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EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
… and went on for a further three years. He was the only one imprisoned under this clause. In 1969 he was put under …
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
… Sundays River , the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the … quietly on a hill to the north of…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
… event that took place on 19 October 1977. On that day, in one fell swoop, the apartheid government arrested a number of … infamous Black Wednesday. My father…
Archive"Isikhumbuzo" (Memorial): Self-authored obituary by Petros Sipho Mkhize, dedicated to Getruth Ndlovu, written while awaiting execution, Pretoria Central Prison, circa 1967
… on his own terms. The act of writing and decorating one's own memorial while still alive is profoundly haunting. …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson's book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… Elsa the lioness was one of three orphaned lions whose mother was killed in self …
EventMike Gatting's rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… date of Bacher's announcement is given as 14 February in one source. …
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the 'Colour-bar'
… Port Elizabeth township. The play was about two brothers, one (Fugard) light-skinned and a second brother (Mokae) was …
EventStart of the Muslim community's Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… another three days. The Tana Baru cemetery uprising was one of the most significant political events in the 19th …
PlaceAnglo Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein
… One of the most significant events in the history of South … One of the most significant events in the history of South …
”The Global Information Infrastructure - What is at stake for The Developing World?” address to the Infodev Symposium, 9 November 1999
… factor between knowledge and land and capital, one writer says: "Knowledge is a public good not because it …
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
… For them it is not a day of rejoicing or frivolity but one of commemoration and dedication. It is a day of …
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… passenger transport system in Johannesburg has always been one of the worst in the world, and workers are compelled to …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… and the cargo. Upon his return to Holland, Janszen and one of his companions, Matthijs Proot are required to write a …
PlaceSwartberg Mountain Pass
… changing set of views - each as awe inspiring as the one before". …
PlaceKlerksdorp- Matlosana Local Municipality
… 'A single body of People helping each other to move from one area to another' It is bordered by the Ngaka Modiri … 'A single body of People helping each…
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
… was previously known as K. D. Matanzima Airport and is one of the main Airports in the Eastern Cape. Mthatha Airport …
EventEducation Minister, Sibusiso Bengu warns Stellenbosch University that it can’t to be exclusively Afrikaans-speaking
… helped to prevent institutions designated for the use of one race group from enrolling or allowing students of other …
PlaceYellowwood Park, Durban
… Not to mention the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve, one of the most beautiful areas of coastal ravine forest and …
PlaceSt. Agnes Primary School, Woodstock
… to contribute financially towards school fees, but no-one is refused admission to the school. Unemployment, drug …
EventEducation Minister, Sibusiso Bengu warns Stellenbosch University that it can't to be exclusively Afrikaans-speaking
… helped to prevent institutions designated for the use of one race group from enrolling or allowing students of other …
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… back in its own coin,” a stentorian voice declared in one 1984 segment. “Pretoria has carried its murderous … the surface, though, was a deep longing for…
PlaceFresnaye, Cape Town
… was called; 'Winterslust'. At the time the farmhouse was one of only two buildings on the mountain slopes, that and …
PlaceIsandlwana Battlefield Site, Nqutu
… Corridor, running along the East coast. Umzinyathi is one of the 11 District Municipalities, of KwaZulu-Natal …
PlaceEkurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, East Rand
… Council and the Eastern Gauteng Services Council . It is one of the most densely populated Areas in the Province, and …
PlaceLlandudno
… Residential Property in South Africa . Llandudno Beach is one of the Cape's most beautiful beaches, surrounded by large …
EventQueen of Gospel Rebecca Malope is born
… Gauteng. In 1993, it was estimated that more than one million listeners voted for her as Best Local Established …
PlaceHindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban
… 90 Cross Street. The Building had a rich History and was one of the first Indian Schools in the Central Business …
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
… and the Southern Suburbs . The popular De Waal Park , one of the City’s largest Public Parks and a Heritage Site, … and the Southern Suburbs. The popular De…