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… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … By 1911, the public outcry in India against the system of indentured labour had grown so strong that the exportation to Natal of indentured Indians had to be stopped. Before export was …

… President's address to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 30th Jun - 9 Jul 1968. …

… Onverwacht was established as an enclave of the Qwaqwa Bantustan on the border of the Thaba Nchu section of Bophuthatswana, about 50km from Bloemfontein. The place … Struan Robertson, (1991), The Cold Choice: Pictures of a South African Reality , (Cape Town & Johannesburg): …

… by the ANC on Regional Structures prepared on the mandate of the planning committee of the Regional Conference, for circulation to the branches. Recommends the formation of a delimitations committee, examines the branches , …

… Letter from Neville Curtis, President of NUSAS, stating the attitude of the National Union of South African Students towards planned Republic Day …

… A to the President's Report at the 45th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 6th-14th July, 1969. Includes reports on the …

… church has its aesthetic origin in the Dutch Golden Age of the 1600’s. The interior for the church is spectacular, its roof freely spanning the whole of the church. Make sure to climb the tower for stomach churning views of the city. This church and the Printing Works across the …

… schools in Langa. Moya is currently a full member of PAC provincially, and is still an activist in his community in Langa. He is also an executive member of the Langa Arts Association and a team candidate for Maxwell Dingane in elections. Dear Student Movements of 2016 My name is Sindile Moya and as a musician I am a …

… Call for Proposals: 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics (Updated on 29 June … The symposium will be hosted by the Department of Music, School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon  August 9 – …

… . On 2 September 1836 it was renamed; "D'Urban" in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of the Cape. Durbanville is not your average Cape Town … Durbanville is conveniently a mere 20 minutes,  North of the City of Cape Town. Durbanville is one of the oldest …

… Munsaka; The Jungle Peacemaker, Blessing Museki; The Story of how the Tortoise Shell Became Patterned, Lackson Chibanga; The Return of the dead One Suleimen Cassamo; Behind God's Back, Sandra … Braude; In to the Death Zone, Lesego Rampolokeng; A Bundle of Joy, Lance Nawa; The Russian Princess, Mia Couto; The …

… Ceres is the Administrative centre and largest Town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa . Ceres serves as a Regional centre for the surrounding Towns of: Wolseley ; Tulbagh ; Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfred Hamlet …

… where the first church was built would become the centre of the newly established town, Pretoria (1855). The … This church has played an enormous part in the shaping of the Reformed Church tradition in and around Pretoria.  It … very interesting part to play in the socio-political story of our country especially with regards to the Apartheid era. …

… Kommetjie was established in 1902 when a consortium of Cape Town businessmen purchased the farm Kommetjie from … J Albertyn, and developed it as a residential suburb of Cape Town. The group included land developer Johannes … sweetheart, Ines Mattiello, and rapidly became one of Cape Town's largest building contractors Kommetjie is a …

… and Weiner, the fort cost £49 000 and had the same type of entrance as Fort Schanskop. Ramparts were built around the … , and alter the Corps Vesting Artillerie , consisting of 100 men. The German forts were built for a garrison of 30 men, but were never fully manned. Fort Wonderboompoort …

… as a beer-drinking tourist party, "The Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers." Hoare's objective was to return to power … inspired by Hoare's adventures, and he is the author of several books that recount his swashbuckling exploits. But … South African government dealt with the hijackers. Instead of extraditing them to Seychelles where they would be tried …

… at District Six for two performances on the 25th and 26th of September. For those of you who managed to catch the Ensemble last year, the new … be titled, The Storming and it is a very loose adaptation of Cesaire’s post-colonial adaptation of Shakespeare’s …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … charged that the South African Indian Congress consisted of a few wealthy 'Mohammedans and banias', and no mandate to speak on behalf of the community. He supported Aiyar's stand, which was …

… stars Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira on their winning of the Hopman Cup. The two are thoroughly deserving of this prestigious accolade. Their win is indicative of their extraordinary determination and commitment to South …

… Brigadier Theuns Swanepoel ("Rooi Rus"), one of the most feared interrogators of the South African Security Police, dies in Roodepoort. … him as a policeman "who already had a long history of human rights violations as chief interrogator of the …

… On 31 May, Constable S.H. Mandlazi was attacked by a crowd of people armed with spades at the Ackerville cemetery while he was attending the funeral of a friend, Mr Jimmy Brown. They buried him alive in a nearby grave. Mr Mandlazi was a resident of Ackerville based at the Witbank police station. The police …

… The denial of South Africa's involvement in arms dealing with the former … Nations. South Africa's involvement in the murky world of arms dealing began long before the UN arms and oil embargo … South Africa. According to the Human Rights Watch report of May 1995, the National Party was instrumental the …

… Du Toit studied both mining engineering and geology. One of his most famous projects was his study of the Karoo and its dolerite intrusions, of which he wrote and published several papers. Du Toit was …

… Post constantly clashed with the government, from the time of President Kenneth Kaunda up until President Rupiah Banda’s … times for his reporting. M’membe is the third recipient of the Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press Freedom Award in 1995. That same …

… Muntu Myeza was Secretary General of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), an affiliate of the Black Consciousness Movement. At the age of 22 , he joined the first black consciousness organisation …

… Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, when … to South Africa in 1912, she was appointed as teacher of elocution at the South African College of Music in Cape Town, the first person in South Africa with …

… delivered by Winifred Hoernle is the fourth in the series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures. This is the first public statement on the report of the Penal Reform Commission, on which Mrs. Hoernle served. Her report consists of terms of reference and recommendations with comments to …

… her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, was born in Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern … suicide, the house she named "The Owl House". At the age of fifty, when her husband died, she stopped going to church. She began to create a series of extraordinary eccentric creatures of wire, cement, and cut …

… The Riotous Assemblies Act no 17 of 1956, prohibiting any outside gathering that the minister of justice saw as a threat to public peace, commenced. It included banishment as a form of punishment. It allowed the government to ban any newspaper …

… Reverend Daniel Lindley instituted the first congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State, which makes this day the founding day of the church in that province. The Dutch Reformed Church … after Calvinist reforms in Europe had entrenched the idea of predestination, and the Synod of Dort in the Netherlands …