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EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… singing to her mother's accompaniment at a very young age. At the age of five, she already had tourists paying to hear her …
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… inadequate, notably on issues such as gender rights and age appropriateness (Smith, 2014). Consequently, education … of eligible children from 18 to 6 (Goetz…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… colony from Britain. He is also instructed to establish a new system of government for the Cape. Lieutenant-General J … dies. His exiled son, Gogongwana,…
PlaceSandton, Johannesburg
… Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton City Shopping Mall and the new world class Gautrain Station. Sandton Executive Suites … leave. Greater Sandton's first…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… had arrived at the Cape from Mauritius at a very young age and by 1808 was in his early twenties. His slave-owner … it was an extremely significant event. It…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… to alter it materially; and that he would then submit the new proposals to the Coloured community to see whether they … read the registration form and write…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… and his own company, where, although he has appointed a new chief executive, he remains spiritually in command. …
BiographyMadi Gray
… on work on South Africa that they decided to start a new anti-apartheid organization, the Support Group for South …
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… declared in favour of Waterboer. Sir Henry Barkly, the new British High Commissioner, proclaimed all of Waterboer’s …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Organisational Renewal, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… Policy Conference. The Report will therefore focus on new or alternative proposals and give some flavour of the … does not undermine this important principle…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
… heavily involved in the bush guerrilla warfare even at the age of 63. She did not use her age or her gender as an excuse to hold her back, but rather …
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… The current king, Mswati III, became king in 1986 at the age of 18. Swaziland’s new constitution came into force in 2006 and includes a bill …
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… so she could teach at Louisiana State University and New York University (De la Baume). Her work Vaste est la … from the war (Joseph and Naǧmābādī, 230). As…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… Source Essay Question: To what extent did Roosevelt’s New Deal succeed in mitigating the negative effects of the … series of reforms and restructures in what…
Address on the Occasion of the State Banquet, Tripoli, Libya, 12 June 2002
… and oppression, but also similar visions and ideals of a new united and free continent, a developed and prosperous … We are also faced with an urgent task of…
Alexia Webster
… and South African publications, including the New York Times, The Guardian and UK Sunday Telegraph. She has been exhibited in New York, Cape Town and…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… for the people of this city and province to make a new beginning. The elections provide an opportunity to make new choices that will take the province back…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… later Reagan Memorial Baptist, an all-girls school. At the age of nine, her father passed away due to complications … first appeared as a series of episodes,…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… expansionism. 1680 Commander Simon van der Stel starts a new settlement along the Eerste River on land belonging to … Rheede, decrees that male slaves buy…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… Only the four Native Representatives and members of the new Progressive Party voted against the Bill. In conclusion; … the weakened and exiled liberation…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… International Day’ 2013 Nelson Mandela passes away at the age of 95 …
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
… owners of the house. Marie died on 2 August 1906 at the age of 72, and her sister died on 18 October 1911 at the age of 73. After their death, the house was…
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… on a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became a known and sought after bass … Blues for my Mother went platinum. Reports of…
EventInitial experiments on the body of Egyptian King,Tutankhamen, conclude he is a fifteen year old boy
… 1332 and 1323 BC. Tutankhamen became King around the age of nine or ten after the death of his father Akhenaten. … were a product of incest. Tutakhamun died…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… made to carry passes. In 1906 the government published new rules for the enforcing the passes and police were given … stringent measures to control black…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… Committee. The Indian Reciprocity Act is passed in New Delhi by the Central Legislative Assembly. It imposes the … article. 16 December, The ANC annual…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… to come, where it has already begun. I have been to the new Jerusalem.’ Marked by his experience, Gumede began to … More than 60 parties were invited to send…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… which result in the mortality of children under the age of five. [lxxii] The odds are stacked against the African … Africa, for even though there is decrease…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… and the creation of nation states. [2] Enlightenment: The Age of Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Reason or simply the Enlightenmen) was an…
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… finally admitted to the fold in 1992, Traicos, despite his age, was still far and away the best off-spinner in the … fielding in the gully would have shamed…