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49. The certificates are burned
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 16 August 1908, a crowd of Indians, as well as…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … illustrate the overall objectives and changing tactics of…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Bordering the City of Polokwane in Limpopo, the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the pursuit…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg . The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought to be named in honour of Queen…
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
… between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one which is well … used by travellers in former times…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… nobody can cross! It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married, Jacobus … Wessels, whose son, Sir John Wessels, became…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… experiences that had never been accessible to the people of Durban. KwaMuhle is in no sense an apartheid museum. Nor … and confrontations that made up the…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… Dr Sizwe Mabizela The Chairperson and members of the Rhodes University Council Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dr … And, not least, new graduates, and families and…
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), … the University College, London (Development Unit)…
Imijondolo
… a shack or informal housing), is Omar Badsha's second book of photographs. Badsha's groundbreaking book documents how … despite being located just thirty…
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… Multi-party Planning Conference: BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS of the responsibility we individually and collectively bear for the well-being of our country; BEING…
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) was formed at a meeting in Port … motoring organisation to protect and promote the interests of motorists in…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… After the completion of World War One's Treaty of Versailles, German South West Africa was declared a mandate of the new international peace-keeping body,…
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society . The 1875 census indicated that the Village had a population of 291. It was…
PlaceConstantia
… The other picture of a Mansion, 'owned by Deputy Minister- Paul Mashatile , in … Reading .) The Former estate in the magisterial district of Wynberg , 24 km,…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
… A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from…
PlaceWindermere
… Cape Town near the Ysterplaat airbase. The Group Areas Act of 1950 declared that the space be occupied by Coloured residents and all other residents, the…
PlaceBenin
… after colonialism was characterized by an early period of multiparty competition that proved unstable, and multiple … the traditional north/south…
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The aim of the monument was to commemorate the role of women in the struggle and marked the 44th anniversary of…
ArchiveAppendix 3 The Freedom Charter
… We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to … can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people;…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr John Philip, paid a … For this purpose he purchased 1 427…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Western Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; Chief of the SANDF; …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Western Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; Chief of the SANDF; …
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… the following demands for a new agreement: 1. An increase of five per cent in the basic wage of all workers and, in addition, five per cent on the cost of…
PlaceNyanga Township
… Nyanga, a sprawling, poverty-stricken illustration of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, Nyanga is one of the oldest Black townships in Cape Town. It was … is located…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
… and vital conference called to consider the means and ways of meeting the acute situation of the growing number of unemployed workers, especially non-whites,…
PlaceMali
… Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian … and on the west by Senegal and Mauritania. The countryside of Mali is…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… for diving with Great White Sharks and “game-viewing” of the Marine Big 5 from land, sea and air, the greater Gansbaai area offers a smorgasbord of adrenalin…
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… Her life experiences, the context and inspiration of her writing, her works, and her resistance as a … as having come “almost fully made.” [1] The embodiment…