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PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… Doornfontein is a Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area … part of a Farm owned by Frederick…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… Corps; thousands of volunteers of the ANC dressed in gold overalls will be launched and unveiled across the regions of the province. In total, … for access…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… The Sudwala Caves are the oldest known caves in the World and lie in the Drakensberg Escarpment, which separates the … Sudwala Caves boast an impressive…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by Colonial and successive governments since shortly after the…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions Act . Discrimination against Indians – … this Act. South Africa Act, 1909 (Sections 26, 35, 44,…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… its formation the South African Student Movement (SASM) and other organizations of the Black Consciousness (BC) … government. COSAS organized students at…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… of May 1948, the Nationalist Party polled 400,453 votes and its ally, the Afrikaner Party, 41,885, a total of 442,338 … Party polled 515,373 votes, the…
PlaceThe Haven Night Shelter(s)
… working in Casualty at Groote Schuur Hospital . The Social Worker was telling the other Social Worker, that her husband and the other doctors on duty were…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… 'Bantusans' denied Xhosa people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the nominally self-governing homelands of the Transkei and Ciskei,…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… relocation of Indians to designated areas exempted from Gold Law within five years. No protection for those who had … Conciliation Act of 1930 Provided for…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… strike wave, The Durban Strikes. Collectively researched and written by Rick Turner, Foszia Fisher, and a ragtag assemblage of students who had been active…
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
… Suburb, was founded in 1971. It is a dual medium Afrikaans and English School. The School is state assisted, like most … its services. The School offers a…
PlacePanorama Route, Mpumalanga
… . It moves on to White River where you can go play Golf and visit a Motor Museum. Sabie , brings tons of adventure … potholes in the bedrock. The Potholes…
PlacePeelton
… that stage it was popularly referred to as Birt's Mission, and was located a short distance from the village of Chief … station was destroyed during the…
PlaceLimpopo Province
… 2002. The Limpopo Province was part of the old Transvaal and includes many old homelands like Venda, Gazankulu and … a thousand Years ago. The people of…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer It's two and a half years since Maria said those words. Things stayed … to organise unions. The phenomenal…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… been made possible only by the tacit support, cowardice and confusion of large sections of people who, at heart, may … had a profound love for liberty, but…
PlaceBelmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
… Cape Land Company for its subsidiary: ' The African Land and Hotels Limited ' with the purpose of building a Hotel on … abroad. Round about the time of the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… What is Communism? Communism is a social, economic, and political ideology whose aim is to establish a communist … is to eliminate social classes in society…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… Bordering the City Centre and joined to Newtown by the Nelson Mandela Bridge – Joburg’s … hipsters cyclists, bearded baristas, street fashion rebels and…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… House is Barton Keep. As the name implies, the style and design suggest a French chateau or medieval castle. The … The ivy which in summer completely covers…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… world to the development of apartheid was widespread, and by the 1980s posed a sustained challenge to the South … 19th century. British capital controlled…
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… to the Herschels. The committee decided on an obelisk, and funds were raised by donations from the friends of the … the memorial was quarried at Craigleith,…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… Mafikeng is the provincial capital of North West since 1994 and lies on the border with Botswana , it's about 260 … means "place of rocks". In Setswana ,…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
… believed to have been discovered in about 1896 or 1897, and were opened to visitors in about 1900. Previously, in … were to pass, before it was realised that…
The fight against passes continues
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner All this time there was still this thing … sight, so quiet, and so much colour,…
Women delegates to the inaugural conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… Committee. 11. Hilda Lotz. 12. Freda van Rheede – Food and Canning Workers Union. 13. Cecilia Rosier – South African … East London : 1. Martha Nqxesha –…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… It is one that concerns all the Non-European people, and this case is one that might set a precedent for similar … annual wage of 343,380 African workers…
PlaceUmzinto, South Coast
… "the kraal [or place] of accomplishment". The Planters and Millers started growing Sugar Cane, on the hilly terrain … Umzinto remains a busy Town with a…
PlaceGolden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State
… Maluti Mountains - hiking, horse riding, exploring caves and much more in their indescribable golden glow. The … journey- where a chief offers you mqombothi …