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ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
On 13 November 1991, Nelson Mandela announced that the first constitutional talks would take place on 29 and 30 November at the World Trade Centre in Kempton…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist industrial unions, white dominated racially…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Soweto rally to welcome released leaders, 29 October 1989
This is a joyful day for all of us. It is a day of celebration for all the people of our country. Those who have chosen to turn their backs on our festivity…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of colonialism, slavery, and formal racial segregation. This history has an uneasy relationship…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
Hugh Masekela was an up-and-coming trumpeter, all of 20, when he took an overnight train from Johannesburg to Cape Town to meet a pianist everyone was talking…
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa 09 May 2009 Your Majesties,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 25 October 1996
Speech originally delivered in Afrikaans Mister Chancellor; Mister Vice-Chancellor; Members of the University; Honoured Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen, …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
Chairperson of the Foreign Correspondents Association; Members of the Association; Distinguished guests. I should start off by apologising for the late…
Address at the Opening of the 24th General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, 1 December 2003
Master of Ceremonies, Honourable Ministers, Leaders of the World Veterans Federation, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen: On behalf of our…
Address at the Dinner in honour of South African Olympians and Paralympians: Bryntirion Estate, Tshwane: 11 December 2004
Master of Ceremonies, Honourable Deputy President Jacob Zuma, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Premiers, Your Worship, Mayor of Tshwane…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
Josiah Gumede, 1867-1946: An Historical Assessment"Gumede and John Dube are the pioneers who were the inspiration and foundation upon which the new leaders…
PlaceSwartberg Mountain Pass
The Swartberg Mountain Pass is a renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the highest rated Mountain Pass in Africa! The Swartberg Pass is for many South…
PlaceKenhardt
Kenhardt has been for a long time the most remote Settlement in the North-Western Cape, founded in 1868. Kenhardt became a Municipality only in, 1909. The…
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
Mthatha Airport serves the charming Town of Mthatha (affectionately known as Madiba Country) in the Eastern Cape Province. It is the Hometown of many great…
PlaceYellowwood Park, Durban
The first thing that strikes you about the leafy garden suburb of Yellowwood Park, just 14 kilometers from Durban, is that the majority of the roads are named…
Following the January meeting of health ministers in London, a decision is taken that December 1 become World Aids Day
The World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention concluded in London with representatives from 140 national governments. The…
EventSir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King Shaka's Zulu army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of…
PlaceEdenburg, near Bloemfontein
Edenburg is situated 83km South-West of Bloemfontein. This typical Transgariep Town, nestled in the golden prairies alongside the Country's busiest National…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
On 22 February 1707 a young man on horseback raced through the streets of Stellenbosch shouting "Victorie! Victorie!" - a sign that the Burghers were…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
Professor Lee Berger and his son Matthew Berger (9 years) stumbled across a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, estimated to be 2 million years…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
NG Kerk Pretoria Oos is next to Loftus Versfeld Stadium and is located in City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. The Dutch Reformed…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the …
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
DEADLINE: 14 MAY 2017 The African continent is rapidly urbanizing. If this point is agreed upon by a wide variety of actors—from media, to governments, UN…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
Key facts and history of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview: Burkina Faso's poor economic outlook and…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
Bordering the City Centre and joined to Newtown by the Nelson Mandela Bridge – Joburg’s landmark equivalent of Cape Town’s Table Mountain – Braamfontein is…
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
Cape Point is a promontory at the South East corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and scenic landform that runs North-South for about thirty…
PlacePondoland
The territory known as Pondoland or, more correctly Mpondoland, incorporated the divisions of Bizana, Libode, Ngqeleni, Port St John's, Tabankulu, and Umsikaba…
PlaceBerg River
The Great Berg river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a variety of Schooners and…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
The caves are situated about 11km from Krugersdorp, on the Farm- 'Swartkrans'. They are believed to have been discovered in about 1896 or 1897, and were opened…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
Master of Ceremonies; Guests of Honour; Ladies and gentlemen. South Africa had dared to expect much of the African Cup of Nations. We felt we would acquit…