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PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
… The multi-ethnic suburb has a fascinating and turbulent history. “Fordsburg was always a working class suburb,” Rich in History and bearing the scars of its…
PlaceCairo, Capital City of Egypt
… Cities! On the Nile River, Cairo is famous for its own history, preserved in the fabulous medieval Islamic city and … was built on a hill by the caliph- …
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… combination, form a mosaic of a large slab of a people's history of South Africa. The 200th anniversary of the birth … the lifespan being celebrated. I don't…
Black ViewPoint - The New Day by C.M.C. Ndamse
… immersed in the stream of time. As day succeeds day and history bears us onward over its cataracts of change, we … epochs. One may believe that a momentous…
Say It out Loud - The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape
… The African Political Organisation has throughout its history been truly South African. Its sphere as regards … is necessary for me to make a little…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle, South African History Online, accessed February 16, 2016, … Azanian People’s Organization (AZAPO), South African…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… the land. For an unpacking of this mystification of the history of exploration. The First Expedition The Portuguese … Prehistory to the year 2000 ,…
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… high school in the centre of Cape Town. Read more on the history of Cape Town . … Aartsma, H (2008). ‘ Early history of the Cape Colony, South Africa ’ from…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… had become the longest and most costly in South African history. After the strike, Anglo American Platinum, Amplats, …
ArticleIndian South Africans
… project to build a comprehensive social and political history of this African community. Origins: South Africans of …
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract The history of the African working class is symbiotic with …
The Student Wages Commissions, the 1973 Durban Strikes, and the Politics of Statistics by Grace Davie
… end of the 1970s. Grace Davie is Associate Professor of History at Queens College, City University of New York. She … the author of Poverty Knowledge in…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… the old section. It dates back to the Anglo-Boer War . The History of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain … in South Africa, it has a proud…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… in Pietermaritzburg's architectural landscape. Explore the History of the Comrades Marathon from 1921 when 34 runners … by those passionate about recording…
EventTreasures are discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun
… was relatively unknown to historians of ancient history until his tomb was discovered in the twentieth … could all be used to provide greater insight into…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… the Jewish people of today, we have to be aware of the history of the Holocaust which so profoundly affected them. … racial or religious discrimination. What…
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… declare to our people and the world at large that our history of struggle, in which the Indian community played no … and population group, you have a proud…
PlacePrince Albert
… in South Africa! (This Pass starts just outside Town.) HISTORY Founded in 1762, Prince Albert's History is deeply rooted in South African Heritage . The Town…
PlaceWorcester, Western Cape
… Kilometers North-East of Cape Town. This town has a rich History covering a time when the Region was inhabited by … Breede River Valley , the Worcester…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
… for liberation and majority rule. Mapungubwe [link to History classroom lesson] The Mapungubwe hill site, situated … early complex African culture, and…
Broadcast to South Africa by OR Tambo on the 8th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1969
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe joins together three periods in our history: the first, the period of wars of resistance waged by … Germany. In no other part of the…
Capture the Citadel. Broadcast to South Africa on the eighth Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1969
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe joins together three periods in our history: the first, the period of wars of resistance waged by … Germany. In no other part of the…
Art Matters by Suzanne P. Blier, 05 December 2014
… individual or group bears blame. This reflects university history, structural differences, and the ways that race still … of African art at Harvard…
PlaceSierra Leone
… The country then became a single entity with a shared history, culture and language called: 'Krio' which evoked out … nation on April 27, 1961 . This was…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… the Central Committee with the task of preparing a short history of our Party, Fifty Fighting Years, which was … to our struggle will forever be inscribed in…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… The history of modern times is the history of nationalism. Nationalism has been tested in the …
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… host a man who has made such a significant impact on world history. Since the first stirrings of democracy in South … Trust in Johannesburg, South Africa, to…
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… research efforts: Much research has been done on the history of the Lamont-Hussey Observatory. Dr. Patrick Seitzer … from SAAO in Cape Town and the members…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… The African National Congress (ANC) also had a long history of internationalism. In 1906, a delegation from the … radicalized. The movement, therefore,…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… movement of recent years. A good starting point in the history of South African documentary photography is 1950s. … gave life to the campaigns and people who…