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ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… Context In the 1960s, Senegal was a new, independent nation. It had previously been ruled in succession by the Portuguese, the Dutch and finally the French,…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… With the wind of change powerfully blowing in South Africa, the National Party under the leadership of young but politically experienced F.W de …
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… Steve Biko was the number forty sixth person to die in security police detention in South Africa. And for the first time, the inquest revealed full and…
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… is a prospecting City famous for its quality diamonds , the largest man-made excavation in the World and various other impressive tourists attractions! It is…
PlaceOld Morley
… In 1828 the Wesleyan Missionary Society established a station at … it was attacked and burnt down by amaMfengu warriors. The name amaMfengu means “wanderers”…
Everard Read Art Gallery
… South Africa’s most famous art galleries was established. The Everard Read Gallery has grown in sophistication and … South Africa’s capital of finance and…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 9: Law, justice and society
… Report of the Legal Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content includes: Statement by the Members of the Commission; The…
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… Orkney is a small Town in the North West Province just outside Klerksdorp . It was … primarily for, its gold mining opportunities, and lies on the banks of…
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… Oranjezicht and Tamboerskloof, within a stone’s throw of the centre of Cape Town, joined by Kloof Nek . Gardens is a very popular suburb and one of the…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the nearby deposits of limestone. Its…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… stepped down as Prime Minster of South Africa after the holding office since 1966. John Vorster, as he became known, was a former member of the…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … indentured Indians and as 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a…
PlaceUNISA’s Department of Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology
… Africa, better known as UNISA, was founded in 1873 as the University of the Cape of Good Hope . It is one of the few that continued to provide tertiary…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
… December 23rd, Mr. Z.B. Molete, Publicity Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress, is reported to have said that there are talks being held between the ANC…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… seized power in Libya after a coup d'etat. Gaddafi, the leader of the Free Unionist Officers movement, overthrew the monarchical rule of King Idris, who had…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… On the 10th of September each year, the ANC Youth League celebrates its founding, and recently, on the same date, the ANC Youth League launched its 62nd …
Black ViewPoint - Introduction edited by B.S. Biko (1972)
… From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, … Khoapa IT IS SIGNIFICANT that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose…
EventSolomon Popoli Linda, singer and composer, dies
… On 8 October 1962, Solomon Linda, the singer and composer of Mbube, which became the pop hit as 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', died without receiving royalties ……
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… discriminatory barriers. Her life experiences, the context and inspiration of her writing, her works, and … in this biography. Adichie is a young writer,…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… Apollo Milton Obote (some say Milton Apollo Obote) was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power … was ousted again. Obote has largely been…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… Joint statement by Chief Albert J. Lutuli and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an … to South Africa to bring its policies into line…
PlacePeelton
… (prior to 1910) Umxelo was established in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Society. At that stage it was popularly ……
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… Six residents and their descendants will campaign for the area to become a National Heritage site. District Six was … a whites-only residential zone on 11…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of … a World Heritage Site and museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… Monrovia, Liberia. Ellen Johnson was born in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, amongst the descendants of original colonists of Liberia (ex-African … from…
PlaceMaitland
… The railway line from Cape Town reached Maitland on 13 February 1862. The 1891 census indicated that Maitland had a population of … this number had risen to…
PlaceTable Bay
… Table Bay is a natural inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by Cape Town and the famous Natural Table Mountain . Bartolomeu Dias was the first European…
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… The Botanical Gardens had been founded in 1946. After the University of Pretoria granted approval to the Department of Agriculture for the development of a …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… The United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco by the United Nations Conference on International Organisations. The preamble to the charter was…
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… founded in 1917 by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to exploit the gold fields of the East Rand, announced that it intended to transfer its main listing from the…