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EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… and completed his PhD at Oxford. After he returned from Oxford, he began to teach chemistry at Rhodes University … Islands, and this time Prof. Smith…
PlaceFicksburg
… has become a landmark. Ionia offers cherry tours in season from October to November, pre-booking for visits is … is situated on the Fouriesburg road…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… of building. All planks and the larger beams are fetched from a considerable distance south-eastward ..." Despite this … and by the 1880s much of its…
Entering Namibia without visas
… question of anyone entering the territory without a visa from South African authorities. [A delegation from the UN Ad Hoc Committee on South West Africa…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… (now known as Zimbabwe). This represented an about turn from his announcement of the Unilateral Declaration of … Liberation Army (ZANLA) was operating inside…
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… would exclude blacks (Africans, Coloureds and Indians) from the political process. Despite vociferous opposition from blacks the Bill was passed, becoming…
PlaceRailway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
… would anchor along the inner shoreline of the Point, and from here passengers would disembark. What was at first a … where passengers were carried ashore by…
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… cooking method demonstrations and farming techniques from early times. Where you can see: Eearly bread baked in an … the farm became a Halfway hHuse for…
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… Clermont has been sprawling with shacks as people from the rural areas come and seek work opportunities in the … “This office was built in 2013 and it’s…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… at Columbia University, New York. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1974 and specialises in the … magazines in 2008, and served as president of…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… departments in Africa, championing the change of name from English to Literature to reflect world literature with … in December 1978. However, the Moi…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
… Faces of Hluphekani, Ralph Grunder; New Photographs from the Market Photography Workshop. STAFFRIDER EDITORIAL … in the magazine. Anyone wishing to reproduce…
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
… experience. Trendy Greenside is just around the corner from Linden, and Greenway and Gleneagles Road, the hip … in Linden, and many owned small fruit farms…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… form of horses' hooves. A post topped by a lantern rises from the centre of the trough. It is a typical piece of … because when we look at it we see how far…
PlaceMzilikazi Memorial, situated at Phokeng, near Rustenburg
… a black fly whisk and a small brown clay pot were stolen from the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) … an historical problem. In addition…
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… was surrounded with various church buildings that stood from 1856 to 1905. Several historical and architectual … oxen were also outspanned. The produce, if…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … struggle against English imperialism and for separation from England must be our slogan. The other…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… it was their patriotic duty to transport the Sculpture from Aberdeen to Southampton. Then he spoke to his friend … matching their generosity and the…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … actions Congressional leadership, which was drawn mainly from the trader and professional classes,…
13. Wife lays bigamy charge
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … again and remained there 3 years, when I received a letter from my eldest Sawapathy giving me the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … repeatedly directed us to documents and shared transcripts from her own extensive collection of…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… by D'Urban were rescinded. Following the frontier war from 1846 to 1848 the colonial boundary of the Cape was again … the interior of the Colony. Following…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… Political freedom from foreign rule, essential as it is, is not freedom. 1 One … about as a result of the discovery of diamonds. It was from his father that…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… was their deputation and what did Gumede himself derive from his two years in Britain? These issues will be addressed … LOYALTY TO THE BRITISH CROWN Eighteen…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… people. In response, The Con, publishes an edited excerpt from Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron’s … as a judge under it. Now, my body weakened, I…
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
… From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, … party is engaged in a constant effort to remove the victor from the coveted place. On the other hand,…
Archive2001 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2001
… Gradually, step by step, our country proceeds further away from its painful past. We, its citizens, who are very close … and corruption. It is a past of a…
Archive2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
… Plan, we are building a South Africa that must be free from poverty, inequality and unemployment. While the global … our energy mix, which also includes…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… other and out of the wider range of meetings that resulted from that initial meeting you had the development of the … So one theory advanced, and I've…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… of our time. No one could be left unmoved at being plucked from the village of Groutville, a name many of you have never … and which does not even feature on…