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PlaceDe Vlugt, Garden Route
… is what remains of the dwellings of Andrew Geddes Bain and his son, Thomas, their Outbuildings and the Concentration … labored to Build the Pass, the early…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… the State President needs to know that he cannot impose his will through working groups that exclude students, …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… Commissioner of Police of the Transkei Division stated in his annual report for 1918 that The witch-doctor has been …
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… Robinson, British Protector of Aborigines, started 'his mission to protect Aborigines' and take them to a …
EventNational Party refuses to serve on Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry
… Commission of Inquiry. The NP government acknowledged his right to institute a commission of inquiry into the … seeking to establish new constitutional…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… old a musket and one bullet and then expect him to shoot his supper! This was the reason why Boer riflemen were far … for the construction of the forts and…
PlaceMqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape
… in grooming the young Nelson Mandela after the death of his father. "Mqhekezweni was a mission station of the … date and Westernised than Qunu. Mandela…
EventSalman Rushdie's visit is still on
… other governments such as India and South Africa censored his book Satanic Versus. Many Islamic groups, including South … for committing blasphemy against…
Following the January meeting of health ministers in London, a decision is taken that December 1 become World Aids Day
The World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention concluded in London with representatives from 140 national governments. The…
PlacePilgrims Rest
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Indian community Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 April 2014
… to understand the social basis that informs all our post-apartheid policy formulations and perspectives. When we …
Address by President Mandela at ECOWAS Abuja, 30 October 1998
… all the peoples whose solidarity made the ending of the apartheid system less costly than it might have been, and …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
… released from prison, and as an opponent of South Africa's apartheid government. Today I come as the …
Document 26 - Nelson Mandela’s reply to F. W. De Klerk
… of societies that were previously marginalised by the apartheid government. Rationalisation of the Public Service …
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
… Annexures appended to the submission. 2. Introduction The apartheid system cultivated a culture of secrecy entrenched …
PlaceWest Coast National Park and Postberg Reserve
… local communities and wildlife! Over the past two decades, work has been done to restore ecological corridors and …
PlaceNamaqua National Park
… Land consolidation reaches 720 square kilometres! 2004 work begins on proposed corridor to coast. In 2005 land …
ArchivePrison letter from Petros Sipho Mkhize to Zondi, Soweto, addressed to Miss Jumaima Mbele
… 1967 (written from Pretoria Central Prison during his imprisonment; the letter carries no legible date, so this is the period bracketed by his sentencing and…
PlaceValley of a Thousand Hills
… area is one of intense bloodshed and warfare. Shaka made his mark here when he became king of the Zulu people in 1816 and started out on his path of conquest…
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… to serve on such a committee," he said. Reiterating his appeal for a united front, Chief Lutuli asked: "In the …
Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
… rape trial ended in a controversial “not guilty” verdict, his rape accuser has remained invisible with few people …
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… who died here in 1671. In 1683 Simon van der Stel made it his preferred place of Residence, and used to ride into Cape …
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… government and Defence Force, and Mangope continued his presidency. Its main political parties were the Christian …
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… and many a digger celebrated a large find or drowned his diamond digging sorrows in these pubs. Today a few of …
EventBrig. Ramushwana in NPKF admission
… Defence Minister Kobie Coetsee said he was confident his troops would be able to handle any situation during the …
PlaceOld Morley
… the tribes that were broken up and dispersed by Shaka and his Zulu armies in the Mfecane wars. Most of them fled …
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… between the organisations. Each leader was to bring his followers to this body and he together with leaders of … spirit of co-operation. The leader who…
PlaceNewcastle
… Mines; She and Jess. Rider Haggard is said to be based on his time at Hilldrop House; and O'Neil's Cottage , which was … in Natal with tragic consequences…
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
… Reserve. Initially Merensky built a Home for himself and his followers. The refugees fleeing from Chief Sekukhuni, of Swaziland under the leadership of one…
PlaceRorke's Drift, KZN
… . He became a popular figure. colonists would buy from his stores or take a drink in his simple café. With the Zulus he would trade blankets, … rifle,…