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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…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
… who pass through its streets, than your average South African town! Today, it is a vibrant centre for tourism, game … Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards…
PlaceErmelo
… ingrained in the memory of many of the effected South African's!" Relocation affects people directly and frequently … also rumoured to shelter members of…
PlacePanorama Route, Mpumalanga
… The perfect place to chill around the braai-(South African BBQ), after a day of exploring. allowed ourselves … These Three Rondavels take their name from…
ArchiveDemocracy and the Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Turok interviewed by Carilee Osborne
… Professor Ben Turok, now 92 years old, was an African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament in South … member of the original underground leadership…
ArchiveFrom the Archive of Steve Bantu Biko by Mafika Gwala, 23 May 2019
… Mafika Gwala was a significant South African writer, who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. A … and leftist politics. Hence perhaps his trust in African…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… Grendon is one of the most extraordinary people in South African history. What is incredible is that he has been … extended piece of literature written by a…
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
… Biome '. Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve was the first South African Biosphere Reserve. This Biosphere Reserve was … Crane. Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve was the…
Archive25 Years of Democracy and Now!
My name is Naledi Seloane from MD Coovadia Combined School a Grade 9 learner. I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your recent election as the…
PlaceBredasdorp, Overberg
… Tourism Offices. Audrey Blignault, the famous South African writer, was born in Bredasdorp. Born on July 6th … Audrey Blignault, the famous South African…
PlaceTugela River and Waterfalls, in the Drakensberg
… has recently concluded that Tugela Falls in the South African Drakensberg is indeed the highest waterfall in the …
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… South African History Online Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th … that Fatima Meer stood for have been main-framed in South African society and our…
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
… from Queenstown, is where 183 members of the Israelites an African religious sect, were gunned down by police on 24 May …
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… at Saints in the 60s: “They didn’t want to discuss African things. They wanted to be like whites. They spoke English without much of an African accent.” I…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… Presidential address by Dr. A Abdurahman, President of the African Political Organization (APO), Kimberley , 29 … and the birth of a new nation the…
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the cornerstone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the Hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed by…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… was just one of the emerging groups of elite black South African professionals protesting inequality. The Teacher’s … to other organizations in goal. For an…
PlaceTygerberg Hospital
… Hospital (TCH), support paediatric care in other African countries. Every Year, approximately 16 000 babies …
PlaceArniston, Cape Agulhas
… marine reserve, one of the biggest in Africa, and the rare African Black Oyster Catcher, the Southern Right Whale and at …
PlaceCape Winelands Airport, Fisantekraal
… Airport (formerly Fisantekraal Airfield) is an ex- South African Airforce airfield now operating privately as a … In 2021, IOL reported that the airport…
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… in support of the labour movement, most notably the South African Labour Bulletin, which he set up with Rick Turner and … movement unionism” and the initial…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… ECCI, 13 November 1932 Document 19 Minutes of Meeting of African CPSA Members, 13 November 1932 Document 20 Speech of … 1935 (extracts) Document 54 Statement…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… gone beyond where it could survive. I said that Afrikaner nationalism used apartheid to enable an elite group of white … a particularly brilliant paper by…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… brutal and inhumane treatment of Africans by the South African Nationalist government. Sikhakhane-Rankin made great … operations of the ANC, and her time…
ArchiveWhere did all the masks go? by Dewald van Rensburg (22 May 2020)
… locally and availability has dropped off a cliff. South African imports of the material dropped from about 446 tons …
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… The great South African writer and activist, Ruth First, was assassinated by a letter bomb sent by the South African Security Police in Maputo, Mozambique on…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… Africa. Community organisations fought together with the African National Congress (ANC) and the United Democratic … Despite there being some work in…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
… that a University be established. By 1899, the South African War had broken out between the ZAR and Britain. In … University College '. In the Years…
PlaceLenasia, Soweto
… always included domestic workers, there has always been an African presence in the Town. Many of these workers prefer to …
PlaceMsunduzi River
… . Founded in 1951, it is the biggest canoeing event on the African Continent , and one of the World’s most popular River … Store (Umfula Store)'. (This store…