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ArchiveThe church and the struggle for a democratic alternative
Paper presented at the Diakonia workshop held on May 19, 1988, calling for the renewal and transformation of the Church as a site of struggle as part of the…
PlacePeelton
(prior to 1910) Umxelo was established in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Society. At that stage it was popularly…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014
… government-subsidised houses and over 875 000 serviced sites were delivered. This enabled more than 12 million …
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… Urban Forest. Johannesburg has approximately 150 Heritage Sites , half of which are National Monuments. An amazing 40% …
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… to India. Jan van Riebeeck, stepped ashore to select Sites for a Fort and a vegetable Garden. In 1657 the company …
PlaceOld English Fort, Marabastad
This fort was the site of a Boer siege in 1880, where 140 soldiers were held for 104 days. This fort was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
This article was written by Carly Spagnola and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Since the beginning of the…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of missionaries…
ArticleThe environmental impact of different types of transport
Air pollution The ways in which we travel have changed a lot over the last few centuries. Transport has become faster, easier and sometimes cheaper. But the…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the…
ArchiveJune 27 Freedom Day Rally
37th Anniversary of The Freedom Charter Rally. Black, green and yellow striped poster. Rally on 27th June 1992. Venue - Kliptown Market Place (Historical site …
PlaceLime Kilns, Farm Grootgeluk, Nelspruit
These old limekilns are easily overlooked even though they are on a National Heritage site. So take the time, have a look and relive some of the history of the…
EventBilateral talks to continue
A consensus was reached following the fall-out between the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and government over the continuation of talks toward…
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
The South African parliament approved legislation to set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1995. The Commission, based on the Promotion of National…
Social Housing on Tafelberg: Sea Point Residents Meeting
The Western Cape government published a model indicating that 270 social housing units could be built on the old Tafelberg School site. This is a public…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
This museum is also known as the Natal Settlers Museum. The property originally extended from the Bay to St Andrew's Street, and belonged to a man named: …
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
When the VoC granted land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van Riebeeck reserved a piece of this Land to be used as an Orchard by the…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
Dr Frene Noshir Ginwala was born on 25 April 1932 in Johannesburg in what was then the Province of the Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Her politics would be…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… the Tuberculosis Commission of 1914 condemned ill chosen sites, absence of sanitary services and structures unsuitable …
After Apartheid – Culture in the New South Africa Vol. 2
One of the many issues confronting post – apartheid South Africa is that the cultural expression of its citizens was severely limited by the policies of the…
PlaceFree State Stadium
The Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein was originally built for the Rugby World Cup of 1995. Then, it was revamped to host a number of matches for the 2010…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… for it to be realised. Negotiations are just one of the sites or terrains of the struggle and should be used to …
PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
In 1799, during the first British occupation of the Cape, the Governor, Sir George Yonge, appropriated a portion of Riebeeck Square to build a theatre upon the…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a…
Nelson Mandela, The Rivonia Trial Court statement, 1964 (Video)
From media critic David Tereshchuk's multimedia site THE MEDIA BEAT, Nelson Mandela's famous declaration to the court in his 1964 terrorism trial, expressing…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
Construction of this church started in 1898 and completion of the building were delayed by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War. During the war it was used by…
EventBritish troops establish their camp at Isandlwana
On 19 and 20 January the British forces under Lord Chelmsford, who had invaded Zululand during the second week of January, established their camp on the slopes…
PlaceKgalagadi Transfrontier Park
… roads are not suitable for sedan vehicles. HERITAGE SITES LINK AVAILIBLE IN FURTHER READING …
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. While pofadder means: 'Puff Adder'-(a type of snake). This town was named not for a…