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EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
… six years in prison. He was replaced by Alan Dawson in the South African World Cup cricket team. With Dr. Ali Bacher's help, however, …
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… Qwaqwa was one of the ten homelands in South Africa introduced by the apartheid government. It was home to … under the leadership of Kenneth Mopeli until…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
… agricultural town in the Northern Free State province of South Africa, about 30kms south of the Vaal Dam, with some … town with a pivotal place in Boer…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… avoiding the overt display of big feelings, goes for hard South African facts”. The “hard South African fact” Goldblatt is currently tackling is the … to,…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… countries of Western Europe on many other parts of the world. It reached its peak in the late nineteenth century. In South Africa, the colonial period began…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… The Rupert family continues to be a dominant force in the South African business world. The Rembrandt Group was built up into a multibillion … The Rembrandt…
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… followed the receipt of extradition documents from the South African government. Rhoodie was one of the key players … Minister of the department. On 13…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
… in the then Natal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa, granted the order that: “It is declared that the … that NPA wants to continue the…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… by casualisation and outsourcing. As a result many, many South Africans do not have jobs or decent self-employment; … guaranteeing food security and good…
PlaceMapungubwe
… site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa , Zimbabwe and Botswana , 75 km from Messina. It sits … transferred to SANParks in 1999…
EventSANDF soldiers strike
… armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) into the South African National Defence Force, took a twist when an … leave. Click here to read about the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - November 2 - December 1 by Carol Hermer
… parents and everyÂbody have been warned that it is now war. He said Cape Town's biggest advantage was the dynamite … to school if were they not afraid. 16…
EventBritish Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
… smoking on all flights. Other countries across the world had begun to impose the first restrictions on smoking … (international and domestic) a decade later…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… and for the first time it would be added to all foods. The South African Police Service (SAPS), which was responsible … Keesing's Record of World events…
EventPik Botha visits Soviet Union
… South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, visits the Soviet … mission in St Petersburg. References: Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for…
Article“Fees will Fall, Not Us”: A glance at Stellenbosch University
… decolonized and free education to create a democratic South Africa that was freed of institutional racism at … “#Fees Must Fall: How student movements shaped…
PlaceHuguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek
… to learn about: French Huguenots before their arrival in South Africa ; the challenges they faced getting here; their lives and customs and the effect they…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… to Bengal in the east and the Deccan plateau in the south”. [12] Akbar also implemented significant political, … was named “the jewel of Muslim art in…
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
… Ntabankulu is located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, is situated in a region with a complex and … Group Area . It is one of the 205 Local…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… we formed an organisation which was called Federation of South African Women in 1954. In 1955 we joined, as Federation of South African Women, the launching…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… Congress, Umkhonto we Size, African National Congress, South African Communist Party. Robben Island prisoner, … young white left, mainly linked to the…
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
… of nine.[iii] Nasty C was previously signed to the Free World Music label,[iv] and is currently signed to the Mabala … “One Kid a Thousand Coffins” in May…
Cosatu special congress, Day One: The façade finally falls by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 14 July 2015, South Africa
… were visible in the dominant faction. Members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) … national executive committee member Ebrahim…
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
… Studies, Click here. Source: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1526985,00.html …
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
… Town. As the capital city of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, Cape Town is frequented by millions of tourists for … one that adds to the variety,…
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… Having been dismissed from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for their … Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for October 1994, P…
The Legal Veneer
… had an obsession with projecting itself to the outside world as a Western-style parliamentary democracy. All public … apartheid was pronounced a crime…
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… and Theewaterskloof, Overberg and Overstrand to the South-East. It is also bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the South and West. The City, is South Africa's…
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… President F.W de Klerk announced that South African beaches would be opened to all people across … as toilets, parks and buses. This meant that in future all…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … 171 Document 68 Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to…