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Addis Video Art Festival to Cape Town Hosted by ALMA MARTHA
FRIDAY 17 February 2017 Screenings and a light shared meal from 6:30PM - 9:30PM Performance by Francois Knoetze and Daniel Gray 7PM Erf 81, Corner of…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
This area began to be settled by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled into Cape Town to attended religious services…
EventFearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born
Fearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born to John and Rebecca Fallows on 4 July 1789 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in England. He spent…
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
PlaceBoschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
Working with nature, producing real food and a simple farm lifestyle, is at the heart of Boschendal. One of the oldest Farms in South Africa, founded in 1685. …
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
- The ANC’s operational strategic heritage, 1960-1975 The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. And just…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Statistical Analysis of Resisters Studying the…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
DECEMBER 2019 31 December – Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, informs its regional World Health Organization (WHO) office of a pneumonia outbreak, the…
PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 August 1978 The Cape Flats has the world’s highest rate of plant extinction, is highly…
ArchiveSouth African Railways and Harbours Workers Union
SARHWU Logo. Red, yellow and black poster. 1936 - 1986 - 30 years anniversary.
ArchiveJune 16: The doors of learning and culture shall be opened
Black and white poster. Artwork of Hector Pieterson photograph. 1985 - 30 years of the Charter.
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
The New Constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the Constitutional Assembly…
ArchiveThe skop, skiet and donner election
Dark cream placard poster of the The Weekly Mail with black and blue lettering. 30th April 1987.
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July 1977. It was being…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
The need for a controlled labour force: Indentured Labourers There is an indentured labour gallery on the SAHO site, webteam please select an image from there…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
For this complex period to be studied, the Sharpeville massacre, Soweto uprising and the release of Nelson Mandela and unbanning of liberation movements have…
ArchiveEnd Conscription rally
Black and yellow poster. Notice of a rally at City Hall, on Wednesday 30th April. List of speakers. ECC logo.
ArchiveJive for jobs : workers concert
White and red poster. Mitchell's Plain Advice Office. Rock against unemployment. Rocklands Civic, Saturday 30th January. List of attractions.
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini
Under orders from Commandant-General Louis Botha, Field-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burned Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini, looted cattle and grain,…
PlaceOlifants River, Limpopo
The rich natural Heritage of the Lowveld includes the world-famous Kruger National Park. This region differs from the rest of the Limpopo Province and is…
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burns Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini
Under orders from Commandant-General Louis Botha, Field-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burned Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini, looted cattle and grain,…
PlaceBram Fischer International Airport, Bloemfontein
Bram Fischer International Airport is an important Gateway to the Free State, a land-locked Province. The Airport was opened in November 1961 and the Runways…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
1861 Sefako Mapogo Makgatho is born at Ga Mphahlele, Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
ArchiveConvention with only one liberation movement
On 29-30 November, therefore, an all-party/multi-party meeting was convened to plan for a conference that would bring about negotiations.
The Freedom Charter
30th Anniversary of The Freedom Charter. Title in gold at top. White poster with Freedom Charter in black lettering. Green border.
ArchiveAn exhibition by George Nene and Libero Nyelele
Notice of an art exhibition by George Nene and Libero Nyelele, entitled "... Dawn". 15-30th November 1983, at the National Museum.
ArchiveShaping democracy in a future South Africa
This article is a rendering of the Richard Turner Memorial Lecture that was presented at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg on 30 May 1990.
ArchivePresidents address to the 53rd Congress [of
President's address to the 53rd Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 30 January - 4 February 1976.
ArchiveWomens Party Party
A2 silkscreen poster; dark blue on yellow; graphic woman's face; text: Women's Party Party 30 November 6.00 pm child-care on request