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PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… old bridges, and heritage sites tell stories of a time long past, making it a fascinating destination for history …
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
… Mpande died, he was only King by name as Cetshwayo had long taken over the decision making. The British grew worried …
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
… affairs between the Government and the Press had been sour long before the appointment of the Commission of Inquiry. …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… After a few a stints in rehab Fassie made a comeback in 1998 with the release of her very successful album Memeza , which was also a reunion with her long…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
… Land Tenure and the Indian Representation Act. After a long battle with cancer, Rev. Scott passed away in London on …
PlaceDundonald, East Mpumalanga
… country, community members say they have waited far too long for the development of a mall which was promised to them … don’t even have a shopping complex,…
PlaceHawston
… Close to Hermanus, the town of Hawston with its long, white unspoilt beach lies cosily between the sea and the mountain. It is thought that long ago the…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… of the ocean. In front of the Hole in the Wall, there is a long shallow area that is teeming with sea life. This makes … overwhelmed by her beauty and tried…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… It seems like it’s always just been this way, but its long history starts off as a Farm in 1853 to developing into … , various families were living on it…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… rights to workers has been given a new impetus in the long road to rid our country of the ugly past. COSATU will … leisure time 8 hours for us to sleep We…
The start of mass campaigns
… sympathy with us was just nothing. Ours was even quite a long boycott. I remember there was this fare increase that … were not happy about the buses and they…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… the 1960s and early 1970s. Historically, Durban Whites had long been agitating against Indian "penetration" and as a … menace to public health and to enforce…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Apartheid, Reflected in an Inventory of Simple Objects by Sarah Boxer (The New York Times), 24 July 1998
… from white Johannesburg. By 1965, though, the carts, long deplored by the Government, had been destroyed. At … and then, beginning in the 1970's, in '…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… What will South African aggression accomplish in the long run? TAMBO: They are buying time. They are using … will stop South Africas invasions. We must…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… register their grievances, especially against excessively long hours. Miners in Nigel protested, saying they were being … commission, while the chamber…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… as are the hardships that they experienced during the long trek towards the interior. Africans are shown as … finds are evidence that tells us how people…
PlaceKenhardt
… Kenhardt has been for a long time the most remote Settlement in the North-Western … record, in 1929. The pan is estimated to be 57 kilometers long and 11…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs' (CAD)
… Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in … Africans, along the black and Indian population, waged a long battle to have their political…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… by the recent changes. Historically there has been a long relationship between the people of South Africa and the … happened during the Second World War was…
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
… refreshment provided March 12th 9:30am-4:30pm hack day day long refreshments Where : Workshop 17 at 17 Dock Rd, V & A …
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… Road, the Roodepoort Museum capably covers Roodepoort’s long and diverse History, which dates back to 1884, despite …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
… On 7 December 2011, President Jacob Zuma released the long awaited report. The Denon Commission of Inquiry found …
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… Long before European settlers arrived at the Cape, it was …
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
… that many supplementary schemes will have to be tackled long before the end of this century in order to store the …
EventThe African National Congress is found guilty
… inappropriate to take action against their own members as long as the National Party (NP) and security forces did not …
EventP. W. Botha refutes possibility of Black majority rule
… at all costs. Majority rule was acceptable to Whites as long as it was considered within the context of White …
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… over issues they were experiencing. However, it was not long before he resigned from the UDM and quitted his seat in …
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… In a long-anticipated move the recently appointed Minister of …
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… family in Porbandar, India. In 1893 he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian law firm work in Natal, South …
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… undermining municipal autonomy; laid the basis for long-range, wide-scale land allocation planning; opened the …