Ek soek me mense, waar is hulle? op die vlaktes, vergete en verlore, waar is ons leiers ? die is verniel en sonder siel… . Waar is ons kinders? die leiers van more? op die strate, verlore in ‘n lolly. Waar is my mense, waar is hul trots en krag? verlore, vergete,verduister… . Ek staan [...]
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Ek soek me mense, waar is hulle?
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History: The Afrikaners of South Africa
In 1652 a small company of employees of the Dutch East India Company were settled on the southern tip of Africa in order to establish a refreshment station for the Company’s ships en route to the Far East. From this group of Dutchmen the Afrikaners were to develop. From 1688 to 1700, they were joined [...]
We are because of them – Part 5 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
Ngoro right on coloured culture!
PLEASE allow me the opportunity to respond to the article “Ngoro invites Khoisan intellectuals”, which appeared in City Press of August 14. I would like to thank Blackman Ngoro for opening an issue which we as Khoisan rights campaigners have been discussing all along – that coloured people should shed their coloured identity and reclaim [...]
We are because of them – Part 4 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
We are because of them – Part 3 of 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
We are because of them – Part 2 of 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
We are because of them – Part 1 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
History: Indian slaves in South Africa
Soon after Jan van Riebeeck set up a Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, to supply provisions to Dutch ships plying to and from India and the East Indies, people from India were taken to the Cape and sold into slavery to do domestic work for the settlers, as well the [...]
Intermarried…with Children
Hostile stares and epithets were the least of their problems when Edgar and Jean Cahn first dated. Twice the couple — he a white Jew, she a black Baptist — were arrested simply for walking the streets of Baltimore arm in arm. When they wed in 1957, Maryland law barred interracial marriages, so the ceremony [...]