donation to the University of Cape Town in order to support the arts through the establishment of this theatre as it had always been his desire to “develop …