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… Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe Josiah Makgatho of …

… The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were brought to the … By 1804, Muslims had been granted religious freedom and in 1805, they had been allocated a piece of land - the Tana …

… Gandhi ("Mahatma"), M.H. Nazar and Madanjit Viyavaharik in 1903 in the Natal Province. The newspaper focused on Indian … of the social and political lives of the Indian community in South Africa and also publicised news of the Indians in …

… Sbongiseni Dladla (SD): How did you feel in hearing the street would be named after you Gogo? Lulu … be named after you? LD: Yes my child, because 2 years back in 2009 a man came to my house asking me if I wouldagree to … SD: Gogo this has taken two years to be done? LD: Yes, in fact I even forgot that a man came to my house to tell me …

… earlier photography prepared me for the work in her book  Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain  (2017). No hint of what she has done here could I find in my memory of our collaborations of the late seventies. Nor could I link what she has done in the past few years in Namibia with her photography on the …

… were uninhabited before these islands were discovered in about 1470, by Portuguese navigators . In the late 15th Century the Portuguese sent out settlers to … separated from their parents and expelled from Portugal, in the world war ) and African slaves.  This country was the …

… St Lucia Wetland Park and the Maloti Drakensberg Park. In the 1840's, it became known as the British Colony of Natal, though Zululand (KwaZulu in Zulu) remained independent until 1879. "It is also called: … the coast along what is now Durban on Christmas Day in 1497 now known as the Transkei and named the country: …

… world body on progress and the current state of affairs in the Burundi Peace Process. Our role as facilitator of the … the leaders of that region saw fit to appoint us, was in a sense inaugurated with a visit to the Security Council in January this year. On 16 January we paid our first …

… of us that we do so. It is therefore a great honour, in the last months of my public life, to join with such … and social justice;what it is to confront a painful past in order to reconcile former foes;and what it is to embark on … consequences of the determination of free nations, in the closing years of the twentieth century, to pool their …

… his soul, and the souls of all our fallen comrades, rest in peace. Comrade Madiba exemplified the importance of … objectives of the National Democratic Revolution and put in place a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa as enshrined in the Freedom Charter. The ideals of unity and non-racialism …

… world body on progress and the current state of affairs in the Burundi Peace Process. Our role as Facilitator of the … the leaders of that region saw fit to appoint us, was in a sense inaugurated with a visit to the Security Council in January this year. On 16 January we paid our first …

… Theatre is an independent physical theatre company founded in 1987 in order to produce Jennie Reznek’s first one-man performance “Cheap Flights”.  Then in 1991, it re-emerged to produce “The Show’s Not Over ‘Til …

… the Nationalist Government police shot down and killed in cold blood 18 unarmed and undefended, unsuspecting, … it was indeed the violence of white minority rule. In fitting reply to this rule served on our people, the ANC, … freedom-loving people of our country. This story is told in the militant campaigns of the 50s which featured our women …

… from one of the pre-eminent universities of the world. In all humility and with sincerest gratitude, I accept this … that this important conclave of intellectuals and leaders in different fields, can and should further engage the … characterised by the indecency of poverty; those who live in poor shelter or food; people whose daily routine is a …

… A Grand Heritage : Malians express great pride in their ancestry. Mali is the cultural heir to the … savannah. These empires controlled Saharan trade and were in touch with Mediterranean and Middle Eastern centers of … dominated by the Soninke or Saracolé people and centered in the area along the Malian-Mauritanian frontier, was a …

… On December 2 this year, thousands of workers will gather in Durban, the birth place of COSATU, to celebrate the tenth … not only for COSATU members, but for all working people in the country. Ten years ago, when COSATU was launched, few … of unity and resistance which was unleashed on that day in Durban 1985. COSATU was launched at a period of …

… her life; her longest prison sentence lasting over a year in solitary confinement. She was informally known as the ‘commie nun’ who was the first sister to be arrested in South Africa. Her threat to the Apartheid state was evidenced in 1986 when the security police bombed the nunnery in which …

… built the banks of the Umbilo River, near Bayhead Durban, in 1875. This is the first Hindu Temple that was built in Africa. It was washed away by floods in 1905 / 1906. Another Temple was built on the same site, …

… Oliver Martin Kraas was born on 18 April 1975 in Germiston, Gauteng.[i] Oliver is a South African Cross Country skier.[ii] He started competitive skiing in 2003.[iii] He finished 57th in the inpidual sprint event at Turin in 2006.[iv] Oliver …

… In October 2002, Marie Fourie and her partner of twelve … of marriage.  The couple decided to challenge that ruling in court, based on the equal rights provision in South Africa's constitution. After a long legal battle the …

… In 1995, Monica Lewinsky, a recent university graduate, began working as an intern in the White House. This was during Bill Clinton's first term … of office. A relationship developed between the two later in that year, which was publicly revealed in 1998 and was …

… for leading a disturbing ‘positive action’ campaign in Ghana against British rule in 1950. He was released to lead the newly formed government … process until the country achieved independence in 1957. Under his leadership, Ghana prospered. He was …

… CHAIRPERSON: Zondeni Veronica . We welcome you Mrs Sobukwe in this hearing and we will ask Reverend Xundu to help you … Thank you. Mr Chairperson, she has been properly sworn in. CHAIRPERSON: Ntsikelelo Sandi will lead you with … Mr Sobukwe. We all know him. Some of us read about himself in books, but today we find opportunity to talk to his wife, …

… navigator Vasco da Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese … by Omani Arabs , the indigenous coastal dwellers succeeded in driving the Portuguese from the area north of the Ruvuma … Sultan Seyyid Said (l804-56) moved his capital to Zanzibar in 1841. European exploration of the interior began in the …

… started off with a small Jetty, built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment … East on their quest for exotic goods.   THE ALFRED BASIN In June 1858 serious Winter storms wrecked over 30 Vessels. … Lloyd's, of London refused to cover Ships Wintering in Table Bay . On a Sunny September 17, 1860 Midshipman HRH …

… for the job on his last voyage to the Cape, and used them in 1701 to build for himself a thatched cottage on the site. … features. It was acquired by the De Wet family in 1809 when it was purchased by the widow of Hendrik de Wet. She and with her three sons lived in this residence for many years, and it eventually passed to …

… people attended a meeting at the Holborn Hall, London in order to launch an economic boycott against South Africa. … the redoubtable Rev. Michael Scott; Trevor Huddleston was in the Chair. 'It was an enthusiastic meeting', recorded the … to lose. We know that the liberation struggle will triumph in South Africa. If you have confidence then we are going to …

… cattle grazing station. After the British annexed the Cape in 1806, they began to hold horse races on its common, and … most popular social centres. William Burchell commented in 1811 that: "Vehicles of every description, from the … Green Point large sums are said to have been won or lost." In 1830, Green Point had 40 residents, among them Robert …

… On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, Nyanga, outside Cape Town is burnt down. … context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school children in Soweto, near Johannesburg, rose in protest against the oppressive new Bantu Education policy …

… Cedric Namedi Phatudi was born in ga-Mphahlele in 1912. Phatudi worked as an educator and educational … of the Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in South Africa from 1947-1969. Lebowa was granted … The New York Times (1987). ‘ Cedric Phatudi is dead; leader in South Africa’ from The New York Times  [online]. Available …