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PlaceGrassy Park, Cape Town
… Grassy Park is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town set on the Cape flats , just east of the M5 and the Princess Vlei … and Muslim live alongside one…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their … Party (SACP) has organised protests, strikes and rallies on May Day. These have…
PlaceCenturion, Gauteng
… Lyttelton'. The initial Lyttelton Township was marked out on the Farm: 'Droogegrond', in 1904 and Lyttelton Manor was … It was constructed around the…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
… the VW Kombi and Hi Ace taxis today – with flames painted on the sides and back, which we would see all over the city. … the country, there is nothing to…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
… Address takes place in the 30th year of our democracy. On the 27th of April 1994, millions of South Africans cast … in a democratic election for the first…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present as History
… to go out into the urban areas to work for most of their lives. But the pass laws and the other laws controlling … in the urban areas, which of course places…
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
… On 20 October 1820, the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, … kinds of instruments used in the Sutherland Observatory. On 20 October 2020, the SAAO will be…
PlaceOhrigstad
… in the canyon Area is varied. There are Mountain Reedbucks on the escarpment, Dassies on the Canyon Walls, Hippo and Crocodile in the Blyde Dam as … well as…
PlaceYzerfontein
… of quirky stops for refreshments and the white lime kilns on the sides of the road never fail to pique people’s … Nature Reserve and is the longest…
PlacePearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo
… would gather in the shade of a large pear tree on the farm Rustenburg, owned by Casper Lotter, to celebrate … would gather in the shade of a large pear tree…
PlaceGrootvaderbosch Farm, Heidelberg
… aardwolf, honey badger, leopard, lynx... the list goes on...There are many walking trails on the Farm and mountain bike routes. The Historic homestead …
PlaceLuneburg, Kwazulu Natal
… is located between the towns of Piet Retief and Vryheid on the border of the KwaZulu Natal Province and the … Natal and lies in the northern Drakensburg,…
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
… On 23 February 2019, Dorothy Masuka died at her home, … after suffering from hypertension. Dorothy Masuka was born on 3 September 1935 in Zimbabwe . Her…
PlaceSterkfontein Dam, Free State
… in the topmost reaches of the Vaal Dam catchment on the Nuwejaarspruit. The cool, fresh, deep waters are ideal … in the topmost reaches of the Vaal Dam…
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… Somerset West from 1901-1917. He acquired the estate on 29 March 1901 at a price of £11,404. He was also the owner … and vandalism due to the changes they…
PlaceoThongathi, previously Tongaat
… changed from the anglicised version to, oThongathi on 1 Oct 2010. Originally established around 19th-century …
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… a Physics course at Birmingham University. The school was on a mission settlement some twenty miles from Plumtree and … anti-racist campaigning. Racism in…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
… the strength to bring the Government to its knees. On the other hand, there have been those who look upon the … the Congress movement, all should realise, is…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… may still sound strange that we should put great emphasis on the national unification and organisation of the … is at variance with the ideas of class…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… of the transition, where the focus very much is on political leadership and… international pressure, and what … and jurisprudence… - it didn’t just pop out…
ArchiveNothing groundbreaking in Mandela debate by Steven Friedman, 09 December 2015
… Mandela’s passing has coincided with a heated debate on whether he saved or sold out the country. His critics are … is to the idea that the country’s…
PlaceLangeberg Municipality
… They have since then re-aligned Viljoensdrift to focus on their own label production and have entered the … Fish Eagle . Besides crafting exquisite wines on…
Archive‘It’s Dangerous and Difficult’: Artist William Kentridge on the Challenges for Young Artists Facing Quick Fame and Market Speculation by Devorah Lauter (news.artnet.com), October 20, 2021
… to Artnet News about the pressures of the art industry on young artists, identity politics, and the need for freedom … new techniques and new ways of working…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… From Perspective on Ideas and the Arts TERKEL: Here in a suburb of Durban, … is, the white man when he settled here concentrated more on what he could get…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… IN NATAL There is a great lack of information and research on Indian worker organisations and trade unions, their … African labour movement, and was as off…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
… to it by the ANC National Officials, NWC, or the NEC. On 16 August 2011, the ANC National Officials, properly … and the ruling party of a sovereign state…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… the concerns of its constituency and concentrating on reconciliation. They said that the leadership would be … General, and the input by the then National…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… Pradesh). Gadaba means a person who carries a load on his shoulders. … Mothi - sub-caste of Pasi. Pasi -Toddy-drawer caste lives by tapping palm for its…
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… the side of the garage. There I set up a small methylated spirit burner in a tin can with a cotton wick. This was then … in us the necessity to plan for our…
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
… front of other prisoners in contravention of prison rules. On every occasion that he went to or was taken past the place … conditions. My comrades were truly…