History ZAR
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Putting faces to history.. Remembering the forgotten.. Contact for collab or speaking engagement: [email protected]
Joined December 2024
Dr Rotoli Xaba's (1893-1953) early history exemplified in an acute form the problems of foreign study for Black South Africans. His correspondence for his period in Edinburgh during the mid 1920's reveals the financial & educational difficulties he faced, prompting cries of
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#CapeTown 🇿🇦 history.
In 1937, at the urging of some in District Six, Cissie Gool ran for the Cape Town city council. She didn’t manage to win that election. But after gaining the support of both the community and her dad (he’d taken a while to come around to the idea of her becoming a full-time
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An employee stands by the entrance gate to Kruger National Park, a national park and game reserve in Transvaal, South Africa, May 1946. (Photo by James Jarche)
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Book: Thambi Naidoo and Family - Struggle for a Non-racial Democracy in South Africa by Ismail Vadi
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In 1937, at the urging of some in District Six, Cissie Gool ran for the Cape Town city council. She didn’t manage to win that election. But after gaining the support of both the community and her dad (he’d taken a while to come around to the idea of her becoming a full-time
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Pedestrians and cars pass shops and retail outlets on Church Street, Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa, May 1946. (Photo by James Jarche)
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An armed guard stands over three workers as they use a trolley to transport bars of pure gold between buildings at a gold refinery in the city of Johannesburg in Transvaal, South Africa in May 1946. Photo: James Jarche
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@HistorySAZAR And the first black woman to earn a Master's degree at the University of Cape Town in 1933 and an LLB in 1962 which allowed her to become the first black woman to be admitted to the Cape Bar. https://t.co/5R3dpXTLzI
Political activist Zainunnisa "Cissie" Gool (1897 - 1963). She was known and loved as the "Jewel of District Six" and "Joan of Arc" by South Africans as a champion of the poor. Her father was the famous physician and politician Dr Abdullah Abdurahman. Photo: UKZN Special
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Book: Thambi Naidoo and Family - Struggle for a Non-racial Democracy in South Africa by Ismail Vadi
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He looks like he just stepped off the cover of GQ magazine
Nelson Mandela with Joe Slovo during a march, c 1990. Image Source: Soweto/Peter Magubane
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One of Sir Herbert Baker’s enduring architectural achievements
Union Buildings and Gardens, circa 1920. Image Source: The Heritage Portal
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Rev Isaac Wauchope Dyobha and his family, the Xhosa minister on board the SS Mendi around whom the legend of the Mendi is based. In 1916, Rev Isaac Wauchope enrolled in SANLC as an army chaplain. The SS Mendi left Cape Town for England and from Southampton, it crossed the Channel
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"The force of change will not be found in sleek cocktail parties in the comfort of suburbia or in the endless seminars and symposia arranged in the high-rise rarefield atmosphere of the so called island of peace." - Muntu Ka Myeza (1950-1990)
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Miners playing instruments at Du Toit's Pan, now usually Dutoitspan, 1905. Photo by A.B. Macallum. Image Source: Iconographic Collections/ British Association
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Union Buildings and Gardens, circa 1920. Image Source: The Heritage Portal
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"In a situation of inequality and injustice there can be no neutrality..."Archbishop Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, then Bishop of Johannesburg, spoke at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium about the evils of Apartheid and the importance of economic sanctions on the first national Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on January 21, 1986. Footage courtesy of Stanford
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, then Bishop of Johannesburg, spoke at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium about the evils of Apartheid and the importance of economic sanctions on the first national Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on January 21, 1986. Footage courtesy of Stanford
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The musical King Kong (1959) was a breakthrough for South African performance, combining jazz and township rhythms in the country’s first all-Black musical. It not only showcased local talent but also challenged the cultural barriers imposed by apartheid, leaving a lasting impact
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December Isn’t Universal: The Teaching Truth No One Tells You https://t.co/iei145hCre
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The holiday season can feel magical inside a classroom; twinkling lights, themed activities, and excited student energy. But as a new teacher, it’s important to remember something essential: not all...
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Greatest Africans of the 20th Century. Led the struggles to end colonial rule.
Julius Nyerere greets Nelson Mandela, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 1990. Image Source: ANC archives
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“Black President” by Brenda Fassie is one of my favourites by her too.
Singer Brenda Fassie tearfully welcomes Nelson Mandela, 1990. Image Source: Soweto/Peter Magubane
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David Wilcox Bopape (1915 2004) was an important figure in the Transvaal Congress until goverment bans curtailed his activities in the mid 1950s. Bopape finished high school and a teacher training course in Middleburg in 1936 and began a nine year career in teaching. He became
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