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ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
After the government crackdown on political organizations in the early 1960s, new organizations emerged to fill the political vacuum. A movement based on the…
PlaceRawsonville, Winelands of the Western Cape
Rawsonville is situated merely an hour's drive from Cape Town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. These are the wineland areas of the Breedekloof,…
PlaceNorthern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest Province in South Africa, but has the least number of inhabitants. Before 1993 it was part of the Cape Province (under old…
EventHistory of December 16
December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa; it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation. First celebrated as ‘Dingane’s Day,’ when the…
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled by Arunabha Sengupta, 3 April 2013
April 3, 1971. In a trend-setting protest against the Apartheid policies of the Government, players of the two South African teams walked out after just one…
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, is the 3rd largest hospital in the world, occupying around 173 acres (0.70 km 2), with approximately 3 200 beds and about…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
The Akkedisberg Pass translates from Afrikaans into Lizard Mountain Pass. It's an easy drive along this tarred coastal pass on the R 326 links the small…
PlaceLady Frere, Eastern Cape
Originally named after the wife of; Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the then Governor of the Cape, Lady Frere serves as the centre for the Glen Grey farming district…
PlaceHaartbeespoort
Hartbeespoort, informally also known as: "Harties", is a small resort town north of Johannesburg in the North West Province of South Africa. Situated on slopes…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
PlaceSteynsburg
What started out as a small Village, Steynsburg is surrounded by the magnificent Zuurberg Mountain Range in the Eastern Cape. At only 17.4 square kilometres…
PlaceWeenan
Weenen stands as a testament to the turbulent History of South Africa! Located on the serene Banks of the Bushman River in KwaZulu-Natal, it remains as the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
- The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. - Mac Maharaj1 Introduction From about July 1985, the ANC faced a…
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…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
Origins The organisation known as Al-Shabaab originally emerged from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) movement in Somalia. The ICU began as a loose grouping of…
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
Comrades and Friends, Fellow South Africans, We are gathered here today at this historic site to celebrate the 107th anniversary of the formation of the…
PlaceHelderberg, Somerset West
The district takes its name from the mountain of the same name, which is Afrikaans for: "clear mountain". This is referring to the way in which the western…
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
Introduction The first elections to the Indian House of Delegates (HoD) in the racially segregated tricameral parliament took place on 28 August 1984. The…
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…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, on Sunday 25th July, while the…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
The origin of Chatsworth Chatsworth is a historically Indian township located in Durban some 14km south-west of the City centre, in the Umhlatuzana River…
Address at the Opening of the Second Session of the South African-Algerian Bi-National Commission, 17 October 2001
Your Excellency, President Bouteflika, Your Excellencies, Ministers and Ambassadors, The Business Delegations from Algeria and South Africa, Distinguished…
PlacePaarl
(prior to 1910)The division of Paarl was originally part of the district of Stellenbosch, and was proclaimed a separate division in 1839. Like Stellenbosch its…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on International Relations, 27-30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Introduction 1. The conference in general agreed with the characterisation of the international situation as outlined in the discussion document, however the…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
The destruction of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political control had undermined the…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
Public lecture by Hermann Giliomee in honour of Richard Elphick given at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn, USA, May 4 2015 Nelson Mandela and the last…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Report on Commissions 1. The two commissions received an input on major issues for discussion. The input took for granted that the discussion document that…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
Documentary Photography is not encouraged because I think it threatens the core of what this country is about. It’s a very powerful medium, it touches on…