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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…
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…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… the North. We now need to focus our attention on critical areas and act in a concerted and systematic way so as to make … and international financial systems…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… kept him in school despite the fact that his impoverished family could have used the extra income. As he was growing … after leaving left school he began…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by … The boycott in Black townships impacted…
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)…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to Kwazulu-Natal Black Management Forum Gala Dinner in his Honour Inkosi Albert Luthuli, 11 July 2008, International Convention Centre Durban
… Founding fathers such as Pixley ka Isaka Seme spoke of the African Renaissance and African Regeneration as early as 1906. We have always been a … as…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
… of transport and communication. An apartheid view of South African history: Most apartheid history books began with the … ideology stated that South Africa…
PlaceArniston, Cape Agulhas
… marine reserve, one of the biggest in Africa, and the rare African Black Oyster Catcher, the Southern Right Whale and at …
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…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… that were on the Property, which were later lived in by Family Members. Margaret constructed a scenic Dam to attract … Margaret Matthews died in 1993 and is…
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…
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,…
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… Zolla Budd was born to an Afrikaans family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five … Budd now lives in South Carolina, in the US with her family…
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…
SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC News), 05 April 2006
… South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma said he showered after … donation of animals by a husband to his bride's family. Mr Zuma was being cross…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… at Plettenberg Bay, those of six members of the Harker family which lie a few metres to the east of Beacon Way, the … obscured the site. The six members…
PlaceLaingsburg, Karoo
A small, modern Karoo Village, Laingsburg lies at the confluence of two rivers, but is one of the driest parts of the Country. Laingsburg is 280 km from Cape…
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…
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 …
Chapter 7
… a call for a lead. The Executive Committee of the All African Convention at its meeting on the 27th-28th August, … them from buying land anywhere except in…
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…
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…