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BiographyPaul Weinberg
Paul Weinberg was born in 1956 in Pietermaritzburg into a progressive middle-class Jewish family. His father was a lawyer and his mother a music teacher. He…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from India, who had come to South Africa to seek fortune. …
PlaceMushroom Farm in Hillcrest, KZN
The Mushroom Farm offers a delightful array of eateries, play areas, local retailers and a nursery. "The Mushroom Farm is one of Hillcrest's hidden gems,…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… consumer market was close to saturation, the only logical markets were the black internal market – and the export … consumer goods were expensive and…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Africa Regional Conference of the Food and Agricultre Organisation: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 4 March 2004
… incentives (including by encouraging competitive input markets), channelling more public spending and foreign aid to … approach would also help. And wider…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
The picture above shows how dire the situation was in America during the Great DepressionImage Source Source 2A The source below describes the impact of…
PlaceThe art lover’s summer road trip through the Western Cape
… from gallery walls onto verandas, gardens and community markets. Visiting Greyton feels like entering an artists’ …
PlaceComrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
The Comrades Marathon was established in 1921. This ultramarathon is 90km. It is run annually, alternating between having the starting point in Durban one Year…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… global challenges that include: 17.1 the role of financial markets and the speed with which capital flows across domestic markets 17.2 environmental issues…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… small portion of all foreign capital flows to the emerging markets. Already the success of recent reforms is apparent in … of trade, the reform of financial,…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
DECEMBER 2019 31 December – Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, informs its regional World Health Organization (WHO) office of a pneumonia outbreak, the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Mercosur Heads of State Summit Ushuaia, 24 July 1998
… currently being experienced in the international financial markets, and its impact on developing countries. Is it not an …
EventFake tickets lead to stampede in Johannesburg
On 29 July 2017, two people died and one was critically injured when a group of fans pressed themselves against a gate, during the Carling Black Label Cup…
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) was established on 1 July, 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, as amended. WSU, a comprehensive University…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… which were hurting the female merchants of the Abeokuta markets. This was just the first of many campaigns for the …
Local Government
… little better than hamlets, or small villages, where rural markets and religious events were held four times a year. …
EventThe founding member of United Democratic Front and struggle activist Johnny Issel dies
On 23 January 2011, John James Issel also known as Johnny died at the age of 64, after he had suffered renal failure at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… the bans were lifted and sales depended on elite education markets. One of the strategies Ravan Press used to counteract …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Johannesburg, 21 November 1997
… in attracting investors and gaining access to global markets. But much more must be done before SADC becomes the …
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s most stirring speeches
… I am he who made it possible to trade in the world markets in diamonds, gold, in the same food for which my …
PlaceJohannesburg Public Library
The Library opened its doors to the Public in 1890, operating from several short-lived spaces provided, until a site was acquired in Kerk Street where it would…
The trade union movement and the burden of the future by Monique Marks
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Progressive social movement organisations in South Africa, including…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
… and employ more people, we need to find new and larger markets for our goods and services. We will therefore be … targeting, among others, the largest and…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
Dr David Nthubu Koloane, who was born in South Africa in 1938, was an extraordinary pioneer in the visual arts who fiercely defied any form of categorisation…
“I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work in a time of mass joblessness by Hannah Dawson
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Why would young Black South African men refuse low wage jobs in a time…
PlaceWonderboom National Airport, Tshwane
Wonderboom Airport, is located north of Pretoria, South Africa. The airport handles general aviation flights and passenger services. The Wonderboom Airport was…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… The powerful Ottoman Empire blocked European access to markets in the East. The Ottoman Turks controlled trade … sources of raw materials (such as raw cotton…
PlacePaarden Eiland
Construction of the Marine Drive was started by the Cape Town Municipality, in 1916. This was very different to the Marine Drive of today……….flooding by the…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
In all countries where market-assisted land reforms have been undertaken, the outcomes have been disappointing. In the case of Southern African countries such…