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Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy of self-help and vocational and technical…
PlaceBlinkwater
Like many isolated rural villages, Blinkwater in the Eastern Cape has never had access to any electricity. A plan supported by the United Nation Development…
PlaceBantry Bay, Cape Town
As its name signifies, Bantry Bay lies perched on the rocks overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in one of the most exclusive Bays on the Atlantic Seaboard. Crashing…
PlaceElandsfontein Private Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Discover Elandsfontein and their rich fossil heritage on a guided Quad Bike Fossil Safari or 4WD Nature Drive. The dunes on Elandsfontein are the final…
PlaceRobberg Nature Reserve
Robberg Nature Reserve, situated 8 km south of Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, is not only a nature reserve, but also a National Monument. Rocks from this…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
I was a fresh-faced 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer holiday between school and university I…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Frelimo Central Committee on the death of Samora Machel, 22 October 1986
The tragedy that has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy that has shocked and…
PlaceStanford, Western Cape Overberg
Stanford is a small Riverside Village, in Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape. Located only 16 km East of Hermanus and 22 km North-East of Gansbaai…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
The tragedy that has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy that has shocked and…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort is at the source of a mineral and sulphur-rich hot Spring, and means 'burning water' in the Local Dialect. One of the eyes of the hot…
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
This is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by the Historical Monuments Commission in…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
Jesser Point Lighthouse is the most Northerly light on South Africa's East coast. This Lighthouse was established in 1986. It is situated within the Kwazulu…
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
The Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts run annually from the end of November until the beginning of April. Every Sunday, families and groups of friends flock…
PlaceTable View
Further North of Cape Town’s City Centre, across the Rietvlei Lagoon which is popular for its abundant birdlife, is Table View. Table View is popular with…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper,…
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
The cottage was, for many years, the property of the Stadler family, and is a typical example of the type of vernacular building found on the coastal areas of…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
The vault is huge, well looked after, with a fence that nobody can cross! It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married,…
PlaceNiewoudtville
(prior to 1910) The village of Nieuwoudtville was established in 1897 on the farm Groenrivier which, as the name implies, was sited on the banks of the Groen…
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
Author: Chris Ledochowski This book is the culmination of 10 years of documenting life in the Cape Flats African and Coloured townships of Cape Town by one of…
Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
Stephen Bantu Biko was the first president of South African Student Organisation (SASO), a black student’s organization that was focused on the resistance…
EventThe Alabama, American raider of the Southern States during the American Civil War, arrives in Saldana Bay for provisions
On 29 July 1863, The Alabama, an American raider belonging to the Southern States during the American Civil War arrived in Saldana Bay, on the west coast of…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
EventRylands Civic Association collectively rejects the proposed move to remove non
On 9 February 1970, the Rylands Civic Association collectively rejected the planned move in the Cape Province to remove non-White voters from the common…
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
After the Goldstone Commission's first disclosure of the complicity of elements of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in violence in South Africa on 16…
EventTurkish newspapers criticise of ANC leader Nelson Mandela for refusing to accept Turkey’s peace award
On 14 May 1992, Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress, was subjected to harsh criticism and utterances verging on libel, due to the position…
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
Julius Nyerere president of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), a party that succeeded the TANU, addressed delegates attending the African National Congress (ANC)…
Event18 mineworkers die in Carletonville
On 29 July 1999, a team of AngloGold mineworkers at the Mponeng mine in Carletonville accidentally drilled into a pocket of flammable methane gas in the…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
Muziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief, was found dead in his car parked near the Botanical Gardens in Pretoria, with a bullet…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
The Afrikaans language has its origins in Dutch. It developed amongst Dutch-speaking settlers and slaves in South Africa in the 17th century, and has many…