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EventFirst air flight from London to South Africa
… considerably, partly due to the outbreak of World War One. Britain, having emerged victorious from this war also … Lt-Col Pierre van Ryneveld and Capt. CJQ…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… view, refute aesthetic concerns; rather, it directs how one approaches aesthetics and "the artistic task". Later, … growing thing that people can relate to,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… ANC on the prospect of a peaceful transfer of power. As part of the process Rivonia Treason trialists and other … files on Africans in the Western Cape. The…
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… opinion. The government believed that this newspaper was part of the “hate South Africa crusade”. More than this, the … Vorster and Mulder to resign and to…
BiographyDavid Livingstone
… the horrors of the East African slave trade. He was also one of the first Europeans to make expeditions along the … to convert Africans to Christianity…
EventZola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collide accidentally during the 3000m in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
… Zola Budd and Mary Decker are athletes who took part in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Budd, a South African, … from the crowd had she won. The incident is…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… Having started out as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World War Two, Barre was found to … post of a junior general in the army…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… of the now disbanded United Democratic Front (UDF), was one of the participants in the Rainbow Debate at a heritage … 1994. Various speakers at the festival…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m Himalayan peak, one of the world's highest. Vilane, with dual South African and Swazi nationality, took part in an…
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… for another five years after the expiry of a previous one. Reasons for the renewal of the banning order were based … name was due to be struck off the roll…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… most of the women worked. ............... My father took part in the 1913 Gandhi Strike against the £3 "tax imposed on … brother, who was about 16 years old…
PlaceBlyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
… One of the largest green canyons in the world, the Blyde … rock along the Drakensberg Escarpment. The canyon forms part of the Mpumalanga escarpment, where…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… to see my great-grandfather, Mohamed Hajee Joosub, was one of those who is featured on the site. However, after … a competition for the nearest school around…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all -- … oppression and exploitation of all the…
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 … consisted of a barn and Jonkershuis…
The Story of PR Panther, the gold man of Indian politics in South Africa: Introduction - By Riashnee Pather
… Indian politics, what I am attempting to do is to look at one man, PR Pather. PR and others in his position were always … decision to examine the life of PR…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… in this period. Seven slabs of rock engravings known as one of the oldest rock art artefacts on the continent were … site in the Huns Mountain range in the…
New Generation Sculpture
… the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of the country, Gazankulu and Venda, came to the … resolution of the base indicates a…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former … the language in his research. While Gayle…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
… a feature article dealing with the appalling conditions in one of the government’s Bantu Homelands. In addition to the … spot removals bring more people to…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… in exile. Known as Mama Africa , she had left in 1959 as part of the cast of the musical King Kong and was barred from … Nations twice on the horrors of…
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… he was at the time of the tragedy. Meyiwa was one of the best players of Orlando Pirates. He was also a part of Orlando Pirates squad when they won a “Double…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… her in Indian Opinion, Gandhi writes: " We have lost one of the holy daughters of India. She has done her duty … are introduced regarding the urbanisation of…
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
… men migrated to new lands, their motive was the selfish one of enriching themselves. Hence they colonised, and … should go. If he does not satisfy these…
PlaceFort Frederick, Port Elizabeth
… and was originally defended by two 8-pounder guns and one 5.5 inch Howitzer and now contains a selection of muzzle-loaders dating from the later part of the…
Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 37 - Letter from S. … Representative", and with all the…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… for miles around is dedicated to fields of vegetables! The one-Restaurant main Road of Warden is seldom overly busy … Reformed Church is larger than the…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… Worker and Azania Frontline as publications that were part of the South African liberation movement but independent … Organiser did the printing at a reduced…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… Land restitution is one of the key issues since South Africa achieved democracy … 1996 Constitution shifting the approach from a judicial one to an…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… endorsed by the Coat of Arms. Your smallest coin has it on one of its sides. When away from the country seeing a plaque … a home away from home. The coat of…