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PlaceAasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
… the Mountain is named! The Zastron Area is also famous for San Rock Art. Overnight Accommodation, is a Hut equipped …
BiographyRichard S. Canca
Richard S Canca was born in 1924 in Transkei. Canca was a leading figure in the All African Convention (AAC). Born about 1924, he obtained an M.A. degree from…
BiographyDonald Thumamina Mboto
Donald Thumamina Mboto was born on 10 May 1987, in Harding near Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. He was the ninth child of Thandiwe Daphney…
BiographyMtetunzima Ganyile
Mtetunzima Ganyile, from Amanikwe Location, Bizana District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was described in the motivation for his banishment as one of…
BiographyDikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs
Dikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs, an active member of a youth organisation in Upington, Northern Cape, was detained on 15 June 1986 during a wider pre-June 16,…
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… A number of the site’s researchers have claimed that the San are responsible for the engraving while others believe …
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… and proceeding to the Bay Tote la Sanctos [present day San Salvador, Brazil] with 500 male and female slaves on …
EventSADF's 31 Battallion is disbanded
… Province. This Battalion was composed primarily of the San (Bushmen) battalion who had been deployed in South …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… Dr. A.B. Xuma makes a statement entitled “ Africans and San Francisco ”. June, Moses Kotane, Dr. Yusuf Dadoo and …
PlacePrincess Vlei Conservation Area
… regard for Conserving its Ecology ! The Khoi and the San were Cape Town ’s earliest inhabitants, forcibly enslaved …
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
Bessie Amelia Head was born at Fort Napier Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa, the asylum her mother was committed to at the…
David Pratt
David Beresford Pratt was born on 1 October 1909 to Arthur and Georgina Pratt. The family immigrated from London in the United Kingdom to Johannesburg, South…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from India, who had come to South Africa to seek fortune. …
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was born on 25 December 1940, Schweizer Reneke, North West Province, (formerly a part of the old Transvaal Province). In 1959, he…
BiographyGladys Thomas
Gladys Thomas born was in 1935 in Salt River, Cape Town. She was adopted by a family in Lakeside, Cape Town in Western Cape as she was an orphan. She grew up…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… farmers, sailors, prostitutes, Malaysians, and Khoi-San. The majority of these workers were descendants of slaves …
BiographySydney Sekwati Choma
Sydney Sekwati Choma was born in Middelburg, Eastern Province (now Mpumalanga Province) on the 6 June 1956. He started his primary school education at Monyano…
BiographyMarapo Seopa
Original residence: Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, [Northern] Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] Place of banishment: Tabaans Location …
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
Glossary of Ndebele building terms APOKORWAN - Eaves overhang AMAKAPA - Roof AMAKAPA IBALELO - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the…
Archaeology - A way of discovering the past
… goods, such as shells and beads, like those used by the San * in more recent times. About 2 000 years ago, herders …
BattleFront Namibia - An Autobiography by John Ya-Otto, Ole Gjerstad and Michael Mercer
ArchiveCiskei Commission: transcript of an interview with S. Singapi, Mabel Cetu, C. Kapi and R. Vantyi
Transcript of an interview with S. Singapi, Mabel Cetu, C. Kapi and R. Vantyi. The interview relates to the independence of the Ciskei.
An African view of the present urban and industrial situation in South Africa
The accelerated pace of industrialisation affected all population groups in South Africa, particularly the African population and it resulted in the movement…
ArchiveNotes towards an essay by Bruce Payne and Alex Harris Cordoned Heart Catalogue
ArchiveYou will see a Black president of SA...: nothing more important than Black unity
ArchiveAn African view of the present urban and industrial situation in South Africa
The accelerated pace of industrialization has affected all population groups in South Africa.The African population was affected to the greatest extent because…
ArchiveTlo inwese ka nkgo dibeng sa thuto NUM (article written in Sotho language)
ArchiveDemokerasi le selekane sa khotso merafong ea AAC (article written in Sotho language)
Archive19 October: National Press day: will there be free speech in a new SA?
White poster with black lettering. Red image of Post Office tower in Johannesburg. Notice of a big debate between the ANC and the SABC. On Tuesday 16th…