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Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… taking of a pledge as a crude indoctrination of our youth. One thing is clear; the search for a way to instill universal … of promoting social cohesion and…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… and controlled in new institutions. De Beers Company went one step further by building a branch prison which was … arrangements for members of different…
The girl child
… education and development in a disadvantaged position. One major challenge is the unacceptable rate of violence and … cited the high incidence of unwanted…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… policemen and two miners were killed in this battle, and one miner injured severely. The strike continued despite … Africa is world’s third biggest producer…
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… The tight zig-zagging curves of Sani Pass make it, one of the most magnificent Mountain Passes in South Africa! … of Mokhotlong District , in the…
PlaceGreat Fish River, Eastern Cape
… uneventful - the Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon, one of the only events on its course, though it does flow … because it has more sunshine hours per year…
PlaceEntabeni Safari Conservancy, Waterberg
… Waterberg biosphere is the first region in the Northern part of South Africa to be named a Biosphere Reserve by … babble. Entabeni boasts five different…
PlaceGhana
… the Dutch, British and the Dane merchants. By the latter part of 19th century the Dutch and the British were the only … east continued thereafter. These…
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… to meet this challenge. It is a difficult challenge. One needs only to walk around this building to get a sense of … me of her efforts. It's a very difficult…
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… gathered at about 02h00 and split into two groups, one to attack the prison and the other the police station. … Ms Rencia Vermeulen and Mr Frans Richards,…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… as a naval college. McKinlay is considered to have been one of the most important motivators of what has become known … little jewel, on the Victoria…
ArchiveEducate for socialism
… of South Africa. Image of the a hand in a fist and words: One people one Azania; included on the poster is a calendar with months …
ArchiveEgalite
… Oval of rainbow colours, containing artwork of two people, one white, one black, with a red heart in the centre, holding a globe of …
Chapter 28. I Fight Back
… 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…
22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah
… me to go to recruiters for any information or help. No one after all gave me any help. Instead of help and … in securing about 7 Indians, I would have done…
ArchiveToys are for cuddling not for killing
… Two artworks of children receiving toys at Christmas - one with a teddy bear and one with a gun with words "would you buy your child a war toy …
Address to the World Council of Churches Harare 12 December 1998
… of racist doctrine and the violation of human rights. As part of an international effort to ensure that never again … of quick profits. Ladies and gentlemen;…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… and stayed in prison until 1992. He was released as a part of the National Party and African National Congress …
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
… is happening at the SABC is wrong and I can no longer be a part of it,” he wrote. Last week, however, media reports …
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… with plumbago japonica, jacaranda and turkey oaks. A part of it, known as Japonica Walk, survives to the present …
PlaceGaries
… during Spring, after good rains, draw visitors to this part of the Namaqualand from around the world, with some …
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… on the school grounds: Rissik House and Solomon House are part of the original school complex completed in 1909, while …
PlaceBurkina Faso
… Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta, was once part of French West Africa since 1896 until 1960. The first …
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… independence from Britain. As the opposition party was not part of the debate, the motion was passed with unanimous …
EventSouth Africa abandons the Gold Standard, sparking a period of economic expansion
… from Klipspruit, Orlando East was the first major township part of the group of areas now known as Soweto. …
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… Lovett Cameron entered the British navy in 1857, taking part in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868 and in the …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… the territory of the Spanish crown until the western part of the island, Saint Domigue, was claimed by the French. …
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… regime seems to have enabled human rights abuses on the part of French troops, who have been accused of assisting in …
Hendrik Verwoerd’s response to the ‘Winds of Change’ speech
… rights for those people in the fullest degree in that part of southern Africa which their forefathers found for …
PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
… to obtain water from the Greyville Marshes, which are now part of the Royal Durban golf course. The house was a great …