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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… Chris Dlamini, John Gomomo, Jay Naidoo, Oscar Mpetha, Ray Simons, Moses Mabhida, Moses Kotane, Raymond Mhlaba, Govan … 400 organisations gathered in Mitchell…
PlaceSomalia
… The remaining ICU fighters were defeated decisively at the town of Raskomboni and the TFG declared victory. This caused … Understanding Somalia and…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… on. So the apartheid government came in and leveled the town to the ground. This outraged South Africans everywhere …
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… South Africa own heritage. Some of the buildings in Cape Town are more than 300 years old. In the Cape, as many … South Africa, after isiZulu and isiXhosa…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… century when my grandfather arrived at the shores of Cape Town as a penniless political and religious refugee from … of my grandfather and father standing…
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… African Past , Major Historians on Race and Class, (Cape Town, 1988), esp. pp. 95-101, 165-176; and K. Smith, The … Dictionary on Historical Principles, …
NANNA’S LIFE STORY
… in Paarl was not good for his health so we moved to Cape Town where he worked as a gravedigger in the Observatory … a Communist Party member. The car was the…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
In August 1960, Dugmore Boetie fled South Africa and entered Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on foot. He was part of a flow of “discontented young men”…
PlaceThe Space
… venue - the Sebba and Co building on Bloem Street in Cape Town . [vi] An abandoned building which was previously used … of its’ Founding Members and…
ArchiveRestoration of the Old Cape Archives by Michael Scurr (The Heritage Portal), 03 October 2016
… architectural landmark in Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, has now been fully refurbished and restored as the … for the restoration were Rennie and Goddard…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
Important events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”Image Source The…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… when he took an overnight train from Johannesburg to Cape Town to meet a pianist everyone was talking about in South … that Masekela arrived at the…
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
… and Little Falls, which used to be a waterfall way out of Town but now has been absorbed into the incredible … the Local Offices of; the Red Cross Society…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… Atahualpa on 29 August 1533 and took control of the town of Cajamarca. Pizarro then marched south and captured … Topographical Description of the Cape of…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… her matriculation she enrolled at the University of Cape Town to study for a B.A. in Ethics, Logic, Philosophy and … Degree in Social History at the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Glossary
American Dream: The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.[1] …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… first constabulary under Sgt JPJ Buitendag in 1917. The town’s activities reflected the full range of civic … poultry. A young lawyer began to have a…
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… and the political astuteness of Mark Shope and Jack Simons. Cde Jomo was an excellent communicator, a selfless …
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… making and in the dances of the colonial centre, Cape Town, which rapidly became a melting pot of cultural … of musicians began parading through the streets…
PlaceConstantia
… magisterial district of Wynberg , 24 km, by road from Cape Town . It was over 7.63 square kilometres, in extent and was … tot Drakenstein. He was the Lord of…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… describing the Islamic life in the 19th century Cape Town, in The Malays of Cape Town, writes: "In 1652 a few Malays of Batavia were brought … present day an…
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
Youssou N'Dour was born in Dakar, West of Senegal. He was a member of Star Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de Dakar…
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
In July 1967, the University Christian Movement (UCM) held its founding congress in Grahamstown, with about 90 clergymen and students in attendance. The…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
… in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle in Cape Town, which he shared with Ari van Bengalen, described as a … 148 and fn.) In 1714, Maria Mouton, a…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… Bridgette Mabandla, Shadrack Pekane, Albie Sachs and Jack Simons. The team came up with constitutional guidelines for a … held first full exploratory talks…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.3 Jul-Aug 1979
… at Emdukatshani, Natal COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT, CAPE TOWN: Hamilton Budaza, Joseph Moyikwa, Lionel Davis, Bonyani …
PlaceCoornhoop Dovecot, Dixton Road, Mowbray
… Today the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa's offices are located at the Coornhoop …
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… formed communities in places like District Six in Cape Town, and Sophia-town in Johannesburg. Urban areas also offered homosexuals … intercourse (Weeks, 1981…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… 1943. A lawyer who attended universities in Zimbabwe, Cape Town and Australia, Farmer lectured in English at the … Press ed, African Theatre 4 (Oxford :…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… held the first chair of surgery at the University of Cape Town, Robin Stratford, and finally the Ovenstones, who …