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EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… son of Abraham and Alida Sachs-Eban. His parents moved to Great Britain while he was still a child. After graduating at …
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… on 10 October 1825 in the Steynsburg district. When the Great Trek started in 1836, he joined the trek party of …
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… them. Extraordinary Lives is inspired by the BBC's “Great Lives” and is presented by Jonathan Ancer. It is …
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… led his extremist white government in breaking ties with Great Britain and declared Rhodesia a republic. For the next …
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) between 1914 and 1918. Designed by …
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… the land was taken from us in the name of the Crown of Great Britain and the people were driven away from their … to the colonies, so all sorts of stories…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… of the terrible past from which we come as a nation; the great possibilities that we now have; and the bright future …
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… Archaeological dating techniques have improved a great deal over the years and today we have confirmed that …
PlaceMqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape
… Government, Mqhekezweni is a very significant early great place of the Abathembu nation under King Dalindyebo, it … Government, Mqhekezweni is a very…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… smallpox into North America. 18th Century – Exploration by Great Britain introduces smallpox into Australia. Trading …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… as the preservation of mummies and the construction of the Great Pyramids that were built with its waters. The Nile … and derived from the Egyptian word 'per…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… field.’ (Asvat, 1980) Besides medicine, Asvat’s other great passion in life was cricket. His skills as a sportsman …
EventDivision in the Coloured Representative Council deepens
… members from the ranks of the latter party. This caused great bitterness in the ranks of the Labour Party. …
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… origin. Hip Hop music and black rappers have caused a great deal of controversy by using the word 'nigga' in a … on Washington for Jobs and Freedom , 28…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… in an interview as “a breakthrough” and “a success and a great step forward toward establishing democracy in Sudan”. …
ArchiveThe boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
… It is with great difficulty that I find myself writing about a friend so … loved analogue Leica, dived into digital photography with great panache. Up until…
From retirement to parliament
… of the United States of America and the Prime Minister of Great Britain. It would appear that President FD Roosevelt … this is only a beginning of a long…
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
… to President John Langalibalele Dube and all the other great leaders of his generation on the path we have travelled and the great progress we have made to…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
… School. The United Party (UP) was established after the Great Depression of 1929 - 1939. It came into being as a …
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… surname of his sweetheart, Martha Wessels. Theirs was a great love story: Martha's husband disappeared without a …
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… in honour of Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII of Great Britain; also said to be named after Alexandra, the …
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… vast deserts and non-navigable rivers had proven to be great barriers to travel and migration throughout history. …
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… and that is a little Introduction from the hand of our great leader. Will Comrade Trotsky honour this small offering …
PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
… now part of the Royal Durban golf course. The house was a great obstruction for the elephants at the time, so they …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party Cape Town, 28 July 1996
… Kotane, Dan Tloome, David Bopape and JB Marks - men of great intellect and confidence - who taught us through force … is being thrashed out in the relevant…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… but they in turn constitute a fitting tribute to the great man after whom it has been named - Pandit Jawaharlal … a global context. We quickly learned the…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… since May 5, when he passed away. We are correct to feel a great sense of loss at the departure of so great a leader of our movement and people as Walter…
Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971
… the forces of colonialism and imperialism. They are making great sacrifices to redeem their human dignity and … of such a lofty ideal no sacrifice could be…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… the Boers and that they had used the few that they had to great effect during some Battles that occurred during the Great Trek. However, prior to the…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
… Comrades and Colleagues, It is with deep sorrow and great personal regret that I inform you of my inability to … weaknesses over the years, has also…