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PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… Spruit which run to a point near, Victory Park . One rises at Sturrock Park and runs under the gas works. … by a feeder from Zoo Lake , the Sturrock Park…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… Swaziland is the last absolute monarchy in Africa (and one of the last few left on Earth!) The monarchy has ruled … and radio broadcasting stations. The…
PlaceBerg River
… and provides water for the people. The Berg River was one of many habitats of Hippos but in the late 1600’s hunters … shot in 1869 by Martin Melck when it…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… who later became the first mayor of Pretoria. It is one of the last remaining examples of the kind of elegant … further to the effect of a fortress, though a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the book launch of the series on Southern African leaders 1 August 1994
… Fought for Freedom", straddles both categories. It is at one a reclamation of South Africa's history in its true and … so. When, to utter the names of these…
Address by President T Mbeki at Press Conference following Meeting with President Kikwete of Tanzania, held on 7 April 2006, at Presidential Guesthouse
… he is a working man, he came to work not for ceremony. And one of the matters that we've agreed with the President is to … no particular reason why South…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… eat any potatoes. We used to condemn a potato when we see one that had a hole or a black mark. We used to tell the … the market the workers wouldn't even…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… and Colenso in an area called Sun Springs near Nyandu. One couple from Sun Springs said they were issued with … their livestock during the move. Waaihoek…
ArchiveNUSAS reconstruction
… consisting of three NUSAS Commission reports. The first one is called Commission of NUSAS reconstruction, followed by …
ArchiveDetentions: bannings, restrictions, harassment, we will not be silenced
… White, red and black poster. Image of a hand with police on one side and state on the other. UDF Logo. Issued by …
ArchiveThe Black Conciousness Movement, Black People
… One of the major decisions taken by the BPC was the …
ArchiveOver 1 500 detained since July 20
… One of the major reasons for the State President, PW Botha, …
David Goldblatt: oblique apartheid look by Kenneth Baker, 5 December 2012
… Q: How much of your pictures' significance does one miss by never having visited South Africa? A : I can only … for the Boksburg photographs that you see in…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… arrest orders prohibited him from being with more than one person at a time, or from leaving the house at nights or … room so he wouldn’t be caught meeting…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… that he tarted work in April 1843 with two work parties, one on each side of the mountain. The labourers were all … day and night under the guidance of this…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… There could not been a more moving start to the visit than one which included being honoured in this way by one of the great educational institutions of this…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 1995 National Conference of IDASA Cape Town, 18 August 1995
… Ladies and gentlemen, One of South Africa's most valuable assets is the vibrant … to democracy in South Africa is a distinguished one, marked by a readiness…
Le Rona Re Batho by Phyllis Naidoo - Introduction
… we found minimal medical help that would suit politicos. One medico, in need of therapeutic help, himself, advised me at 5am one morning that the patient had…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Conference Rally Kings Park 7 July 1991
… A rally held by the ANC following one of the greatest political conferences held in South …
Working for a just peace
… 'construction not conscription'. Artwork of three rifles, one with a bird sitting on it, the other two turned into …
Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
… influence found him irresistible. This seems to have been one of those cases where that much-abused word ‘charismatic’ … intermixed communities, or as…
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… South African people. They cannot all be nations unless one gives the word nation a very amorphous meaning like … nation in South Africa it does not consist…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… it is called by locals, was founded in the heydays of one of the World's biggest and richest gold rushes - earning … The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)…
ArchiveMyths of debt - 3: being in debt is not as bad as being in poverty
… Photograph of the Marcos couple from the Philippines. One third of the Philippines debt has been appropriated by …
ArchiveStop the torture: release
… of a wound with blood coming out of it. Words 'release one of the 147 Namibian refugees kidnapped by the South …
EventCOSAS President is detained
… of South African Students (COSAS ), which had become one of the biggest anti-apartheid student organisations in …
EventProf. Ben Marais dies
… Prof. Ben Marais, one of the first persons to denounce apartheid from within …
ArchiveInternational Childrens Day
… Artwork of a brick wall with two children on top and one child with paint tin and brush having painted the words …
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… for so much suffering among Africans. During any one year thousands of African people are arrested and … words in apartheid are "Control" and "Permission."…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… Bantu-speaking peoples and European colonists opposed one another in a series of ethnic and racial wars that …