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PlaceOld Presidency
This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free State, it was declared a National Monument under old…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
Situated roughly 70 kilometers West of the town of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa prime plains for game hunting. Rooipoort is a…
PlaceCenturion, Gauteng
Centurion is an area with 236,580 inhabitants situated between Pretoria and Johannesburg. The area’s proximity to Midrand and Pretoria makes it a popular…
Statement of the NWC on the organisation`s readiness for the upcoming election, 10 May 2011
The National Working Committee of the African National Congress held its regular meeting on 9 May 2011 at the Chief Albert Luthuli House to, amongst other…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
This school was declared a National Monument. Pretoria Boys High School, also known as 'Boys High'. It is a public, tuition charging, English medium boys high…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
Important events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”Image Source The…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
Uganda is an east African country that had a number of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the 1800's. The interior was penetrated by Arab slave…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
The Canadian government offered a second contingent of troops consisting of infantry, cavalry and field artillery to bolster British troops in the South…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
How do we find out about the past? For recent events where there was personal involvement, memory can be relied on. To know about events earlier than this,…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
SAYCO was regarded as the most significant youth organization to emerge during the 1980s. Initiated by COSAS, it focused on organizing the non-student youth,…
PlaceIrene Concentration Camp and Gravesite
Opened on 2 November 1900, the Irene Concentration Camp was built with the intention that it would be one of the camps that would house Boer woman and children…
Polokwane the Segregated city
Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics Forced removals in the…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is an open, expansive Savannah Landscape at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers. Mapungubwe developed into the…
PlaceKoffiefontein, Free State Province
Koffiefontein became the site for a large internment camp during World War II, with up to 2,000 Italian and German prisoners of war being held there, along…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), country located in central Africa. Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country has a 25-mile …
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
The contribution of Pravin Gordhan may never be truly understood and appreciated by millions of South Africans. For those of us who have had the privilege to…
PlaceSimon's Town Museum
Simon’s Town Museum is housed in "The Residency" which was built in 1777 as the Winter Residence for the Dutch East India Company Governor at the Cape. Simon…
PlaceMadagascar
Madagascar is referred to as: 'the big red island'. Madagascar is the largest African island situated in the Indian Ocean, about 450 km (280 mi) east of the…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
The following article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term ‘Bantu has gone…
The South African War
The South African War To this day the reasons for this conflict remain the source of much emotive debate (read more). Regardless of who provoked the war,…
Indian Slaves in South Africa: Notes for monograph, 26 June 1995
INTRODUCTION There has been hardly any research in India on the transport of Indians to South Africa as slaves during the Dutch settlement in the Cape of Good…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko Museums of Cape Town Some years ago, a small body of artists clubbed together…
PlaceLimpopo Province
The Limpopo Province covers the Area that lies Northern most in South Africa, just South of Zimbabwe. It was first called the Northern Province, but this was…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This letter written in Gujarati by Mohamed…
The Atlantic slave trade
Causes and results of slavery A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were starting to develop. In America, for instance, which was…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in January 1973, the government and employers were shocked, and they responded mainly by giving in…
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
Openining address by Prof. Phillip Bonner: "Fragmentation and Cohesion In The Anc, The First 70 Years". Delegates at the 3-day conference “100 years of the…
PlacePella
In the mid-1880s a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French Missionaries who at first had absolutely no idea what they were…
PlaceUtrecht
In 1900 British troops occupied Utrecht during South African War of 1899 - 1902 as their headquarters. The British were wary of having to camp in high altitude…