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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
… the majority and a protracted armed struggle, the ANC in 1989 lobbied the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to adopt …
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…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceSomalia
Somalia is the Eastern most Country on mainland Africa, situated at the tip of the Horn of Africa. It extends from just south of the Equator northward to the…
Chapter 1: The 1971 Art South Africa Today Exhibition: Towards a Language of protest art
Overt socio-political protest in South African art, as I have suggested, first made a substantial appearance, in 1971, at the national and biennial Art South…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
1 300 auto workers were dismissed by Volkswagen on 3 February 2000 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, for not returning to work after going out on an unprocedural…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
The Dutch Reformed congregation of Uitenhage, the 10th oldest Dutch Reformed congregation in South Africa and the second oldest in the Eastern Cape is the…
PlaceElands Bay Cave
Elands Bay Cave is located near the Mouth of the Verlorenvlei Estuary on the Atlantic coast of South Africa Western Cape Province. Hidden in the caves are the…
The French Revolution
On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which would last…