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ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
The Mali Empire (c. 1235-1600 CE)At its height, the Mali Empire stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
Timbuktu, French Tombouctou, is a city in the western African country of Mali. Often used as a popular term to describe a distant and mystical place, the city…
BiographyJan Smiesing
This article was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved people were auctioned for sale…
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ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
In an attempt to restore artistic exchange and dialogue after the Cultural Boycotts of the Isolation Years, the first Johannesburg Biennale titled Africus,…
BiographyAlex la Guma
Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his reportage and fiction writing depicting the oppressive measures of…
Terry van der Merwe receives Springbok colours for water skiing on her 14th birthday.
1st May : May Day meeting
White poster giving notice of May Day meeting. Image of black flag with title in white letters. Black image of factory with closed sign on it. List of…
ArchiveMinutes of the 42nd Annual Student Assembly of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban, 3rd-14th July, 1966
Minutes of the 42nd Annual Student Assembly of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban. 3rd-14th July, 1966. Includes…
PlaceFulham Road 143, Brixton, Johannesburg
This structure, which combines a shop with onsite residential premises for its owner, was erected before 1905 and is the only wood and iron building to have…
ArchiveMay 1st Workers Day
Black background with white lettering and outline of map of Africa. Words - we need unity and support. White image of an open flower containing three cut out…
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
On 18 December 1995, a Lockheed L-188C Electra plane owned by Zaire’s (now Democratic Republic of Congo) Trans Service Airlift Company, crashed shortly after…
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT MANDELA AT THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYCLOTRONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS Cape Town, 10 October 1995
A ‘timeless’ cricket test match (the only one ever) between SA and England starts in Durban and continues until the 14th. E
A Swedish Government official said the ANC would lose $14.5 million a year in Swedish aid as soon as it starts campaigning in S
Chapter 14
New efforts at disruption The farcical elections were over. Most of the old M.R.C.s had been returned to the dummy council, but were more than ever in a state…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
On 7 November 1996, an ADC Airliner ADK 096 crashed near Ejirin, killing all 143 passengers (some reports state 142/141). The plane departed from Port Harcourt…
ArchiveWe invite all the youth: 1st Congress and Anniversary
Silkscreened; black and red; also black on green; We invite all the youth: 1st congress and anniversary
ArchiveChildrens festival 1st June 85: Internation
Colourful poster with artwork of children looking happy and waving their hands in the air. Notice of a festival to celebrate International Children's Day.
EventUpington 14 are sentenced
Justice J. Basson handed down death sentences on fourteen Blacks (Upington 14) for the murder of Lucas Tshenolo Sethwala, a Black police constable who fired at…
President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid
President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid
ArchiveMay 1st and the South African revolution
BiographyEdward Clark Churchill Mace
Edward Clark Churchill Mace was born in Leicester, England, 1863. He emigrated to Australia when he was eighteen and made a fortune from mining. Rendered…
BiographyCaleb Mayekiso
Caleb Mayekiso was an African National Congress (ANC) supporter who was arrested on 16 January 1964 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape, and sentenced to three years`…
BiographyConstance Greaves
Constance Helen Greaves was born in Brighton, Sussex, England 1882. She was renowned for her work in a field now seen as peculiar to the colonial period. This…
AFRA Report 14
ArchiveFOSATU education workshop: July 14
Notice of a FOSATU workshop at Milner Park Showgrounds on July 14. List of events. Black and white photograph of people performing on stage. White, black and…
BiographyCharles Sidney Groves
Charles Sidney Groves Arca was born in Leicester, England, 1878. Stained glass was integral to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art…
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
When Lourens Geldenhuys was 14, his father moved them to the gold reef, where their farm began searching for gold, this became the Geldenhys Estate! Lourens…