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PlacePrieska
Prieska is a very small Town that is perched along the Orange River in the Northern Cape. It is 240 kilometres south of Kimberley and its famous Big Hole…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
It was established on the Farm in the Free State Province, named "Keerom" (which means "Turn around"). Settlers occupied the Area in the 1830's and the Town…
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
With its pristine Coastlines, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at the Southern-most tip of Africa. With its headquarters in Bredasdorp, the Overberg…
PlaceLiesbeek River and Park, Cape Town
… https://fol.org.za/history-of-the-liesbeek-river/ …
PlaceNahoon River Point Nature Reserve
Nahoon River Dam is a reservoir and is located in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 168 metres. The most popular…
PlaceMagaliesberg Region, North West Province
Go on a journey through the Ecology and Geology, of one of the oldest Mountain Ranges in the World – estimated to be 2,500 million Years old, is the majestic…
PlaceBenoni, Ekurhuleni Municipality
Benoni is situated on the East Rand, in the South African Province of Gauteng. The Area forms part of the Greater Johannesburg Region. Since 2000 has been part…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… police officer under penalty of fine or imprisonment. 1907 Colonial Secretary, General Smuts introduces The Asiatic Law …
Mission Stations - G-H
… our eyes against the many proofs of the utility of such an establishment as Genadendal. Every one acquainted with human … district, cannot be considered as…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… unimaginable in Southern Africa 18 months ago are now history. Pretoria has negotiated Angolan Peace and Namibian … of uMkhonto we Sizwe it elucidated: "The…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… and the Nationalist parties, they tried to discourage the establishment of a black urban working class. Furthermore, as … townships packed to bursting point…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… of Africans in the Union, the Act provided for the establishment of a Council consisting of partly nominated and … be attached to this action which is…
Gigs, hustles and hope: work for young South Africans beyond the wage by Adam Cooper and Bernard Dubbeld
… of capitalism and of politics, and has written about the history of dockworkers in Durban, most recently for the …
PlaceUmhlanga, Durban
… The history of Umhlanga Rocks is really interesting. Umhlanga …
PlaceSchoenstatt Retreat and Conference Centre, Cape Town
… a growth and development. Nearly 100 years of Schoenstatt history have shown that our Lady took their Covenant …
PlaceCederberg Wilderness Area
… these magnificent Mountains. They both have a wealth of History. Enjoy the beauty of the Cederberg in your own way: …
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… Committee decided that, for the first time in the Party's history the ANC would call for a day of mourning and a …
PlaceRiemvasmaak
… and eco-tourism opportunities. The community has a rich history of forced removal and successful land restitution and …
PlaceArniston, Cape Agulhas
… tell of the disaster - one of the worst in South Africa’s history. But the village of Arniston has dispelled its origin …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
… either by extending its sphere of influence through neo-colonial trade and aid agreements or by direct aggression. …
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
… either by extending its sphere of influence through neo-colonial trade and aid agreements or by direct aggression. …
Address by Oliver Tambo to the joint session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 2 July 1987
… drawn from many countries, and who as the result of the colonial experience of slavery, indenture and colonialism, …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of His Inauguration and the 10th Anniversary of Freedom, Pretoria, 27 April 2004
… achieved the goal of the total liberation of Africa from colonial and white minority domination with the defeat of the …
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… the observatory ahead of the celebrations. A short history On 20 October 1820, word reached the Cape from … which will cover “current and future science, the…
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
… place to stay. Plettenberg Bay has a relatively long history for a South African town, having been regularly … 15th and 16th centuries. Signs of their…
The Wankie Campaign
… battles they were engaged in will probably go down in the history of MK military operations as one of the most heroic. … manacled, hand-cuffed and abused. Of…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to the Twenty-second Biennial Conference of the South African Indian Congress, 19 October 1956, Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg
… of human values I must begin by reminding you that the history of mankind shows that people in different lands … the people of the Union of South Africa at…
PlaceFree State Province
… out in October 1899, was a turning point in South Africa’s History and the last full scale war, fought on South African … scenery- an unusual yet relaxing…
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
… Empire and with the flag in hand. But never in its whole history had that flag covered such deeds; never before had it … things were one of the blackest…
14. Suicide among indentured
… Eyelids open, pupils dilated especially on right side. History of case: The deceased had always been peculiar. He … on the inside, the appearance of the…