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An alleged Soviet spy, Y.N. Loginov, who was arrested in 1967, is handed over to a non-communist country, West Germany.
Jonker Afrikaner, chief of the Afrikaner tribe of Hottentots, dies in Okahandja, German West Africa. He was born c. 1790 in
Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley West, a month after her son was killed in an accident.
Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley West, a month after her son was killed in an accident.
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a prosperous time, income was…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
Ladysmith today acts as a commercial centre for the large surrounding farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it…
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
For many year seafarers sought a trade route to link Europe and the East in order to cut out the Arab middlemen who controlled the land routes. Vasco da Gama,…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having been incorporated into Madikwe Game…
ArchiveWho was Matthew Goniwe?
ArchiveWill the West help
ArchiveApartheid no!: sanctions yes!
Black, red and white poster. Artwork of an African head. Four small photographs of scenes from South Africa. Anti-Apartment Movement, London, poster.
ArchiveSay yes to redress
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of South African flag with words on each colour, 'Say yes to redress' on red, 'reparations' on green, 'reconstruction' on blue,…
ArchiveSay yes: stop crime
Multicoloured poster. Gauteng Provincial Government poster. South African Police Service emblem. Join the fight against crime.
ArchiveWest African wood carving
ArchiveAfrica and the West
ArchiveArchitecture in West Africa
ArchiveWas Senator Kennedy listening?
Archive'Congress was a great success'
ArchiveGWU: yes to registration
West promotes sham democratisation
ArchiveWhat I did was right
He was a jolly somebody
What was the nature of resistance to apartheid during these decades, and how was this resistance part of wider resistance in the world to human rights abuses? (under construction)
What was the world like in the mid-fifteenth century? (move to archive)
Web-published response by Thabo Mbeki to Archbishop Tutu 's 2004 Nelson Mandela Lecture
PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
Somerset West It is situated in the Hottentots Holland, mountians area, which is right in the heart of the Cape Winelands. Somerset West is situated in the…
Anglo-Boer War 2: At Buffelshoek, a council of war adopts De Wet’s proposal to reduce the number of wagons to one per twenty-
PlaceTsaarsbank Beach, West Coast
The Cape West Coast of South Africa is known for its raw, rugged beaches and spectacular untouched landscapes. Although most of the little fishing towns dotted…
PlaceSannieshof, North West Province
Sannieshof is a small train stop and farming town in the middle of the North West Province’s maize farming belt, it lies surrounded by the four towns of…
Who was Khwezi? Here’s what we learnt during the Zuma rape trial by TMG Digital (Sowetan) ,10 October 2016
The woman who accused President Jacob Zuma of rape‚ Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo‚ was from a family of political exiles whose life was spread across Zimbabwe‚…
PlaceAmaLinde, West of King Williams Town
Xhosa name for the Debe Hollows of Kommetjie Flats, 19 km West of King William's Town. This was the scene, of the Battle of Amalinda between Gaika and Ndlambe,…