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Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The … Swaziland, Botswana, and, inside the country, in Cape Town. Therefore, for the 1980s, the…
PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
… An immigrant from Lithuania, the young Charles Back I, landed on these shores in 1902. … life in South Africa as a butcher boy in what is now the Cape Town…
Koleka Putuma: part of the Ibuyambo Book Festival 2026
… An award-winning poet and cultural force, Koleka will join the panel Marketing the Author & Their Work — a critical … are not just producing books. We are…
Chapter 13
… Zig Zags of opportunism We have considered it necessary in the previous chapter to pause and deal in more detail with … people are resisting the…
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… On 24 September 2005, Heritage Day, the Trojan Horse Memorial was unveiled in Athlone as a … social unrest and protests in the townships of the Western Cape…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… African at that time) at Georgedale School and taught at schools at VredeviUe, Darlington, and Umlazi Bridge. She … the political issues of the day: the…
PlacePiquetberg
… It is now known as Piketberg. (prior to 1910) The division of Piquetberg originally fell under the district … most of its area was brought under the district…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… The Cenotaph on Du Toitspan Road, is a Memorial to 400 of … Park Memorial in memory of the two infantry battalions of Cape Coloured men who fought in East…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… Port Elizabeth is now known as Gqeberha. The name change was approved by the South African government … legacy. Port Elizabeth is the largest City in the…
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… At Thursday evening's session of the Industrial Commercial Workers (Amalgamated) Union of … against coloured artisans. Some European Unions at the Cape had…
PlaceElgin
… Originally called Koffee Kraal, the village of Elgin is a lush land circled with mountains, … . This broad upland valley, lies about 70km southeast of Cape…
PlacePhiladelphia
… Not the Philadelphia one attributes to the Eastern parts of North … America, this Philadelphia lies but 20 minutes outside of Cape Town, past Durbanville. …
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… designed by Architect; D.W. Wentink and built by H. Heath. The cornerstone was laid on 7 June 1898 by President Steyn, … 1983. The first railway line…
PlacePakhuis Pass
… 26.4 km paved mountain pass in South Africa's Western Cape , connecting Clanwilliam with Calvinia . Built by Thomas … rock formations, steep gradients, and…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… In the 18th century, this area was known by the Dutch as 'De … Common was vested land, which was granted to the City of Cape Town in 1923 for public…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town … 1909. With 211 passengers and crew on board, she left for Cape Town, which she was expected to…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock and grief he felt that day, and how the Black … That meant I was not able to attend the…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in Nyasaland, now Malawi . After … in search of work. Three years later, he…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 10 - … produced a response - at least in the Vereeniging and Cape Town townships. The…
PlaceSomalia
… Somalia is the Eastern most Country on mainland Africa, situated at the … Hassan into a national symbol of political and religious revolt against the…
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… Cape Town - The University of Cape Town has defended its protection of freedom of artistic expression, after the David Goldblatt Collection chose to move its…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… was born in Durban on 11 May 1979.[i] Logie was crowned the International Surfing Association’s Open World champion … David van Lill, Van Lill’s South…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… The Akkedisberg Pass translates from Afrikaans into Lizard … Indeed, instead of transporting his produce by road to Cape Town, he bought a boat and sailed it…
PlaceTenterden, 60 Durban Road, Wynberg
… The property was originally part of the Vredenhof Estate … April 1856. Its U-plan dwelling was originally built in a Cape Dutch idiom but it subsequently…
PlaceObservatory
… Observatory was a residential suburb of Cape Town , and derived its name from the Royal Observatory, which was established there in 1821. … transport routes…
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
… in 1912-13 and was officially opened on 7 June 1913 by the Minister of Railways & Harbours, Mr Henry Burton. It was … Baker, the station was opened in 1913,…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… refers to a defensive chain which stretched across the Bay and was probably secured in place by three anchors. … two Suburbs meet, just 10 minutes from the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969 1960 March 16, The Boycott Movement, in London, is renamed the … women and children and wounding 186. In Langa, Western…
PlaceJoubertina
… Kareedouw, on Route 62 , Joubertina is a little town in the Eastern Cape that, until the establishment of the famous and very … traffic as a result of the…
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. … as Bulhoek , a holy village near Queenstown in Eastern Cape…