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ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… Bachelor of Arts degree with distinctions in economics and history and then begins a part-time law degree at Grey while … on Roman-Dutch law but also takes…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… Head’s political involvement, which again showed how history can be misunderstood and unclear. Head was a feminist … Craig Mackenzie, both authors and…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… than the few paragraphs I can provide in this personal history. The parents received a richly deserved tribute from … what had become the different…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… more about this important event in South African labour history, see the writing of social historian Luli Callinicos …
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… having attempted to rape another woman. Despite the man's history of sexual violence, the police and the prosecutor had …
ArticleWomens Rights
… having attempted to rape another woman. Despite the man's history of sexual violence, the police and the prosecutor had …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… an important turning point in South African liberation history. On this fateful day, Black people congregated in …
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
… Cape Town harbour. The Observatory is known for its history and its immense contribution to positional astronomy …
PlacePearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo
… of a Church. Although the Pear tree was significant in the history of Pearston it was not named after the tree but … https://www.karoo-southafrica.com…
Place18 Gangster Museum, Khayelitsha
… Sunday. There is a 3 Hour Walking Tour which explores, the History of Khayelitsha and how the Gangs are now are …
EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
… (granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi). Ramgobin had a long history of activism, from his leadership of the Univeristy of …
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
… site was attended by various role-players in the UDF’s history, namely, Allan Boesak, Mohammed Valli Moosa and …
PlaceTurffontein Race Course, Johannesburg
… Horse racing has a huge following in South Africa and the history of racing can be traced back to as early as 1797, …
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate Library
… The collection consists mainly of ancient and modern history books as well as travel books. There are 444 books on …
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
… alternatively, arsenic in their drinks. She went down in history on 31 December 1931 as the first official woman …
EventLord Baden-Powell’s sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
… Guides movement. References: Girl Guides International History (online), available at: http://www.girlguides.org.sg …
PlaceSomerset Hospital, Cape Town
… Cape in 1859 is a great visit if you are interested in the History of medicine, particularly as it emphasises both …
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… 1115 CE One of the longest-running dynasties in human history, the Sayfawa (Saifawa) dynasty was founded by Humai … most destructive modern armed conflict in…
Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
… has played a role in determining how society and history view a conflict, perhaps even how that conflict has … – they wanted to be in a position to write…
Statement at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba by O. R. Tambo, 3 - 9 September 1979
… to you, Comrade President Fidel Castro, on your election. History has entrusted you with the task of leading this great … for we can never forget the first…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… It was Karl Marx who observed that: "People make history, but not as they please, not under the circumstances … has the capacity to unite all South Africans,…
Black Reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973 - Address to the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association by O. R. Tambo, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, 1973
… with successive South African governments or with the history of the country. According to this view, 1948 … activity more intense than at any previous time…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… given to the struggle for liberation not as an accident of history or coincidence but because of the material conditions … Comrade Chris earned himself yet…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… mended, would tell Nwapa fascinating stories of Igbo history, and mythology, of goddesses, and magic. Despite … tales, Nwapa’s childhood marked a time in [2]…
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 54 … a fundamental proposition of the…
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 2 - … forward to this experiment as opening…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
… and philosopher, wrote in his multivolume "Natural History": "Ex Africa semper aliquid novi," or for those who … rescue the hapless African masses from weak…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
… sought to educate the working class to repudiate its own history and allow itself to be turned into a base for the … crisis. This moment, which is without…
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… sought to educate the working class to repudiate its own history and allow itself to be turned into a base for the … crisis. This moment, which is without…
ArchiveUnited Nations Security Council Address on Arusha Peace Process, by Nelson Mandela, 29 September 2000, New York USA
… stands at the threshold of a completely new chapter in its history. That history will judge very harshly those that deliberately …