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ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… explanation appears wanting. It is not only the social and historical background of the “warriors” that needs to be …
PlaceOyster Bay
Oyster Bay or “Oesterbaai” in Afrikaans, is a small coastal hamlet and resort located about 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) west of St Francis Bay on the Eastern…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… fluid categories that are constructed through social and historical interactions. They are not given and static but … perspectives on the causes of the…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… in Kwa-Zulu Natal, this dissertation follows a number of historical and methodological paths and I have benefited from … policed by community nationalism in…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
… Karoo . It’s a town steeped in its past, with at least 200 historical buildings, restored pre-Victorian homes in almost … Karoo. It’s a town steeped in its…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… of the congress movement - the deep and unambiguous historical ties that exist amongst the Tripartite Alliance … past, providing us with the blueprint on…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
Witwatersrand, ridge of gold-bearing rock mostly in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Its name means “Ridge of White Waters, in Afrikaans.” The highland, which…
PlaceDe Doorns, Cape Winelands
… Town. In 1822 De Doorns was proclaimed a full Drostdy- (In Historical Contexts this means: During the 17th, 18th, and … Industry . This is a Valley of…
PlaceSiyathemba, Local Municipality
Siyathemba Municipality incorporates the previous municipal areas of Prieska, Marydale and Niekerkshoop. Located in Siyathemba Municipality is the The Koppie…
PlaceTouring the Northern Cape
… were lost at sea. In-between the wrecks are a series of historical, archaeological and geological sights as well as …
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
… an active Mission Station, there are two Churches of Historical value. Two young German missionaries, named … can be visited! The Botshabelo Mission Station…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… close to 2,000 houses mostly retaining Malian traditional styles. The city of Timbuktu A portrait of Al-Hasan ibn …
South African and World leaders
… Local musicians have shared the traditional kinds of music styles and stirred the emotions of audiences across the …
PlaceSteynsrus, Free State Province
The Town was established in 1910. Directly translated from Afrikaans; it would mean Steyn's Rest! The beautiful sand stone Church was well placed at the end…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… say, the Second World War, they do not know how to define historical characters such as Badoglio or Churchill or … the arrival of winter?—?and if Bush had…
Exploring Student-Worker Alliance: the role of COSAS in trade unions, 1979-1985 by Noor Nieftagodien
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract Exploring Student-Worker Alliance: the role of COSAS…
PlaceBiedow Valley, Western Province
The beautiful, fertile Biedouw Valley that lies hemmed in by the Biedouw Mountains to the North and to the South, by the Tra-Tra Mountains, just 32 kilometers…
Place!Khwa Nature Reserve, Yzerfontein
… Africa . The Heritage of the San and its restitution, conservation and responsible tourism practice creates a …
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… matter seems base, the work, which has political and historical presence, takes you through different stages of …
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… Driekopseiland South Africa has a large number of historical rock-engraving sites, where South Africa’s …
Interview with Ari Sitas, Of Socialism and Dentures by Jonathan Mandel, 10-11 April 2015
… of a long leave where he can gather his thoughts on historical sociology after his remarkable Gauging and … the inaugural Bhagat Singh Chair at JNU’s Centre…
Has Socialism Failed? by Joe Slovo South African Communist Party
… Vigilance is clearly needed against the pre-perestroika styles of work and thinking which infected virtually every … whose fundamental postulates and basic…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… South African Parliament for so kindly supplying valuable historical images for this article. Endnotes: [i] Arthur … the needs of the Royal Navy in Simon’s…
EventSwaziland welcomes SA's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
The Swaziland government welcomed South Africa's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu to Swaziland, since, it claims the territory is historically…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Glossary
… Party's Emergence in Nineteenth-Century Württemberg." The Historical Journal 18, no. 4 (1975): 821-850. [6] Britannica, …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… left permanent marks on the skin and often caused death. Historical examples of Smallpox: [1] 6th Century – Increased …
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman South Africa can heave a collective sigh of relief that…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… to that effect we have compiled what we feel are the key historical events of 2013. We have determined which of these …