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Marakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
… and unspoiled wilderness. The park is home to as many as 16 Antelope species due to its variety of habitats. Some of … it all the easier to do so. The Dry…
Archive2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
… the jobs we need. There are some of our people, including youth, who have not worked for years. It is for this reason … a call I had made in the State of…
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
… movement that expanded dramatically following the Soweto Uprising. In her speeches and teaching, she linked the South …
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… Mathews Motshwareteu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto, Johannesburg. His talent for athletics became … primary school years, which he spent at Isaacson…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… international acclaim. Motswai was born on 27 May 1963, in Soweto, South of Johannesburg. Although he was born deaf, he … on buses, talking and singing in…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… the window of a church hall while he attended an Alexandra Youth Congress meeting. The incident took place a few days after the Alexandra Youth Congress …
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
… hard work that led him to achieve greatness. At the age of 16, he was the youngest player to ever represent South Africa … unite people in a way that little…
Goukamma Nature Reserve, Sedgefield
… The weather is unpredictable, with some warm days in June and July and the odd cold day in summer. Prevailing … via a climax milkwood forest. Goukamma to…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van…
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the youth and the children who, by their thoughts and deeds, gave … job creation and training,…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
… committee last Thursday because A they didn't want another Soweto on their hands. They were too late for that. They'd … though Christopher was not a…
List of women who died in exile
… Bucibo, Joyce Asvat, Zainab Cothoza, June Rose Nontsikelelo Dadoo, Winnie Ditshabako, Brenda …
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… people were killed and eighteen injured in an attack on Soweto residents after an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rally … rally in Jabulani Stadium as well as…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… which characterised it, the impressive attendance of the youth on an unprecedented scale, and the fact that it was our … control and influence over the…
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… located on the site of the present Church Square, began in June 1812, and was named by Governor Cradock after Colonel … located on the site of the present…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… to house the white male security prisoners. Since the Soweto revolt, the authorities have been especially severe in … for taking part in peaceful…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… Hans, and his neighbour Hendrik Prinsloo, organised an uprising against the British colonial power. The rebellion …
EventBambatha Rebellion
… destroying European-made tools, Whites realised that an uprising was imminent. After the murder of two policemen, …
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… council was planning the timing and manner of an uprising to be launched in South Africa in 1963. At the time …
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… oversight of the action was confined to a safe house in Soweto. Unfortunately the strike was called off after the … Mandela chose to argue the case when the…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… the women’s protests against the Senate Bill began on 25 June 1955. The movement’s magazine documented the day like … in the press at every corner of the…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
… advance major proposals such as the abolition of Section 16 of the Immorality Act , the Mixed Marriages Act and …
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… national anthem. Nkosi Sikekel' was first recorded on 16 October 1923 by Solomon T. Plaatje accompanied by Sylvia … was also published in a newspaper,…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… 'Letter from the President', ANC Today , Vol.3, No.19, 16--22 May 2003] This week we will say our last farewells to … to his final resting place from the…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 16 July 1982. Two blocks to the west of Melrose House is … the Bourke Trust by the Nederduitsch…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… severely deteriorated, and after his wife’s death in June 2001, he moved into frail care at a retirement village …
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… apartheid system should be the aims of the negotiations. 16. We are at one with them that the outcome of such a … order based on the following principles…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… apartheid system should be the aims of the negotiations. 16. We are at one with them that the outcome of such a … order based on the following principles…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… outlook. As we have seen, the Africanists, and the early Youth League before them, believed that the African rank and … oblivion this year, now and for ever"…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… removed the inhabitants of Sophiatown to townships such as Soweto, outside Johannesburg. Sophiatown was razed and the … the attention and the hearts of South…