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The Polly Street Era
… only 'discovered' African art in 1953 when Egon Guenther (12) introduced him to the work of two German artists, Rudolf … to get beneath the surface to the …
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
… 1033 31.47 Sri Lanka 102 3.10 Malaya 16 0.49 Mauritius 6 0.18 Other and unidentified 56 1.71 Total 3283 100.00 (Note: …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… were all slightly met, reporting figures of 2.2%, 5.4% and 18% respectively by the end of 2000,, bringing about greater …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
On 15 May 2004 in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, made an historic announcement: South Africa…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… restrictions of the Urban Areas Act. From 15 December to 18 December 1935 the All-African Convention (AAC) was held in …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… and the Veronej, which arrived in Cape Town on the 13 and 18 September with members of the South African Native Labour … Johannesburg: Ohio University Press)…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
Hunter-gatherers is a term for people who survive, or used to survive, by hunting and gathering food. QUICK INFO GUIDE: Southern Africa…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… with local organisations and people in the campaign. On 18 May 1953 the superintendent informed the Advisory Board of …
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… (12 November 2014). ↵ [vii] Travis Logie joins the World Surf … (12 November 2014).|Travis Logie joins the World Surf League …
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… were manufactured in an old flour mill in Paarl on 12 June 1948. After 1954 the group expanded worldwide and …
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… the UN denounced the Bantustan (homeland system). On 12 November 1974, the United Nations General Assembly …
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… both the U.S. Amateur and the U.S Open championships. For 12 years, Ashe was ranked among the world's top ten tennis …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Botha at Tuynhuys 1989 21 August, Harare Declaration 1989 12 September, First official meeting between exiled ANC …
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the Witwatersrand. Boksburg was an…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
… leader F.W. de Klerk as President. Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the Robben Island Prison. In …
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… single natives were erected, each hut being 112 feet by 18 feet, divided into nine rooms, constructed of wood and …
Sue Williamson Book Launch
… I must tell you’. The exhibition is on view until 12 October 2025 Date: Saturday, 4 October 2025 …
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… finally enfranchised all white women over the age of 18. 1 For the 4 000 or so members of the national women's … Education in Natal between 1858 and 1870 …
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… in 2008.[vi] He retired from Formula One powerboat racing 18 months prior to his planned retirement after he was …
Invitation: BikoHausen - Steve Bantu Biko and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Johannesburg, 1971
… re-interpret. Opening of Installation: Thursday 6 April at 18:30 > see event on Facebook Performance Lecture: Sunday 9 …
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… struggle’, is a Site and Service Scheme, situated on 18 Hectares of Land, made available by the former Western …
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
When the VoC granted land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van Riebeeck reserved a piece of this Land to be used as an Orchard by the…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… Melrose House to use as their war offices. For 18 months, the war effort against the Boers was strategised …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1947
… body of people. Message by Mahatma Gandhi to South Africa, 18 May 1947 Field Marshal Smuts is a trustee for Western …
EventZimbabawean Independence Day
… of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean independence is celebrated on 18 April each year and Robert Mugabe has been at the helm …
EventSADF officers dismissed
… the SADF, set up under Lieutenant-General Pierre Steyn. On 18 December General Steyn presented his preliminary findings … S.(1997) ,' Lies and Cover-Up ',…
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. This former government building, an architectural treasure in itself,…
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… the manufacturing industries, 1925-1948. Table No. 23A, p.18, same report. Europeans … 162,201 …
A Brief Commentary on the Question of HIV and AIDS by Thabo Mbeki, 7 March 2016
… ? Rank? Number? ?% ?Tuberculosis (A15-A19)* ?1 ?77 009 ?12.7 ?Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) ?2 ? 52 791 … and substance abuse. Every year in…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… raid on the Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, Johannesburg. 18 men and some women were arrested. Later, in October 1963 … James Kantor, was later arrested shortly…