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ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in … Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his cell, worried about the survival of his family. He had left behind a mother, a wife and…
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… Route 61, just inland from the beautiful coastal villages of Port St Johns and Mbotyi, Lusikisiki is wild. The … and untamed, and time has virtually stood…
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
… who was residing at R740, Umlazi at the time and place of the interview. Please note that the times are for guidance … Early interest in art and needlework…
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… on May 24, 1910, at 360 University Avenue, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War . It was … British soldiers who died during the Wars and…
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… The Cathedral of St George the Martyr stands at the bottom of Parliament Street in Cape Town and was erected to provide a place of worship for English…
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
… next to Goede Hoop in Simon's Town and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. This museum depicts the history of the Simon’s Town…
PlaceKruger House Museum
… Situated at 60 Church Street, this was the home of President Paul Kruger. It was his personal property as the … in 1936, it was restored to its original form…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Mandela, to the International Solidarity Conference Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… There are certain moments that capture the essence of life itself. Today is such a moment for me. For you are … five continents who kept hope alive. You took…
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… gained Independence from Britain under the presidency of Kwame Nkrumah the All African People Conference was held … the European powers. In April 1958,…
EventDemonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho
… offices in Lesotho as protests against the outcome of the 23 May 1998 election results intensified. The protests … Lesotho Congress for Democrats (LCD)…
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… the first genocides in the twentieth century. By the start of the twentieth century, the Herero people, among the original inhabitants of Namibia, found…
PlaceFunda Community College
… was founded in 1984 in Soweto, Gauteng with the support of private sector funding and built on land which was donated … closed its doors in the early 1980s,…
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… Nelson Mandela University will be hosting the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) qualification programme the … approved training partner for the Southern…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… (now Zimbabwe) in Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his father who was a migrant labourer … his education at Roma College (now…
Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943]
… SESSION: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Registration of Delegates. 3 p.m. Opening Remarks by the … Measures are defeated. (c) Demands the extension of Full…
ArchiveThe Shop Steward
… Photo of front page of magazine - The Shop Steward. Volume 1.1 June-July 1992. Photo of John Gomomo. COSATU Logo. List of contents. Photo of worker at desk…
EventMoses Madiba dies in Seshego, Limpopo
… Madiba, author, educationist and first Black chancellor of the University of the North, died in Seshego, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) district. He was a…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa…
EventPotgieter barters land from Chief Makwana
… Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter, one of the leaders of the Voortrekkers, obtained the territory between the Vet … Bataung captain, Makwana, in exchange…
ArchivePeople are stronger!
… black and white poster. Title in three languages. Artwork of a flag, and artwork of Salvador Allende, Martyr of Latin America, on top of a crowd of people…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… history in South Africa starts back at the beginning of the last century when my grandfather arrived at the shores of Cape Town as a penniless political and…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… The gallery, Stevenson, was founded in 2003 after two of its founding directors Michael Stevenson and Andrew da … emphasis on publications. This addressed…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… with the order, a White police officer pushed him out of the train, and his luggage was tossed out on to the … again, so I sat and shivered". He says he…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to independence by Kwame Nkrumah who … colonialism. Before…
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM). In retaliation … stoned the police…
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… In a historic move, Wilhelm Verwoerd, grandson of former South African Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, main architect of apartheid, joins the African…
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… Dr Joosub Hajee Suliman Ebrahim, recipient of the Order for Meritorious Service Class 1: Gold from the … several other awards and medals, as well as a Doctor…
EventThe Cape Times appears for the first time
… The first issue of South Africa's first daily newspaper, The Cape Times, was … York St Leger as editor. It sold for the cheap price of a penny and has been…
EventThe second Matabele war breaks out
… The war broke out when a spiritual leader by the name of Mlimo convinced the Ndebele that the draught and a plague of locusts destroying croplands were as a…