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… Ray Alexander Simons née Alexandrowich was born on 12 January 1914 in … increasingly involved in trade union activity. Alexander Simons was the Secretary of the Communist Party in 1934 and … its organisation and recruited about 175 women from Cape Town . After another banning order in April 1954, she was …

… Harold Jack Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. … African law and administration at the University of Cape Town, where he became one of the most popular and respected … "To Peter Brown [the Liberal Party leader] and Jack Simons, two great South Africans." Simons was a research …

… that he told me his story. Born in Cardiff Road, Simon’s Town in 1929, as the third born child in a family of six, … evening art classes at Saint Philips School in Cape Town.  It was during this period that he painted the very beautiful watercolour: “Towards Simon’s Town from St James”.  A comment by his domestic worker sister …

… Just around the corner from the seaside Village of: ' Simons Town ', turn left off main road to Boulders Visitor Centre to … Boulders Beach, Simons Town …

… Kroomen to be employed by the British Navy in Simon’s Town arrived on the HMS Melville in 1838. [i] Their date of … Kruber, Little Kru, Settra Kru, Nana Kru and King Williams Town. Their settlement here dates back to the early 1500’s, … a day. [xxxv] It is no wonder that the Mayor of Simon’s Town, in 1893, described them as being “cleanly in their …

… she shared some intimate memories of her life in Simon’s Town ………………… I was born in Alfred Lane Simon’s Town on 25 June 1918, the youngest of three children. My … Aunty Kobie, there were many poor people living in Simon’s Town and many of the housewives took in “washing for the …

… Born in Cardiff Road, Simon’s Town in 1929, as the third born child in a family of six, … evening art classes at Saint Philips School in Cape Town. It was during this period that he painted the very beautiful watercolour: “Towards Simon’s Town from St James”.  A comment by his domestic worker sister …

… Letter from Jack Simons to the Chief Magistrate of Cape Town requesting relaxing of banning orders. Includes request … Return letter from the Chief Magistrate to Jack Simons granting permission for him to visit his children, but … Correspondence between Jack Simons and Cape Town Chief Magistrate …

… Simon’s Town Museum is housed in "The Residency" which was built in … the Dutch East India Company Governor at the Cape. Simon’s Town Museum was established in 1977, by the Simon's Town Historical Society. The Museum was originally housed in … Simon's Town Museum …

… Simonsberg Mountains and overlooking False Bay, Simon’s Town School is one of the most scenically located Schools in South Africa. In 1995, in keeping with Simon’s Town proud maritime and naval Heritage, Simons Town School became the first school in South Africa to …

… of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval base is Simon's Town which is sometimes spelled: 'Simonstown'. Simon’s Town is a very picturesque and Historical Town just 35 km … handed over to the South African Navy, in 1957 under the Simons Town Agreement. The dockyard was expanded in 1975, a …

… the Malay Quarter of Simon’s Town. [i] The Noorul Islam Mosque looks down majestically from Thomas Street, Simon’s Town in the Western Cape. Passers-by, especially Tourists, … by. The Mosque is situated in a quaint Area of Simon’s Town, steeped in the History of a bygone ere, when it was …

… in the Treason Trial, he was born in 1913 in Grahams town and completed the sixth grade. He worked as a cigarette …

… press in Worcester, and sent via the railways to Cape Town. The Africans of the Cape Western District elected …

… at the present Slave Lodge in Adderley Street Cape Town. The Slave Lodge housed Company slaves as well as a … 2012) ↵ [2] Spilhaus, M. Whiting. Company’s Men (Cape Town: John Malherbe Pty Ltd, 1973). ↵ [3] N. Penn, The … Cape’s Northern frontier in the Eighteenth Century (Cape Town: Ohio University Press, 2005), p.28. ↵ [4] N. Penn, The …

… The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall embark at Simon’s Town for Canada on the next leg of their royal tour. …

… On 1 April 1999, he was transferred to Simon’s Town where he was appointed Chief of Fleet Staff until 30 …

… Former commander of the Simon’s Town naval base Dieter Gerhard is released from prison where …

… After obtaining a diploma in Agriculture, he moved to Cape Town where he began working in a laundry. It was here that … and worked alongside Oscar Mpetha and Ray Alexander Simons among others. In 1954 he joined the African Laundry …

… Document 55 - H, J. Simons’ 14 , “Nationalisms in South Africa”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954 …

… Gladys Thomas born was in 1935 in Salt River, Cape Town . She was adopted by a family in Lakeside, Cape Town in Western Cape as she was an orphan. She grew up in … of 18, She married Albert Thomas and in 1965 they moved to Simons’s town , an area that was declared a ‘Whites Only’ …

… Rachel Alexander (Ray) Simons, legendary communist and trade unionist born in Latvia in 1914, dies in Cape Town. …

… Ray Alexander Simons, Interviewed by Steven Robins and Immanuel Suttner, 20 July 1993 and January 1996, Cape Town …

… at a concert for Roberto Saviano near the southern Italian town of Caserta. "I kept my culture. I kept the music of my …

… born in Durban , South Africa and was brought up in Cape Town . She was one of four daughters. Her father was a … with many of the communists including Ray Alexander , Jack Simons and Pauline Podbrey . However, she never joined the  … by the Apartheid government alongside Jean Bernardt,  Jack Simons  and Lettie Malindi . Nancy Dick was banned for a …

… Simon's Town walking history tours …

… completing secondary education, he went to Cape Town as a migrant in the 1940s, working at the Groote Schuur … of the Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union in Cape Town,Loza worked with Montain Qumbela and others to keep ANC … where he was  able to confer for a day and half with Ray Simons and other exiled SACTU officials.Detained in …

… not good for his health, the Joseph family moved to Cape Town where he worked as a gravedigger in the Observatory cemetery. The family was only in Cape Town for a short while, as Henry Joseph soon died and the … in 1941. Organized by prominent leader Ray Alexander Simons , she started as a member of the floor committee, but …

… Nicol and Lapinsky were active members of a number of Cape Town based LGBTQI+ organizations, and founding members of …