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PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
In 1799, during the first British occupation of the Cape, the Governor, Sir George Yonge, appropriated a portion of Riebeeck Square to build a theatre upon the…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a…
PlaceGriquatown
In 1802 William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a station among the Griqua at Leeuwenkuil. Thesite proved to be…
PlaceNorth West
The North West Province was part of the old Transvaal, and includes most of the parts of the old homeland, Bophuthatswana. There is a lot of platinum in the…
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
President of the General Assembly, Secretary General of the United Nations, Your Excellencies, Distinguished delegates: I am pleased to join the Chairperson…
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
The world's oldest stone tools have been discovered, scientists report. The tools includes sharp-edged flakes, hammers and anvils Image source They were…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Summit, Yokoyaha, Japan, 28th May, 2008.
Theme: Boosting Economic Growth in Africa. We thank the Prime Minister, the government and people of Japan for welcoming us, the African leadership, to the…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
During the South African War the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their fodder was infested with…
5th Jozi Book Fair
5th Jozi Book Fair Khanya College invites you to the 5th Jozi Book Fair taking place from 25-26 October 2013 at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg. This…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
Your Worship, Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, Honourable Ministers, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to meet with the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Glossary
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education 916 ADis the same as AH 304 in the Islamic calendar …
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a Defiance Campaign…
PlaceStendahl Mission
Stendahl Mission is said to have existed for about 124 years. A Minister of the Berlin Mission Society, Gueldenpfennig, acquired the mission land in 1860. By…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
The famous Casino/Hotel Complex about 50km from Rustenburg. It officially opened its doors on December 1979. It features the Lost City, a huge swimming Pools…
Archive2001 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2001
THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, Cape Town, 9 February 2001 Madame Speaker…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education Turning points in history are not fixed. We decide…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
The passive resistance campaign was launched on 13 June 1946 and finally suspended on 31 May 1948. The report of the Passive Resistance Council, reproduced…
ArticleTimeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022
Jeff Butler (1992) The Englishman was earmarked as Bafana Bafana's first coach, but a discrepancy with his coaching qualifications led him being turfed. …
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge of mass political…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
The Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), and had offices in Botswana, England, the…
The First Slaves at the Cape
On March 28 1658 the Dutch merchant ship the Amersfoort anchored at Table Bay with 174 Angolan slaves in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of mainly high school students was formed to represent students, articulate grievances and foster…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were executed at the gallows in Pretoria…
PlaceKumalosville, Kwa Zulu Natal
Kumalosville, near Ladysmith, in Natal, was one of the first "blackspots" to go. The Liberal Party booklet has this to say. "In January, 1908, a Mr Daniel…
PlaceSlangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town
The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie has a long history dating back to 1914 when it was scheduled to be completed. When World War 1 broke out, the…
PlaceVaalkop National Park, North West
Vaalkop is known as: "an Anglers Dream", it is situated 54 km North of Britz, near Beestekraal and North-East of Rustenburg, in typical 'broken Bushveld…
PlaceObservatory
Observatory was a residential suburb of Cape Town, and derived its name from the Royal Observatory, which was established there in 1821. It's an arty district…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
Xhosa community The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Xhosa people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
1868 Enoch Mgijima is born at Bulhoek, Eastern Cape, the son of Jonas Mayekiso Mgijima. 1907 19 April, Enoch Mgijima, who had already gained quite a…