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PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… In the early 1900’s land was set aside by the owners at Timour Hall Estate for the establishment of a school. The first structure was a wood and iron …
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… Stanger was founded in 1872 and was named after the first Surveyor-General of the then Colony of Natal, William Stanger. KwaDukuza which …
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… CAPETOWN. Dear Roux, I posted you yesterday copies of the resolutions passed at the Anti-Pass Conference with three paragraphs of general …
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
… Nestled in the foothills of Northcliff Hill, Linden is one of the prettiest and oldest suburbs of Johannesburg, lying to …
PlaceWooden Bridge over Lagoon, Milnerton, Cape Town
… The Bridge was Built in 1901 using Jarrah Wood by the Royal Engineers to provide an Entrance to a Cannon … Brett Herron said; a tender for the Restoration of…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… Verwoerd announced his plan to grant independence to the Transkei , a homeland proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid policy of separate development…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… Egypt attempted to colonize the region of Southern Sudan by establishing the Province of Equatoria in the 1870s. Islamic Mahdist … Officially known as the…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The first set of documents in Part II relates to…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… knows about apartheid. They know that it was a system of racial discrimination that segregated the people of South Africa based on their skin color and…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On that day in August … I often wonder just how it took me so long to find the road to what must surely be one…
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… Naudé was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of Afrikaner nationalism. His father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church …
Joint statement by ANC Commission on Religious Affairs and SACC, 18 September 2009
… Leaders representing the Commission for Religious Affairs (CRA) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met at Chief Albert Luthuli House in …
Message by Oliver Tambo to Nelson Mandela an International Tribute for a Free South Africa, 16 April 1990, Wembley Stadium, London
… The "International Tribute - For a Free South Africa" is an historic and unique event. Artists from across the world are gathering in Wembley Stadium to…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… An unusual, apparently contradictory set of personality traits combined to make Nelson Mandela the leader that he became. One of these was notorious … that…
Chapter X - Trial by detention
… things had changed at court. Our van drove through the gates of the old synagogue. We heard shouts of greeting as we were …
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… discriminatory barriers. Her life experiences, the context and inspiration of her writing, her works, and her resistance as a … in this biography. Adichie is…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… to go back to one or two things that I was a bit unsure of and this was, first on the question of whether or not the government has a double agenda. Do you…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June 1798 Napoleon's army departed France to ……
PlaceSarepta
… The Rhenish Missionary Society (Rhenish – of the river Rhine) was one of the largest Missionary Societies … news.co.za/entertainment/church-in-sarepta-is-a…
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…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
… 1. Name And Jurisdiction The Organization shall be known as the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union Yase Natal … Branches as may be formed and estab…
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… About 20 km South of Durban City Central, lies Isipingo, an Area blessed with a … History. This vibrant Town is conveniently located near the Chief Albert…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
… On 18 April 2005, Zimbabwe celebrated twenty-five years of independence after the overthrow of white majority rule, under the then Prime Minister Ian Smith. …
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… On 24 September 2005, Heritage Day, the Trojan Horse Memorial was unveiled in Athlone as a remembrance of the three victims who were killed by the security…
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…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… The World famous Table Mountain is part of the scenic Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from … Valleys, Bays and Beaches bound by the cold waters of…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Emoyeni, the ‘Place in the Air’ in Nguni, is located on the highest point, of the highest ridge in Parktown, keeping its original name …
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries, has a … is composed of more than 100 islands known as archipelago, the Bijagos . The…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… to higher education in South Africa over a period of twenty-five years, and particularly to Rhodes University … his fine record as a social science student…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … were his most productive and significant ”” they were the years for which he is chiefly…