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ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… an American identity. 1927 Sisulu leaves school at the age of 15. His mother works in faraway East London, and … precludes democracy and Walter and other ANC…
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
… was born in Cairo, Egypt. He knew from a very young age that he wanted to be a writer. He began writing at the age of eleven and at 17 he published his first…
ArticleSita’s story
… had left in charge of the Phoenix Settlement at the tender age of eighteen. This was the beginning of his and later our … born and he was named Arun. I was…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… and archaeological evidence indicates that these Iron Age inhabitants are most likely the ancestors of the BaTswana … kind of stonewalled settlement also…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… opposition, the NIC was revived, and within a month the new committee established 29 branches all over Natal and … September, The victory of Frelimo in…
ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
… was almost compulsory to stay up throughout the night from New Years Eve until the next day to see the nag troepe … while the truck stands and wait for you ,…
BiographyAlfred Milner
… and the Orange River Colony and the creation of a new Inter-Colonial Council charged with managing the new rail system, the Constabulary and issues common to…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… DST intelligence service. He was arrested at his hotel in New York in January 1983 in a sting operation by the Federal … Simon’s Town naval dockyard Arrested…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… the Itumbi News Daily . In 1983, the group relocated to a new camp in Mgagao in Iringa. Here he became the editor of … Letlapa Mphahlele from the PAC (online…
From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries Bezuidenhout and Edward Webster
… of work in our book Grounding Globalisation: Labour in the age of Insecurity (published with Rob Lambert in 2008). We … a racial form. A contest took place…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… the Heritage Day campaign, was forced to leave her home at age 24. “I was born and bred in District Six,” she says. … City officially permitted the Cape…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… “Zie, Ik maak alle dingen nieuw” ("See! I make all things new"). He ended the ceremony with the following prayer: … painter Vincent van Gogh) appear on the…
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
… us use that power-let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world-a decent world that will give men a chance to work-that will give youth a future and old age…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… South Africa during apartheid and, thereafter, part of the new South African national anthem. British conquest of Sudan … by Istephane Rosti Fourth Pan…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… South Africa during apartheid and, thereafter, part of the new South African national anthem . British conquest of Sudan … by Istephane Rosti Fourth Pan…
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… co-authored volume, Grounding Globalisation: Labour in the Age of Insecurity, was awarded the American Sociological … Von Holdt, “although he was already…
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… Welile James Nkohla, also known as ‘Bomza’, died at the age of 71 years of age in Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth, after a long … February 1946. He…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… ticket, the government moved speedily to introduce new laws and to implement these. The existence of suburbs … High School was a structure made up of…
PlaceKruger National Park
… 255 recorded archaeological sites ranging from early Stone Age (roughly 1 million years ago) to various Iron Age … famous Portuguese trader, Joao Albasini is…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… 5. The Khoi mother of our nation: Krotoa Eva At a young age, the Khoi Krotoa(c 1643 – 29 July 1674) became a servant … after her death was taken over by the…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… The birth of a new non-racial and non -sexist democracy in South Africa … the gathering of jewellery and medal designers to design new medals through a…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… to be part of this auspicious occasion and to open this new centre, which promises prosperity for all our people of … Shelley said in his poem, Hellas: "The…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… revolutionary processes that resulted in the formation of new states. State formation in nineteenth-century South … and military struggles that resulted in…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… unbearably difficult for minority groups, and at an early age Sachs acquired a loathing for national hatred and racial … The Dutch Reformed Churches Chapter…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… of the region. As old kingdoms came to be replaced by new smaller ones many changes were experienced. The … at a time when most of Europe was experiencing…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… of the fledgling town. In terms of the constitution of the new Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) a town was officially … Dirk van der Hoff (1814-1881) from…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… the ‘ Strategy and Tactics ’ document as a way of giving new impetus to the struggle. 1960 Both the African National … Luthuli entitled ‘We don’t want crumbs…
ArticleA White Referendum
… government held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral parliament – it baulked at … White voters cast their vote, and 66%…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
… when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, passed away at the age 83 at the Embo State House. The king died after a … time. King Mswati III ascended the throne in…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, … insemination to same-sex permanent life…