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… (Dr. Dadoo was sentenced in June 1946, at the beginning of the passive resistance campaign, to three months` … imprisonment with hard labour. He had been charged under the Riotous Assemblies Act and pleaded guilty.) Although I am …

… Many reports claim that little is known about the earliest history of Nigeria. By 2000 B.C. most of Nigeria … domesticated food plants and of herding animals. At the beginning of the 11th century, seven independent Hausa city-states were …

… sandstone buildings that surprise with their grandeur - the 3rd Raadsaal (originally Government Building and today the National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre, or NALN), the 4th Raadsaal (now the Free State Provincial Legislature) …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … fresh piece of legislation sought to tighten control over the entry of free Indians into Natal. Below, a petition … approach this Honourable House with reference to the Bill to place closer restrictions on immigration, now …

… The territory known as Pondoland or, more correctly Mpondoland, incorporated the divisions of Bizana, Libode, Ngqeleni, Port St John's, … 314 allowed for Umsikaba to be partitioned into the divisions of Lusikisiki and Flagstaff . Although the …

… FOR A NEW EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS STATUTE COSATU welcomes the green paper announced by the Minister of Labour today, (13.02.96) for a new policy on … Statute. Although this announcement is in line with the department of Labour's five year plan, it however marks a …

… The land was originally part of the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 for the building of the …

… The Raadsaal Building is located on the South-Western corner of Church Square and forms an important part of the Historical Architectural character of early Pretoria. On …

… Goldblatt, who turned 80 in November, is among the greatest of living documentary photographers. He won the Hasselblad Award, something like a Nobel for photography, in 2006. Lee Friedlander won it the year before, Bernd and Hilla Becher the year before that. …

… The North West Province was part of the old Transvaal , and includes most of the parts of the old homeland, Bophuthatswana . There is a …

… Opened on 2 November 1900, the Irene Concentration Camp was built with the intention that it would be one of the camps that would house Boer woman and children, driven …

… Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 March 1973. The farm, Welgegund was awarded to Swart Martiens Pretorius a … nephew of President M.W Pretorius, founder of Pretoria, at the end of the 19th century by the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR). …

… The following is an interview with Mr. Champion conducted in 1964 by Mr. Stanley Trapido, Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford. S. Trapido : Mr. Champion, why do you think the ICU was so strong in Natal? A. Champion : The reason was …

… It is a great honour for the ANC and for me, personally, to have been invited to participate with the Swedish labour movement and people in observing May Day. We greet this great gathering and the entire people of this country in the name of the working …

… On 25 November 1966 Linda Givon (then Goodman) opened the Goodman Gallery in Hyde Park, Johannesburg . The Goodman Gallery has been instrumental to the development and professionalisation of how commercial …

… illustration of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, Nyanga is one of the oldest Black townships in Cape Town. It was established in 1946 and proclaimed a township during the same year. The township is located on the Cape Flats, sixteen kilometres … History Online, Black Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za …

…   The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg . The gardens were established in 1964 as a large rose garden …

… violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. The organization and savagery of the conflict led to terror in the province and beyond, and …

… The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June … army departed France to conquer Egypt, then a province of the Ottoman Empire. Eluding the Royal Navy en route, Napoleon …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … and Bridglal Pachai M K. Gandhi introduced a new weapon in the Indians' campaign for justice. That weapon, satyagraha , was the culmination of a profound development in Gandhi himself. …

… by Lord Milner in 1902 as part of his efforts to anglicise the Transvaal under British Occupation. And so it was that a group of 106 eager young girls from the Staats Model School walked hopefully to their new school … would receive schooling from Kindergarten to Matric, under the visionary leadership of the first Headmistress, Miss …

… From the book:  Side by Side by Helen Joseph June 1971 had brought me freedom from all the frustrations of house arrest and the other onerous mutilations of my liberty. It had done more …

… The alternative name in 1850, for Mossel Bay . It was the first place that Europeans landed, that was Bartholomew … of Portugal. Without realizing it he had actually rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Dias' excursion ashore ended hastily …

… The Mosque was erected by the celebrated Hajee Soofie who immigrated to South Africa in 1895. He was responsible for the construction of 11 other mosques, the establishment of 13 …

… Introduction Part One - South African Socialists and the radically-divided working class Document 1 - Keir Hardie, … "Stoned in South Africa", 1907 Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908 … F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald, Document 4 - "The Great Native Strike", " The International, 27 February …

… The African National Congress joins all soccer loving … Africans, and South Africans in particular by hosting the ANC 2010 FIFA World Cup Street Bash, tomorrow, Friday, the 4th June 2010, in front of the ANC Head Office, Luthuli …

… The origins of Enoch Sontonga and the song he wrote, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika are humble and rather obscure. Enoch Sontonga, from the Mpinga clan, of the Xhosa nation, was born in the Eastern …

… Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing this letter on the instructions of the All-in African National Action Council which was established in terms of a resolution passed by the All-in African Conference held at Pietermaritzburg on 25 …

… From the book:  No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa This is the year, which people will talk about This is the year which people will be silent about. The old see the …

… From the book:  Side by Side by Helen Joseph On 13 October 1962,1 became the first person in South Africa to be put under house arrest. The minister was "satisfied" that I was engaged in …