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EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… a South African scholar, historian and film critic dies in the Cape. Thelma Gutsche was born to Dr and Mrs J Gutsche in Somerset West in the Cape Province in…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… this statement. "New Age has already been threatened under the Sabotage Bill with banning and I have decided to make … statement to your paper precisely…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… t was in 1996 that a court challenge led to the first government provision of a cheap basic water supply to the destitute. The person behind the challenge…
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
… Luderitz is a quaint harbour town on the Atlantic Coast in Namibia . It boasts German history, art-deco architecture and excursions to the ghost town of…
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… In the early 1960s, following the sharpeville massacre and the … had to decide what to do. I wanted to go underground in Cape Town but my home town was…
PlaceSignal Hill
… The Settlement at the Cape of Good Hope was founded by the Dutch in 1652 and … regular artillery at the Imhoff Battery at the Castle in Cape Town. In 1795…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… In 1893 the first 'locations' were established under the Kruger government - essentially non-white' areas. Three … most of the people who lived there were …
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… The Cape Dutch Homestead known as Stellenberg has played many … Heritage Site and much-loved family Home. Situated at the Crossroads of what were once four…
ANC Today Volume 10 No.1, 15 - 21 January 2010
… Letter from the President Let's work together to speed up effective … structures mobilise all adults who cannot read or write to join the Kha Ri Gude Adult…
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… Funeral arrangements are afoot in the Eastern Cape in preparation for the funeral of African … with messages of condolence. The ANC in the Eastern Cape has…
PlaceMarconi Beam, Montague Gardens
… Beam is next to Montague Gardens and is located in City of Cape Town. Montague Gardens and Marconi Beam are of strategic importance to the entire Cape…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
… The early Cape was settled not only by ex-VOC workers who became free burghers and the Huguenots but also by slaves who lost their freedom and was brought to…
EventFive prominent anti-apartheid activists released
… Five prominent anti-apartheid activists were released in Cape Town after being detained for up to two years under the Internal Security Act. The five are…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… had problems schooling then, there were very few primary schools in the area; and so I ended up going to Primary … was the closest organisations one could…
PlaceKogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond
… Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve is situated in the Western Cape Province , 40 km from Cape Town . This first South African Biosphere Reserve and … Kogelberg…
PlaceSteenberg Farmstead, Tokai Road, Constantia
… The Steenberg Estate, originally known as the Zwaanswyk, was … in 1688 and was one of the first farms in the Western Cape. Its Cape Dutch homestead was…
PlaceDurbanville
… The site currently known as Durbanville was originally … in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of the Cape. Durbanville is not your average Cape Town…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of … Roworth decided to stay in South…
PlaceSteynsburg
… out as a small Village, Steynsburg is surrounded by the magnificent Zuurberg Mountain Range in the Eastern Cape. At only 17.4 square kilometres. It is now a…
PlaceMoorreesburg
… and friendly little town, about 100 kilometres from Cape Town . The land has been used for large-scale wheat farming for most … in days gone by to alert…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… The uprising of 1976-77 marked a watershed in political … such as the United Womens' Organisation in the Western Cape and the Port Elizabeth Youth Congress…
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… CLAIMS DOCUMENT AND DEFEAT OF FASCISM AND NAZISM We join the rest of the world in celebrating the memories of the … of political discrimination based on race…
EventPhakisa Freeway opens
… The Phakisa Freeway located in Welkom, Free State, opened on … David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 210…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… At seven p.m. sharp, seven nights a week, during the darkest days of apartheid, an incendiary radio broadcast … industrial townships and community centers in…
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… generally classified as the 'liberal* and 'Marxist' schools, dominate the field of enquiry. Each points to … the evolution of the racial attitudes of…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… something about Jeffreys Bay that makes me want to visit the Town. Located in the Eastern Cape , It is bordered by Western Cape Province to the West,…
PlacePhilippi
… The settlement of Springfield was established sometime before … 1898 its name was changed to Philippi. Philippi is one of Cape Town’s Townships formed, in…
PlaceNdabeni
… The racially segregated suburb of Ndabeni was established in … . It owes its origins to the outbreak of Bubonic plague in Cape Town on 7 February 1901 when…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents … view when he discussed the matter with a leading Indian in Cape Town last week. The…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
… The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate … after Jan van Riebeeck set up a Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to supply…