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Address at the South African Millenium Trust Launch, Kyalami 19 November 1998
… passing century - will have to be answered. The poet makes his own his stern judgement on a dying century and a passing … the sergeants with their insignia…
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… in accordance with the sanitary regulations, and that his presence in town is in no way a danger to the community … with reference to this notice has already…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
… According to the government, all the leaders who work through their political structures, that is, the …
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… as a protection against raiding Boer Commandos . In 1911 work was begun on a steel bridge to span the Groot River in …
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… (Nasa), the festival will highlight the astronomy work done by selected scientists and organisations across the …
Address at the Third African Renaissance Festival, Durban, 31 March 2001
… by poverty and underdevelopment. Necessarily, as we work to get these answers, we will have to proceed from the … structures and systems of the CEE have the…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… told that or because the "blood of the white man" flows in his veins - and he has believed this. The Indian has been … We can continue in the old way, each…
PlaceRocher Pan Nature Reserve
… this area in 1839 looking for improved summer grazing for his livestock. Rocher and his workers closed off the mouth of Papkuils River, forcing …
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
… a trading store on the farm; 'Langlaagte'. It was at his initiative that the town was laid out and proclaimed in … unimpressive little place'. He came…
PlaceNairobi National Museum, East Africa
… set aside land at the Museum Hill and construction work started at the current site. It was officially opened on …
PlaceMangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State
Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "Place of Cheetahs". Legend has it that when the first settlers arrived, they were stunned by the vast plains, that were…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… members of the public to leave their tributes for Madiba, his family and our nation. The Condolence Books shall be laid …
ArchiveVisualising the web of state capture, November 7, 2016
… Some of the key players included President Zuma, his son, Duduzane Zuma, the Gupta brothers and their various …
PlacePort St. Johns
… see a sangoma (traditional healer) strolling along in all his finery, hear the thumping sound of kwaito music from a …
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
… 220 enslaved people taken from Benin. Her father was given his freedom in 1659; the first male slave to be freed . He …
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… owner of that Property by not ending in bankruptcy. During his tenure he let it, as a Private Dwelling. In 1833, he …
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… chicken Farm and planted an Orchard of 50,000 Peach Trees. His house and surrounding Structures where Built by Italian …
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… gangs were the first grievance Retief mentioned in his manifesto. Many farmers believed that in the country's …
EventBritish Parliament passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… slaves was fined £100 for every slave found on board his ship. However, this law did not put a complete stop to …
EventThe first large group of French Huguenots arrive at the Cape
… the French to be interÂspersed with the other burghers. His reasoning for this integration was 'that they could learn …
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… of the Zulus. During one of Shaka’s campaigns, he and his army stopped to rest here. He was brought a Calabash …
PlaceTouring the Northern Cape
… community was sent back to their ethnic homelands by the apartheid government. The Damara group was sent to Khorixas, …
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appoints Justice Raymond Zondo as Chief Justice
… vacant. President Ramaphosa has accordingly indicated his intention, once the new Chief Justice assumes office, to … Juris degree from the University of…
Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
… what is considered normal discourse in terms of the work that the General Assembly has to do, consistent with its … world decides, given our experience…
ArticleThe Johanna
… the Cape’s torturous weather prevented Captain Brown and his navigator from getting an accurate idea of their …
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… Areas, people living in Volksrust also suffered under the apartheid Groups Areas Act legislation. Before 1994, Black …
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver 'OR' Tambo, is born
… deregistered from the institution and could not complete his Bachelor of Science honours degree. The son of Nzimeni and Julia, Tambo dedicated his entire…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem
… to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem During his opening of the Cape Show on 4 March 1970, Minister of … it more efficiently." Four decades from…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
… professionals, housewives, etc. Organisational work for the stay-at-home must not be confined to the … To achieve the next successful national stoppage of…
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… The name “Adwa” always sounded so regal coming from his mouth, at once both strong and comforting. For much of … officials; and he formally denounced the…