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PlaceBats Cave Trail, East London
… walk in the Nahoon Point Nature Reserve and follows in the spirit of the early beachcombers. It passes an excavation … walk in the Nahoon Point Nature…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… this community-based arts organisation was built in the spirit of the country’s first democratic president, Nelson Mandela’s insistence on reconciliation and…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… present here today. Wondering what the purpose of our lives has been; what we have tried to do and achieved, many … day has come to pass when Wanga was among…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… India Company (DEIC) from the Netherlands. Sailing ships on their way to India could stop to rest, do repairs and restock. This trading post was started by…
BiographySipho Samuel Hashe
… petrol bombed and severely destroyed. A few weeks later on 8 May 1985, Hashe was abducted along with Qaqawuli … Cape. There they were drugged, shot, their…
BiographyAshlatha Rambally
… school) she started working part-time as a researcher on Black Review – an annual yearbook which chronicled events … in the publication. Not long after,…
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
… Siyamthanda “Siya” Kolisi was born on 16 June 1991 in Zwide Township in Port Elizabeth (PE), … in was already occupied by five people, so he had to sleep on…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… to enforce their anti-Semitic policies. By 1938, the lives of Jews living in Germany had become intolerable. A … that teenagers learn from watching the…
EventThe four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid
… On 2 January 1666 the four corner stones of the Castle of … replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1652 upon establishing a…
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… were to promote national unity and reconciliation in a spirit of understanding which transcends the conflicts and … and related legislatives instead of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… will join us in this festival of African friendship. On behalf of all South Africans, I welcome you all. We … and sisters across the continent, who will be…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… as you would have them do unto you." They were founded on a system of unimpeachable equity to all human beings … contented and sane Bantu population. Change…
PlaceOld Arts Building, University of Pretoria
… June 1982. The foundation stone for this iconic landmark on Hatfield Campus was laid on 03 August 1910 and the building was officially opened by General…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… of a refreshment station at the Cape was possible. On 26 July 1649, Janszen, together with Matthijs Proot, handed in a report on the possibility of company…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… They granted religious freedom to the Vryezwarten. Thus on July 25, 1804 the patience and perseverance of the Cape … to the imamate of the Auwal Masjid,…
Chapter 9
… villages which had previously been persuaded to accept, on seeing how the scheme was being applied and the way it was … decide how they should own their land…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was born on 19 June 1917 at a place called Bukalanga/ Bulilima later … Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. In 1944 he enrolled at…
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… On 6 March 1902 in the district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, … Col. Bottemley. The local Boer commander, Field Cornet Jan Potgieter then sent a message to…
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 June 1981. The House stands on a property once called Enterprise, originally part of … house…
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… On the 300 anniversary of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in … the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) at a meeting held on Freedom Square, Fordsburg…
ArchiveNUSAS Press Digest, Number 1, 1969
… A compilation of press reports and comments on events at Fort Hare University College during 1968, and an historical background of the College from 1916 to…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… To understand what effects WW2 had on the nature of the fight against colonialism and … In all of them there was a strong belief in African spirit mediums…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation struggle. However, some … early 1990s, the political violence…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… Students' Association] Bulletin, 1, 2. (July 1944). On the 9TH of April the inaugural meeting of the African … soared to Himalayan heights. In his attempt to…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… While today it might be filled with office workers on their lunch break and curious tourists feeding the … East India Company's refreshment station…
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
… of South Africa. This service has at all times been based on the vision, the principles and values that have guided the … been privileged to serve have acted…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… depression, which started in 1929, had a serious effect on South African economic life. By 1930, industrial … the union was very active and aroused a…
PlaceLake Fundudzi, Thohoyanda
… custom at the shores of the lake, but this time spitting on a small stone and throwing it into the lake through our … to the next generation. Nelson makes…
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
… to the Holy Scriptures, help the youth develop in spirit, mind and body, and uplift communities in the Greater … it was known as: 'Stakesby Lewis Hostels and…
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hundred years ago, a group of Dutch … its headquarters in Batavia, but waged full…