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BiographyDr Franklin Abraham Sonn
… Abraham Sonn was born in October 1939 in Vosburg in the Karoo, Northern Cape and raised in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. Dr Sonn graduated from the…
BiographyGilbert Hani
… ] leaders and strong opponents of Kaizer Matanzima and the Bantustan policy, were banished from Langa location in Cape Town, [Western Province, now Western…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… The emergence of the Black Consciousness movement that swept across the country in the 1970s can best be explained in the context … movement - was founded by…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… The opening moment of education in South Africa coincides … with the foundation of the colonial experience at the Cape in 1652. Six years after the Dutch…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… been around for 11 000 YEARS! 2. Name: San (referred to by the European colonists as Bushmen or Bosjeman) 3. Places … SAN AND THE EUROPEAN SETTLERS:…
ArticleThe South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950
… This catalogue and exhibition celebrate the founding, over 100 years ago, of the oldest surviving … as well as encouraging interested non-practioners to join…
Meeting between the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa and Mr Silvino da Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde: Pretoria, 16 August 1984
… Report from a meeting held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde and the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss…
Statement by President Nelson Mandela at the presentation of the "Cape Town Bid"at the 106th session of the International Olympic Committee Lausanne, Switzerland, September 5, 1997
… Statement by President Nelson Mandela at the presentation of the "Cape Town Bid"at the 106th session of the International …
State of the Nation address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 21 May 2004
… State of the Nation address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 21 May 2004 …
BiographyNgugi wa Thiong’o
… The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born James … He attended Kamandura, Manguu and…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… in Sobantu Village in Pietermaritzburg. He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1953…
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
… Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube , the first President General of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC-…
Jacob Albertus Marais (Jaap), former leader of the rightwing Herstigte Nasionale Party, is born in Vryburg, Cape Province.
… Jacob Albertus Marais (Jaap), former leader of the rightwing Herstigte Nasionale Party, is born in Vryburg, Cape Province. …
The influenza epidemic, which claimed thousands of lives in South Africa, rages at its height in Cape Town.
… The influenza epidemic, which claimed thousands of lives in South Africa, rages at its height in Cape Town. …
Document 116 - Committee of Action of the Non-European United Front, Non-European United Front, Cape Town (1939)
… Document 116 - Committee of Action of the Non-European United Front, Non-European United Front, Cape Town (1939) …
Andries Johannes Bester de Klerk, writer and provincial secretary of the Cape Province, is born in Williston, CP.
… Bester de Klerk, writer and provincial secretary of the Cape Province, is born in Williston, CP. …
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF OLD MUTUAL Cape Town, 17 May 1995
… SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF OLD MUTUAL Cape Town, 17 May 1995 …
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE LAUNCH OF PORTFOLIO OF SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town, 22 August 1995
… SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE LAUNCH OF PORTFOLIO OF SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town, 22 August 1995 …
Sir John Francis Cradock, governor of the Cape in 1811 and following years, is born in Dublin, Ireland.
… Sir John Francis Cradock, governor of the Cape in 1811 and following years, is born in Dublin, …
Amelia Ruth Jones, current chief executive officer of the welfare organisation Community Chest Western Cape and executive direc
… Amelia Ruth Jones, current chief executive officer of the welfare organisation Community Chest Western Cape and executive direc …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Commandant Manie Maritz attacks Vanrhynsdorp in the Cape Province. Many vehicles, including three laden sup
… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … War 2: Commandant Manie Maritz attacks Vanrhynsdorp in the Cape Province. Many vehicles, including three laden…
Griqualand West is annexed to the Cape Colony, after it was proclaimed British territory on 27 October 1871.
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 351 … Griqualand West is annexed to the Cape Colony, after it was…
During a march organised by the Cape Town-based Muslim organisation People against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) a suspected dr
… During a march organised by the Cape Town-based Muslim organisation People against …
Marthinus Lourens de Villiers, composer of “Die Stem” (The Call of South Africa), is born in Paarl, Cape.
… Marthinus Lourens de Villiers, composer of “Die Stem” (The Call of South Africa), is born in Paarl, Cape. …
Sir Jacob Dirk Barry, judge president of the Eastern division since 1880, is born in Swellendam, Cape Colony.
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 186 … Sir Jacob Dirk Barry, judge president of the Eastern division since…
Helena W. Ten Damme marries Hendrik Swellengrebel, who twelve years later became governor of the Cape. Swellendam was named
… Swellengrebel, who twelve years later became governor of the Cape. Swellendam was named …
Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi, SA artist, is born in Guguletu, Cape. He exhibited three times during the 1980s.
… Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art … Patient (Billy) Mandindi, SA artist, is born in Guguletu, Cape. He exhibited…
Raymond Mhlaba (85), African National Congress veteran, Rivonia trialist and first premier of the Eastern Cape Province, dies s
… Congress veteran, Rivonia trialist and first premier of the Eastern Cape Province, dies s …
Johannes Casparus Lotter (45), who made two silver communion chalices for the ‘Groote Kerk’ in Cape Town, dies.
… Lotter (45), who made two silver communion chalices for the ‘Groote Kerk’ in Cape Town, dies. …
Cornelis Moll, founder of the first Natal newspaper De Natalier, is bornas 24th child in Cape Town.
… Cornelis Moll, founder of the first Natal newspaper De Natalier, is bornas 24th child in Cape Town. …