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PlaceOrigins Centre
… provides visitors with a unique experience of Africa’s rich, complex heritage and boasts an extensive collection … diverse Southern African rock art…
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… The New Era Fellowship In 1937, Kies, then barely 20 years old, helped to establish the New Era Fellowship … To these events came a wide cross-section of…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… of the population while Whites had 25% and Coloureds had 20%. Furthermore, there was an increase in the registration … in the Lagden Report marked a…
PlaceBethlehem, Free State
… respectively. The R712 runs through to Clarens just 41 km’s away on route to the Golden Gate Highlands National Park . … of Bethlehem. It is the gateway to…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… & Guardian newspaper reveals that one of President Zuma’s then-fiancées, Gloria Bongi Ngema, landed a plum job with the controversial Gupta family and that…
ArticleTransport on land
… train or a bus. A Wells Fargo stagecoach from the mid 1800’s Image source Animals as transport A beast of burden is an … and put into a small tube. It was…
PlaceBoskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
… Dam and Nature Reserve is located in the Mooi River Valley 20 km North of the Town of Potchefstroom a short distance … remains from the Transvaal.” Trans. of…
PlaceDiepsloot, Johannesburg
… as "deep ditch" from the Afrikaans, is one of Johannesburg's most densely populated townships. Established in 1994, by … and refuse removal at least once a…
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract The history of the African working class is symbiotic…
PlaceSlanghoek Cellar, Western Cape
… the cellar derives its name. Slanghoek Cellar is a mere 20 km from Worcester and 90 km from Cape Town! The Valley’s Geographic position, fertile, varied…
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
… Diamond Mine which is; 80% owned by Lonrho Mining and 20% by the Schmidtsdrift Communal Property Association. In … Natives Land Act. The threat of relocation…
PlaceSahara Desert, in North Africa.
… The World’s largest Desert – The Sahara – is comparatively well … ; Volcanic intrusions and Massive Sand-Dunes in Niger ’s Air and Tenere Natural Reserves,…
PlaceHellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
… the lower amateur leagues, of Cape Town . But by the 1970's they were one of the leading teams in the Country and regularly pulled in crowds of more than 20…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 1 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… his wife both died. Then my father brought up his brother's children, and educated them too. So there were a lot of … and we all used to go to school there…
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
… no further; 5. AND WHEREAS there met at Bloemfontein O.F.S. on the 8th day of January 1912, certain Chiefs, delegates … if not consistent with the context: —…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… of those thousands of faces. They had marched, that 20,000, pressed solidly together, not in formal ranks, from … thirty years later, it is celebrated as…
PlaceGhwarrie Poort
… Eastern Cape include the high-altitude, treacherous Naude's Nek Pass (the highest point in South Africa), the more … Volunteers Hoek Passes, and the scenic…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… and instruction manuals over a few weeks in the mines’. [20] Language courses were offered by most mining companies … speakers, and prevents each side from…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… 3 March 1934, deciding in favour of establishing a people’s savings bank, a cooperative. According to Grietjie … The underlying philosophy for a cooperative…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… foremost interpreters of our people to the other races’ (20 May 1944). Mohl kept the school going from 1944 until … is depended on funding. Alexandra Art…
ArticleThe San
… Many dialects have evolved from these, including /Xam, N?¡, !Xu, Khwe and Khomani. NÁƒ mÁƒÂ¡, previously called … is known about the different dialects of…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the … where women took a stand against apartheid…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… who goes into exile following the South African government’s banning of the organisation. She remains abroad for the … year, she begins her service as co…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… The South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) was formed in 1953 at a Coloured People's Convention in Cape Town. The organisation aimed to unite ……
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… with sharecropping for much of the first half of the 20 th century. In the aftermath of the Great Depression South Africa’s manufacturing sector took off. As…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… reinforced the notion that the towns were the White man’s creation and domain, and Africans were only allowed into … the Botanical Garden was established,…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… resolved that eight hours should constitute a legal day's labour as of 01 May 1886. The Federation also recommended … in Johannesburg held on 22 August 1914,…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… was severely curtailed by the Dutch East India Company's use of slaves. Little is known of the lives of ordinary … territories he conquered. Peoples in the…
PlaceMsinga Local Municipality
… the northwest of the municipality linking with the Rorke's Drift and Isandlawana Battlefields attractions, and the … Biosphere to the South West of the…
PlaceUmdloti, North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… surfing, windsurfing, paddle and jet-skiing. Umdloti's primary Beaches are shark netted and protected by … performing acrobatics for out-and-out pleasure…