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Lenses from the margins: young schooling mothers' experiences in two high schools in Gauteng

Kimani, Wacango (2-07-17)

Listening to the voices of learners, also referred to as ‘student voice’, ‘pupil voice’ or ‘insider perspective’, is an aspect of inclusive education research that views learners as experts on their own lives, and provides ...

Wits as an open university, 1922-1959

Murray, B. K. (14-02-14T1)

Sebatakgomo: Migrant organization, the ANC and the Sekhukhuneland Revolt

Delius, P. (197-?)

In the 1940s and 1950s in reserve and trust area from the Zoutpansberg to the Ciskei bitter battles were fought against first Betterment Schemes and then Bantu Authorities. Communities believed - with good reason - that ...

Local Councillors: scapegoats for a dysfunctional participatory democratic system? Lessons from practices of local democracy in Johannesburg.

Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Critical Dialogue: Public Participation in Review., 208)

This paper starts with the study of participation patterns in different neighbourhoods in Johannesburg, and demonstrates that institutional channels (be it representative democracy, or various participatory institutions ...

L'Africa diuisa nelle sue parti secondo le pui moderne le pui relationi collo scoperte dell'origine del Nilo

Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718 (Doninico Padoani, 1691)

Map has a cartouche at top right corner giving the scales. In the centre of Africa is a cartouche explaining the source of the Nile. At the left base is the title cartouche with a dedication.

Prospect of the county at the Cape of Good Hope

Unknown author (G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1785)

Military survey of part of the district of Uitenhage. [Map 2]

White, Thomas Charles (1822)

The map depicts Algoa Bay, following to coast to the Gamtoos River mouth, and east to the Swartkops River mouth. The inland area of the map lies between the Winterberg and the border formed by the Gamtoos River to the point ...

[Sketch map of ground lying between the Northern boundary of the Cape Colony in 1822 and Kuruman. Map 1]

Bonamy, J; Corder, H; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1822-01)

Map drawn to help sort out the confusing boundary of the north-eastern Cape Colony.

A map of the extratropical part of Southern Africa / constructed by William J. Burchell

Burchell, William John, 1781-1863 (London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822-02-01)

Folded map from Burchell's Travels in the interior of Southern Africa, 1822-1824. Drawn by him from his " geographical and astronomical observations made during these travels" and formed from new materials from other documents.

[Sketch for a plan of the north-eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope. Map 3]

Bonamy, J; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1823-05-08)

Map depicts a defined area of the Somerset district east of its border with the Graaf-Reinet district. The Sneeuberg range between the Great Brak and Teebus Rivers forms the northern border.

[Sketch for a plan of the north-eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope. Map 4]

Bonamy, J; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1823-12-10)

The eastern border of the territory is shown by the by the Great Brak River, from its confluence in the south with the Great Fish River, to the point at which it reaches the Ysterberg Peak in the north. The western border ...

Junction of the Little with the Great Fish River, right bank as far as Kooste's Drift in front of Grahamstown. [Map 5]

Stretch, Charles Lennox, 1797-1882.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1824-04-03)

Map shows part of the area of the Deputy-Drosty of Albany between the Great and Little Fish Rivers and the Suurberg mountains (Zuureberg). Grahamstown is shown as well as abandoned military posts.

Copy of a sketch of the country in the vicinity of the Amatola Mountains; from an actual survey by C. L. Stretch, Capt. P.C. Infantry. [Map 6]

Piers, H. W.; Stretch, Charles Lennox, 1797-1882.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1835)

The area depicted here fell within the newly proclaimed Province of Queen Adelaide. Fort Cox, overlooking the Kieskamma River and the Amatola Valley, had been constructed in August 1835 by Captain Stretch.

Sketch of the District of Albany, Cape of Good Hope. [Map 9]

Piers, H. W.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1837)

Map showing the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony on the Eastern Frontier between it and the Xhosa People, as defined by treaties signed in 1836. Garson (1992) attributes W. H. Piers with the drawing of the map.

Plan of Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope: shewing the relative situation of the existing and proposed military buildings to accompany an estimate and report from Lt.Col. Lewis, Comg. RI. Engr. to the Inspector General of Fortifications. Dated 18th March 1837. [Map 8]

Piers, H. W.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers; Lewis, Griffith George, 1784-1850. (1837-03-18)

The plan shows Fort Frederick and the Donkin Memorial, now the Donkin Pyramid. All the buildings, extant in Port Elizabeth in 1837, are shown.

Township of Port Francis. [Map 10]

Hopkins, I; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1840)

The plan shows the channel William Cock proposed to cut through the west bank of the Kowie River Estuary to help in the construction of harbour facilities there. Port Francis is the former name of Port Alfred.

Bearings of principal military posts and remarkable peaks visible from proposed sites of signal towers at Hill S of Piet Apples Location, Great Fish River and Hill over Fraser's Camp. [Map 12]

Hall, Henry, 1815-1882; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers; Reid, John (1843)

The original map was by Henry Hall. This is a copy possibly by John Reid. The original signed sketch is in the Cape Archives.

Sketch shewing the relative bearings and distances, per waggon, between the different military posts on the Eastern Frontier, Cape of Good Hope. [Map 11]

Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1844)

The coastline from Port Elizabeth to the Keiskamma River forms the southern boundary of the map, the Black Kei being the northernmost feature. Those posts which are shown are situated on the Great Fish, the Kat, the Kowie, ...

Plan of the old and new line of road between Fort Beaufort and flat-roof house. [Map 13]

Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1844)

The map shows the Kat River's east bank and section of a new road being built by the Royal Engineer's between 1837, when Fort Beaufort was founded, and 1845. Garson (1992) attributes the copy to Private John Reid.

Map on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope and the bordering county of Kafir [sic] tribes, to explain Lt Colonel Lewis's report dated 18th March. [Map 7]

Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers (1844-10-28)

The Map shows the great Fish River as the eastern border of the Colony except for a strip of the coast line going east to just short of the Kei River. This was the frontier subsequent to treaties the Xhosa made with Sir ...

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