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… Martin Plaut writes on the passing of the foremost scholar of slavery in the Cape Robert Shell: my friend Today I learnt … the news in an email. All day I have had him in the corner of my mind, for Rob was truly a lovely man. For those who …

… two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of Cape Town, South Africa. She had an understanding with … Fossil." Science in Actioncalacademy.org| "Discovery" of the Coelacanth" Dinofish.com| Image : Marjorie …

… based newspaper, Times, reported that King Mswati III of Swaziland bought himself a luxury Maybach 62 sedan worth … despite his country's economic problems, the dire poverty of the population and the HIV pandemic affecting 38.8 percent of his subjects. This was just a further act of extravagance …

… an interest in South Africa's military history. The object of the society was to help to further the interests of students of military history and the collection of military items of … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970).  Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 410 …

… to this historic Conference for a Democratic Future of the broad anti-apartheid liberation forces: 1. Salute the fighting forces of our people who have conducted armed struggle, in view of the situation in which all peaceful avenues have been …

… , the author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, was born at Uitvlucht, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) district. He was the first secretary of the Maune branch of the Transvaal African Teachers' … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995).New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.| …

… Agencies in Grahamstown, aimed to provide a reliable index of in-depth information and analysis of the Eastern Cape region. This region had a rich history of democratic opposition to the white minority government and …

… The cottage was, for many years, the property of the Stadler family, and is a typical example of the type of vernacular building found on the coastal areas of the …

… This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, West of the Castle of Good Hope. Messrs Henry Austin Reid and Frederick George …

… Curry’s Post is a beautifully scenic area in the heart of the Midlands Meander that lies between Mooi River and … hole’ during the gold and diamond rushes as the hustle of traffic - in the form of wagons, carts and weary travellers - made this their stop …

… de Almeida served as the viceroy to the Portuguese State of India from 1505 to 1509. Upon his successor taking over he sailed back to his homeland with a fleet of three ships – Garcia, Belèm and Santa Cruz. In late February he dropped anchor near the Cape of Good Hope to replenish water. De Almeida and his men then …

…  Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom.  An ardent advocate of Apartheid, Verwoerd firmly believed that races should be … 23 August 2010]|Europa World Plus (2003) Regional Surveys of the World: Africa South of the Sahara, 32nd ed., London …

… experience, he learnt to speak Dutch as well as a number of African dialects, which assisted him in his work as a … Matseke became prominent in the social affairs of black South Africans after joining the Pretoria Location … policing in the locations and also challenged the increase of rent. Matseke also championed the appointment of black …

… South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government of the Union of South Africa. The Union was formed in 1910 after the South …

… set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed a contract with the … Dutch East India Company (VOC) to oversee the setting up of a refreshment station to supply Dutch ships on their way … Van Riebeeck left The Netherlands in 1651, the Council of Policy, a bureaucratic governing structure for the …

… General circular from the president of the National Union of South African Students, speculating on the final report of the Schlebusch Commission of Enquiry into the National …

… Graça Machel, political activist and champion of children's rights, widow of Samora Machel and wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was born in Gaza, …

… Billy Monk," which opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last weekend, will induce simmering discomfort in its viewers as its record of South Africa's troubled social history unreels. Ernest … was exiled in the mid-'60s after the publication abroad of his book documenting the social experience of blacks in …

… Your death has come way too soon; none of us could say, with a straight face, that we were prepared … we are ill prepared. Juda, I am sad and shocked to hear of the news of your untimely passing away. I’m even sadder that I had …

… that he was not obliged to do so. He said in paragraph 3 of his answer that‚ “I wish to co-operate fully with any investigation of the Hawks into the activities of SARS. I have decided to answer your questions to the best …

… In this drawing of Greenmarket Square in Cape Town in 1764, a slave in chains appears to be driven by a master on the left side of the image. Some four decades later, slaves in the Cape … about 340 slaves from the Swartland and Koeberg hinterland of Cape Town rose up in revolt. They attacked over thirty of …

… Mpumalanga means ‘Place of the Rising Sun’ and is the name given to the new Province in Eastern Transvaal in 1993. It includes part of the old Transvaal and the former homeland KaNgwane , as well as parts of Gazankulu and Lebowa . The Province forms a very important …

… to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a … a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.- more info The prison was converted into a museum that commemorates “the triumph of the human spirit over adversity.” Tours are guided by …

… single-storey structure with few architectural features of note. However it was spacious and well built, and remains … living on the farm Boekenhoutfontein , in the district of Rustenburg. Following the restoration of independence to the Transvaal in 1881, Kruger moved …

… Havenga. Dr D. F. Malan became prime minister at the age of seventy-four and formed the first government dominated by Afrikaners. Havenga was appointed the Minister of Finance. When the 1948 election campaign started, the UP … to take South Africa into the war, and by the disruption of the war effort. By 1948, there was growing irritation with …

… in the tidal environment. The Beachwood Mangroves are of significant botanical, educational and Historical value, and being located near one of the Country's largest Cities, they benefit a number of important educational institutions. It was declared a …

… Vryburg lies on the N14, due West of the Towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney - as in 'Orkney Snork Nie' (Orkney … the popular Afrikaans toilet humour television sitcom of the early 1990s with an inherent message that the Town is …