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PlaceGreat Brak Rivier
… The village of Great Brak Rivier was founded by Charles … together with his wife and four children, emigrated to the Cape in 1859. They landed at Mossel Bay…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… Racialism At Natal University”: Statement, June 1956 51 [The most unscientific and blatantly racialistic statement made by Dr Malherbe, Principal of the…
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… Rights Petition with a million signatures Members of the African National Congress, I.C.U. Communist Party and other bodies espousing native interests filled…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… Both his parents were actors. He started his career at the age of eleven working on Fleet Street selling newspapers … at Ludgate Circus. In 1894 he enrolled…
Names of Slaves and Free Blacks
… The following list is taken from Frank R. Bradlow and Margaret Cairns, The Early Cape Muslims, appendix II. A note by the authors says that …
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… Mzwakhe Mbuli became known as the "people's poet" as a result of the style and content of his poetry. He covered issues like … F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… in Australia, where he joined a religious community, The Society of the Sacred Mission. This organisation transferred him to … Lapsley currently runs The…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… University.[ii] Kriel earned herself a gold medal at the All Africa Games in the 100 metre backstroke in 1995.[iii] Marianne Kriel won a … David van Lill,…
PlacePampierstad
… or Tswana word meaning Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuthatswana in the late 1960's. It was located 31 km North-West of Jan ……
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First … of the Transvaal in May 1879. Even Boers in the Cape Colony gave moral support to their…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… Abe Bailey was born in Cradock, Cape Colony, in 1864. His father, a wagon maker and wool … school in Yorkshire, England and after leaving school at the age…
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… July 2021 marks the centenary of the birth of the South African Communist … at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, and the…
EventCODESA’s starting date is set
… after preparatory talks in Johannesburg, on a date for the start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future constitution through the Convention for…
Raymond Tucker: Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg
… Maybe I should begin by telling you a bit more about the project. Tucker: Please. Taylor: I’ve been doing it now … I want to hand in this judgement, it’s…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… We are academics raised and educated in various parts of the world, and now living and working in South Africa. The … us in his recent talk at the University…
ArticlePoqo
… Poqo was formed as an armed wing to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the 1960's and was known for its aggressively violent … organisation drew most…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… Africa is the world’s second largest continent, both by size and … Africa, and being African, has become a core part of the identity of millions of the…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… The gains achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the … resistance was led by migrants relocated from the…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… BY: JADE DAVENPORT CREAMER MEDIA CORRESPONDENT One of the most curious realities of South Africa’s mining history … came to raid the territory for its…
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… "The first Historical Settlement North of the Orange River, … sits in dignified repose beside the street, a fine mix of Cape Dutch and Victorian elements…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.3 Jul-Aug 1979
… Funda Ntuli, Seth 'n Sam by Peter Wilhelm, Three Days in the Land of a Dying Illusion by Mtutuzeli Matshoba. The Road is Much Longer by Johnny Rogers. Poems:…
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… Johannesburg, Constitutional Court, 24 March 1998 Taylor: The first question is a very general one indeed, it is who in … a number of people from the Pan…
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… "Prepare for congress of the people" On June 25 and 26, only five weeks from now, … people from all corners of South Africa to attend the great Congress of…
EventDepartment of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approves ESKOM’s prototype 110MW pebble
… On 25 June 2003, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approved the construction of a prototype pebble bed modular reactor … …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… Dawood Seedat: The Communist who insisted that there was 'no middle road to … released from prison, he will immediately and surely again join his evil…
EventSADF officers dismissed
… State President F.W. de Klerk announced that 23 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF), including two … were being forcibly retired or suspended…
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… is a collection of late 18th and early 19th century Cape furniture. The Drostdy Museum was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1747 to serve as…
PlaceImbali Township, Pietermaritzburg
… “Imbali” is the IsiZulu word for: “Flower”. Imbali Township was … . The Township is blessed with the abundance of primary Schools, high Schools and one…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… trafficking and prostitution has become rife in the syndicates of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Children who are … parents, family friends, taxi…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left … due to old age and diminishing health, Desai retired to join her family in the UK and…