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Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of His Excellency, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on the occasion of the State Banquet, Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 5 September 2006
… Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of His Excellency, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on the…
BiographyJürgen Schadeberg
… on 18 March 1931. He was raised by his mother, Rosemarie, the only child in a single-parent family of limited means. He studied at the School of Optic and…
BiographyJeremy Patrick Cronin
… 1949 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Cape Town, the son of a naval officer who died when Cronin was ten. He … nine months in the navy and…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924, the young Snitcher and his four brothers and sisters…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
… as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain , grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her exact … marginalization of coloured communities in…
The War
… The flag of the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State On 9 … W F Gatacre, who controlled forces in the Cape Colony. The battles during "Black week" were at …
BiographyPiet Retief
… Piet Retief was born on 12 November 1780 in the Wagenmakersvallei, (known as Wellington today), Cape Province. He was the fifth of 10 children of Jacobus, a …
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… Blanche Herman) was born on 30 November 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively … “Representation…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… groups. The UDF was launched at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. About 600 delegates from more than 230 … movements. In establishing their right as women to…
The French Revolution
… On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of … When the peasants heard about it, they…
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… By late February 1973, the spread of the strikes was the most significant development since … in the Pietermaritzburg region. They advised workers to join…
BiographyEdward Arthur Roworth
… African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of … Roworth decided to stay in South…
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
… Alan Cormack, the youngest of three children, was born in Johannesburg in … the country a fair amount, but in 1936 they settled in Cape Town, where Alan…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… a 'Coloured' South African, an identity he describes as “the half-caste community that was a byproduct of the early … had experienced. His mother, Angelina…
BiographyJeremiah Moraka
… [now Polokwane, Limpopo] on 7 March 1951 to Matatiele* in the Transkei, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape]. In 1953, his partner, Maphuti Moraka, was also ……
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… an international influenza pandemic broke out, that led to the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. The pandemic … two ships, the Jaroslav and the Veronej,…
Ruth Gosschalk
… Ruth Gosschalk was born on 27 July 1929 in Muizenburg , Cape Town . She was one of four children. Her parents were … from Eastern Europe. Gosschalk’s mother…
BiographyBee Berman
… Bee Berman was born in 1949 in Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape).After her schooling, Berman worked as a stage designer and actress at The…
BiographyAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo
… slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique . She was born in the late 1870s and … expanded the enterprise to include…
BiographyTraci Mackie
… years old, her parents decided to move to South Africa. The family settled in King William’s Town , Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province ), after a brief stay…
PlaceKeilands Catholic Mission Station, Eastern Cape
… "Keilands Catholic Mission Station- Established 1886 along the banks of the Great Kei in a remote Valley, between Cathcart and Stutterheim. The magnificent …
PlaceSchoenstatt Retreat and Conference Centre, Cape Town
… Germany . In 1912, he was appointed Spiritual Director in the Pallottine Minor Seminary . His educational goals were clear: "The young men were to become…
BiographyLaurence Neill Nathan
… Laurence Neil Nathan was born in Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape ) in 1959 to Jewish South African parents. He grew up in … High School (SACS)…
ArticleThe San
… The San, the first people in South Africa The earliest … /Xam speakers lived in remote parts of the Northern Cape. Today, the language is no longer exists,…
Eric Anthony Abraham
… Eric Anthony Abraham was from Wynberg, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape). He was a University of Cape Town graduate who had worked as a…
BiographyAlfred Msutu
… Alfred Msutu was appointed Chief of Tyefu Location in the Peddie district, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] in January 1905. He was, however, suspended…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… years ago (100 BC), life began to change significantly in the Western part of Southern Africa. Herders, also known as the Khoikhoi, arrived, bringing with…
BiographyHassan Howa
… Hassan Howa was born in 1922 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) into a large … in District Six, Cape Town, after which he worked in the…
Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the State Banquet in honour of the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency, Festus Mogae, Cape Town, 25 October 2005
… Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the State Banquet in honour of the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency,…