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ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… the value of setting up a ‘group system’ – five or six main ‘groups’ or ‘finance houses’ that exercised control of … after South Africa went off the gold…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… has been proved by scientific evidence and one of the the main findings that forms the fundamental basis of Evolution … can be considered as the architects…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… There are a number of further reflections contained this chronology which can be added to those mentioned in Part 1. …
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… of these regimes built with the help of imperialism. The main pillar of the unholy alliance of Portugal, Rhodesia and … on the basis of absolute democracy…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… Other bands believed that the healing came from the main god. … painting shows a San figure gaining great power from his main god. The San were said to use…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Subsequently Johannesburg and Cape Town were to become the main FSAW centres. An energetic, skilled organiser who had … intimidation, and the banning of…
The Polly Street Era
… art by black South Africans had been established by the 1940s. All three of these early figures had produced artworks … in the activities of the Cobra Group …
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… Kgware was elected as the BPC's first president. The main theme of the Congress was that Black people were …
PlaceRoyal baFokeng Stadium
… Seating Capacity was increased from 38 000 to 42 000, the Main West Stand was expanded and renovated, a new cantilever …
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… Boys High Coat of Arms Its neoclassical red-brick style main school buildings date from 1909, maintaining provincial …
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… and is decorated with large paintings. The massive main auditorium has a large stage and can accommodate …
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… reserves in South Africa, the Polokwane Game Reserve’s main attraction must be the amount of ground one can cover on …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… - nobody was silent." The Johannesburg Declaration was the main outcome of the Summit. Critics dismissed it as lacking …
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… Municipal boundaries. The area took its name from the main street, named after Sir George Grey, the British …
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… of the South African Republic, W. Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to other major mining towns on …
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, at the opening of the 37th congress of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies Carlton Hotel, Saturday, 21 August 1993
… National Congress. For three successive decades, until the 1940s, we continued to seek a dialogue with successive White … majority of South Africans who were…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
… the powerful South African body of the same name. In the 1940s, the Southern Rhodesian African National Congress was … of the African National Congress of…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… East Rand, where gold had been discovered in 1887. By the 1940s, his birthplace of Benoni was a bustling, relatively …
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… Ferreira founded a the Wayne Ferreira Trust Fund, with the main aim of financially supporting young South African tennis …
PlaceAmatikulu, a Nature Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… River. The 4 x 4 trail in the Amatikulu is probably the main attraction and even sedans can manage the initial part …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… Darro that ultimately caused the sinking of the Mendi. The main witnesses in the investigation were the masters of the …
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… decided to establish a fire brigade for the town, with its main station next to Greenmarket Square. A vacant lot facing …
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… along the edge of the lawns on the Seaside Walkway. The main reason for staying in the pretty Bay of the City is the …
PlaceElim
… which dominates the village, lie on the axis of the main road! …
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… in Natal and the Cape. Subsequent to discovery of the main gold reef on the Rand in 1886 the matter gained even …
PlaceLoftus Versveld Stadium, Hatfield
… that it needed to be for this prestigious event. The main areas that needed upgrades were the floodlights, the …
PlaceAlbert Jackson School, Port Elizabeth
… surroundings! The first pupils were welcomed into the main three-storey Building on 11 July, 1973, and every year, …
PlaceGod’s Window
… reserves which have made the area one of South Africa's main wildlife destinations. God's Window is a small part of a …
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… imposing Neo-Dutch Renaissance gable situated above the main entrance and forming part of the street facade. The … https://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… Natal (1873-75). At the heart of the town and just off the main road lies the Pinetown Library complex housing both the …