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The South African War
… its fall virtually ensured a British victory on the day. One attempt was made by retreating Republican forces to …
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… the nation. Nationalism ultimately is based on supporting one’s own nation. African nationalism is a political …
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… blacks and whites remain intact today. And that then takes one to what was ones understanding of the struggle, you’re … And I’m intrigued that you don’t…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Frelimo Central Committee on the death of Samora Machel, 22 October 1986
… Republic of Mozambique, President of the FRELIMO Party, one of the most outstanding leaders of our continent, one of its best brains, an unsurpassed fighter…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
… Republic of Mozambique, President of the FRELIMO Party, one of the most outstanding leaders of our continent, one of its best brains, an unsurpassed fighter…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
… taken as far back as 1942 - to grow the ANC membership to one million, members of the media are reminded of the address … Jacob Zuma in officially launching…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… Oak Villa is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be … front facade is symmetrical with a central front door. The one gable contains a…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… scaffold a second time and the sentence was carried out one by one, using a single rope. Only sixty border farmers supported … emotional response, causing it…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… his wife Katyi were banished to Robben Island for twenty-one years. In 1869 they were released but he was sent back to … without his wife. Opinions on Maqoma…
PlaceMaphikela House
… forced removal from Waaihoek. Thomas Mtobi Maphikela was one of the founder members of the Executive Committee of the … that is where the party was founded…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
… of the case I gave it more thorough consideration than one would normally do and I want to say with conviction this … policy which recognises the fact that…
EventNational Party adopts five year programme
… (ANC) said that it would consider nothing less than a one-man, one-vote system. …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… apartheid in articles and producing protest materials. One particular article Klug remembers working on was a … finished his three-year degree at KwaZulu…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… Clarice Dlamini-Zuma was appointed as Minister of Health. One month later, combatting HIV/AIDS was made one of 22 lead projects of the new government’s ……
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… Land, later known as Tasmania which, at that time, was one of the largest penal colonies operated by the British. … gained in the establishment of a Field…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was … other’s businesses…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… mistrust of the police services, the latter being one of the main obstacles to overcome in order to achieve … change after the apartheid. The constitution…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… the Beloved Country Figure 1: Lionel Ngakane. Image source One of the most important figures in South African cinema was … projector. This hobby caused a…
The diary of Maria Tholo - October 18 - November 1 by Carol Hermer
… all around us. My neighbour, directly in front of me, was one of the biggest liquor sellers. Friday was especially … East and found nothing. Yesterday being…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… have ravaged the country before and after this specific one. The latest earthquake to hit the country was in 2012, … on the Richter Scale and claimed 20 000…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… this, I will be out of this country … ” it read. Forty-one years after the day she left her mother’s house in Soweto … to speak of her experiences — a…
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… Pretoria against possible attacks. Fort Schanskop is one of the four Forts constructed during 1897 and completed … attacks from all directions. Fort…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… After reports surfaced that he was allegedly mistreating one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was summoned to appear in a … tried in Uitenhage landdros court on…
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… A visit to the three hectare area to the Museum gives one a real sense of early farming Culture in South Africa, as one takes a guided tour around the Farm,…
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
… Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 … above 1000 metres in elevation. It is also unique in being one of a few countries…
EventSouth African tenor opera singer, Siphiwo Ntshebe dies
… only 35 and was only days away from what would have been one of the highlights of his career. Former South African … President Nelson Mandela had selected…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… and sincerely regret the inconvenience - especially when one is dealing with a profession in which timing is as … to such an engagement. But I should also…
Address at the official opening of the ASB Congress on 28 June 1971 in the Aula, Pretoria
… to discuss and what he does not want to discuss. When one discusses students today, not so much, I am happy to say, … why it is no good, but I want to sub…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… a standstill. Although the protests were anticipated, no one could have predicted the consequences and the … protesters began to stone them and, without any…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… capitalism People need freedom When people compete against one another, they achieve greater things Some people have … little as possible The ideology of…