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ArticleState of the Nation Addresses
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) by the President of South Africa is a speech given by the sitting President of South Africa. It is…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
Anti-apartheid activist Adelaine Hain who was successively jailed, banned and exiled to Britain in Pretoria in the early 1960s died…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region…
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
The Town of Ottosdal, was established as a Dutch Reformed Church on the Farm 'Korannafontein'. This occurred in 1913 and was named after…
ArchiveMy Family - A Historical Journey through the Seasons by Afzal Moolla
ArchiveConflicts between Host Communities and Mining Houses in Bojanala Platinum Disctrict Municipality, South Africa, 1994:2020 by Sediko Daniel Rakolote
ArchiveEscape from Modderbee by Rodney ‘Baduza’ Toka
BiographySolomon "Stix" Morewa
PlaceSterkfontein Dam, Free State
The vast expanse of water which is the Sterkfontein Dam lies a few kilometers from the edge of the Drakensberg Escarpment in the topmost…
PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of educational, training and academic career options within the context of…
BiographySandile Dikeni
Sandile Dikeni was born in Victoria West, Northern Cape in 1966. He began writing poetry while in detention for his anti-apartheid activism…
ArchiveThabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years by Ferreira, Harper and Saba (Mail and Guardain), 20 January 2023
Of all the projects that the administrations of presidents Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and now Cyril Ramaphosa have undertaken over almost 30…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of three weeks after it was unveiled by President Nelson Mandela…
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) was established on 1 July, 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, as amended. WSU, a…
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