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ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is a figure who has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in the global imagination. He has played…
ArticleNdebele
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence regarding the families move to Brandfort
Nelson's responses to the Brandfort sojourn are recorded in extracts from the letters that follow: I have thought of you since I heard of the heavy snowfall…
Jason Laure
Born: Chehalis, Washington, USA, 1949. Resides in Cape Town. Studied at Columbia University, New York City and Sorbonne, Paris. Awards: Pulitzer Prize finalist…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Activities | Grade 6
Nasson, B. (ed). Turning Points in History: Book 1: Ancient Civilisations and Global Trade. Johannesburg: STE. Randles, W. G. L. (1975). The Empire of…
AAM and UN: partners in the international campaign against apartheid
I think of the 'anti-apartheid movement' as a coalition of anti-apartheid organisations and individuals, as well as a growing number of governments, which in…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
The esteemed teacher and journalist, Samuel E.K. Mqhayi described Isaac Williams Wauchope: “Rev Isaac Wauchope was truly handsome in appearance, a broad-faced…
Desmond Tutu interviewed by John Carlin
The debate as to whether ethnicity is pre-political or implicitly political can go on forever, without necessarily finding resolution, but there must be a new…
Local Government
When disaffected groups of Dutch farmers from the Cape reached the Trans-Gariep region, they brought with them a mindset that was essentially rural and…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline
The Yusuf Dadoo timeline includes the history of one the leading members of the South African communist movement. Starting at the beginning of the South…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
IntroductionThe 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa. Events that…
PlaceCahora Bassa Dam, Mozambique
Cahora Bassa, also spelled Cabora Bassa. This arch Dam and hydroelectric facility on the Zambezi River, is located in the Western part of Mozambique. The…
PlaceVlakplaas, Pretoria
Vlakplaas is a Farm about 20-kilometres West of Pretoria. Established in 1979, a 100-hectare Farm nestled in the Hills outside Pretoria, on the Hennops River…
PlaceGallery 101
In 1961, the Swiss Fernand Francis Haenggi (b. 1934, Dijon, France) and his mother Mrs F.M.L. Haenggi founded Gallery 101 to showcase modern South African art…
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
The Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre was established in 1978 by Benjy Francis, Sipho Sepamla and other artists, writers, actors and musicians in…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
At approximately 11:00 PM, John Lennon was shot 4 times in the back as he entered his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Lennon's…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
From 1976 to 1996, political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. The organization and savagery of the…
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
On 26 June 1959, over five hundred people attended a meeting at the Holborn Hall, London in order to launch an economic boycott against South Africa. Speakers…
PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
The Raadsaal building which currently stands in President Brand Street, is the fourth such to have been Built by the old Republic of the Orange Free State…
Allister Starke
By trade I am a horticulturalist, I currently work in various African countries on Landscaping projects. I was born in 1980 and attended Weston College in Mooi…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form the Patriotic Front. The Front…
ArticleFrontline States
The collapse of apartheid and the advent of democracy in South Africa was regionally supported by a group of southern African states called the Frontline…
Marc Shoul
Born: Port Elizabeth, 1975. Resides and works in Johannesburg. Studied photography at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the Peninsula Technicon…
Kutlwano Moagi
Kutlwano Moagi is a Photographer and an aspiring Jazz Upright Bassist. Born in soweto, 14 April 1983. Completed a photography learnership at the MArket Photo…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
9 July, The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC's nominee to the Young Committee. Albert…
PlaceLevubu, Limpopo
Levubu is situated in a sub-tropical fruit Farming Area in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Fruit such as litchis, avocados and bananas, as well as pecans…
PlaceKenhardt
Kenhardt has been for a long time the most remote Settlement in the North-Western Cape, founded in 1868. Kenhardt became a Municipality only in, 1909. The…
PlaceDriefontein, Mpumalanga
Found in the Municipality of: Mkhondo Gert Sibande District, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It has a Subtropical highland climate or temperate oceanic climate with…
PlacePilgrims Rest
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…