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Melt Jacobus Brink, expert in Afrikaans literature and playwright, is born in Cape Town.

... Melt Jacobus Brink, expert in Afrikaans literature and playwright, is born in Cape Town. (Archive Day) ...

Dated Event - jonas - 2012-05-14 17:15 - 0 attachments

John Christoffel Kannemeyer, expert in Afrikaans literature and author of several biographies of Afrikaans writers, is born in

... John Christoffel Kannemeyer, expert in Afrikaans literature and author of several biographies of Afrikaans writers, is born in ...

Dated Event - tinashe - 2012-03-19 11:56 - 0 attachments

A History of South African Literature, timeline1824-2005

... considered to be the founding text of South African literature. The novel draws on the post-romantic sensibility of Wuthering ... is an important contribution to a developing South African literature - and style. Herman Charles Bosman, for one, seems to have learned ...

Article - Anonymous - 2012-05-04 16:00 - 0 attachments

Democratic Transition and Consolidation in South Africa: The Advice of 'the Experts' by Raymond Suttner

A vast literature has appeared over the last two decades on democratic transition and ... are embraced under the word ‘democratization’. The literature initially related to case studies of Eastern European and Latin ...

Archive Item - superadmin - 2012-05-08 15:40 - 1 attachment

André Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born

... 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned his Masters in Literature and in 1959, his Masters in Afrikaans and Dutch literature. In ...

Dated Event - kedibone - 2012-05-24 15:18 - 0 attachments

Mazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born

... Natal to a Swazi mother and a Zulu father. He studied Zulu Literature at the University of Natal and later won a scholarship to further ... end of his studies he was appointed professor of African Literature and Languages at the University of California in Los Angeles. He was ...

Dated Event - kedibone - 2012-05-09 12:37 - 0 attachments

'Forging Equality in South Africa', Desmond Tutu Interview in Chicago. 12 June, 2004

... Tutu: Ultimately, it's a man who was teaching us English Literature in what we call matricula, the last 2 years of high school. He ... A black guy who was fantastic and gave us a deep love for literature. Q: Do you remember his name? Desmond Tutu: Yes. ...

Archive Item - tinashe - 2012-05-21 15:17 - 0 attachments

Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems:

... are expensive and I also went on a spree buying essential literature which ate deeply into my funds. Neither you nor Mum work. If you ...

Archive Item - tinashe - 2012-05-22 11:51 - 0 attachments

The South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born

... Doyle died of heart disease. References: Literature Collection, ‘Arthur Conan Doyle - Biography & Works’ , ...

Dated Event - kedibone - 2012-05-22 10:13 - 0 attachments

Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his daughters

... must brush up your knowledge through systematic reading of literature and newspapers. Try to read a novel, even if just for an hour a day ... Press concentrates on publishing fiction and non-fiction literature by progressive Black and other writers, which are not normally ...

Archive Item - tinashe - 2012-05-22 11:51 - 0 attachments