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Speech delivered by the ANC President, Nelson Mandela, Chancellor of the University of the North, at the occasion of the Investec presentation
… delivered by the ANC President, Nelson Mandela, Chancellor of the University of the North, at the occasion of the Investec presentation …
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… has been deleted, and we also find that the status of the native has been clearly and distinctly defined. Naturally … The decision was given in 1895 that the…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… in most parts of the central area, further reinforcing land use patterns established before 1898. Also, during this … to provide homes for 5000 people was…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… beginning to show a greater readiness to speak out and to act, is in part due to an absolute and relative deterioration … before Labour Commissions and Wage…
EventThe Battle of Kambula takes place
… On 29 March 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Kambula took place. The battle involved the British Number … advantage over the British, with 2,000 British…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… Peoples’ Organisation (APO) resolution to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales as a day of mourning in … should be allowed. Asiatics could no…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… 1906 11 September, A mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg … a compromise with Smuts . Smuts agrees to repeal the Act as…
BiographyHalton Cheadle
… and BProc from UNISA. Cheadle then completed a Bachelor of Law from Witwatersrand University. In April/May 1972, … was the principal architect of the 1995…
BiographyLewis Baker
… to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple … charged on three counts under the…
BiographyLex Mpati
… Before and after school, Mpati herded the small herd of cattle his family owned with his cousins. He matriculated … also worked as a barman and a furniture…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… 19th century, as the mineral revolution and development of mines forced smaller farmers off their land. [1] This led to an increase in urbanization, poverty …
BiographyVera Ponnen
… she went to Johannesburg and while there she met members of the Communist Party. She later joined the party and became … was married, the Ponnen household in…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… Your Royal Highness, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defence, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid … challenges faced by people living in the desert and dry-land…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
… Ahead of us lies a decade during which we must continue to act together to advance towards the land of promise for Africa and Africans foreseen by our ……
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… proposes to the Government that the survey of the mining land should be on the same basis and scale as the two parts … imposes a speed limit of 10mph in the…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… Cape Town . In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and President of its the … in September…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the headwaters of the Senegal and Niger rivers and controlling the…
Samuel Malinga
… Mr Samuel Malinga,aged 45,died in the intensive care unit of the Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzberg on 22 February … and taken to Pietermaritzberg where…
PlaceAlgoa Bay, East Coast of Cape of Good Hope
… 1488, by Bartolomeu Dias when he was the first European to land there. He planted a wooden cross on a small Island now, … the bay Agra da Roca, which in…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes … it is the general consensus that credit for the discovery of the…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… 1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of three weeks after it was unveiled by President Nelson Mandela. 2006 February,…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. An advocate…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… and friends may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films also inform about the past. How do the writers of these books and the…
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… A legacy is the long-term effect of something. A person or an event or a piece of writing from the past may still shape what people believe … and how they…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… After World War II , the process of decolonization of the African continent gathered momentum as Africans … political rights and independence. While in some…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings … and positive associations with this pidgin; the…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… The Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , and had offices … States, Canada, France,…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were the hunter-gatherer San (‘bushman’) and … livestock. Bantu-speaking clans that…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… Introduction Pretoria is located in the north east of South Africa, to the north of Gauteng , and 60 Kilometres away from the north east of Johannesburg [i] …