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PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… XVI architectural features. It was acquired by the De Wet family in 1809 when it was purchased by the widow of Hendrik … and was handed over to the Trustees…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… frontier. The Burgers (mainly Dutch farmers) and the African Population on the frontier were not prepared to … circumstances by making several journeys into…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… were made by people and that have been buried in the South African soil for thousands of years. These things are the … Iron Age one have existed alongside…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… aspects of Aboriginal life currently live in desert areas where European settlement is sparse. From the late … do others. Thus, the Australian Aborigines and…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… the conditions of the Concentration camps during the South African War. These campaigns were aimed at raising awareness … 0,5 oz daily (this was for adults…
61. Segregation reduces our people to helotry
… His speech was given at emergency conference of the South African Indian Congress in Johannesburg on 5 October 1930. … restriction against them, and proposes…
66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate
… way as others are South Africans of English, European or African decent. Nearly all of us were born in this country. … non-Europeans free and equal…
66. G. M. Naicker: we will not collaborate
… way as others are South Africans of English, European or African decent. Nearly all of us were born in this country. … non-Europeans free and equal…
PlaceYsterplaat, Cape Town
Ysterplaat is an old Northern Suburb of Cape Town and home to: An Airforce Base; School's and a Museum. Amongst many Churches and a nearby Synagogue. This Area…
PlaceHalvey Hotel, Bloemfontein
This was intended to be a Boarding House for the late-night Theatre Attendees in 1893. However this Building is now a Four Star Heritage Hotel. (The innuendo…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… of the disease. 1902 31 May, the Anglo-Boer War/South African War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging . The South African Republic (Transvaal)…
PlaceLangebaan Lagoon
… Waders. As such it is one of South Africa's important bird areas. The lagoon holds Ramsar wetland status as a result. … and serves as a nursery for juvenile…
Dorothy Alexander
… on international politics. Dorothy went on to join the African People’s Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA), … Teacher, member of Teachers League of…
Joseph Zenzele Mavi
… as a truck driver,he was elected to the executive of the African Transport Worker's Union (ATWU),and in 1975 became …
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
… in the early 1900's. This followed a worldwide trend of housing animal collections in public Parks or Botanic … among the most well-known and remembered. The…
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
… Most cases of this disease occur in the rainforest areas of Africa where humans are most likely to come into … be ascribed to the fact that infections…
From Resistance to Creative Mediation: Writing and Literary Intellectuals’ Influence on the Liberation Struggles and Political Impact on Literary Discourse and Developments
… and panels for the 2012 Africa Century International African Writers Conference. The Conference will take place during the 21st anniversary of the…
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
Matatiele Municipality is a Local Municipality, category B. It is within the within the Alfred Nzo District Municipality, nestled in between Kwa-Zulu Natal,…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… in the Congress of Democrats and the Federation of South African Women. I said that I had no faith in a spontaneous … to Congress activity at length,…
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… acknowledge the help that I have received from the African Education Trust, Newnham College and the Managers of … the administrative and the customary, the…
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… making it impossible for workers and the poor to afford housing. Companies that rely on overdrafts may also be forced … the application for affiliation by…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… public action that defines Chinese society. In the 1950s, urban civil organisations – or juweihui – developed as a way … across the country at the frontlines…
PlaceArniston, Cape Agulhas
… marine reserve, one of the biggest in Africa, and the rare African Black Oyster Catcher, the Southern Right Whale and at …
PlaceBuffalo Bay Beach, Goukamma Nature Reserve
… or two frolicking in the waves. Buffalo Bay has a unique, family orientated caravan park that specializes in providing …
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… Hectares of ground with both landscaped and natural veld areas. Witpoortjie Falls is situated in the middle of the … the nine National Botanical Gardens…
EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… report highlighted the appalling conditions in the rural areas and townships of South Africa. The first Carnegie … the report were disseminated widely…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… In the final stages of the South African War (Anglo Boer), the British had whittled down the … the region, Boer forces had free reign of the surrounding…
Everard Read Art Gallery
… The Everard Read Gallery boasts four new exhibitions areas, designed and built in various sizes with clerestory … handling last century and contemporary…
EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… on the continent, like Professor Tobias , the Leakey family and Donald Johanson. Dr. Dart, as an expert on the … in East Africa after World War II, firmly…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories. [i] … shaped her motivation as one of the most…