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Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 The raid into Lesotho, not only killed 12…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
We have no recorded evidence of how the Iron Age community on Melville Koppies was affected, but it was almost certainly disrupted or destroyed. Then the…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
The Wonderboom Nature Reserve and is Home to a 1000 Year Old Fig Tree, or Ficus Salicifolia, known as the 'Wonderboom' [wonder tree]. Legend states that the…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
The South African Police Service (SAPS) that we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or…
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
During the first week of Anglo-Boer War 2, Boer forces besieged the small town of Mafeking (now Mafikeng) in the Northern Cape (now North West Province),…
PlaceKnysna, Garden Route- Western Province
The name Knysna has appeared in various spellings since about the 1770's. It was ‘Nysna’ in one of the earliest letters from James Callander (who built a home…
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
GRADE 5: INTERMEDIATE PHASE HISTORY - TERM 2 Topic: The first farmers in southern Africa Suggested…
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
The largest North-Sotho language group in South Africa are the Bapedi group, who arrived in the northern province around the 1650s, and became powerful after…
ArticleLives of Courage
The writing of the history of the Liberation Struggle only began in earnest after 1994 with the establishment of the new democratic government and the opening…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
1835 Migration of disaffected Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg reach 'De Zoutpansbergen' 1838 Trichardt…
The Cape Northern Frontier
The San © www.safrica.info In the late 17th and early 18th century the Dutch at the Cape Colony only had contact with the Khoikhoi and San peoples. The Dutch…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
The Al Azhar Mosque is an Islamic Mosque in District Six, Cape Town. It holds the same name as a rather resplendent more-famous Mosque in Cairo, Egypt but what…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
The arrival of Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts, with the latter taking up the role of Supreme Commander of British forces in 1900 helped turn the tide in the…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
Introduction On 9 January 1973, workers at the Coronation Brick and Tile factory, outside Durban, came out on strike. Immediately thereafter, workers from…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in the town of Verulam, a region predominantly inhabited by Zulus and Indians, in what was then Natal province …
PlaceEritrea
Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa located on the Red Sea. A fact reflected in its name, which is an Italianized version of; 'Mare Erythraeum'. Which…
PlaceKalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert is basically, a large basin like Plain in the interior Plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of…
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
... A strike teaches workers to understand what the strength of the employers and what the strength of the workers consist in: it teaches them not to think of…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
Constructing Heritage and Heritage ResourcesHeritage – our past, and where we come from – means different things to different people. Some people relate to the…
A Tswana village
These pictures show scenes from a Tswana village in about 1600 AD. It gives some detailed information about the Iron Age way of life that African farmers…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
The South African government is divided into three parts: the Executive (the Cabinet), the Legislature (Parliament), and Judiciary (the courts). The Executive…
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
KwaMsiza is a village of 49 families located some 50km north of Pretoria. Its residents are Ndzundza Ndebele, and belong to three major family groups: the…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
21 August 1989: OUA publishes the publishes the Harare Declaration. January 1991: Nelson Mandela calls for an all-party congress to negotiate the way to a…
ArchiveProcedure for voting by secret ballot in National Assembly, 8 August 2017
Today at 14h00 Parliament hosts sitting on the voting on the motion of no confidence in the President. Here is the Procedure for Voting by Secret Ballot in…
ArchiveStrikers Are Losers!!
A2 green on white litho; Text: Strikers are Losers!! *City Deep Drivers earn up to R1100 per month; *They say they can afford to strike CAN YOU? ARE YOU A…
EventBritish Withdraw from Colesburg Area during the South African War
14 February 1900 British Withdraw from Colesburg Area during the South African War The British withdraw from their positions around Colesberg and…
PlaceNorthern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest Province in South Africa, but has the least number of inhabitants. Before 1993 it was part of the Cape Province (under old…