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PlaceOlifants River, Limpopo
… is found all along the Olifants River! It is also one of the trees in Africa with the longest life span! The …
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She…
EventCongo administration is handed to the Belgian government
… by extreme levels of violence meted out to the workers. One of such incidents, which occurred in early 1900s, was …
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic's office
… principles, claimed responsibility for the bomb attack. One source states the year as 1979, but gives no specific …
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
… that the town was laid out and proclaimed in 1866. One of the early travellers writing about the place was EF …
PlaceFish Hoek, Cape Town
… old Village is surrounded by rugged Mountains and boasts one of the safest swimming Beaches in Cape Town! Fish Hoek is … village is surrounded by rugged…
PlaceSundays River, Mouth and Beach
… calm and warm; ideal for swimming, fishing or just cooling one’s feet. The Sundays River Mouth is situated on the … calm and warm; ideal for swimming,…
PlaceKaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga
… on the map with their aspirations and ideas that will one day transform this place into a business hub rightly …
PlaceBantry Bay, Cape Town
… perched on the rocks overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in one of the most exclusive Bays on the Atlantic Seaboard. … perched on the rocks overlooking the…
EventDeath in detention of Imam Haron
… tortured for 123 days and died on 27th September 1969. No one has been brought to book for his brutal murder. …
PlacePort Owen Marina, Velddrif
… offers various accommodation ranging from studios to one and two bedroom apartments, ideal for families and …
PlaceRobberg Nature Reserve
… , the Western Cape’s smallest antelope; walking alongside one of the seven climbing-falling dunes on the Cape Coastline …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philemon Raul Masinga dies
… and Recreation, Thokozile Xasa acknowledged Masinga as one among the first players to play in a major league. He was …
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, is born
… joined a choir, and traveled throughout Europe performing. One of the highlights was the 1897 Jubilee at the London …
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
… and went on for a further three years. He was the only one imprisoned under this clause. In 1969 he was put under …
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… decisive leadership and military strategy skills. One of her genius interventions was to drive the Italians out …
PlacePaarden Eiland
… them being motor vehicles!. This industrial suburb boasted one of the country’s first motor assembly plants – … purposes, Paarden Island is definitely the…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
… Sundays River , the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the … quietly on a hill to the north of…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
… event that took place on 19 October 1977. On that day, in one fell swoop, the apartheid government arrested a number of … infamous Black Wednesday. My father…
PlacePhiphidi Falls, Limpopo Province
… from tourism development. A rock above the waterfall — one of the site’s most holy areas — was recently destroyed as … these offerings were made throughout…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… Year break, which had already begun; families would visit one another and visit markets (this is the largest short-term … the virus in the city. Medical…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… where I am still working as a Professor of Psychology. One of the most active and enthusiastic participants in the … of blasphemy – a complete disaster if…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Statement by Jacob Zuma, 30 September 2002
… represented, especially on the Public Broadcaster. One of the delegates at our Policy Conference, who happens to … and apply the lessons to the manner in…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in London, 21 March 1984
… exist. We reject that, totally. We say South Africa is one country. It has some 30 million people, but it is being run as if it was two countries, the one…
Press Conference In London by O. R. Tambo, 21 March 1984
… exist. We reject that, totally. We say South Africa is one country. It has some 30 million people, but it is being run as if it was two countries, the one…
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… of a socio-economic system peculiar to South Africa, but one which has all except the geographic features of … the world. That right is not negotiable. Yet…
South Africa’s policy towards Zimbabwe: synopsis by Thabo Mbeki 22 February 2016
… with Geraldine Fraser, now Fraser-Moleketi, as one of his assistants. Zimbabwe land reform and South Africa … by two South African Observer Missions among…
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… devotion to re-enforcing societal resistance. Perhaps, one notable way Adichie differs from Achebe is her … her. Adichie argued that being a feminist…
Archive’Operation Mayibuye.’ Document found by police at Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, 11 July 1963.
… Armed to the teeth it has presented the people with only one choice and that is its overthrow by force and violence. … uprising leading to direct military…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 118th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly: Cape Town, 13 April 2008
… between democracy and political stability on the one hand, and development coupled with poverty eradication on … of agricultural policies of the countries of…