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BiographyBarend de Wet
Barend de Wet was born in Boksburg in 1956, and towards his untimely death had long become an emblematic figure of the artist, the possibilities of the…
BiographyMartin West
Kenny Wesi
BiographyKenny Wesi
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
Christiaan de Wet was born at Leeuwkop near Smithfield, Orange Free State, on 7 October 1854. He received little formal education, spending his days helping…
BiographyJustice Quartus de Wet
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By Minister of culture & society, Dr Z. Pallo JordanEs'kia [Ezekiel]…
Mukesh Kapila, UN top official in Sudan, issues the strongest international warning yet about the conflict in the country’s wes
… warning yet about the conflict in the country’s wes …
BiographyLesley Lawson
… in the photography workshop organized by Eddie Wes at the Open School. The photographer David Goldblatt …
BiographySipho Gumede
… was his first introduction to jazz and its masters, like Wes Montgomery . He learnt to play bass guitar, and soon got …
BiographyAdam Small
… which carried the same themes as Kitaar My Kruis – and Oos Wes Tuis Bes Distrik Ses (East West Home Best, 1973) with …
Yes, he was a communist, say ANC, SACP
Wikus de Wet
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo ja Toivo…
ArchiveYes we CAN feed all those starving children
ArchiveWhy vote yes?: Thats why we need an SRC!
Silkscreened; black and red; Why vote yes?: Thats why we need an SRC!
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
The first slaves arrived at the Cape in 1658, despite Jan van Riebeeck's several prior attempts at requesting slaves for the settlement from the Heren XVII. On…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
General Christiaan Rudolph de Wet was a Boer soldier and statesman, regarded by Afrikaner nationalists as one of their greatest heroes. He won renown as…
Anglo-Boer War 2: End of the ‘first De Wet hunt’. De Wet’s entire force crosses the unoccupied Olifants Nek Pass near Rusten
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
● Federation of South African Women The Defiance Campaign of 1952 would catapult the ANC Women’s League into a new era of action and multi-party interaction…
How was segregation a foundation for apartheid? (under construction)
Does information = knowledge? The web and history teaching
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
1952The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime, which in the following years inspires the establishment…
PlaceGriqualand West
The Khoikhoi was a nation of widely scattered migrant pastoralist clans, whose economy was not conducive to the creation of permanent Settlements. As a result…
PlaceNorth West
The North West Province was part of the old Transvaal, and includes most of the parts of the old homeland, Bophuthatswana. There is a lot of platinum in the…
PlaceRiebeek West
The village of Riebeek West, in the Riebeek Valley together with its sister town Riebeek East. was established in 1858 as a kerkplaats of the Dutch Reformed…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
Nelson Mandela was born into a world of war, revolutionary upheaval and a worldwide influenza pandemic. In July 1918, when Mandela was born, the First World…
ArchiveI was Hungry
A2 black and white litho; photo child with tin; text: I was hungry and you formed a committee to examine the matter. Thank You
PlacePaternoster, West Coast
"Think of Fishermen and Fishing Boats, hardy Fynbos growing on whites Dunes, and of Bokkoms (dried Fish), drying in the wind. Paternoster, one of the Oldest…