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… under the auspices of the Market Theatre Foundation. In the last two years Windybrow has been Restored. The team … Books Reading Room. It is a centre that is bursting in its response to new opportunities and Educational needs.     Going back in time, Windybrow started as a large family Home. It dates …

… Context In the 1960s, Senegal was a new, independent nation. It had previously been ruled in succession by the Portuguese, the Dutch and finally the … Senegal struggled to create its own cultural identity. In 1963, the young nation wrote its first constitution, and …

… a close. The last month of this year will be remembered in the Southern hemisphere for the total solar eclipse in some parts that for six seemingly long minutes blocked out the sun from view. I am told by those who were present in the Limpopo Province that when this occurred, it felt as …

… violence, tension and conflict. That is unacceptable and in nobody's interest. The well-being of all in this country is linked inextricably to the ability of the … aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispensation in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment …

… as "first". And so it is with this august Council, now in the second year of its service to democracy in South Africa. Part of that service, we believe, is this … point of the provinces. However, there is one respect in which today's proceedings are a first for me. The presence …

… and melodic, that I could not help but quote him verbatim in many parts of this text. Being a well known man in his community, his house was easy to find.  Just the … pointed me towards his Council cottage.  It was here in his tiny lounge, where his mother’s old sideboard takes …

…   In 1835, Captain Allan Gardiner retired from the navy and … the Zulus as a whole were singularly disinterested in both his and most other Missionary efforts, when he … wooded Hill West of the Bay. He named his Mission, Berea, in honour of St. Paul. The land upon which the Mission …

… looks down majestically from Thomas Street, Simon’s Town in the Western Cape. Passers-by, especially Tourists, gaze up in wonder at its fine Architecture, curved lines and … where yachts sail serenely by. The Mosque is situated in a quaint Area of Simon’s Town, steeped in the History of a …

… Events across the globe in the past twelve months have moved at a new speed, in some instances, a dazzling pace. The period from the … coup to the installation of a transitional government in Mozambique, representing a rapid process of demolition of …

… Mystery and romance surround the original building. In those days it consisted of two stone and clay fisherman's cottages built in 1875 in the vernacular style by Swedish boat builder, John Louis, …

… In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party … After his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was jailed, but when the CPP swept the 1951 … government, and he led the colony to independence as Ghana in 1957. A firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah …

… Karel Schoeman was born on 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free State.  He matriculated from the HoÁƒÂƒÂ«r Jongenskool in Paarl in 1956, obtained a BA in languages at the University of the …

… This day in history, Robert Broom, known for having discovered “Mrs Ples”, was born in Paisley, Scotland. Though Broom was educated as a doctor, specializing in the field of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of …

… to encourage co-operation between town councils in matters of common interest. The body was composed of … of town councils and performed some useful work in subjects such as public health and sanitation, police … One of its special concerns was to safeguard the towns in the three cornered contest between the central government, …

… word among the Indian community. I faintly realised in those early days the powers of the simple man who was to achieve in the fullness of time such miracles as even in their heyday warriors like Napoleon could only dream of. …

… Gandhi arrived in Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1893 to serve as legal counsel to a merchant Dada Abdulla! In June, Dada Abdulla asked him to undertake a rail trip to …

… The elegant gazebo in the Civic Square was built in 1924.  It was the home of a coach magnate, Doel … service between Pietersburg (now Polokwane) and Bulawayo (in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia) in 1894.  It is a reminder of an …

… In 1969 Somalian president Abd-i-rashid Ali Shermarke was assassinated in a military Coup. Major General Mohammad Siyad Barre took … strong ties with the USSR and other Soviet-bloc nations. In 1978 the Barre government lost Soviet support when it … Bobby-Evans, A., This day in African History: 26 January , from About.com , [online], …

… On 3 October 1844, Sir Patrick Manson was born in Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was an important physician at the time, and contributed to research in the field of parasitology, and the founder of tropical … Kelvin, KWT, 2012. In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical …

… Hansi Pauline Pollak was born in Johannesburg in 1905. She served as an officer in command of the Women Army Auxiliary Services during the …

… the more enigmatic “Big Men” of the post-independence era in Africa. He was Malawi’s first President and ruled the country for 30 years until he was voted out of power in 1994. There were many conflicting reports of Hastings … Hastings Kamuzu Banda Birth : c. 1906 or c. 1898, possibly in British Central Africa (now, Malawi) Occupations : Miner; …

… Hangberg is an Area in Hout Bay , Cape Town. It is situated on the Mountain … The Sentinel Peak and many of the residents are employed in the fishing or other industries, relating to the Harbour. … the apartheid-era. Most of the about 6 000 people living in Hangberg self-identify as either Coloured or Khoisan . The …

… 18:00 on Tuesday, 22 August, at the New Lecture Theatre. In this lecture Professor Mamdani will consider the question: … university, an authorised centre of knowledge production? In one form or another, this question has been at the centre of discussions in African universities in the period after independence. He …

… of Indian people outside of India! Originally brought in during the 1860’s by the British as indentured workers for … Some of the oldest remaining Indian shops and stores in Durban are in Grey Street (now Yusuf Dadoo Street) complex and even …

… African Institute of Race Relations sponsored a symposium in 1956, the theme of which was 'The Indian as a South … and Dr. A. D. Lazarus. Cross-references are also made in it to other papers delivered at the symposium. The authors argued that the Indian South African, then in the fourth and fifth generation, was 'by birth and …

… twice. He led Uganda to Independence from Britain in 1962, becoming Prime Minister. Traditionally, the Bugandan … to be only ceremonial. He was deposed by Idi Amin in 1971 and fled to Tanzania. In 1980 he returned home to Uganda following the Ugandan … Town, pg 230| encyclopedia, Apollo Milton in Contemporary Black Biography ,[Online],Available at:  www.encyclopedia.com …

… of Uitenhage, the 10th oldest Dutch Reformed congregation in South Africa and the second oldest in the Eastern Cape is the distinction of being the first and … Uitenhage North, EAST and -The Mist to secede.   Early in 1804, Graaff-Reinet was proclaimed a separate drostdy. It …

… Southern Sudan by establishing the Province of Equatoria in the 1870s. Islamic Mahdist revolutionaries overran the region in 1885. In 1898, a British force was able to overthrow the Mahdist …

… New Church at Dam Square, the very heart of Amsterdam, in the building where Dutch kings and queens are crowned, … The Hidden Camera, at the final event of CASA, Culture in Another South Africa Barbara Masekela, head of the … Wally Serote. As a leitmotiv, the lines were printed in large letters at the entrance to the exhibition. …

… Here I am, caged in, in the Lower Tugela District, by the oppressor`s ban on me. … apartheid laws deny us freedom of movement. Feudal days in Europe could not have been worse. Fortunately, the …