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ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… The National Executive Committee of the ANC met over the weekend of the 19th to 21st September 2008, to deliberate …
PlaceKruger National Park
… The Kruger National Park was proclaimed on 31 May 1926 under the newly formed National Parks Board of Trustees , which became the controlling body of the…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… subject in school although I did observe how watered down the history we were taught was, this led me to do reading … what was prescribed. During my first…
PlaceNaval Hill
… An extremely popular spot providing excellent views of the Town and the Franklin Game Reserve forms part of the Hill. Several types of big and small game can…
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
… The land on which this house is situated originally formed part of the farm Coornhoop, which was granted to Thielman Hendricks in 1661. The subdivided piece…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Five years after the Government forced him to relinquish his general Secretary, the name of E. Sachs still lives in people's minds with the Garment Workers'…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… The Dutch Reformed Kerk, Pretoria was established in 1854, when it separated from the Rustenburg congregation. The site where the first church was built…
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… The Union Buildings are considered South Africa's … Designed and built by Herbert Baker and completed in 1913, the Union Buildings houses the Administrative…
PlaceSimon's Town, Cape Peninsula
… and Historical Town just 35 km outside Cape Town. From the Toy and Navy Museums to the eateries and shops. Naval Heritage Trust as SA Navy … was placed in…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph In January 1957 we were back again in the Drill Hall. The cage had been removed and our seats were now numbered…
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
… MY YEARS ON THE ISLAND Part One: The University behind locked doors April 1980. The Susan Kruger, a tiny Prisons Service boat, ploughed the …
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… This chapter grounds the analysis of the emergence, ideology and politics, organisation and collective actions of SASO which are examined in the next three…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… Speech by Former President FW de Klerk to the Margaret Thatcher Centre It is a great pleasure for me to be able to address the Margaret Thatcher Centre Gala…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Industrialisationand rural change … on…
PlacePeddie
… Peddie is a small town in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Peddie is a … little town which lies 50 km South-West of…
PlaceOld Presidency
… This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free State, it was declared …
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… 28 March 1652, the Dutch Merchantman, the 'Amersfoort', anchored at the Cape with a cargo of 174 Slaves. The Amersfoort's arrival … https://www.iziko.org.za…
Interview with Ari Sitas, Of Socialism and Dentures by Jonathan Mandel, 10-11 April 2015
… Media and Social Movements Network Rondebosh, the suburb below the University of Cape Town which is below the Cecil John Rhodes Memorial which is below the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … Fortnight, 1946). A GOOD and representative crowd attended the reception to celebrate the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … Hitler is rapidly losing all his supporters in Europe. The rats are leaving the sinking ship…
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
… The circle of Kramats in Cape Town is a shrine to Muslim holy … earthquakes and National disasters. Kramats or Mazaars, the holy shrines of Islam, mark the…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I remember well that first meeting with the redoubtable Solly Sachs, when I flew to Johannesburg for the…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
… Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be observed that the…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the …
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… Alexander Bay is way up the West Coast of the Northern Cape in South Africa . Virtually on the Border with Namibia , in a Region known simply as: … Bay has…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… Bordering the City Centre and joined to Newtown by the Nelson Mandela Bridge – Joburg’s landmark equivalent of … Cape Town’s Table Mountain – Braamfontein is…
PlaceBerg River
… The Great Berg river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a variety of Schooners…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… SURPRISES US General Hertzog 's Bill, disenfranchising the Cape Africans, was carried at its third reading by a … sitting of both houses of Parliament last…
May Day
… (effectively a May Day holiday). Worker's Day celebrates the role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the struggle…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian …