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… Street in Mofolo, the Mofolo Arts Centre is a hub of cultural and artistic exploration in Soweto. The centre is one of the few institutions that gave township artists a chance … area were preceded by the Polly Street Art Centre of the 1950s which was later transferred to the Jubilee Arts …

… The First River Temple, built the banks of the Umbilo River, near Bayhead Durban, in 1875. This is … for a new freeway that was being built in Durban . Part of the temple is still buried underneath the freeway as it … new Temple should be rebuilt further away from the banks of the river, and the current location in Bellair Road was …

… Irma Stern is considered one of South Africa’s most prolific and powerful artists who … during her lifetime with critics dubbing her art "The Cult of Ugliness" The museum was established in 1971, in the house … piece being sold for R6.6m in 2007. The Museum comprises of a permanent collection of her art and artefacts acquired …

… mass meeting was called in Lenasia, an Indian suburb south of Johannesburg. The purpose of the meeting was to mobilse the Indian community to boycott the envisaged creation of the Tricameral Parliament in which the South African … S., and Pachia, B., (eds.) 1984. A Documentary History of South African Indians South African History Online …

… where he joined a religious community, The Society of the Sacred Mission. This organisation transferred him to … felt it was his duty to speak out against the injustices of the Apartheid regime. In 1976,  the Apartheid government … African National Congress (ANC) as well as for the support of students after the 1976  student uprising. Father Lapsley …

… Compensation is a Settlement 43 km North-East of Durban, on the route to Umhlali-Tongaat. The Area of Compensation got its name from Compensation Farm acquired … in the 1880's, by Charles Mndaweni at a public auction of Crown Land. The Zulu name for Compensation is …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the following petition to the resident magistrate of Durban on 30 July 1883. Source: Magistrates Records, … or have left the court. 3.That your petitioners have most of them resided for a considerable time in Mauritius and they …

… difficult relationship with his father, Bailey spent most of his time with Dutch friends who lived nearby. He attended … in Yorkshire, England and after leaving school at the age of 15, Bailey worked in London for a cotton and wool trading … agent in Barberton. By 1894, he had become the head of the Bailey Group of gold mines and was fast establishing …

… Railway Siding, 20 km North-West of Colligney and 5 km South-East of Lichtenburg. Takes its name from Anglo Alpha Cement Limited, a subsidiary company of Anglo-Transvaal Consolidated Investment Company. Falls in … New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E Raper …

… Opening speech at the 47th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban, July 1971. He discusses the experience of …

… Blue poster with red border. Title in red. Rows of green cut out images of women. Red image of woman sitting down with head between hands. Title is the …

… Notice of symposium entitled 'The road ahead'. Sunday 20th May at Rachel Bloch House (Kaplan Centre), University of Cape Town. List of speakers. Small map of directions to venue. White poster …

… Black, white and yellow poster. Notice of a fundraising jazz concert at Community Arts Project, … Woodstock, on Tuesday 30th September. Concert in aid of detainee's families. Artwork of a man playing a flute with music coming out of it. …

… Red and white; with artwork of a footballers' leg. Notice of a soccer tournament, organised by the Cape Youth Congress - Bonteheuwel. Artwork at the bottom of the poster of a referee, in a circle, and the words: …

… White poster with black lettering. Yellow and white image of army tank going across centre of poster. Issued by Riverlea Human Rights Committee. Notice of meeting at Methodist Church, Riverlea on Wednesday 20th …

… THE apparent invincibility and the singlemindedness of purpose of the Nationalist Government are driving the most powerful groups opposed to apartheid to the extreme of relying more and more on expediency instead of principle …

… in the afternoon. We had an uncle who was the only brother of my mother, and he was so fond of us. In the afternoon after church we used to go and visit … children, and educated them too. So there were a lot of children in our house, and it was very full even though it …

… Turner Memorial Lecture was delivered at the University of Natal, Durban on 25 March 1993. The lecture formed part of a long term project on the origins, methods and scope of the sociological study of labour in South Africa. …

… in red letters. All other lettering in black. Artwork of a green map of South America with a black cross over it covered in blood. Two hands on either side of cross with broken chains. Notice of a protest meeting. …

… Pink and black poster. Notice of a concert at Baxter Concert Hall, on Saturday 20th October 1984. Concert by S.A. College of Music. List of music played by Shirley Gie and Laura Searle. Drawing of a …

… Notice of an exhibition of South African art at the National Museum and Art Gallery, … 10th 1982. Maroon border. Black and white centre. Artwork of a blindfolded man walking a tightrope against a background …

… Black, white, yellow, blue and red poster. Artwork of brick walls and shadow of a sex worker. Support sex workers in claiming labour … Education and Advocacy Taskforce) Quote from Section 22 of the Bill of Rights. …

… B to President's Report, presented at 45th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 1969. Includes fact-sheets on events at the University College of Fort Hare which led to the suspension of over 300 students. …

… I am old now, I still keep myself busy. Some friends of mine, and my minister, they were on the Winterveld … Mabopane. It is a very poor area, and the people need lots of things there. So the Winterveld committee tries to help … so the other people must suffer. They are having a lot of private schools there, for the children who don't speak …

… as the Tweetoring Kerk , The Dutch Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein was established on 13 November 1848, and its … too small for Bloemfontein's needs and the construction of a new hall was proposed. The project was only undertaken … AW Wocker was commissioned to design a church at a cost of £17,500. The old building was demolished whilst services …

… Wierda Road, this steel girder Bridge is one the first of its kind to be Built in South Africa. It was Built in 1891 … the water line. The Bridge was Designed in the offices of the Department of Public Works, ordered from Germany, delivered to Natal and …

… 1894 in Kimberley, Northern Cape.[i] He is the grandson of Charles Rudd, one of the founders of the De Beers diamond mining company.[ii] Bevil was …

… plus food stalls. Established in the Johannesburg suburb of Fordsburg in the mid-1970s, when Indian traders from the … shopping precinct in the nearby racially mixed suburb of Fietas were forced to vacate their shops under the … and busy shopping centre which draws huge numbers of bargain hunters from across Johannesburg. There are some …

… area, Ficksburg is especially notable for the production of grain, livestock, cherries and asparagus. Ficksburg has fine gardens, parks and magnificent views of the Maluti Mountains. At Ficksburg High School, the S H … Trail. Ficksburg is a gateway to the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho. One of the most exciting ways of crossing the …

… and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration of his birth this year (2008) is a fitting tribute to a hero … several other accolades, and whose gallantry in the face of adversity and commitment to freedom is impeccable. He was …