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BiographyBob Hepple
Professor Sir Bob Hepple was born on 11 August 1934 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex Hepple, was a trade unionist and Labour Party…
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… with white business. You were forcefully removed from your places of residence and business, subjected to Group Areas, …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… point is because it is breaking out in various different places on different scales. It is a bit of a problem and I … was concerned but it did not stop the…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… feel that after loafing somewhere on an island and other places for 27 years the rest is not really deserved. I thank …
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… settlement in Diepkloof. Compared to other Residential Places in Johannesburg, Diepkloof has a superior access to …
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… Dlinza Nature Reserve close to Eshowe , one of the finest places to: 'spot birds, hike and see wild fig and African …
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… "But whilst the untamed beauty, and the views and places one can visit are great, what holds one spellbound …
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
… your Furry Best-friend; you can find many Dog-Friendly places along the strip, with water bowls readily available. …
PlaceFort Schanskop
… to protect Pretoria by constructing forts in strategic places. Eight forts were to be built initially, but due to a …
PlaceMuseum Africa
… scholars. The journey through Africa’s history visits places like Kemet, now known as Egypt, Kush (Sudan) and Punt …
PlaceRobert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
… by dolerites, which rise to heights of 120 metres in places. This ‘cathedral of mountains’ provides many visitors …
EventJoe Slovo dies
… years Slovo and other white Communists assumed influential places in the African National Congress. Indeed, by the time …
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… of objects helps present a spectacle of people, places and things distant yet familiar, combining quality …
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… border, talking to a water diviner. I asked him of places like Abjaterskop and Droggedal and he directed me to … farm. In the next few days I met the people…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… Dlinza Nature Reserve close to Eshowe, one of the finest places to spot birds, hike and see wild fig and African plum …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Golden Doves of Peace Awards ceremony 7 June 1994
… is the message issuing not only from the schools and work-places. It is the clarion call from the unanimous voice of …
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… parties at their homes. LGBT formed communities in places like District Six in Cape Town, and Sophia-town in … and only outlawing homosexuality if it…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… and at similar mission schools subsequently established at places like Healdtown, Grahamstown and Umtata, English became …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… that both ships had docked at Sierra Leone, one of the places regarded as a central point of infection. In general …
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
Umkhonto we Sizwe logo 16 December 1961 is seen as the date of formation because Umkhonto performed its first acts of violence on this date. Popularly called…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
Botha was born on the farm Telegraaf in the Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State, the son of Afrikaner parents. He was the only son of Pieter Willem…
BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
Hermanus Gabriel Loots, also known as James Stuart, is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress camps in 1984, which…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… Support: Reactions to the trial In London and other places protestors supported the Sharpeville Six . Canada, …
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… Support: Reactions to the trial In London and other places protestors supported the Sharpeville Six . Canada, …
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… a day of universal humiliation and intercession in their places of worship, public gatherings. Prayers are to be …
BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
BiographyCecyl Esau
Cecyl Esau was born on 30 September 1955 in Worcester, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province), the youngest of four children. His father was a veteran of…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…