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PlaceCape Columbine Lighthouse
… was the last manned lighthouse to be built on the South African Coast and it’s still manned today. "The … was the last manned lighthouse to be built on the…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… climate change. Renewable energy only emerged in the South African government’s plans after the World Summit on … as ESKOM, the National Union of Mineworkers…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria Museums
… COLLABORATION OF PLACES WITH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE (SAHO) UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA … ceramics from around the world…
PlaceStikland Cemetery
… Persons Task Team(MPTT) sent an application to the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) to exhume at … executed during apartheid. The pyramid…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
… of affairs in our country and what I, as a young South African, can do to help fix things. I worry about the state …
PlaceKaroo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape
… Karoo National Arts Festival at Oudtshoorn showcases South African art forms from serious drama to farce and includes … quietly thinking about what it means…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… ideologies were not simply advanced by a conglomeration of nationalism, imperialism, Darwinism and Eugenics. In the … and Kanya Adam. "Merits and…
PlaceMapungubwe Interpretation Centre
… Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre exemplifies contemporary African architecture. Visible from its entrance gate, the … Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre…
PlaceBarberspan Bird Sanctuary
… bitterns to mention just a few. All but one of the South African duck species have been recorded at the pans. …
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… Museum is considered to have the best collection of African mammal specimens in the World. Considered to be one …
PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
… to differentiate it from Somerset East, another South African town in the Eastern Cape. Somerset West lies within …
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
… were formed before the establishment of the South African National Council of YMCAs, in the 1940's. From its …
Communist Party of South Africa, What is the Native Independent Republic? (1934)
… pretend to champion their cause. These organisations, the African National Congress , the Industrial Commercial Union, … this slogan put forward by the…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… not yield much. My teachers, including some iconic South African literary scholars such as Michael Chapman, and … artistic and cultural commitment of artists…
PlaceBasotho Cultural Village
… in Free State Province. The Village offers a unique South African experience in which you can learn about the … labour, and a traditional healer offers you…
ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
… the /Xarra forum Language Commission chair, Centre for African Studies, UCT). Menán du Plessis is a linguist who … is available in word and sound (a printed…
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… July 2021 marks the centenary of the birth of the South African Communist Party (SACP): one of the first … of socialism in South Africa and internationally…
PlaceKgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre
The new centre will celebrate- Africa’s Ancient History, highlighting one of the World’s oldest known dinosaur embryos ever discovered. With interactive…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… recorded the following casualties incurred by the South African Police (SAP): 65 dead and 175 injured in 197 … In addition, HRC recorded casualties incurred…
PlaceFramesby, Port Elizabeth
… Fort Frederick stands overlooking the harbour in the South African ‘windy’ or ‘friendly city’ of Port Elizabeth. Fort …
PlaceWellington, Western Cape
… and Sedgwick’s Distillery , established in 1886. The South African Dried Fruit industry was founded here in 1890, and still has its headquarters in the town…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… actions by South Africa’s Special Branch police. South African Special Branch spies and agents were known to mix … nom de plume Dugmore Boetie—was part of a…
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… on the impact which its Alumni had on the Southern African sub continent. Kilnerton opened its doors in 1886, … Countries all over the World. As Kilnerton is…
PlaceWindhoek, Capital City of Namibia
… for the respite it offers from the rigours of life on the African road facing off against those who find it a little too 'Western' for their African tastes…
Post-detention weapons
… (namely the Communist Party) or people who supported the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress … were 3 executive members of the…
PlaceKings Park Stadium, Durban
… B games, one quarterfinal and one semifinal. The South African team, also known as the “Springboks”, beat France …
PlaceChris Hani Municipal Region, Eastern Cape
… House (former home of the renowned author of Story of an African Farm), the Dutch Reformed Church (built as a replica …
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… 'coloured' and 'Indian' populations and total exclusion of African blacks, has disappeared to be superceded by a … against apartheid practices resulted in…
PlaceValdezia Mission Station, Soutpansberg District
… was set-up. Several well-recognized members of South African society were taught at the school, such as T. … factories within the next two years. The…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… was completed in 1899 during the early stages of the South African War . It wasn’t long before the region grew into a … was also known for restoring several…