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EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… The Democratic Party officially came into being at a one day conference held in Johannesburg. The conference, …
EventRamzi Yousef, alleged mastermind of World Trade centre bombing goes on trial
… is of Pakistani descent. Yousef was later suspected to be one of the planners of the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing. …
EventJohn Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt
… the Standard American Oil Company. Rockefeller family is one of the richest families in the world and are said to be …
ArchiveWomen in the ANC-led underground by Raymond Suttner
… cast as heroes. Much of this controversy relates to how one theorises the relationship between feminism and national …
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… with the task of finding explorer David Livingstone. No one had heard from Livingstone since he left for Africa in …
EventInternational Literacy Day highlights the importance of literacy in areas such as health and education
… on this day. According to UNESCO, “a literate person is one who can, with understanding, both read and write a short …
Document 6 - Africans’ claims in South Africa
… up street committees, doing house-to-house organizing one night. The next day on 13 June 1986, while I was working …
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… and fear. A tiny fraction of people with HIV – less than one-fifth of one percent – manage to elude AIDS. Medical scientists don’t … public interest lawyer…
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… the old Cape Colony, are fast crumbling, and that which at one time held out illimitable possibilities for progressive … itself to mere sentimentality, and…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… of land. Land policy in South Africa over the past one hundred years actively supported the emergence of White …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… the interests of specific groups in civil society. One of these was the Women’s Rights Peace Party. Others seem …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… Luderitz, a harbour town in southwest Namibia lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa, was an …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… as South Africa's second Nobel Peace Prize laureate. One of Tutu's earliest acts against apartheid was when he …
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… were held in January 1960 in Tunisia followed by another one in Egypt in March 1961. As more African countries became …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… for the first time that all matches would be played in one country. South Africa participates in the tournament for …
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… to the Afrikaner Broederbond (AB). The organisation had one main aim: to further Afrikaner nationalism in South …
The oldest forms of human communication
… communication through ages, click here to view Drums were one way to send signals to neighbouring tribes and groups. …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… White settlers at the Fish River in the 17th century as one group moved south and the other north. Archaeological …
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… the intricate labyrinth layout of Huts, and it was in one of the Kraals that Shaka was assassinated, by two of his … large Sugar-Producing District. Today…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… single “dogterkerk” in and around the area of Tshwane. At one time it was also the most influential church of the … to reunite. This process was finalized…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… lit up in all the colours of the rainbow at night. (It's one of the really striking attractions of Johannesburg!) The … when driving across Nelson Mandela…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… at the Homecoming Centre have generated two CDs. The first one with the eponymous title Insurrections was released in 2013 in Delhi and Cape Town. The second…
PlaceKommetjie, Cape Town
… childhood sweetheart, Ines Mattiello, and rapidly became one of Cape Town's largest building contractors Kommetjie is … to participate democratically. Most…
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… people of Cape Town. It is also a National Monument and one of the best-known Landmarks in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town. It Conserves one of the only…
PlaceOrange River
… Namibia . The Orange River is South Africa's longest and one of it's major Rivers! The Orange feeds the Gariep dam, … and perfect all year temperatures. This…
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… Guided or Self guided walks: Walks can be self guided or one can join one of the excellent trails lead by a qualified Field Guide. …
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 19 - Communist … at Feneira Street Johannesburg) were…
EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
… vision. Owens on the other hand was an African America, one of ten in the US team. Lang and Owens had become friends … around Owen's neck. Owens' gold medal…
PlaceCape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
… movie, The Endless Summer. Today Bruce's Beauties is only one of the famous surfing spots in St Francis Bay, as Seals … village, St Francis Bay, was the site…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… and political power. A small country like England became one of the most powerful empires in the world by taking over … Pacific Ocean. However, his…