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Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956
… I have only my own annotated copy which I don't want to part with. If you try People's bookshop, Church St., Cape … copy; failing which somebody ought to be…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… Soweto – which happened only in 1978. Still others sought part-time employment hoping to return to school when the … that the government intended identifying…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… The main difference was that apartheid made segregation part of the law. Apartheid cruelly and forcibly separated … always that easy to decide what racial…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… We speak about the need for the African Renaissance in part so that we, ourselves, and not another, determine who we … helped scientists to explain the link…
Address at the University of Havana, Cuba, 28 March 2001
… We speak about the need for the African Renaissance in part so that we, ourselves, and not another, determine who we … helped scientists to explain the link…
BiographyGeorge Hallett
… Perspectives', SANLAM Gallery, Cape Town, 1999 'Cape Times One City Many Cultures', Blue Route Shopping Centre, Cape …
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… which was called dual occupancy homes/flats, consisted of one living room. There were 29 units built that had a living … the cottages, courts and maisonettes…
Archive”Native Union”. Article by Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in October 24, 1911
… have a common duty to perform both towards God and towards one another. It is natural, therefore, that there should … There should be among other things a…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… 50 years – the free burghers numbered about 1000, of which one sixth were Huguenots (refugees from France since 1688), … of burghers became truly rich,…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… South African or British citizens. This was the worst part for many. Many of these English had voted against the … and Natal remained the most English…
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… they were very happy together – she and her daughters in one house and he in the other. A Mr Overbeek donated a … responsible for The Burgundy Restaurant is…
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… however, did not deter the man who had spent the better part of his life battling the injustices of racial … 1994 in South Africa’s first free, democratic…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… people cannot but feel humble, at the same time proud that one of their number has been selected to join the … great political thinker and teacher that no…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… the first site chosen by the British government to take part in the "Great Experiment", where indentured laborers … in 1152. It features an 8-bay, 13-aisle…
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… its richly decorated gable, was completed in 1896 and is one of the last surviving structures of the old Transvaal … of a much larger and more sophisticated…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… and he was named Johnny. This is why Dyani has only one name instead of both an African and a Christian name like … Dyani family adopted Johnny and raised…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 6 - Education for Freedom
… this authority structure, discipline and deference on the part of the child. Within this framework there are, of … of opinion. Which are the key facts? How…
EventZola Budd returns to SA
… Zola Budd, who had emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announced that she has … imagination as a shy teenager running…
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
… Subsequently, in 1964, SANOC was banned from taking part in the 18th Olympic Games in Tokyo over its refusal to … apartheid. This came after the committee…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… its present form ... [and has] ... now become a recognised part of South African life. Let us hope that this young … the Society saw its role in the broadest…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the … some of the finest. Because of its richness, it is part of the Ukahlamba…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… This article was written by Meghan Knapp and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University … to shape the way that South African history has…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… restrictions. The decision to release Mandela was one of the most important decisions and it astonished almost … amended text dealing with transitional…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… production of municipal certificates. Consequently that part of the Act referring to the refusal of licences in the … That such business of your memorialists…
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
… I sit in the half-empty carriage and page through one of his first photographic essays, Imijondolo: A … mainly in Johannesburg. But some of us didn’t want…
Liberation organisations
… In 1989, conscription was reduced from two years to one year. During the negotiations to end apartheid from 1990, … of 1984 on: www.anc.org.za At times,…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… was a shortage of types. Virji Damodar Mehta (who would one day found his own printing press, Universal Printing … averaged at about 2000. The highest number…
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… Town and was probably so named because it incorporated part of Van Riebeeck's original gardens. Lying sandwiched … joined by Kloof Nek . Gardens is a very…
PlaceRichmond
… were literate. The Division of Richmond was originally part of the District of Colesberg, and was proclaimed a … P H Kritzinger attacked Richmond. They…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… 1961, the Council resolved that: “(a) That the lease of part of the military camp at Lenz by the Council from the … In 1957 Mr Bila Singh and his family…