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ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
In 2016, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report, State of Capture, after an investigation into influence over organs of the state. The…
EventNational Party refuses to serve on Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry
The South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha lashed out on the Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry concerning the future of Natal. Botha said that the National…
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
When I returned to London after six weeks Esmé was not very pleased with me for being away so long. For both of us we were faced with shaping our new life…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
As many as 80,000 protesters gathered outside of Bisho, the capital city of Ciskei, and demanded an end to the military government of Brigadier Joshua Gqozo…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
Frederik Bezuidenhout owned a farm east of the Cape Colony. After reports surfaced that he was allegedly mistreating one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
Delivered by President Jacob Zuma on Thursday in response to the State of the Nation Address Debate 19 February 2015 Honourable Speaker,Honourable…
ArchiveArt Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat by Matthew Krouse (Mail & Gurdian), 28 September 2013
The FNB Jo'burg Art Fair, running in Sandton until Sunday, has been full of surprises. The Mail & Guardian reported on Friday that artist Ayanda Mabulu's…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
The Save South Africa campaign is calling on all South Africans to unite behind that great symbol of our nation, the National Flag, to a “People’s Assembly…
Neville Alexander interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib,25 April 1998, Cape Town
Neville Alexander 25/3/98, Cape Town interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib Habib: We generally start off with the question of trying to get people’s…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
On this occasion the Prime Minister dealt with the policy of separate development in a particularly effective way. Adv. Vorster also referred to a few of the…
Chapter XV - House arrest
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On 13 October 1962,1 became the first person in South Africa to be put under house arrest. The minister was …
PlaceSibudu Cave, North Coast near Ballito (can be spelt Sibhudu)
A Prehistoric Rock Shelter, above the uThongathi River has been declared a World Heritage site. “Sibudu Cave has been identified as having the qualities so…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 NIC presses for Round Table Conference …
PlaceSouth African College High School
Montebello is the location of the South African College Schools (SACS)' current campus, specifically the historic Montebello Estate in Newlands, Cape Town…
Input by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Farewell service for former President Nelson Mandela, Waterkloof Airforce Base, 14 December 2013
The directors of the programme, fortunately for me you did not say how much I must speak. This is a mourning and a celebration of our leader and don`t you dare…
52 STEPS TO HEAVEN
The condemned MK activist arrived at Pretoria Central prison on Tuesday at nine o'clock in the morning. A number of white warders at the prison immediately…
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
In a strongly worded statement, the African National Congress rejected the constitutional proposals by the National Party calling it a 'recipe for disaster'…
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
“Everyone has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed me the newspaper file I needed. He was looking at…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
Thursday sees Trafalgar High School, located at the foot of District Six, marking 100 years of existence and according to school principal, Nadeem Hendricks,…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
Abstract Miriam Makeba was a South African singer, daughter, mother, and an antiapartheid activist. After she was exiled from South Africa in 1960, she used…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
The eminent British statesman, Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." But, in the end, he did more…
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Natal Indian Patriotic Union was comprised…
ArchiveChristian, will you put a child in the picture
African Bursary Fund, S.A.C.C. poster. Cartoon artwork of childrens school clothes.
ArchiveThe children - our future : The month of compassion August 1984
Yellow poster with black lettering. Photos of children. Inter Church Aid. SACC
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
Dr Mamphela Ramphele 16/4/98, Cape Town interviewed by Rupert Taylor Taylor: What is the nature of the conflict? Ramphele: I’ll take issue with the…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
Happy Joyce Mashamba passed away at the age of 67 after battling with a long illness, the details of which have not yet been disclosed to the public. [i] Born…
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
On 16 April 2004, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old was discovered in the Blombos cave, overlooking the Indian Ocean, near Stilbaai. The…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
Adams College is a Public School situated in Adams Mission which is 8 km inland from Amanzimtoti and 35 km South of Durban. Established in 1853, Adams College…
ArchiveHoot for a free Zimbabwe now!
Yellow border. Multicoloured poster. Photograph of a man's back after beating. SADC stop Mugabe's madness now!
ArchiveIqiniso lizonqoba: truth will overcome
White background with red lettering. Issued by COSATU. Artwork of a man being strangled with SABC cable.