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EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
… Addis Adaba that more than eighty million Africans may die from Aids by 2025. The numbers could soar to ninety million, … nearly $200bn is needed to save…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… that the best thing for them to do was to trek away from the area as their ancestors had done from the VOC power back almost one century & a half earlier. ……
PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… for Adults and Kids alike. See over 3,000 creatures, from the smallest Species to yellowfin tunas and sharks. … the astonishing kelp forest and the penguin…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia Potenza Between … and 1936, the number of Africans in the cities increased from about half a million to over one…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… of Macassar. [i] News reports confirmed that two brothers from Macassar, who had previously suffered from asthma, died as a result of the harmful gases they…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… attacks on township residents was carried out by armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg. In … its participation in the…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… Under his presidency, Kaunda allowed liberation movements from Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe … South African security forces in…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… A human leg was dropped from a South African Airways (SAA) aircraft as it was … after it landed at the airport. The aircraft had flown from Johannesburg, via…
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… where he taught music and performed for young people from the townships. From his home recording studio, he produced a number of albums, his last being From…
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe …
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
… The notion of migrant labour is based from a legal framework system that did not recognize … labourers. Migrant labourers across Southern Africa, from the…
EventSeretse Khama is born
… as Botswana. He studied in South Africa and graduated from Fort Hare College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1944. In … of Botswana . Under his leadership…
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
… hammers and anvils Image source They were unearthed from the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, and date to 3.3 … that has been found previously," said Dr Nick…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R Mandela, at the presentation of the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour Johannesburg, 29 September, 1992
… that people, communities and their elected representatives from such far-off places have taken South Africa, with all … their dismembered lives. Development…
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
… of the board members resulted in a public outcry from the Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South …
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… * Please note that the spelling of Bambatha varies from source to source. The spelling Bambatha is also …
Durban Historical & community
… of the largest independent African church also comes from Inanda. All three of these key figures were …
ArticleThe Order of the Baobab
… Central Motif / Symbolism This Order finds its inspiration from the Baobab which is a tropical African tree. The origins …
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
… festival, we hope to provide a space for photographers from South Africa and across the continent to initiate a …
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… , is located on the Congo River about 320 miles (515 km) from its mouth. The largest City in central Africa, it serves … with the capital added…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia Potenza Up to the … on borders. For seven months this committee heard evidence from all four groups who were…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… directed to resign as member, official or office-bearer from certain organisations such as the ANC. He was also prohibited from taking part in the activities…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… of Public Prosecutions. After his appointment he resigned from all political posts to avoid accusation of political bias and to distance the office from his…
EventPik Botha is born
… Nelson Mandela as Minister of Energy and Minerals Affairs from 1994 until 1996. In 1996, he renounced his National Party membership and retired from politics…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… autocratic powers to ban meetings and prohibit anyone from attending any gathering whatÂsoever. "Gathering" was … any person who was served with this order,…
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
… ‘mutually perpetrated sodomy’ according to trial records from the Cape Council of Justice in August 1735. Jacobsz was a sailor from Rotterdam who worked for…
PlaceCalitzdorp, Route 62
… landscape with floods, droughts and extreme weather, from very hot to snow clad mountaintops in the winter. … hot during the day, mainly a dry heat, up to 40…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… Paths ramble across the Hillsides with views of the City from various sides, mixing Urban life with Local vegetation. … Waterfalls and Fountains, it provides…
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… and her husband woke up to the sound of shots being fired from the front and rear windows of their house. Petrol bombs … the shooting stopped, when he found…
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… Herschel began to take a serious interest in astronomy from about 1816. Herschel's father was the famous astronomer … William Herschel, the discoverer of the…