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33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… anti-Indian sentiment intensified after Gandhi, who was in India then, published The Grievances of British Indians in South Africa in June 1896. Gandhi's…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… Member States thecondition of the people of Indian origin in South Africa and theimpact of the policies of apartheid on them. We have done so, however,in the…
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.
… the shared developmental challenges faced by people living in the desert and dry-land regions of the world. The … the wonderful colours of the rocks, have…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… there is not a history book about Cape slavery written in the past four decades that does not have the name Shell in it. These are the things you already…
PlaceRobertson, Route 62
… In about 1853 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in Swellendam resolved to establish a new congregation to serve the spiritual needs of residents in its…
Address at the Opening of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 February 8, 2003
… Cup, some 1.2 billion people across the globe will join us in this celebration of sport and sportsmanship. After a … of South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe, who…
PlaceArtillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
… Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the … the five thousand strong British force…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1948
… the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congresses 9 January 1948 In terms of the Joint Council decision I left Johannesburg to … 1947, and were escorted by United…
PlaceMorocco
… people of Moroccan are primarily Arab and Berber, as in other neighbouring countries in the Maghreb region. The Berbers are native to North Africa … are…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… This Botanical Garden was founded in 1982, but has been a popular venue for outings since the … Garden has been voted the best place to get back to nature in…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… The year 1859 marks the founding of the Reformed Church, in Pretoria and its first church was built in the town in 1863. Only on 21 December 1894 did the…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
… NAACP, the largest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States, and from 1910 to 1934 served it as … During this period NAACP advocacy was…
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
… (now Zimbabwe) rejected joining the South African Union in a referendum. Voters had to choose between establishing … the area north of the Transvaal with…
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… Established in 1905, the temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Pretoria. The temple gets its name from Mariammen, the … This is the most impressive Gopuram…
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… old NMC legislation on 30 July 1982. The Anglican Church in this Province was established in 1870 when its first Provincial Synod was held in Cape Town. It…
EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… On 18 August 1932, Luc Montagnier was born in Chabris, France. He studied natural sciences at the … his license of sciences from the University of Paris in…
EventHosni Mubarak, President of Egypt is born
… Hosni Mubarak was born on 4 May 1928 in Kafr-El-Meslha. Upon completing high school, he joined the … Military Academy, where he received a bachelor's degree…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… Europeans had visited the Cape before, 1652 was the year in which they took permanent possession of the Cape … from outside the Cape. The first group of…
Speech on Receiving the Freedom of Durban, Durban, 16 April 1999
… to be receiving the Freedom of Metropolitan Durban today. In extending to me the privileges of the citizens of this … divisions of centuries, by reaching out…
The Struggle against our Weaknesses by A. B. Xuma, 1956
… for inability to attend this important Annual Conference. In following up the affairs of the African National Congress … as distressed over certain…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… Education Chris Hani The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political … the South African Communist Party (SACP…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was captured in Cedara, a small town near Howick, Natal,…
EventWinkie Direko is born
… teacher, winner of the Bloemfonteiner of the Year Award in 1993 and Premier of the Free State since 17 June 1999, was born in Botshabelo, Bloemfontein in…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… The Village of Clumber was established on land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893…
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… Humphrey Mpumele Ndlovu was born at Emzweni in the Qamu Tribal Authority at Msinga, Natal … Liberation Movement, now Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), in 1976. He…
Address by the Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, to the NAM Ministerial Meeting United Nations, New York, 23 September 1999
… Ministers, Excellencies and Distinguished Guests, In my capacity as the Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, it … on how far we have come and to chart they way…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the annual conference of the Methodist Church Umtata, 18 September 1994
… to one of the most significant Christian communities in our land. My joy at being in this conference is multiplied many-fold by the fact that this is for me…
Address on the Occasion of the Torch Handing Over Ceremony, “From Rio to Johannesburg” , 25 June 2002 Rio De Janeiro
… for arranging that we visit Rio de Janeiro to participate in this important handing over ceremony, which also draws the … Sweden, was able to join us. We,…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview : Burkina Faso's poor economic outlook and … kept it out of the eye of Western…
PlaceHawston
… that long ago the Quena (Khoi-Khoi) grazed their cattle in the area. Before 1830, people lived at Herrie’s Bay and at … and England. The major part of the…