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PlaceSiyathemba Township, Balfour
The Dipaleseng Local Municipality is a Category B municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District in the Mpumalanga Province. It is bordered by Lekwa and…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
You are invited to the 2017 TB Davie Memorial Lecture, where Professor Mahmood Mamdani will speak on “Decolonising the Post-Colonial University”. The lecture…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
The Akkedisberg Pass translates from Afrikaans into Lizard Mountain Pass. It's an easy drive along this tarred coastal pass on the R 326 links the small…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940 - 1949 1940 Within a year of his joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), Dr Yusuf Dadoo's role as an activist in…
From Amsterdam with euphoria
A Report of the CASA Conference and Festival We want the world to know We have come a long way now We are not like spotless white shirts We are khaki…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
Mahatma Gandhi achieved greatness for the struggles that he fought on the political, economic, cultural and moral fronts. His ideas about love, truth, soul…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
On this day Mbongeni Ngema was born in Kwazulu Natal. He has distinguished himself as a renowned playwright, screenwriter and librettist. He is best known for…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It was…
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
News 24 announced that geologists Michael M. Tice and Professor Donald R. Lowe of Stanford University in the United States, assisted locally by South African…
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
The American president, George W Bush, announced his five-year $15 billion Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in twelve African and two…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
Dr Max Theiler was born on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at…
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
Afrikaans as a medium for education was deeply unpopular since Afrikaans was regarded by some as the language of the oppressor. It was against this background…
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
Joseph Kasavubu, first president of the Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1960 to 1965 died. He assumed the office when the Congo became…
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
Daisy De Melker was a nurse believed to marry men, only to kill them for financial gain. She married three times and killed two of her husbands and her son…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
On 30 August 2012, two hundred and seventy workers were charged with the murder of their collegues. The charges were connected with the fateful event that took…
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 12 February 2015
The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 12 February 2015 The Speaker of the…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
CONTENT West Africa before the European slave trade A map depicting the three most well-known West African Kingdoms. Image source The peoples of West…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
On this day, Allen Kwela was born in Kwazulu Natal. He was exposed to Western and traditional African music, both of which were important in shaping his…
PlaceMbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit
Situated on corner Henshall Street and Samora Machel Drive/N4, it is hard to imagine that what is today known as the Orion Hotel Promenade, used to be the town…
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
Following the National Party (NP)'s first federal congress since its withdrawal from the Government of National Unity (GNU), its policy plan was unveiled…
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announced that the National Party was to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 30. This came after the African…
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
The Centre for Curating the Archive, invites you to A House in Harrington Street, by Nicholas Eppel. Eppel’s debut solo exhibition reflects three years in the…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, was the eldest child of Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, (descendent of Jan Smit and Adriana Tol) and Elizabeth Magdalena van der Merwe, …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
In March 1961, at a Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers held in London, the South African Prime Minister, H.F. Verwoerd formally announced that South…
EventThe passive resistance movement begins with a mass meeting of 2000 Africans
The passive resistance movement began on 30 March 1919 when a mass meeting of two thousand Africans in Vrededorp decided to reject the passes. The next day,…
PlaceCameroon
Cameroon is sometimes referred to as a “true African crossroads” not only because of its geographical position, but also because of the country's great variety…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Bibliography Primary Sources Interviews …
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
Benjamin Magson Kies Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle of the 1930s…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba…