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BiographyTennyson Xola Makiwane
Born in 1933 into a prominent Transkei family Makiwane completed his secondary schooling at Lovedale in 1950 and entered Fort Hare University. Politicised…
PlaceKhwe Living Museum, Namibia
… foundation is hoping to establish another with the Khwe San people near Divundu. The ethnic group of the Khwe, with …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. 1870 …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… indigenous people at the time were Khoi pastoralists and San hunter-gatherers. A week after their arrival, Van … they bartered for them and for other food…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… expansion was first at the expense of the Khoikhoi and San , but later Xhosa land was taken as well. The Xhosa …
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… clicks and clacks (that may sound like the language of the San to the untrained ear), Reverend Hein relied on the …
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… Natal The first people who came to live in Natal were the San and later many Black groups collectively called the …
BiographyKausobson Kausob
… chief of a group of San …
BiographyThemba Thomas Mazibuko
Thomas Thembe Mazibuko attended Orlando West High School and became a member of the South African Student Movement(SASM). In 1974 as a member of SASM he and…
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on 22 April 1971 in the small town Bethal, eastern…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Church Street bombing, Pretoria - Explanation, SABC, date unknown
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, SAAF blasts ANC, Pretoria News, 23 May 1983
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Bombing victim will not oppose amnesty, SAPA, 13 May 1998
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
Isangomas and inyangas are the two main types of indigenous or traditional healers in South Africa. Isangomas Isangomas are spiritual healers and are…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
1861 Sefako Mapogo Makgatho is born at Ga Mphahlele, Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho…
66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate
… to further wars the nations of the world, assembled at San Francisco, in framing the Charter of the United Nations …
66. G. M. Naicker: we will not collaborate
… to further wars the nations of the world, assembled at San Francisco, in framing the Charter of the United Nations …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… and 1502-1504. [8] On his first voyage, Columbus claimed San Salvador, Cuba and Hispaniola as Spanish possessions. He …
BiographyMartin Nambala Wilpard
Martin Nambala Wilpard was acknowledged as the Chief of the Ondonga community in Ovamboland, South West Africa [now Namibia]. It was claimed that he was…
BiographyJacob Matome
Jacob Matome (Rachabedi), originally resident at Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal, [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] was banished…
ArchivePlan van kantore op die vyfde verdieping Lekton Huis, Wandererstraat 5, Johannesburg wat op 1977-10-19, duursoek deur Luitenant J.I. De Waal en Waal
A plan of the offices of BCP and SASM in Johannesburg as prepared by police.
A month-long cease-fire ends in the Middle East as Egypt attacks Israeli positions by air. At the same time Iraq attacks by lan
The bulwark Walvis of the fort at the Cape collapses and in June the next year, Van Riebeeck concedes that the fort is falling
The Portuguese ship Sao João goes down near the mouth of the Mzimvubu River (at the present Port St. Johns) with 600 people on
EventPercy Qoboza, editor of the Post, states that it is difficult to see how a credible newspaper for Blacks can be created in South Africa
Percy Qoboza was a journalist and outspoken critic of the apartheid regime. He initially studied in the field of theology, but became involved in journalism…