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PlaceKalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert is basically, a large basin like Plain in the interior Plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
… that we must fight crime and corruption and that the land should be returned to our people! We have heard our … opportunities in all areas. Comrades and…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… farms in the valley. He established the Sundays River Land and Irrigation Co and also the small village Bayville. He started preparing irrigation land on a…
Say No To Ciskei Independence
… a Passport to poverty, Total control of workers, a divided land a divided people; say NO to Ciskei independence …
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… and its dangers to African education, freedom of movement, land and residential rights, and employment opportunities. …
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
… and Headman who became responsible for the allocation of land, the welfare and pension system and development. The …
ArchiveThe position of Black Women in relation to the 99 year leasehold system: Paper presented at National Conference 1981
… at National Conference on 15 March 1981 discussing land ownership, leasehold system, rights of married couples, …
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… Municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was established, Johannes J.T. Venter. It is … municipal status in 1895. Named after…
EventThe first British Settlers arrive in Algoa Bay
… were pitched after they had chosen a suitable piece of land. Their first and primary task was to build more …
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… on the rice plantations to possess knowledge of the land and how to cultivate. The slaves provided sufficient … Sugar cane is best grown on relatively flat,…
ArchiveThe Black Sash National Conference presidential Address held at Cape Town, 1991
… making of a constitution, Bill of Rights, access to land. …
Chapter 8
… all discriminatory Colour Bar laws.) 7. "Revision of the land question in accordance with the above. (The relations of serfdom at present existing on the…
PlaceBergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
… which were erected towards the mid-19th Century. The land originally formed part of the farm Constantia , once …
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… (moved) into the interior by ox wagon, in search of land where they would be free and beyond British control. …
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s most stirring speeches
… ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land. I am an African! I owe my being to the Khoi and the San … who fell victim to the most…
Robben Island
… mainland, most visiting ships to Table Bay preferred to land on Robben Island to replenish their supplies of fresh …
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… probably not have been half so hard. (cheers) MISSION LAND SETTLEMENTS He would now say a few words, and he said them with sorrow, about Mission land…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… OUR LAND AND JOBS NOW! PEOPLES’ MANIFESTO AND A PLAN OF ACTION … EFF’s emphasis for the 2019 general elections will be on LAND and JOBS. Consequently, the…
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… There are arid deserts in the interior, or the lush, humid land to the east--home to elephants, buffalo, and the …
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… our national anthem, is a prayer for God's blessing on the land and its entire people. It was composed in 1897 and was …
PlaceRooigrond
… battle to remain on what they considered their traditional land. In its anti-eviction campaign the community claimed … that it owned Machaviestad, that it…
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… newspaper reports at the time rendered South Africa as a land with a great deal of affluence [vi] in an attempt at …
PlaceAberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate
… near Phuthaditjhaba. It is surrounded by Agricultural Land and Game Farms. The Farm 'Aberfeldy', in the Orange Free … Elandsrivierbrug. They are now…
EventThe University of Port Elizabeth is founded
… year commenced on 1 March 1965. Built on 830 hectares of land donated by the then Port Elizabeth City Council UPE was …
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… we must continue to act together to advance towards the land of promise for Africa and Africans foreseen by our …
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… them apart as much as possible in our institutions. In land ownership, settlement and forms of government we are …
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… the last President of the Free State, who bought the land in 1897, and settled here in 1905, after his return from …
PlaceHawston
… Island, to the Government in exchange for four morgen of land at Middelvlei. He had the land divided into plots, sold it and it became part of …
ArchiveSquatting in the Peri-urban Areas of Metropolitan Cape Town: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… squatting, housing, unemployment, legal access to land, social conditions in squatter areas, forced removals. …
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… him in the ground of the Residency. It is now Town Council land. The following is a copy of the explanatory text which, … and Justice of the Peace. At…