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PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… in September 1964. The District originally formed part of the District of Stellenbosch. On 1 Feb. 1808 the Earl … , Governor of the Cape Colony from 1807-11;…
PlaceDie Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town
… Schutte, and its verandah was added in 1820. The music for part of South Africa's national anthem, Die Stem van Suid …
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… Archaeological evidence shows that Southern Africa has one of the longest records of human activity anywhere in the … the country e.g. a Stone Age way of…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… begins a special program of doing three years of school in one. 1934 At 15 Abrahams is forced to leave school in order … second novel, Song of the City. 1946…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… by forming a new organisation or renaming the existing one that represents adherence to the Freedom Charter and the … NUSAS and SANSCO jointly launched a…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… established that both ships had docked at Sierra Leone, one of the places regarded as a central point of infection. … Ciskei and Transkei. This second wave…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… create the images. THE LINTON PANEL: The Linton Panel is one of the most famous pieces of rock art made by the San. … diversity’. This is represented as two…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… learn about history 1. Adderley Street Adderley Street is one of the most historically significant streets in Cape Town … has participated? Learning about…
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
… our own continent and the rest of the world of which it is part. We salute this august body, the OAU Assembly of Heads … are going home and an election…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Indian community Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 April 2014
… as black people shared a common fate. The liberation of one group was inextricably linked to that of the other. In … people just like the Coloured people,…
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… bound together ideologically. Both Fatima and Ismail were part of the core of the ANC that defied the segregationist … Fatima. She bought me a load of…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… of South Africa tries to answer these questions. This Part, Working Life - of the history - should be seen … learn a great deal from the illustrations in…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… a Boer father would hand a twelve-year old a musket and one bullet and then expect him to shoot his supper! This was … town of Plevna during the Turko…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… of African mammal specimens in the World. Considered to be one of the most interesting towns to visit in the region, … . King Williams Town has a number of…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… and experiences, many of the settlers on the Rand had one thing in common —as their first experience of urban life. … of the Rand brought regular waves of…
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… The Karoo is one of the World’s most unique, arid zones. In South Africa … "Steytlerville is the home of peace and tranquility." Here one can rest, relax,…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… office was the first of a series of blunders on Swart's part. For many months the committee had been discussing what … called on all members and branches of…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… A warm embrace. Egg bombs. Or a beheading. The latter part is said in jest. It may perhaps be too dark, a big oops! … meditative invitation of Mafika Gwala’s…
PlaceKing Shaka International Airport, La Mercy-Durban
… kaBhekuzulu , chose King Shaka International Airport to be part of the Bicentenary Celebrations .This was to honour 200 … the local birds are looked after,…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… outlines Gumede’s experiences in England in 1919 -1921 as part of the SANNC deputation to have their grievances heard … of secretary of their respective…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from …
PlaceWestoe, Westoe Road, Mowbray
… granted to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785 and formed part of the Farm Coornhoop. The House, Built in a Cape Dutch …
EventThe Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown
… on the outskirts of the city. This forced removal was part of the government's countrywide apartheid plan to turn …
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 93th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2005
… from the people, it remains still a people's Charter, the one basic political statement of our goals to which all … boldly asserts "All people shall be…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… The Transvaal government increased the rates on the part of the railway that ran through the Transvaal once it … own government and the Uitlander leaders who…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… In 1961, Indians were officially recognised as a permanent part of the South African population and the Department of … opposed the formtion of the…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… Transvaal government increased the rates on the part of the railway that ran through the Transvaal once it … own government and the Uitlander leaders who had…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… sky. The Black students of South Africa did not wake up one day and begin resisting Bantu Education. The uprising was … of the banned Pan Africanist Congress…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… on all Black Consciousness organizations, including the one I led. Little did I realise at the time, that less than a … based IUEF! Just how did this happen?…