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PlaceKhorixas, Town in Namibia
The town is home to the region's main hospital despite the capital of the Kunene region now being located in Opuwo. (LINK IN FURTHER READING)Located to the…
PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
The University of the Witwatersrand is the 1st picture in the Banner! With an interesting Link availible to read in Further Reading.The History of Wits is…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
The Baxter Theatre Centre opened on 1 August 1977 and was designed by Jack Barnett as honor to the late Dr. W Duncan Baxter’s bequest for the purpose of…
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
Zwelethu Mthethwa, an internationally known South African artist, was found guilty on 16 March 2017 at the Western Cape High Court of murdering Nokuphila…
PlaceBoschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
Working with nature, producing real food and a simple farm lifestyle, is at the heart of Boschendal. One of the oldest Farms in South Africa, founded in 1685. …
David Goldblatt,The Transported of KwaNdebele by L'oeil De La Photographie, 26 September 2016
For over 60 years, David Goldblatt has documented the social and political developments of his native South Africa with a critical yet compassionate eye. Drawn…
ArchiveVisualising the web of state capture, November 7, 2016
The State Capture Report is all over the news since its release last week after last ditch attempts by members of our own government (including President Jacob…
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
Xuxuwa the Railroad Siding, Eastern Cape, is 9 km West of Fort Beaufort and 7 km East-Northeast of Brakfontein. It takes its name from a Tributary of the Kat…
PlacePort St. Johns
The wildness of the Coast of the Eastern Cape, with its deep Gorges and impenetrable Forests, mangrove Swamps and the primitive force of freak waves that have…
PlaceOttery
Ottery was probably established in 1904 as a residential suburb of Cape Town. The railway line from Maitland reached Ottery on 1 February 1904. It was…
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 March 1979. The Union, was a Tavern occupying a plot 80 by 60 feet on Smith Street,…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots, a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape, after…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress - 25 November 1992. The strategic perspective of the ANC is the transfer of…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
Home to General Jan Smuts for over 40 years, Doornkloof in Irene, Southeast of Pretoria, is a unique museum that reveals much about the life and the spirit of…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
Back in 1802, the establishment of a Missionary Village on a deserted farm near Algoa Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became a thorn in the side of the colonial…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
It was declared a National Monument underold legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Sytze Wierda who was the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek…
”Malan Cannot Succeed Where Hitler Failed”: Interview To , Cape Town, June 1950
"Never before in the history of South Africa have the national leaders acted so swiftly and with complete oneness of purpose in their determination to beat…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s statement at the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Bildt of Sweden 20 May 1992
Prime Minister Bildt, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, My visit to Sweden, the Venice of the north, has been rewarding indeed. It is truly a…
A City within a city: Vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s by Leonard Glenn Rosenberg
Parts of it have been referred to as the "Imperial Ghetto" (Badsha: 2001) or the "Duchene" and "Casbah" (Hassim: 2009) or simply "town" by the many who have…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
South Africa's former Prime Minister on two occasions, from 1919 - 1924 and 1939-1948, General J.C. Smuts passed away at the age of 80 on his Doorkloof farm in…
EventThe last Apollo Moon mission returns to Earth
The first phase of humankind's active exploration of the Moon came to an end when Apollo 17's lunar module left the lunar surface on December 14, 1972. A…
EventAmerican President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions
During the late 1970 and early 1980s the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations had tried to influence South African governments by working with them…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
Piet Retief completes the manifesto that sets out the reasons why the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony. It is published in English in the Graham's Town…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
Tatamkhulu Africa was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to…
EventThe New Zealand Mounted Rifles leave Wellington for the South African War
The first contingent of New Zealand Mounted Rifles (NZMR) departed from Wellington aboard the SS WAIWERA ship bound for South Africa on 21 October 1899. As the…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
Invitation The HSRC Seminar Series In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy Speaker: Ndangwa Noyoo ,…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Introduction
From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education Turning Point 2 focuses on the imposition of…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Osman Latief, a resident of Vrededorp,…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
Sun Valley Estates were orange growing farms owned by Whites. The land initially formed part of the Berlin Mission’s land holdings. In 1924 this fragment of…
PlaceIziko Museum's, Cape Town
Iziko is an isiXhosa word meaning “hearth.” A hearth is the traditional centre of the home where families would get together to share their stories, just as…