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PlaceMalawi
… to settle in this country were people related to the San societies found in most parts of Southern Africa. Between …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… Dr. A.B. Xuma makes a statement entitled “ Africans and San Francisco ”. June, Moses Kotane, Dr. Yusuf Dadoo and …
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 …
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…
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. …
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…
PlacePrincess Vlei Conservation Area
… regard for Conserving its Ecology ! The Khoi and the San were Cape Town ’s earliest inhabitants, forcibly enslaved …
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 …
BiographyDarius Segatle
Darius Segatle was the principal of a school in Rooijantjiesfontein, Lichtenburg [Northern Transvaal, now North West Province] until the end of 1960, when he…
BiographyMartinus Boshomane
Martinus Boshomane, was banished from Malobana settlement near Setumong [some distance away from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, (Northern) Transvaal…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, And here is the (restricted) news, The Star, 24 May 19983
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government's announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
The Durban Supreme Court cancelled the South African government's announcement of 18 June 1982 concerning the repossession of the Ingwavuma region, KwaZulu…
EventThe 4 x 100m men's relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling clocked 3 minutes and 13.17 seconds to triumph over the Netherlands…
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…
EventSADF's 31 Battallion is disbanded
… Province. This Battalion was composed primarily of the San (Bushmen) battalion who had been deployed in South …
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…