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EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) bodyguards, including Jerry Richardson and Jabu Sithole (coach of the Mandela United…
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
ArchiveMemories of Trafalgar High, District Six by Warren Ludski
… heard of urban renewal? But I suppose that was not in the Afrikaner government’s vocabulary. For me, outsider that I …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… conflicts between Mosotho;Griqua;British settler, Tswana, Afrikaner and Xhosa set the scene for the choices communities …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… sy eie mense gesien nie - inteendeel, hy het homself as 'n Afrikaner en 'n patriot sonder voorbehoude aan die stryd om …
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… son of a former Governor-General; Miss Bettie du Toit, an Afrikaner trade union leader; Miss Freda Troup, an author; …
PlaceSkukuza Airport, Mpumalanga
Prior to the commencement of scheduled flights to Skukuza Airport on 2 June 2014, the Airport Runway was repaired and resurfaced. Work to rehabilitate the…
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
Botshabelo Mission Station can be found in Middelburg in the Mpumalanga Province. Originally a place of refuge for Christians, Botshabelo Mission Station grew…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA's richest gold deposit
On 3 June 1954, a mining engineer at the Erfdeel farm in the Orange Free State pulled up a drill-core laden with ore from nearly 6,000-feet. The Essayists…
PlaceClairwood Hospital, Durban
Clairwood Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Durban South, KwaZulu Natal. Hospital services include a…
PlaceParliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town
Parliament in Cape Town, plays a vital role in the Legislative policies of Government and plays a direct and active role in National affairs. The Government…
ArchiveA despot’s time to face democracy by Niren Tolsi
Contempt. This is what former president Jacob Zuma apparently felt for democratic South Africa’s foundational document, the Constitution, and the vision and…
PlaceThathe Vondo Holy Forest, Limpopo
The Thathe Vondo Forest is sacred to the Venda people of Limpopo. Situated in the mountains above Lake Fundudzi, traditional folk lore says the forest is…
PlaceSteenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
Steenbras Nature Reserve includes: The well-known Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools Hiking Trail. These are very popular destinations for abseiling,…
EventAfrican Mineworkers' strike starts
A week long strike by African mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… MK cadres: In March 1984, South Africa signed the Nkomati Accord with Mozambique. This was an attempt to curb MK and … was used to strengthen the agreement…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… local contractors manage, and both British and quite often Afrikaner entrepreneurs were brought in to administrate the … Nationalist political agenda at the…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… Hare must be to the African what Stellenbosch is to the Afrikaner. It must be the barometer of African thought. It is … thing is that Stellenbosch is not…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… be to the African what Stellenbosch [University] is to the Afrikaner. It must be the barometer of African thought. It is … thing is that Stellenbosch is not…
ArchiveConcentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019
… as part of their military campaign against two small Afrikaner republics: the ZAR (Transvaal) and the Orange Free …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… and rural change also affected Afrikaners. Afrikaner nationalism during the 1930s and 1940s was at least …
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African…
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
It was announced that at least one-fifth of South Africa's military was infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS. Therefore on 7 October 2003 the Defence…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
The settlement was founded in 1884 by Scottish railwayman James Douglas Logan, who recognised the area’s potential as a stop along the expanding railway line…
PlaceBurundi
… 2003 the last of the Hutu rebel groups agreed to the peace accord [lxxxviii] with the transitional government lead by … was signed in 2006 [xc] . Burundi…
Minutes of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, February 1-2, 1947
… struggle for the attainment of full political rights in accord with the first part of resolution No. 7 and, …
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… majority. Their common destiny and the unity it foments accord them greater power than that posed by this regime with …
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… Mocambique and South Africa signed the Nkomati peace accord. August, Boycotts and demonstrations in schools …
ArchiveIsisebenzi December 1972 (English Translation)
ISISEBENZI COVER PAGE IS STAMPED (NATAL SOCIETY 1 DEC 1972 COPYRIGHT) LOCO ( WORKERS HAND HOLDING A CHAIN) EDITORS NOTES: We have a lot of issues…
PlaceGouda, Cape Winelands
Gouda is a little Village just 37 km South of Porterville, at the Western entrance to the Nuwekloof Pass that links Tulbagh to Wellington. "The Town does not…