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… A Moravian Mission Village in the former Humansdorp District, 26 km South-East of … feet tall, he spent his long adult life working to abolish the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery itself. Born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in 1760, the eldest of 3 children of the local headmaster and …

… "winds of change" tour of Africa in Ghana. Ghana became the first country in Sub-Sahara to gain independence in 1957, … Macmillan, British Prime Minister on 3 February 1960 to the South African Parliament in Cape Town. In his speech, Macmillan said; "The wind of change is blowing through this continent and, …

… President F.W. de Klerk held discussions in Pretoria on the progress which has been made in the implementation of the Groote Schuur Minutes and on the need to use effective … Klerk pays triute to Mandela's unique contribution ', from The Mail Guardian , 6 December, [online], Available at …

… Paper presented at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 16 July 1970. Paper discusses the history of student organisations internationally, gives a …

… The Act was to repeal the laws relating to carrying passes by natives; to provide for the issue of reference books to natives; to amend the Native …

… The Act was to amend the Native Labour Regulation Act, 1911, the Natives Land Act, 1013, the Native Administration Act, …

… FOSATU together with the Food and Canning Workers Union, the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union, the General Workers Union, the Cape Town Municipal Workers …

… The Building dates from the mid-18th Century and its ownership was transferred to the Admiralty in 1814. Rear-Admiral Jahleel Brenton was the first of the navy commanders to live there. The building …

… The police opened fire on a crowd of Sebokeng township residents who sought to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party (NP). The incident claimed eleven … SACSIS, " Justice for Marikana: Farlam Commission Not Up to the Task ", From: SACSIS,[Online] Available: sacsis.org.za …

… A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia The Defence ministers of South Africa and Malaysia, Joe … understanding on military co-operation in Pretoria between the two countries. The memorandum paved the way for the purchase of South …

… Nearly 20 million people participated in the 1994 election in which the African National Congress (ANC) gained an overwhelming victory during the first ever multi-racial general elections in South …

… history. Informal talk delivered at National Seminar of the National Union of South African Students, April 1973. Pages7 to 10 of Appendix to the Report of the Chairman of the Interim Management Committee, presented …

… graphic of people marching; text: COSATU demands: 1. the right to work 2. the right to organize 3 the right of students to: form democratic Student …

… Fourteen people, including leading members of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and the Black People's Convention (BPC) are arrested and held under the Terrorism Act, following a pro- FRELIMO rally in Durban …

… Christiaan Neethling Barnard, the world-famous medical pioneer who performed the world’s first heart transplant operation on Louis Washkansky, died at the age of 78 of an acute asthma attack in his hotel room in …

… Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party, the official opposition, agreed with the apartheid government that the composition of the proposed …

… Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (later the University of Fort Hare), was born in Kilmarnock, …

… NUSAS press bulletin on the 1967 National Day of Affirmation of Academic and Human … announcement that Professor Erwin N Griswold had accepted the invitation from the National Union of South African Students to deliver the …

… Report of the Social Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … includes: What is Spro-CAS; Introduction; Notes on the papers; Preface: what is a minority group?; Indian …

… (Camera) Catherine Meyburgh, Jannous Aukema (Editing)   At the end of a working lecture tour to South Africa in March 1971, the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and his wife Mary … and black consciousness leader, Stockhausen - one of the foremost avant-garde composers of the 20th Century. …

… was South Africa’s second Olympic champion when he won the bantamweight title at the 1924 Olympic Games held in Paris.[iii] Smith turned … continued boxing up until 1936.[iv] He also beat Teddy “The Pride of Poplar” Bradlock[v] to claim the British …

… Free State on 2 September 1905. [i] He attended the University of the Free State. [ii] Hart won six medals at the 1930 and 1934 Commonwealth Games, of which he was crowned …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Protector of Labour and Indian Immigration, wrote to the Protector in Natal on 7 November 1903 to enquire if his services could be employed in the Colony. Source: I.I.61/123, 2693/03 Natal Archives. M. R. …

… Mazizi Maqekeza and Mbulelo Ngona were among the many South Africans who fled across the border to join the African National Congress (ANC) in their armed struggle …

… Born in the predominantly Indian community of Cato Manor near Durban, … music on a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became a known and sought after bass player. In the course of his career he recorded 18 albums under his own …

… The Coloured residential area of Macassar, Western Cape, was … after a 15 000 ton sulphur dioxide stockpile belonging to the local African Explosives and Chemical Industries (AECI) … caught fire, releasing harmful respiratory-toxic gas into the air.  The South Eastern wind blew the gas in the …

… Eugene Nielen Marais began writing at a very young age. By the age of 12, he was a published writer. Marais became … and early education were in English. He matriculated at the age of sixteen and went on to work as a clerk and later as a journalist. At the age of twenty he owned his own News paper Land en Volk …

… Warrior's Gate is situated at the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in … displaying many hundreds of Artifacts from around the World, and spanning hundreds of Years. It houses a large … as well as Insignia of over 500 “Shellholes”, these being the Individual Units, of the Order. This museum is run by …

… drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated with the Space Theatre in Cape Town and the Johannesburg Market …

… On the 27th of April 2006 Abahlali BaseMjondolo (AbM) decided to … Day” to highlight how there is “no democracy for the poor”[1] and to replace the usual “pompous speeches” by politicians to “be reminded … [Accessed 20 02 2018]. AbM, 2017. UnFreedom Day 2017: The poorest of the poor will gather once again. [Online] …